Originally delivered on 11/2/2021 1:00 pm

SUBJECT: Wickliffe PTO Weekly - What to watch for this week (11.2.2021)

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What to watch for this week:

Wickliffe's first Fun Run is this Saturday, November 6! We are excited to bring our community together for a morning of fun. Please help us reach our goal by registering and donating today! See below for additional details, including how to register by Wednesday, November 3. You can share the link to donate up until the event!


Some upcoming dates to keep in mind:

  • Wednesday, November 3 - Last day to register for the Fun Run
  • Wednesday, November 3 - Informal Affair planning meeting at 7:30 p.m.
  • Saturday, November 6 - Fun Run
  • Wednesday, November 10 - Restaurant night at UA's City BBQ; part of the proceeds go to Wickliffe PTO
  • Saturday, February 12 - Informal Affair


Refer to the calendar at the bottom of this newsletter and the school's website for additional dates. And, read on for more details about the coffee cart, tomorrow's Informal Affair meeting, City BBQ restaurant night and more!


News and links to our website:
Save the Date! Wickliffe Family Fun Run

WICKLIFFE FAMILY FUN RUN!

A fundraiser benefitting Wickliffe PTO Saturday, November 6

Mark your calendar for this community-building event focused on empowerment, togetherness and encouragement as students complete a staggered-start, two-mile distance run/walk throughout the park. Families are welcome to join their student(s) or cheer from the sidelines. Please note: All runners and walkers must register to participate in the event. The deadline for registration is Wednesday, November 3. 

 

Saturday, November 6, 9-10:30 a.m. (rain or shine!)

Fancyburg Shelter House 

Register Donate here

Download the Fun Run flyer 

 

What to expect:

• Grades K-1 to complete ONE loop
• Grades 2-3 to complete TWO loops
• Grades 4-5 to complete THREE loops (2 miles) 

 

As each grade level runs, all other students are encouraged to line the course and cheer on their fellow Wickliffe Wolves. Families are welcome to join their student(s) or cheer from the sidelines.



 

 

 

 

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Fun Run volunteer request

WE NEED YOUR HELP!
Would you please consider volunteering to make this event a success?

Sign up here:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080d48aca723a7fb6-wickliffe

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Upcoming Restaurant Night - City BBQ

 

Wednesday, November 10

LOCATION: City Barbeque Arlington, 2111 W. Henderson Rd. 

On Wednesday, November 10, the UA City Barbeque will donate 20% of the proceeds of every order we bring in to Wickliffe PTO!

  • Ordering in person? Show this message to the cashier at checkout (either a printout or just on your phone). 
  • Ordering online or in the app? Use code FundA at checkout at https://www.citybbq.com/order for pickup on Wednesday, November 10. Once you enter the code, you must click the red + button to apply the fundraiser code to your order (see example below). 
  • Ordering over the phone? Ask to apply code FundA when you provide your payment information. 

Thanks for your support!

 Download Flyer »

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Playground installation and octopus garden

One reason we have events like the Fun Run, in addition to having FUN, is to raise money for things like the big playground equipment and some of the instruments in the octopus garden that the PTO was able to purchase. It's always exciting to see where this money goes, and we  thank you!  

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Kids collecting donations for Canine Companions

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Coffee cart for teachers and staff

We will be hosting a coffee cart for teachers and staff at Wickliffe and we need your help! On Wednesday mornings, two volunteers will walk around with a cart and give out coffee and treats to the classrooms and offices. The coffee cart will go around the building from 8:15-10 a.m.

 

We are looking for volunteers to run the cart on Wednesday mornings and we are also collecting coffee and treat donations. Coffee donations can be boxes of coffee from a local coffee shop (Colin's Coffee, Panera and Starbucks all have coffee boxes that hold 10-12 servings of coffee per box and include cups, creamer, etc.). We should have 4-6 boxes of coffee to run the cart. Or, maybe someone has a coffeemaker that we could borrow on Wednesdays to make coffee and deliver to the teachers/staff... let us know! If so, two coffeemakers would be best, and then we'd need donations of ground coffee, cups, etc.

 

Coffee box donations or coffeemakers and bags of coffee can be dropped off at the school Wednesday mornings between 7:30-8:15am. Treat donations can be dropped off at school Mondays, Tuesdays, or Wednesdays. 

 

Please click on the link below to sign up or contact Jen Waddell at jenniferawaddell@yahoo.com with any questions. Thank you for your support! 

 
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The Stand Project - Upcoming Events

 

 

SAVE THE DATE! THE STAND PROJECT OPEN MEETING NOV 16 | 6PM | COhatch Lane Ave

Wondering who The Stand Project is and what it does? Do you have ideas or concerns about substance abuse, well-being, or other parenting and community topics that we need to tackle? We welcome everyone to LEARN MORE and START TALKING about ways The Stand Project can support the community through its upcoming programming and events.

Download The Stand Upcoming Events PDF

 

 

 

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November school lunch menu
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Counselors' Corner November 2

IDEA Mentors will begin this month. If you are interested in having your child participate, please reach out to Felice Kassoy or Stacy Pilutti. This group uses the power of peer culture to develop role models who will be ambassadors within our classrooms, on the playground, and other common spaces to make courageous conversations a part of our school culture where everyone feels seen, heard, and welcome.

Food for Thought:

Shawna McEvoy is an incredible member of the Wickliffe staff. She is an amazing Intervention Specialist  (IS) and the skilled (and compassionate) facilitator of Mindful Mornings. 

Shawna shared the following *message* with all of the adults at Wickliffe in a recent email. With her permission, I would like to share with all of you what she sent. It is definitely worth reading!

