Families

Parents and schools need to work together for the betterment of the students. Parents play an important role in providing support and building the confidence of their children. Parents should check some of the tips or activities they can use to develop their children’s confidence and improve their school experience.

Parent Tips
Parent Activities

Parent Tips

Education starts at school and continues at home. There are plenty of things that you, as parents, can do at home to help your child along a strong developmental path. Here are some helpful tips to give your child an advantage at home, which will transfer to the classroom.

Read, Read, Read

Reading is an important cognitive function for children to learn. Take every opportunity you can to read with your child. Make the kitchen, living room, and their bedrooms, into “reading zones” and devote some time every day to reading short stories, homework, or anything that is particularly challenging for them.

Make it Fun!

Games can be exceptional learning tools. Board games, card games, memory games and word games subtly engage a child in learning essential problem solving skills, while ensuring they have fun! Showing them how much fun learning can be will make them more eager to learn.

Embrace Technology

Computers, tablets, and mobile devices have access to all sorts of educational resources that can help your child learn in a collection of different ways. From games to writing to reading, technology offers a number of different ways to engage kids as they learn. Don’t be scared to let them get used to technology, the sooner they learn about the devices, the more comfortable they will be when using them in the future.

Encouragement is Golden

Remember to encourage your children through the learning process. Positive reinforcement goes a long way in helping a developing mind absorb information. Mistakes should not be cause for concern. Instead, view them as learning opportunities and help your child realize where, and how, they can improve.

Count, Write, Read

Practice, repetition, and routine help a young mind develop skills faster, and become more comfortable with the skills they already have. Set time aside to count with your children, let them write stories for you, and read them together. This little bit of effort can make a world of difference in the long run.

Parent Activities

Here are some fun activities/tips/tricks that make learning engaging, as well as, informative.

Set aside time to write and read short stories to each other.
Find a board game that the whole family can play and have some fun (board games usually involve problem solving, math, writing, and many other transferable skills).
Read from a variety of sources – expose your children to different ways of writing and thinking
Play rhyming games – rhyming games help with improvisational skills and vocabulary.
Don’t limit yourself to a certain writing or vocabulary level – try new things and see what develops quicker than others.
Write different styles – experiment with different styles to broaden their skills.
Read together – dedicate time to read separate stories in the same room or the same story
Encourage them to explore art – different artistic expressions can go simultaneously with higher-level skills. Poetry is relatable to writing as much as music is to math.
Talk to your kids. Discuss what they did that day in school, what they liked, what they didn’t.
Make every day activities educational – engage your child to skim the paper for things, help you make shopping lists, or dictate recipes. Little things like this build transferable skills that help in a collection of different areas.
Encourage their curiosity.
Motivate with reward, applause, or recognition.
Routines are good – they set boundaries, time limits, schedules, and things to look forward to.
Talk about word families. Point out words that are related to other words and help build an early relationship with language, logic, and deduction.
Listen to music. Music can train children in subconscious, subtle manners – making them more receptive to lessons they may consider boring otherwise.
Look up words – don’t let your children remain confused. If they come across words they don’t understand, help them look it up and work through them.
Share family stories and talk regularly.
Go on adventures. Going camping, to museums, or sporting events exposes them to a completely new world of excite to experience.
Play games like I-Spy, where you engage multiple senses, deduction and problem solving.
Help your child keep a diary. Read it through with them, as this is both a good way to learn writing skills, speaking skills, and reading skills.

School Supplies

Woodrow Wilson School

*Suggested School Supplies List

Below we have detailed suggested school supplies for the 2022-2023 school year. Please email your child's teacher if you have any specific questions about what supplies will be needed.

Kindergarten

Tissues
Hand Sanitizer
Disinfecting wipes
Headphones (over the ear, no earbuds please)
Gallon size ziploc bags (1 box)
Sandwich size ziploc bags (1 box)
Pocket Folder
Black Expo marker/eraser

Please have at home:
Crayons
Pencils
Scissors
Glue sticks

First Grade

Tissues
Baby Wipes
Disinfecting wipes
Hand Sanitizer
Ziploc baggies (all sizes are appreciated)
1 spiral notebook
1 plastic folder
Headphones (over the ear, no earbuds please)

Please have at home:
Crayons
Scissors
Pencils
Glue sticks

Second Grade

Tissues
Hand Sanitizer
Baby wipes
Headphones (over the ear, no earbuds please)
1 highlighter
2 folders
No. 2 Dixon Ticonderoga pre-sharpened pencils
Gallon ziploc bags (1 box)
Sandwich ziploc bags (1 box)
Zipper pencil pouch

Third Grade

Tissues Hand sanitizer Baby wipes Headphones (over the ear) Wired mouse Pencils - already sharpened

3 folders 2 notebooks Highlighter

Ziploc bags - sandwich and gallon

ST Math Resources for Parents

Sayreville Borough Links

Kindergarten Parent Information

Kindergarten Parent Informational Video

Kindergarten 2022 Welcome Letter

Welcome to Kindergarten at Wilson School!

