Neale Elementary

Good Evening. This is a reminder that students with last names L-Z will attend school in-person beginning Tuesday, January 19. We will be utilizing a very similar blended learning format as we did 1st semester. However, by our Governor’s Executive Order, High Schools will not be able to return to in-person learning until we reach the orange status on the WVDDHR daily map. To learn more about our re-entry plan and other learning options you may have, please visit our website at www.woodcountyschoolswv.com . Please stay safe and healthy. Have a wonderful weekend.

Pre Kindergarten Enrollment will be February 8-12. Please refer to the attached slides and call with questions.

We will be registering students for kindergarten soon. Please begin gathering your documentation.

Pre-K Registration will be held February 8-21. The child must be 4 by June 30, 2021 to be able to enroll.

Good evening. On January 19, 2021, students will return to in-person instruction in our schools.  However, I fully understand that some students and families are uncomfortable about returning to school in-person.  To provide more opportunities for our students,  WCS is requesting all students wishing to be instructed in an off-campus learning model, outside of our schools for the second semester, complete the form attached in this correspondence or visit the Wood County Schools website for more information.   Depending on the number of students wishing to be instructed off-campus, we may have the ability to offer families and students different choices rather than just the WV Learns- Virtual School program.  Once again, if you wish for your child to be instructed off-campus second semester, please complete the enrollment form.  The form is due by 3:30 p.m. on Friday, January 8, 2021. Thank you and have a great evening.    Click here to complete the form https://tinyurl.com/y5r337nx

Good Evening, Today, Governor Justice announced that school districts in WV will be in remote learning until January 15, 2021. Beginning January 19, students in grades pre-K through 8th will be instructed in our schools through in-person learning regardless of the color on the WVDHHR map. High Schools will still be governed by the WVDHHR map, but local decisions will be made for in-person learning based on the color of the map. If your child is utilizing WV Virtual School for instruction, nothing will change for the next few weeks. Please visit the Wood County Schools website for more information related to our re-entry on January 19, 2021, or click on the following two links - https://5il.co/o8fs https://5il.co/o8fr Please stay safe and healthy Have a Happy New Year!

Good Evening. This is Will Hosaflook Superintendent of Wood County Schools Today, Governor Justice announced that school districts in WV will be in remote learning until January 15, 2021. Beginning January 19, students in grades pre-k through 8th will be instructed in our schools through in-person learning regardless of the color on the WVDHHR map. If Wood County is Green, Yellow, Gold, or Orange on the daily map, High School students will attend school in-person as long as we do not reach the “Red” status. If your child is utilizing WV Virtual School for instruction, nothing will change for the next few weeks. Please visit the Wood County Schools website for more information related to our re-entry on January 19, 2021……. or click on the following two links - https://5il.co/o8fs https://5il.co/o8fr Please stay safe and healthy Have a Happy New Year

Student please work really hard the next few days to get all of your assignments complete. If you have any missing assignments, they need to be turned in by December 23rd, so that we can have a fresh start when we come back in January. If you need longer than that then will need to contact your teacher to make special arrangements. Remember to pick up your craft kits for next week’s Countdown to Christmas Activities at the back door. These will also be available tonight and tomorrow at the PTO’s Outdoor Virtual Santa Event from 5-7. If you are attending this event, please remember to social distance and to wear a mask.

Join us Thursday or Friday evening for the kickoff to Neale Elementary’s Countdown to Christmas. Neale PTO is sponsoring a free family event. Pictures with Virtual Santa in front of the Vienna City Tree at Neale from 5-7. Families will socially distance, stay masked until it is time to take their picture in front of the tree, and will receive a digital copy of their photo. While you are there pick up a Neale Elementary Countdown to Christmas Craft Kit to participate in the activities that Title I has planned for the following week. Unable to get your craft kit at this event? No worries pick up your kit at the back door beginning Thursday morning at 8:30. Kindergarten students will be receiving their craft kits in the packets their teachers have already prepared. The Title I Story and Craft Activities will be posted via Facebook starting with a Grinch Reader's Theatre Production from some of your favorite Neale Teachers Monday, December 21st.

