Wilbert SnowElementary School

 A Month in Review  
at Snow School

February News for Snow School Families 

    Monday, February 3rd - SuperBowl Monday - Wear your SuperBowl sportswear or your favorite team’s colors 

One School, One Book - Coming soon to Snow School - More information to follow

PTO/SAC meeting - February 10th at 5:30 in the media center.  Come be a part of our strategic planning process!

Penny Wars -  Each grade level is competing for the title of Penny War champions.  Keep sending in that spare change! All money collected will be used to purchase canned food for the grade 5 CANSTRUCTION project.  Then all cans will be donated to a local food pantry.

Winter club selections -   Flyers and more information will be sent home for clubs that have not started yet.

Cookie Club - meets on Mondays and Thursdays until 5:00 p.m.

CANSTRUCTION meets on Thursdays until 5:30

LEGO CLUB meets on Tuesdays until 5:00

MAD SCIENTIST - TBD

CRAZY 8s Meets on Thursdays until 5:00

LIFE as a ROMAN - TBD

COOKING CLUB - TBD

UNIFIED SPORTS - TBD

Kindergarten Letter Parade for families - February 12th at 2:45

Preschool Family Night - February 13th at 5:00

Valentine’s Day - Please wait to hear from your child’s teacher on how each classroom will celebrate this special day

Winter Recess - There will be no school on February 17th, 18th, and 19th.  School will resume on Thursday, February 20th.

Snow School believes that Attendance Matters  -  

Please be reminded that every day counts for school attendance purposes. This means ½ days, early release and late arrival days.   

Did you know?

We understand that you never know when your child may become sick.  If your child does need to miss a day of school, please send written verification to your child’s teacher when they return from a day of absence.  

       Cell phone use -

Here at Snow, we believe your child's social and emotional wellbeing is as important as their academic achievement. Nowadays, students have access to a range of social media through their electronic devices. We are finding that a large number of conflicts are resulting from social media interactions. Specifically, Snapchat and Yolo are most concerning. Snapchat is a popular messaging app that lets users exchange pictures and videos (called snaps) that are meant to disappear after they're viewed. Yolo is an anonymous question-and-answer app that links with Snapchat as a way to share comments and questions with others. With Yolo, you can post a reply to a comment, or answer a question on a Snapchat story. 

What is most concerning is that in some cases these apps are being used as an avenue to inappropriately comment anonymously and/or post photos/videos that are inappropriate or threatening in nature. Additionally, the discussions about the social media posts are disrupting the learning that should be taking place in school. 

Unsupervised and/or inappropriate social media use puts our students at risk of emotional harm. We believe it is important that our students make responsible choices when using electronic devices, and that they demonstrate our core ethical values of respect, cooperation, kindness and safety in all aspects, including electronic communication at home and at school. We urge you to have a conversation with your child about responsible use of social media and electronic devices. As a reminder, our school policy says that electronic devices should not be seen or heard in the possession of any student during school hours or events. In addition we would like to remind parents of the age requirements for these popular apps as listed in the terms and policy of usage by their companies. 

Did you know?  The Age Requirement for Yolo, Snapchat, Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok is between 13 - 17 years of age.

With families monitoring home usage of social media and our commitment to maintaining a safe environment for all of our students, we can help Snow students interact with technology in a respectful and safe manner. 

“Better Together at Snow School - Parents, Students, and Staff”
We are kind to each other, we act responsibly, we always try our best, and we work together to accomplish what can’t be done alone.

Personalized Learning Opportunities -
Footsteps to Brilliance(K - 1) and Pathblazer (2 -5)


Important Reminders - 
Toys should not be brought to school unless requested by your child’s classroom teacher. 
Cell  Phones -  If you have given your child access to a cell phone, it should be kept in his/her backpack in the turned off mode at all times - including when on the bus.

Volunteer Sign Up - Please use the following link  to learn more about how you can become a volunteer
https://www.middletownschools.org/departments/human_resources/volunteers

Look for the Good Gratitude Program - Beginning November 4th.  
(More information to come)

 CHL - Each morning at Snow starts with a message about Kindness and 2 - 3 minutes of meditation


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