December PTC Meeting - Monday, Dec 13

We are going to reschedule our December PTC meeting from tomorrow, Thursday, Dec 9th to next Monday, December 13th at 6pm at MONTSWEAG ROADHOUSE! They have $5 burger night and we thought it would be fun to enjoy a more festive meeting for the holidays!

Hope you can join us! PLEASE RSVP SO I KNOW HOW MANY TO MAKE RESERVATION FOR!! :)

MidCoast Parents Connect and a freebie!!

Midcoast Parents Connect has provided a link to a great online program for parents and how to handle teen drinking and really relates to over the counter drugs, as well as, prescription drugs. Read below how to win some free STUFF! It is a great program to watch!

Click Here: Parents Online Program

1. Under New User type: engage

2. Click "Sign Up"!

3. Create a user name and password for yourself

4. Click on "Parent's Cafe" to start the course!

Remember, if you get interrupted once you start the course you can logout and return when you have more time and the program will remember where you left off.

We are excited to have this new resource to offer to busy parents who need advice on how to talk to their teens about the risks associated with underage drinking.

At the end of the course parents are given the option of completing a commitment statement that serves to remind you of the steps you plan to take to help your teen make healthy choices about drinking. As a way of saying thank you for completing the course, we will award $10 gift certificates to Subway or Regal Cinemas to the first 20 parents who email a copy of their commitment statement to prevention@midcoasthealth.com.

Genevieve Order to Arrive Friday, November 19th

FYI ... the Genevieve Wrapping Paper Catalog order is due to arrive this Friday, November 19th!! Thank you for all your support of our fundraising efforts!!

If you have Little Wildcats, please try to make arrangements to pick your Wildcat up at the end of school on Friday, as these BIG boxes are hard for them to maneuver on the buses!

RSU1 School Baord Meeting - Monday, Nov 15 @6pm - West Bath Elem

The RSU 1 administration is proposing a switch to standards-based grading from the 6th – 12th grade. We currently have this grading system until the 5th grade, but the plan is to extend this to 12th grade. The current scale is A+ to F- (......15 levels) for grades 6-12. This will be reduced to 4 levels (1-4) on a standards-based report card. If you’d like to have a voice on this topic before the School Board votes, please consider attending this meeting.

Hall-Dale School (RSU 2) switched to this report card. 140 parents signed a petition against it, but it made no difference. They are now finding that the 1-4 scale doesn’t have enough levels. The Superintendent of Schools in Yarmouth also proposed this through 12th grade, but the Yarmouth Board recently voted it down due to the objections of parents. Nancy Harriman will be presenting on the elementary report card at tomorrow’s meeting.

Shop TIl U Drop Craft Fair

Spooktacular Family Dance

Meeting Minutes from Septemeber 23, 2010

Hi Everyone,

Wow wow wow ... it was exciting to see all the parents that came to our 1st PTC meeting of the 2010/2011 school year! It reminds me once again what a wonderful community and school we have that so many parents are interested in promoting and enhancing the education of our children! Without these parents and their willingness to help we would not be able to extend the learning opportunities of our students! THANK YOU! :)
~km

Meeting Minutes
1) Discussed the activities of the PTC over the summer.

a)Harbour Towne Inn - a HUGE thank you to Stefanie M for hosting any staff member interested to an overnight stay at the Harbor Towne Inn in Boothbay. Unbelievable comments from staff on this offer and how this opportunity was one of a kind and unlike any at other schools!
b) Teacher Welcome Back bags - once again we provided every classroom teacher with a welcome back bag of goodies and supplies on the first day of school.
c) Water - the first two days of school where beyond hot and we bought and served every staff member an ice cold bottle of water during the second day of school.

2) T-Shirts - we have three new tshirts available at great new low pricing of $8 per shirt. Sweatshirts will be added this coming week.

3) Pure Art Fundraiser - this is a fundraiser which all profits go to the Art Dept at WCS. Last year, we were able to add $1600 to the Art Dept budget through this fundraiser. Students are working right now on their artwork and it will be sent home on 10/4/10.

4) Genevieve Wrapping Paper - we have decided to go back with this company this year and the sale will start 10/11/10 - 10/25/10 with delivery +/- Nov 15. They have offered us a HUGE grand prize to hand out.

5) S.T.U.D - otherwise known as Shop Til U Drop Craft Fair will most likely be held on Dec 4 in the Huse Cafeteria. Date is tentative. Karen M and Deb Y to co-chair this event.

6) Please make sure to change your old suscom emails and resubscribe at the bottom of this blog with new comcast addresses.

7) Discussed adding a fruit fundraiser during January 2011. Details still to be worked out.

8) Box Tops for Education - Michelle R is stepping down at chairperson and Kristen C, Katie S and Jennifer P will tri-chair this fund raising.

9) Spooktacular Costume Family Dance - tentative date of Friday, Oct 29 to be held at Huse Cafeteria 6-8p. Deb O and Sarah S to co-chair this event.

Thanks, once again, to all who attended! And if you did not attend, we hope you will consider attending our next meeting! We meet the second Thursday of every month at 6pm!