We can't wait to have you join us!

Important Dates

Tuesday, June 7^th – Kindergarten Parent Information Night

Monday, August 22^nd – Class schedules and transportation information will be made available on your parent portal

Parent Portal login information will be sent for students who are new to the district in July

Tuesday, September 6^th – Kindergarten Orientation

Wednesday, September 7^th – First day of school for kindergarten students

Wilson Weekly

Good afternoon, Parents and Guardians:

Today the students participated in a fun reading event called Read for the Record. Each year, Read for the Record brings together millions of adults and children as they read the same book on the same day. We read Antwan Eady’s book, Nigel and the Moon, as a school-wide event. The students listened to the story as it was displayed on the big screen. Thank you to Mrs. Abrams and Mrs. West our Reading Specialists for putting this program together.

Halloween will be here on Monday and we are so very excited. To make this is an enjoyable event for the students, we ask that you please click here for our Halloween guidelines for the activities at school. After the parade at 2:00pm, many people want to take their children home. Just remember that the class parties are immediately after and many students are disappointed if they have to leave. Please do not forget to send in an early pick-up form if you plan on picking up early on that day. Class parents please do not forget to send in a note if you are taking your child home with you after the party.

Please mark your calendars for the following activities and events:

Friday, 10/28- Last day or Red Ribbon Week and we will be “Teaming up Against Drugs” by wearing our favorite team or sport shirt.

Friday, 10/28- This is the Book Fair make-up day. If your child was absent or forgot his/her money on his/her scheduled day, they can shop on Friday.

Monday, 10/31- Halloween! Weather permitting the parade will be at 2:00pm. Please remember that as per district policy, NO DOGS ARE ALLOWED on school property. Please make sure you read the Halloween letter regarding Halloween. Click here for Halloween Letter.

Thursday, 11/3- Willabees Meeting from 3:30pm to 4:30pm.

Friday, 11/4- Wilson Pride Day! School your school spirit by wearing your Wilson gear or our school colors, purple, grey and yellow.

Reminders:

If your child is going on a vacation, you are required to inform us in writing in advance of your trip. Please do not email the teacher, use class dojo or the remind app for this. Please send in a handwritten note with your child. Likewise, dismissal changes should never be communicated via email, class dojo or the remind app. Please send in a note with your student. If you have an emergency, please call the main office and will coordinate the dismissal change for you. This policy is to ensure that students are dismissed safely and correctly. Thank you for your cooperation in this matter.

Looking Ahead in November

School will be closed on the following days:

Tuesday, 11/8/22

Thursday, 11/10/22

Friday, 11/11/22

Thursday, 11/24/22

Friday, 11/25/22

Early Dismissal-

Wednesday, 11/23/22

News from the PTO-

The last day to turn in your fundraiser from the Royal Gourmet by Kastle Kreations is Friday, 10/28 to ensure delivery by Thanksgiving. Orders received after 10/28 will be delivered after Thanksgiving.

An update on the Wilson Wear Clothing order. We have received word from our vendor that the orders will be in next week. If you placed an order, we will let you know as soon as we can. We thank you for your patience for this unexcepted delay from our vendor.

Enjoy your evening,

Wilson School

Helpful Information

Kindergarten & Grade 1 Parents

Parent SOS!

We are so excited to share with you our very first installment in Wilson School’s Brand New Video Series “Parent SOS: Answers to Family Questions About Helping Students at Home.”
Scroll down below to find helpful documents!

We want to partner with families to ensure that all of our students here at Wilson School are successful, academically, socially and emotionally. We are living in unprecedented times, and they have certainly resulted in interrupted instruction for our K-3 students. Families want to step in and help fill some of the gaps, but that can be challenging. Have no fear; Wilson Staff is here! To start us off, Mrs. West will answer the ever popular question, "How can I help my child with reading at home?" The answer to this question, and all other questions we receive, can be found by visiting the Wilson School website at wilson.sayrevillek12.net. Click on the "parent tab," and finally "Parent SOS."

We’re asking families to submit questions about how to help support their children at home. If you have a question you’d like us to answer in our next video, please send them on to colleen.west@sayrevillek12.net. We look forward to hearing from you!

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Fire Safety Fun!

On October 11th, the Sayreville Fire Department visited Wilson to teach us ways to stay safe in emergency situations. We learned how to "be rabbit ready, have two ways out!" We got to sit in a firetruck and even sprayed a fire hose!