Good evening West Salisbury families, this is your child’s principal Mr. Binns. I hope that all of our families are staying warm and safe during this winter freeze. The temperatures have been cold and the roads icy, so we hope you are all doing well. I have just a few announcements for this week. As we continue with our iReady and MAP and MCAP testing we encourage our parents to make sure that your child gets a good night’s rest and is here to school everyday and on time. We want to thank our parents for complying with our request of parking in the parking lot when bringing your child to school and not stopping in the middle of the driveway when picking your child up. It has made a big difference, and the traffic is flowing a log smoother. Thank you very much. Friday, January 26 is the end of the second marking period, and a new marking period will begin on Tuesday, January 30. Also, on that Friday we will have our 2nd marking period PBIS incentive so we look forward to celebrating all of our students who have met the PBIS criteria. Opposite day was a huge success so visit our Facebook page to see our pictures. Finally, Monday, January 22 there will be a 90-minute delay due to road conditions. Students will come to school at 9:45 a.m. Well that is it for now, we are the Tiger Nation, Tigers let me hear you roar. ROAR!!!
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🌈 Get ready for a burst of color, West Salisbury! 🌟 This Friday, January 26th, is all about embracing the vibrant and groovy vibes with TYE DYE DAY! 🎨 Show off your favorite tie-dye creations and let your creativity shine 🌈✨ Can't wait to see the amazing designs from our fantastic students and staff!
Attached you will find images featuring this week's letter days and the PK-5 Lunch, PK-5 Breakfast, and Snack Menu for January.
Wicomico County Public Schools will dismiss 2 hours early on Friday, Jan. 19th due to inclement weather. All after-school and evening activities are cancelled for Friday. All activities for Saturday, Jan. 20th are also cancelled out of an abundance of caution. Please be safe.
🎉 Get ready, West Salisbury! 🎉
Tomorrow, Friday, January 19th, we're turning things upside down for the most epic Fun Friday ever - it's Opposite Day! 🔄 Students, step into your teachers' shoes, and teachers, get ready to embrace your inner student!
👩🏫 Students, grab those glasses, ties, and maybe a chalkboard! 📚
👩🎓 Teachers, time to dig out those backpacks and sneakers! 🎒👟
Let's see who can pull off the best role reversal! 🌟 Let's make this Opposite Day one for the books! 📸🎊 #OppositeDay #FunFriday #TigerNation
School Status Alert for Wednesday, Jan. 17: Due to inclement weather, there will be a 90-minute delay for Wicomico County Public Schools on Jan. 17 to evaluate weather and road conditions. If there is any change to this status, an update will be sent out and posted early Wednesday.
The monthly meeting of the Wicomico County Board of Education will now be held at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 18.
🎉 Get ready, West Salisbury! 🎉 This Friday, January 19th, we're turning things upside down for the most epic Fun Friday ever - it's Opposite Day! 🔄 Students, step into your teachers' shoes, and teachers, get ready to embrace your inner student!
👩🏫 Students, grab those glasses, ties, and maybe a chalkboard! 📚
👩🎓 Teachers, time to dig out those backpacks and sneakers! 🎒👟
Let's see who can pull off the best role reversal! 🌟 Let's make this Opposite Day one for the books! 📸🎊 #OppositeDay #FunFriday #TigerNation
Attached you will find images featuring this week's letter days and the PK-5 Lunch, PK-5 Breakfast, and Snack Menu for January.
Good afternoon Tiger family, this is your child’s principal Mr. Binns. I know you are enjoying this awesome extended weekend in which we celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday. Well, I just wanted to take a couple minutes to give you some announcements for this upcoming week. First, please remember that all schools and offices are closed on Monday, January 15th, 2024 in recognition of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday so sleep in and enjoy your extra day off and thank you to Dr. King for what he endured and fought for in order for everyone to have the freedoms we have today. This Tuesday January 16th there will be a board meeting at Long Avenue beginning at 7:00 p.m. the public is invited to attend to hear the latest topics and concerns within the Wicomico County school System. Parents that drop off and pick up their child we are having problems with parents parking their cars in the driveway of the parking lot which is holding up traffic or blocking parents that have parked in the parking bay. Parents are not permitted to stop their car in the driveway of the parking lot to walk their child to the building while the car is in the driveway portion. All parents are to park in a parking bay if they would like to walk their child to the door for drop off and for pick up. This is for the safety of our students and you the parents. Parents we are going to continue to promote good attendance and being on time. Please make every effort to have your child to school daily and on time. The iready and MAP testing window will begin with our STC Ms. Monroe looking to have a successful testing window. We know our students will do their best on their assessments. On Friday we will have Fun Friday and it will be “Opposite Day” which means the students will dress up like teachers and administrators and the teachers will dress up like students. This will be so fun to see our students dress up like their favorite teachers. This past Thursday, West Salisbury Elementary was recognized and received an award for participating in the Cup Stacking Competition. Well because of this a WORLD RECORD was made and West Salisbury was one of three schools in Wicomico that participated. We want to thank Dr. Eagle for having the vision to have our school participate in such a fun and cool event. Finally, West Salisbury is proud to inform the Tiger Nation that our Teacher of the Year is Dr. Harlan Eagle. We want to say congratulations to Dr. Eagle and we know he will do a great job representing the tiger nation. All the best Dr. Eagle. That’s it for now remember we are the tiger nation and this means more. Tigers let me hear you roar. ROAR!!!
Please see the flyer attached.
