wileyKimball Wiles Elementary
Principal, Dr. Barbara Buys, buysbn@gm.sbac.edu
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Dr. BuysNewsletter from
Our Principal

 November 20, 2009 

Dear Parents,

            We have had quite a week at your elementary school.  The report of a stranger on campus gave everybody pause.  It was also a good time for us to review our on-campus safety procedures and to tighten up a bit in some areas.
           
One change we have made is to post a staff member on duty on the back playground by the gate into the Greenleaf subdivision.  We will open the gate each morning.  It will be closed during the school day.  We are also going to be far more careful of parents or visitors on campus who do not sign in at the office and are not wearing a visitor’s name tag.  Unless you are walking your child to class in the morning or waiting outside for afternoon pick-up, you must come through the front office to sign in.  Remember do not go to classrooms when school is in session unless you have signed in and have an appointment with the teacher.  If you need to give something to your child, please bring it to the office.  We’ll handle it from there.  Thank you for your cooperation with these procedures.  Nothing is more important than the safety of our boys and girls.  We know you wouldn’t have it any other way – and neither would we.
           
Next week is a very short week as we all get ready to celebrate the upcoming Thanksgiving Holiday.  School is in session on Monday and Tuesday only.  We will all enjoy the rest of the week as a brief vacation!
           
On the back of this letter is the list of Wiles Leaders for the month of October.  What a great bunch of students earned this honor.  Each month teachers select students who demonstrate responsibility, caring, hard work, or honesty or all four together!  We are so proud of these boys and girls, and we know you are, too.
           
The Academic Focus for the week is Sequencing in Reading which means to put events in the order they happen in the text, and Operations in Mathematics.  Operations refers to basic math facts including addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.  Our fifth grade Lunch Bunch is busily working on their multiplication facts through twelve’s.  Watch out, fourth graders!  You are coming up next.  Better get busy on those multiplication tables.
           
The faculty and staff join me in wishing you a very Happy Thanksgiving!  Enjoy your family and friends and count those blessings.  We’ll welcome the boys and girls back to school on Monday, November 30 at 7:45 sharp.

Sincerely,
Barbara Buys