We would like to remind you that Wood County Schools will be closed tomorrow, Tuesday, November 8th as our school buildings will be used for election day voting centers. Schools will reopen Wednesday morning. We hope you have a nice evening.
In STEAM class the students have been learning about the origin of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Next week we will work to create our own version of the parade. To help us be successful with this we are inviting parent volunteers to come and help us. On Monday and Tuesday, all class will report to the gym where we will have stations set up to create our floats and balloons for our scaled down version of the parade. We will then record their float or balloon in front of the green screen so we have our own parade to share with our families.
If you are available to help us on either November 14-15th we would love to have you involved in the project. Please fill out the form below to let us know that you will be there. Thank you for helping us out with this project.
https://forms.office.com/r/jQuFb0kTt1
Congratulations to all the winners of the Vaping Prevention Poster and Video Contest. View the incredible creativity and diversity of our students' work! https://www.woodcountyschoolswv.com/page/vaping-prevention-contest-winners
Please join Jeff Sandy, Cabinet Secretary, and Rob Cunningham, Deputy Cabinet Secretary, from the WV Dept. of Homeland Security at 5:30 pm this evening at PHS in the auditorium. Learn more about the Governor's School Safety Initiative and the "See Something, Send Something" app.
Reminder- Trunk or Treat is Saturday at 4 p.m.
The Book Fair is coming up next week. We will be open Oct 22nd from 4:00-6:00 during Trunk or Treat for parents to shop with their kids. If you would like to set up an eWallet for your child you can do that using the link. The Book Fair is always an exciting time for students. Proceeds from The Book Fair go to purchase materials for our STEAM Room.
We would like to thank the parents/grandparents who have volunteered to help with the book fair. Mrs. White has been sending out text messages and will follow up with a phone call if necessary.
https://www.scholastic.com/bf/emersonelementaryschool20
Wood County Schools has made a change regarding the caller ID number for all mass calls and texts in which we want you to be aware. Previously, all mass calls made from Wood County Schools, used for emergencies or other important information, whether from the central office or from any individual school, used the number (304) 420-9520 for the caller ID. Starting today, all school mass calls will show a caller ID number that is the same as the school's main telephone number. District calls will continue to show a caller ID of (304) 420-9520. The caller ID number for any individual school may be verified by visiting the school's webpage and finding the phone number in the footer of the page.
Emerson parents- We are accepting candy donations for Saturday's Trunk or Treat. Please send donations to the main office. Thank you.
Check out our first Weekly update of the year. This has all major events that are happening at Emerson in the next few weeks. We will be back next week with another video.
https://youtu.be/67pBWeh71fU
We need Volunteers to work the school Book Fair. If you are willing to work the Book Fair either fill out the form by clicking on the link. This will get Mrs. White the information she needs to get in contact with you. Thank you!
https://forms.office.com/r/xHCfw3Pw9t
The Vaping Prevention Contest has extended the deadline for all *video* entries. The new deadline is Monday, October 17th! Submit your video here: https://www.woodcountyschoolswv.com/page/vaping-prevention-videos
We have received another donation of food for our school food pantry. We will continue to send snacks home through our Pay It Forward program. You can also request meals and hygiene items by completing this quick form- https://tinyurl.com/EmersonPantry.
Please remind your students to bring back their library books this week. We will be checking out a new book in the library this week.
Wood County Schools has a limited number of Hot Spots available to families. Hot Spots will only be accessible by school iPads. Emerson has not sent iPads home at this time but if you have other students who may need online access, please complete this form- https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fforms.office.com%2FPages%2FResponsePage.aspx%3Fid%3DS7AZ4AwzekaLrgn7FzdNanzhvUAOI8tEuM9IZH9hE3pUNllTWUZRSlFYSkFFU0tQQzRPVlc5WTJCWi4u&data=05%7C01%7Cjplumly%40K12.WV.US%7C2627952fefef44ebd95708daa08987d2%7Ce019b04b330c467a8bae09fb17374d6a%7C0%7C0%7C637998809807443046%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=tzkdfi8qhnRGAPrJnLfuZA87ombKsjYzGVin3eApR%2FA%3D&reserved=0,
We have received a large donation of food and hygiene items. With that said, we are making plans to share these items with our families.
Don't forget tomorrow is School Picture Day. Inter-State Studio will be here to take every student's picture.
Good morning families. We are working on getting food requests out from last week. If you could use a food bag for your child this week, please complete this form -tinyurl.com/EmersonFP.
Wood County Schools will distribute a limited number of Wi-Fi hotspots to households with no or unreliable Internet access. To learn more, visit https://woodcountyschoolswv.com/hotspot
Wood County Schools will distribute a limited number of Wi-Fi hotspots to households with no or unreliable Internet access. To learn more, visit https://woodcountyschoolswv.com/hotspot
Wood County Schools is again offering a damage waiver program for student iPads. The program allows families to pay an upfront fee at the beginning of the school year which reduces the cost of repair and replacement of the iPad of those enrolled. Families can buy in one student for $30 or pay $60 for a family plan, which includes 2 or more students. If a family paid for the damage waiver last year and did NOT have a claim, that payment is rolled over into this year and the family is automatically enrolled again. If a family paid for the damage waiver last year and DID have a claim, they can buy back in to the program by filling out and paying for a new damage waiver. The program does require a student ID number. Contact your child’s school if you do not know their student ID number. Visit our payment portal to purchase. https://woodcountyschoolswv.com/payment