Take care of yourself as the seasons change. 

Please look at this article below from the New York Times regarding rest and how important it is. Blair Braverman, an American adventurer, dogsled racer, musher, advice columnist and nonfiction writer uses rest as a strategy to persevere through her races. She plans to use rest proactively for her dogs. It is part of the race. 

As we continue to find ways to navigate this pandemic, we hope this article will provide a helpful perspective.

What My Sled Dogs Taught Me About Planning for the Unknown

The New York Times | September 23, 2020 | Blair Braverman 

Here’s the thing about sled dogs: They never know how far they’re going to run. 

As a musher – the human driver of a dog sled team, this is one of my mail challenges. There are many ways in which my dogs know more than I do. They know a storm is coming, or if a moose crossed the trail days before. They know how ice shifts under their paws. They know if we’re being followed and by what kind of animal. They know their own power – that they’re stronger than me, much stronger, and if they turn or stop when I ask them to, it’s because they’re choosing to listen and trust me. Running together is a gift they give me every day. 

But each time my dogs hit the trail, they run hard – they give it everything they’ve got. That’s find if we’re going 10 miles, or 30, distances they can cover easily in a few hours. We can leave after dinner and be home by midnight, silver snow on a full-moon night. But what if we’re going 100 miles, or a thousand? Asking sled dogs to pace themselves, to slow it down, is like asking a retriever to only fetch one ball out of three: It goes against their every instinct.

That’s how I feel now, midpandemic that we humans are falling into uncertainty, stretching ourselves thin, and we have no idea how far it is to the finish line. The difference, of course, is that sled dogs want to run, and people do not want to live through a public health crisis. But there’s a parallel in the unknown distance, the unseen ending. And oddly enough, mushing has prepared me for this. 

I used to be a dedicated planner. I know what I’d do every day, weeks in advance. Having a plan made me feel confident and safe. And then I got into long-distance dog sledding, and I discovered that the only thing worse than not having a plan was the stress of having one and constantly breaking it. Working with dogs in the wilderness means negotiating countless shifting variables: snow and wind, wild animals, open water, broken equipment, each dog’s needs and changing mood. I learned that plans, when I made them, were nothing but a sketch; the only thing I needed to count on was that the dogs and I would make decisions along the way. 

One of the most surprising things about distance mushing is the need to front-load rest. You’re four hours into a four-day race and then dogs are charging down the trail, leaning into their momentum, barely getting started – and then, despite their enthusiasm, it’s time to stop. Make straw beds in the snow, take off your dogs’ bootees, build a fire, heat up some meat stew (for the team, but hey, you can have some too) and rest for a few hours. The dogs might not even sit down; they’re howling, antsy to keep going. It doesn’t matter. You rest. Four hours later, you rest again. 

You keep doing that, no matter how much your dogs want to keep going. In fact, if you’re diligent from the start, they’ll actually need less rest at the end of a trip – when their muscles are stronger and their metabolisms have switched from burning glycogen to fat – than at the beginning. It’s far easier to prevent fatigue than to recover from it later. 

But resting early, anticipating your dog’s needs, does something even more important than that: It builds trust. A sled dog learns that by the time she’s hungry, her musher has already prepared a meal; by the time she’s tired, she has a warm bed. If she’s cold, you have a coat or blanket for her; if she’s thirsty, you have water. And it’s this security, this trust, that lets her pour herself into the journey, give the trail everything she has without worrying about what comes next. You can’t make a sled dog run 100 miles. But if she knows you’ve got her back, she’ll run because she wants to, because she burns to, and she’ll bring you along for the ride.

What this means for people, for us, is that we can’t just plan to take care of ourselves later. We shouldn’t expect to catch up on sleep when we really crash, or to reach out to loved ones after we’re struck by loneliness. We should ask for support before we need it. We should support others before they ask. Because if you don’t know how far you’re going, you need to act like you’re going forever.

Planning for forever is essentially impossible, which can actually be freeing: It brings you back into the present. How long will this pandemic last? Right now, that’s irrelevant; what matters is eating a nourishing meal, telling someone you love them, walking your dog, getting enough sleep. What matter is that, to the degree you can, you make your own life sustainable every day.

Sled dogs can run farther, in a shorter time, than almost any other animal. But they only think as far ahead as they can see, hear and smell. They catch the scent of a deer; they see a curve in the trail. It is, in its way, that simple. If they team meets an unexpected challenge, if they come to a steep mountain or take shelter in a storm, they’re better off for their restraint. Because they’re healthy, content; they have what they need, and they have each other. There’s no stronger way to meet the unknown.

Until next week,

The Counseling Team 

Felice Kassoy, Sarah Perry, Sarah Moyer, and Megan Montana

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Calendar
Tuesday, November 2
Election Day- No School Students- Staff report per schedule
Friday, November 5
Wickliffe Picture Make-up Day and 5th-grade Group Photo
Saturday, November 6
9:00a Wickliffe Family Fun Run
Tuesday, November 9
6:00p Board of Education Regular Meeting
Wednesday, November 10
Restaurant Night - City BBQ
Wednesday, November 24
No school- Thanksgiving vacation - Nov 24-26
Thursday, November 25
No school- Thanksgiving vacation - Nov 24-26
Friday, November 26
No school- Thanksgiving vacation - Nov 24-26
Sponsors Highlight

Thank you to all of our 2020-2021 sponsors!

Wade Orthodontics

Support from our sponsors enables us to find ways to provide education and enrichment opportunities for our students, while supporting our teachers and staff! Check out our sponsorships page to learn more about becoming a 2021/2022 Sponsor!

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