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Wildwood Elementary School
Upcoming Events
September 26: 4:30 – 7 PM MAEF Zephyr Get Together at Pine Tree Apple Orchard (Rescheduled)
September 27: All School Meeting for staff and students
September 27: Gingerbread Day in Kindergarten
September 27: Fun Run (9 am-2 pm) at OHA
October 2: MHS students visit WW students during recess, in celebration of homecoming
October 4: Wear Zephyr Wear or Blue/Gold
October 4: Mahtomedi Homecoming Parade 4:30 pm
October 7: Teacher Professional Day - NO SCHOOL
October 8-16: MPTO Book Fair at OHA
October 9: MPTO Meeting at OHA, 7 PM
October 10: Kindergarten Field Trip to the Mahtomedi Fire Station
October 10: Wildwood Picture Retake Day
October 10: Evening Parent/Teacher Conferences
October 15: Kindergarten Field Trip to Pine Tree Apple Orchard
October 15: Evening Parent/Teacher Conferences
October 15: Zephyr Wear Sale at WW during Parent/Teacher Conferences
October 16: Parent/Teacher Conferences - NO SCHOOL
October 17-18: Fall Break - NO SCHOOL
October 27: Mahtomedi Public Schools Music Faculty Concert presented by the Wildwood Artist Series
October 27: MPTO's Trunk or Treat in Wildwood Parking Lot
This Issue's Top Highlights
KNOW
On October 2nd, in celebration of homecoming, high school students will be visiting our Wildwood students during recess.
DO
We encourage staff and students to wear Zephyr wear or blue/gold on Friday, October 4th.
SHARE
There are lots of fun ways to connect with our community during homecoming. Please see details below.
Principal's Spotlight
At Wildwood Elementary, we cherish and embody the spirit of community every day. Our mornings kick off with a Morning Meeting where students warmly greet each other and share exciting moments from their lives. This bonding activity, combined with engaging academic pursuits, forms the cornerstone of our learners' experiences throughout the day.
At Wildwood, the community will always be a vital and exciting part of student's education. We regularly welcome different community members who generously share their talents and time with our students. High school helpers join us daily to support our students in literacy activities. Their presence has significantly and joyfully impacted our students' phonics learning. Our young learners look up to these high school students with admiration and enthusiasm as inspiring role models.
In partnership,
Principal Scott Briske
Wildwood Elementary School
School News
Homecoming Information 2024
The Mahtomedi school community will be celebrating Homecoming the week of September 30-October 4. We hope you’ll join us for events throughout the week of Homecoming. You can find all the details for Mahtomedi Homecoming in one place: www.mahtomedi.k12.mn.us/homecoming and on all the front pages of all school web pages under news. Click here to read the email shared with our school community this week.
At Wildwood, on Friday, October 4, all students and staff will wear their favorite Zephyr shirt or Blue/Gold.
Football Game Guidelines
If your child plans to attend the Mahtomedi High School football game on October 4 (Homecoming), please review the attendance guidelines for students in Grades K-8. The Zephyr Zone is a supervised seating area designed to host K-8 students and families and will be available on October 4. Click here to read the email that was shared with families.
Parent/Teacher Conferences
Conferences are just around the corner. We look forward to meeting with you! Here are the dates and times:
October 10th: 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM
October 15th: 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM
October 16th: 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM (No school)
For the sign up link, click here. For more details/instructions on how to sign up, click here.
Being Kind
This week at Wildwood, we are working on being kind. Here is the message we read to the students at the beginning of the day:
"One expectation we have at Wildwood is 'Be Kind.' Being kind helps everyone feel welcome and safe. When we are kind, we listen carefully to each other, help each other, and try to understand how someone else feels. When we speak kindly, we use friendly words and say please and thank you. What are some ways that you can act and speak in kind ways in the classroom, hallway, lunchroom, and out at recess?"
Next week, being helpful is the focus.
Reminder: Return your Fun Run Envelopes
Don’t forget to bring your Fun Run donation envelopes and turn in those donations! Every donation goes a long way in supporting our students—helping fund field trips, enrichment programs, classroom supplies, and more!
Whether you’ve donated via Zeffy, Venmo, or are sending cash/check in the envelope, your contribution directly benefits our schools. Let’s make this year’s Fun Run a huge success!
Ways to Donate:
Zeffy: Donate and share with family and friends.
Cash/Check: Send in your donation in the envelope provided, made payable to Mahtomedi PTO.
Venmo: Find us at @MahtomediPTO.
MPTO Website: Donate directly on our website (note: a 5% fee is deducted).
Thank you for being a part of our community and supporting our students!
Around the School
Wildwood Fun Run activities!
Thank you to our Fun Run volunteers!
In physical education class, we are using a running program called Marathon Kids. Students are able to track their running progress through the program. This year we are keeping track of how many miles we can run as a class, grade and whole school. This week first and second graders practiced running outside and using QR codes so that they can count laps that they run during their recess time. The students have been excited about how many miles they have run so far and are interested in relating the distances to real places like Florida. As a school we have ran 896 miles!
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