First PTC Meeting Tonight, Thursday, Sept 23

Just a reminder that our 1st PTC meeting is tonight, Thursday, Sept 23 at 6pm at WCS in the cafeteria!! Hope to see you there!

Scholastic Book Fair Schedule

Book Fair Schedule

MONDAY, SEPT 20
8 - 12P: Deb Ouimette
12 - 3p: Jennifer Peavey

TUESDAY, SEPT 21
8 - 12P: Alane Larochelle
12 - 3P: Deb Young

WEDNESDAY, SEPT 22
9 - 12P: Karen Madden
12 - 3P: Jennifer Peavey

THURSDAY, SEPT 23
8 - 12P: Deb Ouimette
12 - 3P: Sarah Savard

FRIDAY, SEPT 24
8 - 12p: Deb
12 - 3p: Jen

NEW WOOLWICH WILDCATS T-SHIRTS

WE HAVE BRAND NEW T-SHIRTS AT A BRAND NEW LOW PRICE!! $8.00 PER T-SHIRT AND A GREAT SELECTION OF COLORS, TOO!! SWEATSHIRTS WILL BE COMING SOON....STAY TUNED!!

T-SHIRT #1

T-SHIRT #2

T-SHIRT #3

SHOW YOUR WILDCATS PRIDE AND FASHION WITH A NEW T-SHIRT!!

Did your child have a longgg day yesterday....

REMEMBER OUR WCS STAFF & BATH BUS STAFF ARE ALSO DEALING WITH THIS HEAT, NEW SCHOOL, LOADING @ SMALL SCH & NEW BUS ROUTES. DELAYS SHOULD BE EXPECTED. PREPARE YOUR KIDS FOR IT. DON'T FORGET YOU HAVE THE CHOICE TO DRIVE YOUR KIDS WHILE BUGS ARE WORKED OUT. LET'S MAKE SURE TO GIVE THESE HARD WORKING FOLKS A BREAK AND A PAT ON THE BACK FOR A VERY TOUGH JOB! REMEMBER THEY ONLY WANT THE BEST FOR ALL STUDENTS!

IT IS FRUSTRATING AND UNDERSTANDABLE TO BE CONCERNED WHERE YOUR KIDS ARE .... BUT LET'S GIVE THESE HARD WORKING FOLKS A BREAK AND UNDERSTAND THIS IS A NEW LOCATION AND THERE WILL BE BUGS THAT HAVE TO BE WORKED OUT. THEY ARE MOVING 300+ STUDENTS TO A DIFFERENT TOWN IN ADDITION TO ALL THE SCHOOL CHOICE STUDENTS .... GIVE EM A BREAK AND A PAT ON THE BACK!!

Email Address Changes

Wow, I'm not sure about anyone else but did this summer fly by or what??!! Amazing to believe school will be starting in just a few days!! I am really excited to get back and this year we have some new and exciting fund raising ideas and events!!

I wanted to remind all Comcast email subscribers that the service we use to send email updates out from this blog does not allow me to change email addresses. Please remember to scroll down to the bottom of the blog and resubmit your subscription with your new @comcast.net address.

Enjoy the last few days of summer!! ☼
~Karen

WCS Boat Raffle

The two skiffs built by the Woolwich 7th graders this past year are being raffled off to help fund the program this coming school year for the Woolwich kids. This program NEEDS help from the community to stay "afloat". The skiffs are at Monsweag Roadhouse in Woolwich and at Rogers Ace Hardware in Bath.... Tickets are available there as well as by contacting Kelly Corbett. $20 gets you 5 tickets and a chance at owning one of these beautiful works or art. Can you help sell tickets? Donate to the Fine Art Auction? Give Kelly a call 522-4732 - e-mail thewoolwitch@yahoo.com. We will be setting up a display at Woolwich Days as well. Thanks!

Mrs Devin and Mrs Olsen get Paint Splattered for Box Tops for Education

The final PTC collection of Box Tops for Education included the incredibly fun prize of the class that brought in the most Box Tops for Education labels could paint splatter Mrs Devin. The winning class was Mrs Olsen's First Grade class and an added bonus prize was Mrs Olsen agreed to be paint splattered, too!

Here are Mrs Olsen and Mrs Devin feeling very confident prior to being paint splattered! Who knew Mrs Devin had such great moves!

(click on any of the pictures to enlarge)

Let the paint splattering begin!!

First Graders are starting to get some more paint flying!

Second, Third and Fourth Graders watching in amazement! Don't they look fantastic in their matching t-shirts!! GO WCS!

Mrs Olsen and Mrs Devin are sure to be covered in paint soon!

Wow....talk about being covered in paint!! The PTC wants to say THANK YOU to Mrs Olsen and Mrs Devin for being such great teachers and willing to be paint splattered!!

Have a wonderful summer WCS Family and we will see you in the Fall at WCS at HUSE SCHOOL!! GO WILDCATS!

Teacher Appreciation Week Round-Up...

