Important Upcoming Dates
- First student day: August 30, 2021 for most students
- WMHS Mandatory Orientation for 6th Graders, 9th graders and 10th graders: Monday, August 30 from 8:00am-12:15pm
- All students will attend a full day of school on on August 31
- First student day for PreK: September 7, 2021
- Updated 2021-2022 Calendar
Dear WSD Families and Staff,
First Day Delayed
As we shared this weekend, the first day of school has been delayed until August 30. Please read the detailed information about this delay and its impact on the 21-22 school calendar here. We are looking forward to seeing most of our students on August 30. The schedule is below:
- Grades K-5: August 30 from 8am – 3pm (dismissal is at 2:50pm)
- Grades 6, 9, 10: August 30 from 8am – 12:15pm for mandatory orientation
- Grades 11 and 12: August 30 from 1pm – 2:45pm, drop in for a tours and meet your teachers
- All grades K-12: August 31 full day for all students 8am – 3pm
- (PreK begins September 7)
COVID-19 Procedures
Our top priority is keeping our students and staff safe, healthy and learning together in-person. To make sure our schools remain safe for everyone, our Leadership Team and COVID-19 Coordinators have created specific procedures. Read about the procedures here. In summary:
Masks will be required for all, regardless of vaccination status. Except when people are: Outside, Eating
Keeping individuals with COVID symptoms out of our schools. Self-screenings will be required before entering the building. Students will be isolated and sent home immediately if they exhibit COVID symptoms while at school.
Our district will follow Vermont Department of Health contact tracing guidelines. Sign in sheets and seating assignments will be required.
Back-to-School Informational Videos
You and your children are probably wondering: What will student drop-off look like this year? What do the new parts of the building look like? How will my student find the new middle school? How will my student access the temporary classrooms in the new gym? What door should my child enter on Monday? Watch these short videos, edited by our very own WHS student David Klinker, about all of the above and more!
JFK Elementary School Informational Video
Join the Parent Teacher Organization!
The PTO would like to welcome you to the new school year. We are excited for the opportunities to support the students and staff of WSD this year and welcome new members and new ideas. The PTO strives to include all members of our community and welcomes your ideas on how to do so. Please join us!
We hold monthly meetings between September and May and would love to have you join us. In these meetings, we will discuss new and recent business and provide updates on events, fundraisers (the November craft fair and the spring Fun Dog Show), committee work (including Teacher and Staff Support, Talent Show, and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion), and PTO financials. Our meetings are typically held every third Wednesday from 6:00pm to 7:30pm. We will begin meetings on Zoom this year with the hope to move to in person meetings in the near future. Our first meeting is on September 15.
If you are unable to attend weekly meetings, we are always looking for volunteers to help out on the ground (in the past these have included chaperoning dances, sponsoring potlucks, and selling baked goods and raffle tickets at various school events). Just let us know what works for you!
Are you interested in joining the PTO? Please feel out our brief survey to provide your contact information. Email [email protected] with any questions. We look forward to welcoming new members and working together for a great year.
Thank you,
The Winooski PTO
- President: Laura Lee
- Vice President: Amelie Thurston
- Treasurer: Lucy D’Aponte
- Secretary: Kate Simone
Sign Up for our Tooth Tutor Program!
Would you like your child to receive full access to dental care while at school? Would you like to stop missing work to take your child to dental appointments?
Sign up for our Tooth Tutor program! This program is for students who don’t currently have a dentist or students who would like to transfer to Vermont Dental in Winooski. Read about our program here.
ARSC Updates
The WSD Antiracism Steering Committee (WSDARSC) has spent time this summer organizing and engaging in outreach to the community to recruit members for each of the Demand Action Groups. Members of the ARSC attended the Winooski Wednesday’s event, the Farmer’s Market and held two Community Meetings at the Pool to share this opportunity with the community. A huge thank you to our youth members Auishma, Albina, Moo Thay, Eliza, Maeree and Evelyn for facilitating the community meetings at the Pool.
We had a lot of families, community members and youth in attendance and a lot of great energy about the work ahead.
Next steps will be:
- 1) Form the Demand Action Groups based on the sign ups – by the end of August
- 2) Communicate with Demand Action Group members – by the end of August/early September
- 3) Hold an orientation meeting for the Demand Action groups to support their work moving forward – September
Courtesy Posts
Each week we will share information from non-district organizations upon request. Click here if you are interested in learning more about:
Third Annual Vermont First African Landing Day – Out of Darkness: Into the Light Intervale Center August 28 from 10am – 6pm