ANNOUNCEMENTS

Does your child like to draw, paint, dance, sing, write stories, take pictures, or make movies?  The Reflections art contest is happening now, and your child can submit work in any or all of these categories!  This year’s theme is “I Matter Because…”  Pre-K-12th grade students are invited to create and submit original works of art in one or all of the categories (click here for details):
* visual arts
* dance choreography
* film production
* literature
* music composition
* photography

Student winners from the local level have the opportunity to move up through their district, region, council, and state PTA programs to the national level.  Please visit the Will Rogers PTA website later this week for category guidelines and the online entry form.  Submissions will be accepted through October 15.  If you have any questions or need materials, please contact reflections@willrogerspta.com or visit the Reflections website for more inspiration: https://www.pta.org/home/programs/reflections.

Student attendance and participation are important and are directly linked to one another.  Not only are math and reading learned in the early years, but attendance (or participation) is the number one predictor of dropout and graduation rates.  We want to see our students learning and succeeding, so let’s pledge to maintain our school’s culture of attendance and participation every day.  Thank you for making attendance and participation a priority all year long!

Septiembre es el Mes de la Concientización  Sobre la Importancia de la Asistencia

Existe una relación directa entre la asistencia y los los rendimiento.  Matemáticas y lectura se aprenden en los primeros años y la asistencia (o la participación) es el principal factor predictivo de las tasas de deserción escolar y graduación.  ¡Queremos ver a nuestros estudiantes aprender todos los días!  Nuestro compromiso es crear una cultura de asistenciay la participacióntodos los meses y todos los días, todo el año.

La reunión del ELAC será el 23 de septiembre de 2020 a las 9 a.m.

Será seguido por Cafecito y Conversación.

El enlace de la reunión de Zoom se enviará por correo electrónico a las familias.

Take the 2020 Census!  The deadline is September 30.

• It’s quick and easy. The 2020 Census questionnaire will take about 10 minutes to complete.
• It’s safe, secure, and confidential. Your information and privacy are protected.
• Your response helps to direct billions of dollars in federal funds to local communities for schools, roads, and other public services.
• Results from the 2020 Census will be used to determine the number of seats each state has in Congress and your political representation at all levels of government.

Go to my2020census.gov.

Please go to boonsupply.com/193995 to register your student, track your sales, and easily forward your sales link to anyone you know who is interested purchasing household goods, gifts, kitchenware, and more! 40% of the sales goes back to our PTA and will help provide supplies, programs, and events for the community! We are also working on some AWESOME incentives for some of our TOP SELLING FAMILIES! If you have any questions or need help registering, please email Mariana at salesdrive@willrogerspta.com.

• Donate online at smedfoundation.org/donate
• Text2Give- Text “WRLC” to 76278 
• Pledge today and make monthly donation payments 
• Employer Match which will double your donation!

Please register your student to track your sales and to easily forward our sales link to anyone you know who is interested purchasing household goods, gifts, kitchenware, and wrapping paper! Our direct link is: boonsupply.com/193995 – to register as a seller and track your sales. If you have any questions or need help registering, please email Mariana at salesdrive@willrogerspta.com.

This year, we are running our Fall Sales Drive with Boon Supply! It will be completely online with items being shipped directly to the buyers. Between August 25^th – September 11^th, please ask your friends, family, and work colleagues to support our school by shopping for cute, eco-friendly household goods, gifts, and more. Our goal is to raise $4,000 and those funds will be used by the PTA to provide things like classroom, library, and STEM/IB supplies for our students.

Please go to boonsupply.com/193995 to register your student as a seller and once the drive goes live tomorrow you can send out email and text invitations to friends and family using your individual seller link! If you have any questions or need help registering, please email Mariana at salesdrive@willrogerspta.com.

This year’s Back to School Night will be held virtually on the first day of school to ensure that all families have the chance to hear from school administrators, PTA leaders, and their child(ren)’s teacher(s) right away.   Your child’s teacher emailed the zoom link.