The Board of Education will hold a Public Budget Hearing to present information on the development of next year’s Wicomico County Public Schools budget (FY2025) and to receive public input at 5:30 p.m., Thursday, February 8th in the Board Auditorium at 101 Long Avenue in Salisbury.
This budget hearing will also be live-streamed on the Watch Board Meeting page of the school system’s website at www.wicomicoschools.org
Attention Parents:
West Salisbury is excited to announce our upcoming Parent Strategy Workshop scheduled for Thursday, February 1, 2024. Invitations for the workshop were sent home with your students yesterday, so kindly check their backpacks for the invitation. Please sign the invitation and ask your student to return it to their teacher.
We look forward to welcoming you at the workshop! <3
The Wicomico County Board of Education meeting that was scheduled for this evening (Jan. 9) has been rescheduled to Tuesday, Jan. 16 at 7 p.m. Pre-registration for Public Comments will be open online from 7 p.m. Jan. 9 through 7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 15 (https://dev3.wicomicoschools.org/board_public_comments/) and at the Board meeting site 1 hour before the meeting on Jan. 16.
IMPORTANT MESSAGE:
Today, Tuesday, January 9th, West Salisbury students will be dismissed 2 hours early ( 1:15 pm ) due to inclement weather and potentially hazardous road conditions. All after-school and evening activities are canceled.
Tomorrow , Wednesday, January 10th - Wicomico County Public Schools will have a 90-minute delay on Wednesday, January 10th, to allow time to evaluate road conditions. Updates will be provided tomorrow morning if needed.
Please be safe.
SCHOOL STATUS ALERT: Due to inclement weather, Wicomico County Public Schools will dismiss 2 hours early on Tuesday, Jan. 9th. No after-school/evening activities. There will be a 90-minute delay Wednesday, Jan. 10th to evaluate road conditions, with updates as needed. Please be safe.
Good evening West Salisbury Families, this is your child’s principal Mr. Binns. I would like to begin by saying Happy New Year to all of you as this will be the first automated call for 2024. I hope you have had an enjoyable and restful weekend, by spending time with friends and family. As we prepare for a new school week, here are a few announcements. We are pleased to let you know that our students have gotten into a routine of being back and in school and we ask that you continue to encourage your child to comply with their teacher’s policies, procedures and expectations, as well as following all rules on the bus. When your child is able to do this, it creates a welcoming and safe environment here at the Tiger’s Den and on the bus. Next we want to continue to place a huge emphasize attendance and it’s importance. We have had a number of absences lately and when your child accumulates absences it impacts their ability to access the lessons that are being taught and they miss valuable instruction. When a student accumulates 5 or more absences the parent will receive an attendance intervention plan that must be administered. This AIP is implanted county wide, so please parents, make every effort for your child to not only be here at school, but have them here on time. Remember your child depends on you. We appreciate your attention to this important part of school. On Tuesday, January 9th, at 7:00 p.m. at Long avenue is a general board meeting. Parents can sign up for public comments at the board’s website from January 2nd – January 8th. This week Wicomico County Public Schools will officially announce the (3) finalist for each school for teacher of the year, and although we have announced our finalist and presented them with gifts from West Salisbury the board will officially announce them as well, but we want to congratulate once again Mrs. Kerri Corron Kurten (Kindergarten Teacher), Mrs. Lauren Gilmore (1st Grade Teacher), and Dr. Harlen Eagle (Physical Education Teacher) for being West Salisbury Elementary’s finalist for our teacher of the year. We want to wish them all the best as each school’s teacher of the year will be named at the end of this week by the Teacher of the Year committee. We are proud of all of our teachers. This coming Thursday, January 11th West Salisbury will be recognized for being a part of the World Record for Cup Stacking. Our school participated in the Cup Stacking program and we were recognized along with two other schools in Wicomico County for taking the challenge of cup stacking and were a part of the record number of participants in the elementary school level. Thank you to Dr. Eagle for having the vision to have our students participate and make history in something so fun and cool. Finally, a friendly reminder that our MCAP ELP window will open for our students who do not speak English or who have limited English proficiency this week. Well that is it for now, I hope that you enjoy the rest of your amazing Sunday afternoon and we look forward to seeing all of our tiger cubs here on time bright eyed and busy tailed. We are the Tiger Nation. Tigers let me hear you roar. ROAR!!!
Board of Education meets at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 9. Pre-registration required for public comments, which now take place as agenda item 3.4 early in the meeting. Pre-register online by 7 p.m. Monday (https://dev3.wicomicoschools.org/board_public_comments/), or at the meeting site 1 hour before the meeting starts. Read more: www.wicomicoschools.org.
Attached you will find images featuring this week's letter days and the PK-5 Lunch, PK-5 Breakfast, and Snack Menu for January.
We can not wait to see our Tiger Cubs tomorrow morning!
Good afternoon West Salisbury Families, this is Mr. Binns your child’s principal. I want to begin by saying Happy New Year to each and everyone of you. I hope you have had a wonderful break and you and your child are ready for a new week in school. As we prepare for school tomorrow, here are a few reminders. School will reconvene tomorrow Wednesday, January 3rd, 2024. School doors open at 8:15 a.m. and is dismissed at 3:15 p.m. Please remember that being on time and attendance plays a major role in your child’s academic success. Our teachers and staff are rested and excited to have our tiger cubs back in the tiger’s den to resume high quality education, so let’s get ready for a great day tomorrow. Please talk to your child tonight about transitioning back to being in school so they can be ready. Well, that is it for now tiger nation, make sure you get a good night’s rest and we will see you in the morning. Tiger’s let me hear you roar. ROAR!!!