Title I December Parent Newsletters are available at the following links: https://5il.co/nlry https://5il.co/npg1

Lifetouch will be at the school on Wednesday, December 9th from 8:00-11:00 am to take picture retakes and virtual student pictures. If you are interested in getting pictures taken, please call the school office at 304. 420.9587 to schedule an appointment.

Teacher Teams Schedules https://5il.co/nmpu

Here is a copy of our teachers' remote and snow day schedules. https://5il.co/nmpu

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Pre-Order Meal Delivery Bus Hub & Curbside Tuesday, November 17th - Friday, November 20th Meal pre-orders for Nov. 17-20 are now open at https://tinyurl.com/yyndu3tl As we transition our students to remote learning in orange during the week of November 16th, WCS will be providing students' with meals curbside at your school for walkers and drop offs as well as providing meal delivery via bus routes. School buses will travel to their afternoon stops carrying pre-ordered meals (Breakfast and Lunch) Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. Bus routes are 3 1/2 hours before the normal afternoon drop off time. Meals will need to be reheated. There will be instructions for reheating. For information regarding bus times, please call 304-420-9636 extension 101. If you are picking up curbside at a school. Pickup times are from 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. Please complete the pre-order form for the the Week of November 16th (Tuesday - Friday) for all bus deliveries and curbside . Deadline for pre-order is 2 p.m. on Monday, November 16th. You will need to place an order separately for each student. If you are requesting for bus delivery and your student currently rides a bus, please place the bus number that your student rides home. This program is solely for the pick-up of meals; meals will not be consumed on site. We encourage families to continue to be proactive in reducing the risk of COVID-19 by not congregating at the pick-up locations. Allergy Disclaimer: During this remote and curbside feeding situation, Wood County Schools Child Nutrition Department will be operating under a special waiver for distribution of meals. This option does not allow us to identify students by names and therefore we are not able to identify special food allergies. Please contact the Child Nutrition Department if you have any questions, 304-420-9631 extension 103. This institution is an equal opportunity provider.

Due to Wood County being classified as ORANGE, all Wood County Schools will be on Remote Learning for the week of November 9th. Your child’s teacher will be putting the information you need into Schoology. Staff will be working at the school all week, so please call the school if you have any issues accessing student’s work. Student’s learning must continue. The state map is issued on Saturdays. We will find out on Saturday what type of learning will occur for next week. https://www.facebook.com/WCSWV/posts/1427325414140372

Wood County Schools has put all the information you need to know about the 4 Day Re-Entry Plan on their website. Students will begin coming to school 4 Days a week starting November 9th. If you would like your students to do remote learning from home, instead of attending at school please notify your child's school ASAP. https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/993811/WCS_4_Day_On_Campus_Plan.pdf

On Tuesday night, the Wood County Board of Education approved Mr. Hosaflook's proposed plan for students to return to school 4 days a week (Mon-Thurs) starting November 9th for elementary students. This plan also gives parents a choice of doing remote learning 5 days a week through Schoology. If you would like your child to participate in the 5 day remote learning starting November 9th, please contact the school office or your child's teacher as soon as possible. Administration will then be contacting you in the upcoming week to give you further instructions. If you are currently enrolled in WV Virtual School, you may remain in that program. It is important that we know instructional preferences so that we may prepare for our students who are learning on and off campus. Thank you for being flexible and supportive during this unprecedent time.

Please remember to have your students to login in to Schoology to do their assignments and complete their iReady minutes while they are on their remote learning days. Completing these assignments are vital for them to continue to progress through their grade level standards for the year. Mrs. Kay, our secretary, has called everyone who still has a yearbook to pick up. If you haven't got yours yet, please call and make arrangements to get those. We have a limited supply yearbooks from the 2019-2020 school year available in the office for purchase at a cost of $15.00. Send the money with a note with your student and we will make sure they get one. Our RADA Fundraiser is still going on. The last day to purchase is October 31st. https://bit.ly/3k84DG9 The items get shipped directly to the person who orders.

Join the 1st Grade Teachers Wednesday, October 14th at 5:30 via TEAMS for Virtual Family Night. TEAMS invitations have been sent to your student's email account. You can find the information to log in to these accounts on the bag their iPads came in or on the card that was included inside the bag. There will be a short amount of time allowed for questions that you may have at the end of the event.