This week was Teacher/Staff Appreciation Week at WCS! On Monday, we treated the staff to a variety of mixed fresh fruit trays in the staff room. On Tuesday, we served up some yummy veggie trays. On Wednesday, we had bowls filled with three different kinds of trail mixes for them to munch on. On Thursday, we replaced our traditional "Dunkin Donuts Day" with a healthy version of breakfast breads, muffins and croissants to fill them up. And today, they will each be receiving a pretty pink geranium with a "You Are Amazing" paw tag letting the WCS Staff know how awesome we think they are! Thought I'd post a couple of pictures and I am going to try to remember to do this more often so if you can not make an event, etc. you can still see what the PTC is up to!

Thank you for your support and have a wonderful Mother's Day!

Teacher Appreciation Week...

May 3- 7
Have you hugged a teacher lately???
Show some appreciation to our WCS Teachers and Staff!!

PTC Meeting Minutes, April 15th and Additional Announcements

At our meeting on Thursday, April 15th we approved the following funding requests:

~ Transportation for both Kindergarten classes to Wolf's Neck Farm
~ Chewonki presentation for both 2nd grade classes

We also discussed our annual wrapping paper fundraiser for next year. We will be using Genevieve's instead of Sally Foster, as Sally Foster has stopped their wrapping paper catalog operation.

In addition, we discussed the addition of a new fundraiser next spring which will be the sale of citrus. In anticipation of continued and larger funding needs in the upcoming years, we felt it was important to add this additional fundraiser.

Thank you to those who attended!!

The Woolwich Wellness Team is hosting a "Eat The Rainbow" week during the week of April 26 - April 30. They will be serving an afternoon snack to all students, each day, with a different color theme. (Monday = Red/ Pink, Tues = Orange, Wed = Green, Thurs = Blue/ Purple, Fri = Yellow) They are looking for volunteers to come and chop fruits and vegetables each day. They are also wearing clothing with that days color theme, in case you are interesting in wearing them too! Please go to our volunteer website - CLICK HERE TO GO - and volunteer!!

Michelle Rines has once again taken on the HUGE task of organizing the Book Swap in June. We need some volunteers for that event as well. She is looking for a volunteer to help her collect books from the bucket down near the library. We will also need volunteers for set up, working the swap and break down of the swap. Please go to our volunteer website - CLICK HERE TO GO - and volunteer!!

As always, thank you for all you do to support our students!!

PTC Meeting, Thursday, April 15th

We will be holding our PTC meeting at 545p on this Thursday, April 15th. There is an RSU1 Board of Directors meeting at 6pm. We will meet just prior to go over a few things and then anyone who wishes can go to the Board of Directors meeting.

Thank you and hope to see you there!

Cabin Fever Tropical Dance a HUGE success

Thank you, thank you, thank you........WOW..........we raised an amazing $700 for the RSU1 Swim Program at the Cabin Fever Tropical Dance on Friday night!!! We hope that everyone enjoyed themselves and can feel Spring right around the corner!
Thank you for your continued support and help! We have amazing families at Woolwich Central School!!!

RSU BOARD MEETING POSTPONED

Tonight's RSU 1 board meeting has been postponed until Tuesday, March 23rd at 6:00 PM in the MHS cafeteria.

RSU 1 BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING

Tomorrow, Monday, March 15 at 6 pm the RSU1 Board is meeting and one of the key topics will be position cuts at ALL RSU1 schools. Woolwich Central School is going to have position cuts. If you have a child at WCS next year this is a meeting you do not want to miss. Your child will be directly effected by these cuts and this is your only chance to be heard before they pass the cuts. Please come to the RSU Board of Directors meeting on MONDAY, MARCH 15 at BRCTC (the Vocational School, right next to Morse) at 6:00 pm. Spread the word to other WCS families...this is our chance to stand up for our school, WCS staff and our students.

PTC Meeting - February 3rd at 6p

WOOLWICH PTC MEETING ..... THIS WEDNESDAY, FEB 3 AT 6PM .... AT MONTSWEAG ROADHOUSE!!!

We thought we'd mix it up a touch and meet at Montsweag for $5 Burger Night!! (Not sure this is in the Wellness Policy, but ..... ;) Please comment here or email us so we can get a count for a table. We will be discussing some funding requests, Cabin Fever Dance, etc. Hope you can join us!

Woolwich PTC is on Facebook...

Woolwich PTC is on Facebook!! Just another spot to get updates and information about what's happening with the Woolwich Central School PTC!! Hope you will be our friend!!

Jan and Feb Meeting Info...

I hope everyone enjoyed a fun filled and happy winter vacation!

Sally Foster orders arrived and I have only heard of a few issues. Please let me know if you have heard otherwise. I am canceling our January meeting next week. We have a bit of a lull in activities, so I felt there was not a great need to get out on a cold winter night. We will meet in February, however, I wanted to give you the heads up now that I am going to change the date to the first Thursday, February 4th. Our normal Thursday is the day before we head out on February break so I thought many might not be able to make that if traveling, etc.

Also, I have added Woolwich PTC to Facebook!!! I thought this could be another place where on the day of our meetings, etc. I could post a reminder. Please do not feel like you must "friend" Woolwich PTC, just thought it might serve as another spot of communication!

As always, thank you for all your support and time!! :)