We can't have a successful sale without our awesome volunteers! Please sign up here: https://www.signupgenius.com/spring_flower_pickup_volunteers

We need your help with the Wickliffe PTO Spring Flower Sale Pick Up on Thursday, May 13. Please sign up if you can help unload and sort 1,000+ beautiful flowers and plants from the Foertmeyer truck (1:30pm - 3:00pm) or help with pick up (3:00pm - 7:00pm).  

We also need wagons to cart the plants to customers' cars--please sign up if you can loan us your wagon! We will be meeting at the old Macy's parking lot in the Kingsdale Center. Please wear a mask and look for the flowers!

Contact Steph (stephanie.webstercheng@gmail.com), Marta (martaroberson@hotmail.com) or Nichole (Nlredinger@hotmail.com) if you have any questions.

This is the last chance to place your order for Spring flowers, Foertmeyer will keep the online store open until 11:59pm on Thursday 4/29!

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Please follow these steps to place your order:

* Please place your order under one code per household, to make pick up easier * all rewards go directly to benefit the school (there are no individual prizes for meeting sales goals) * See this flyer for all the details *

We want to show the teachers and staff at Wickliffe how much we appreciate all of their hard work and support during the school year! We invite you to sign up and adopt a teacher or staff member for either a month or for the rest of the school year. Up to 3 families can sign up to adopt the same teacher/staff member. 

During the time you have adopted the teacher/staff member let them know that you are thinking about them! Send them encouraging e-mails, mail them a card, drop off a small treat at the Front Office, etc. 

You do not need to spend a lot of money adopting the teacher/staff member just let them know you and your family are thinking about them and are thankful for all of the hard work!

Sign up to adopt a teacher or staff member The teachers/staff members completed a survey about their likes, favorite candy, etc. Click here to find out more about your teacher/staff member.

MARK YOUR CALENDAR: Mark your calendars, the Scholastic Bookfair will be at Wickliffe from May 10-14! The spring bookfair will be a modified, in person fair. More details to follow! 

There is currently no charge for elementary students to buy school lunch through the end of the school year due to a USDA National Waiver.

• IN-SCHOOL: Students let their teacher know their lunch choice on the day (no ordering ahead). To view the full lunch menu, with meal descriptions and nutrition information click here. Below is this week's lunch menu:

• ONLINE ACADEMY: the meal pickup services will continue. Updated information and details will come from Ms. Evans, and on the UA Nutritional Services webpage here. 

If you have any questions, please contact our Nutritional Services department at (614) 487-5244, or by emailing ihunt@uaschools.org.

Morning Mindfulness will continue to meet on Monday and Wednesday mornings from 8:30-9:00. This group has become a very popular way for children to start their day. It is not too late to join!

Also, please note that IDEA Mentors will be meeting on Friday this week, not on Wednesday. Online Academy and homeschooled students are invited to attend via Zoom (https://zoom.us/j/7191866057). 

And a reminder that this amazing group of social justice advocates will be creating a *wish tree* for the Wickliffe community to focus on our individual and collective hopes and dreams that we have to make our school, neighborhood, and world a more just and equitable place. We encourage you to brainstorm with your children ideas that they might want to add to our tree.

This activity will be done in school, so no need to do anything at home other than engage your children in conversations about what matters to them.

Please be on the lookout for this tree to emerge early in May in the front of the school.

This past Thursday, April 22 was Earth Day. It was established as an international event celebrated around the world to pledge support for environmental protection. The year 2021 marks the 51st anniversary of the annual celebrations. This year's theme for Earth Day is 'Restore Our Earth'.

As we begin to emerge from this pandemic, it is a good time to renew our commitment to being eco-conscious. 

This article from National Geographic provides 20 ways to save the earth as a family. Personal actions can make a difference. I encourage you to share this with your children and friends and challenge yourselves to try something new!

20_ways_to_save_the_Earth_as_a_family.pdf

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/family/article/save-the-earth-as-a-family

Onward,

Felice