Welcome to the 2020-2021 School Year!  While the school year might not be starting the conventional way - we are still excited to welcome our new and returning students, families, and staff for what will be a school year for the history books.  

 

To stay up to date on all things WRE - please make sure you subscribe to our calendar and to Principal Stevens weekly email updates.  Her latest emails will remained linked in the upper right hand corner under "Notes from Principal Stevens".  Also, make sure you are subscribed to the Seahawker (WRE PTA's Newsletter) to learn all about our fun events we have planned for 2020-2021.

 

The Shop WRE Store will remain open for the following:

 

• Join the PTA
• Become a Booster Sponsor
• Purchase a WRE Yearbook

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All students will need school supplies when they start virtual learning on August 19. The WRE PTA Online Store will reopen Saturday, August 1. If you were not able to purchase school supplies in July, you can do so by going to www.wrepta.org/wrestore

 

The store will close on Thursday, August 6th at midnight. This is your last chance to purchase school supplies through the WRE store. If you have questions regarding the store, please contact Courtney Halpin at cjhalpin98@gmail.com. 

 

School supplies, spirit wear, and 2019-2020 yearbooks will be distributed during the drive-through Expo on August 17-18. More details to come on this event.

 

If you would like to buy your school supplies elsewhere, you can find a list of what school supplies are required here. Students will keep all supplies at home to begin the school year and then bring them to school once the face to face model begins. 

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• Check junk mail, spam folders, etc. Some emails may have automatically been placed in these folders.
• Check all of your email addresses. We have found a few families who had some siblings sent to mom's email and some sent to dad's email. It depends on how the emails were entered into FOCUS during enrollment.
• Search for this email address: noreply@qemailserver.com This is how I found my email - it had been automatically placed in my deleted folder through a filtering service that I use on my personal email account.

• One drive-through will be used to pick up your student's ipad (if they do not currently have a school-issued ipad) and needed curriculum materials to begin virtual learning on August 19.

• The other will be set up for WRE PTA and parents can pick up anything ordered in the PTA online store, including school supplies, spirit wear, 2019-2020 WRE yearbooks.

 

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iPad Return Update

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Welcome, Ms. Mechelle Smith!

WRE Families,

My name is Mechelle Smith and I am excited to introduce myself as your new Assistant Principal!

I am entering my 29th year in education which has all been in RISD and within the Lake Highlands Learning Community.  I spent 25 years at Aikin Elementary as a 6th grade teacher, instructional coach and Assistant Principal and for the past three years, I have been the Assistant Principal at Merriman Park Elementary.

I have two sons who are both teachers and coaches in neighboring districts.  I am a huge Cowboys fan and have a sweet dog named Dak.  I love playing Words with Friends and reading historical fiction.

I am super excited to be joining the mighty Seahawk family and being a part of the culture that makes this school so great.  I look forward to meeting everyone and starting what will be a unique school year.  

Pease stop by and say hi whenever you can and follow me on twitter @mechellesmith.

 

Mechelle Smith  

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to the 2020-2021 PTA Board for your leadership & service to our school!

  

President: Melissa Duffield

1st VP: Courtney Halpin

2nd VP of Programs: Dori Wright

3rd VP of Membership: Jean E. Sides

4th VP Auction & Boosters Ways & Means: Lauri Griffith

5th VP Operating Budget & Community: Corrie Strosnider

6th VP of Room Reps: Kimberly Elliott

7th VP of Community Relations: Ali Cullum

8th VP of Auction: Meredith Neff

Secretary: Emily Kretz

Treasurer: Alice Monroe

 Parliamentarian: Sarah Hefton

 

Click here to learn more about our PTA and PTA Board! 

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RISD Academic Calendar for the 2020-2021 School Year

The RISD calendar for next year has been officially published! Please see below for important dates concerning next year!  Here is a PDF printable version of the calendar as well.

 

  

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 VOLUNTEER APPLICATION FORM

If you or a family member would like to volunteer, you will have to complete an online background check. Please note, it takes two weeks to process.  All volunteers must submit a form annually, even if you are a returning volunteer and had one the prior year. Volunteer application forms are available here.

  

IDENTIFICATION ~ ENTRANCE TO OUR CAMPUS

All visitors must follow RISD's, and WRE's, building entry procedures and must sign in at the front office upon arrival and provide proper identification to receive authorization to enter the school. If you do not provide proper identification you will not be allowed to enter the building. Your child's safety is our number one priority! We want to thank you for adhering to our guidelines and rules, and helping keep our school safe.

 

 DIRECTORY INFORMATION

Directory access will be closed/accessible to PTA members only beginning September 1, 2020.  If you would like to join PTA, you can do so here.

 

Did you know there is a FREE Directory App for your phone? Learn more here.

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Questions?

PTA President, Melissa Duffield and/or 1st VP-Aide, Courtney Halpin

 

 

If you already have a Membership Toolkit account with another organization, you can use the same log-in here. 

Need more information?