In case you missed our school's 'Welcome Back' letter sent home on our first day of this fabulous new school year .... Here it is!!
August 28th, 2012
Warm Woodland Greetings to All of Our New and Returning Friends!!
It is a tremendous pleasure, and honor, to welcome you back to a new and exciting year at the Woodland Heights School. There are just a few notes and reminders I wanted to share with you today.
Our Opening Days -- First of all, we are off to an absolutely fantastic start this year. The WHS students, staff, and families worked so very well together today. Everyone was extremely upbeat and excited to begin our new school year (especially our new students & teachers!). All of our systems (arrival, lunch, recess, and dismissal) went like clockwork – almost like we never left for the summer! Remember, we are closed on Friday and this coming Monday in observance of the Labor Day Holiday!
Help Make It A Great Start For Your Child – Every Day! On that note, we really want to thank you for all that you have done to prepare your child(ren) for school. Also, your support in helping your child get off to a smooth start each day is extremely important. If a child ‘gets off on the wrong foot’, s/he plays catch up all day, and that is both difficult and exhausting. Please do all that you can to help ensure that your child gets plenty of rest every night, enjoys a nutritious breakfast, and has a calm morning experience before school. Again, if your child has a great morning at home and gets to school on time, s/he comes to school steps ahead of the game, rather than steps behind.
Arrivals and Dismissals -- Regarding buses to start the year, it can take a little while for our families and bus drivers to work out the kinks of their new routines and get everything working smoothly and efficiently. Anticipate that your child’s bus might be early or arrive a bit late at both ends of the day. Thank you, in advance, for your patience! Parents have been doing an absolutely fantastic job following our student drop-off and student pick-up routines to begin the school year. Your continued support in this area will help us to be most efficient with our procedures, and will help us to assure the safety of all people involved during these times of day.
To be In The Know ….. Check out our school website at www.laconiaschools.org/whs/. At our website we have all the information you would ever want about our school (and more!). Please take some time to check it out soon.
New Staff Members at WHS -- You may have heard that we had a few teachers retire, a few teachers relocate out of the area, and a couple of teachers that elected to pursue new professional opportunities. What does this mean for us at Woodland? NEW TALENT!! We hate to have friends leave our school, but when they do, we have the opportunity to welcome new members into our Woodland Community.
Join the Team! The Woodland Heights School PTO meets on the second Tuesday evening of every month at 6:30pm. Our first meeting of the year will be held on Tuesday, September 11th. To learn more about the organization and how you can help support the PTO and our school, please plan to stop by the meeting or contact one of the PTO officers (and/or visit the PTO webpage from our school website).
In the time ahead we look forward to partnering with you to make it a great year for your student(s) here at Woodland Heights. Please do not hesitate to contact us whenever you have a question, concern, or need. We will do our best you help in any way that we can.
Warmly and sincerely,
Dennis W. Dobe, Principal
