Please come and pick up essential school materials for your child:  When:Thursday, September 3rd from 3-7pm. Who: This is for everyone - all our Online Academy students and hybrid learners. Where: We will distribute all items at the front entrance on Wickliffe Road.

We ask that you have a piece of paper ready to hand us with your child’s current grade, teacher's name, and student's name. If you have more than one child please create a paper to hand us for each child. Please use our 'drive thru' protocols.

The teachers have been so touched by our gesture of snacks and drinks as little "thank yous" and a quick pick me up, over the first week of remote learning that we want to keep it going, while our teachers are diligently teaching our children remotely!

If you would like to contribute prepackaged food and drinks, our amazing teachers really appreciate them. Favorites include: sweets and salty snacks (e.g. candy and chips), and for drinks - soda, San Pellegrino flavored water, La Croix, cold brew coffee.  Really anything that you'd like to donate. Please drop your items to Kelley Swiney's porch at 3942 Newhall Rd.

The Beautification committee is excited to offer a fall mum sale to Wickliffe families, friends, and neighbors! The fall mum sale is an easy way to usher in the fall season while supporting the Wickliffe PTO. Links will be sent out for online ordering soon!  When: September 8-22 Where: Online Delivery: October 1, pickup location TBD

If you would like to learn more about the sale and pre-browse the catalog, check out the Foertmeyer & Sons website: https://foertmeyerandsons.com/fallmumkins

Questions? Email Marta Ackley

Please become a member of the Wickliffe PTO! Our hope is that every Wickliffe family will join the PTO this year. By joining the PTO, you are opting-in to: access the school directory to help connect with other families in your child's class communications on the many programs and activities the PTO provides throughout the year for our awesome Wickliffe families, teachers, staff, and students an easy way to contribute to the PTO fundraising efforts - the fee is $25 per family for the year.

Joining the PTO is NOT a commitment to volunteer (although you are always welcome) or to attend PTO meetings (if you do, we would love to hear from you).

To join, please complete the PTO Membership form: 2020/2021 PTO Membership Form

If the $25 fee is a barrier to your family joining, let us know by contacting us at wickliffepto@gmail.com and we have you covered. 

• This week we look forward to meeting all the new 1st- 5th graders. On Friday at 12:00, we will have our New Student Lunch Zoom https://zoom.us/j/7191866057. If your child is new to Wickliffe, we look forward to eating lunch with them on Friday and engaging in some fun “getting to you” activities. 

• And a special thanks to the Wickliffe Online Academy parents who joined us last week for our Brainstorming Zoom. It was great exploring ways to stay connected. If you were unable to attend, we welcome your thoughts and ideas. Details for our first Wickliffe Online Academy Meetup will be included in next week’s newsletter.

As we prepare for our hybrid return to school, some parents have wondered about talking with their children about wearing a mask. Below is a brief article from Nationwide Children’s Hospital sharing some tips for having this conversation: Helping Kids Get Used to Seeing and Wearing Masks In addition, here is a short Sesame Street video that might be helpful for our younger children. https://www.weareteachers.com/social-distancing-videos/

How Can I Talk to My Child About Why People Need to Wear Face Coverings in Public?

For older school-aged children, try focusing on the positive behavior of “keeping our germs to ourselves.” Let them know that we all have many germs in our body and only a few kinds are the ones that make us feel sick. “When we wear a mask, we are trying to keep our germs to ourselves to keep everyone healthy.”

If they ask about why this is starting now, you can let them know that we are all doing our part to keep germs from spreading.

• Steer clear of using scary language or frightening images of what might happen if masks are not worn.
• Give them time to look and ask questions. It isn’t nice to stare, but having them look away and avoid talking to others can contribute to negative associations with masks and increase negative associations with wearing them.
• Ask if they have any questions, even if you have already talked about it.

Older children may also be able to tell you about things they already do to help stop the spread of germs, such as washing hands, sneezing into their elbow and cleaning frequently touched surfaces - they can add wearing masks to the same list.

Helping Kids Get Used to Seeing and Wearing Masks