October 29th

Happy last week of October! 

Unicorn Trot! 

Unicorn Trot was a lot of FUN! We utilized our inside plan for our students to complete the Unicorn Trot. Thank you to Ms. Kellie and Mrs. Frasier for being our MCs and leading the students in dancing and running during their Trot. Thank you to Susan Hill and Colleen Rohner for organizing the event!  The students raised $23,750 - well over our $22,000 goal. With our corporate sponsorships, our grand total for the event is: $29,850. The students will be able to complete the Color Run during Field Day in the spring. 

Dress Code (in reference to Wednesdays make -up day) 
Students are expected to adhere to standards of dress and appearance that are compatible with an effective learning environment. Presenting a bodily appearance or wearing clothing which is disruptive... or which endangers the health or safety of the student or others is prohibited

Upcoming Events: 

October 31st - Make up day (elective schedule)

October 31st-Quarter 1 Elective Share

November 1st-Last day of Q1 electives

November 5th-Q2 elective begin

November 12th - No School (Veterans day)

November 13th - Leadership Meeting

November 13th - Foundation Pre-Giving Tuesday Celebration at Lynnwood Concern

from 4-8 pm

November 13th-Report cards go home

November 20th - Early Release

November 21-23 - Vacation and holidays

November 27th - School Improvement Meeting

November 27th - Foundation Giving Tuesday

October 22nd

Parents,

Happy Fourth week of October:

Updates for an exciting week at Underwood Elementary with our Unicorn Trot we have two

weeks until the end of the quarter (weather has made this quarter last a little longer)!

Second quarter will begin on November 5th.  

Unicorn Trot

Spirit Week

Monday Oct 22nd - Crazy Socks and Hair

Tuesday - Oct 23rd - Favorite Sports Team

Wednesday - Oct 24th - Hat Day

Thursday - October 25th - Pajama Day

Friday - October 26th-  Race Day - Underwood School Family will receive their Race Shirts

Readvolution-  Our students are still rocking it!  The county’s goal for each school is to read

2020 books!!  We have already read 1,652 books! We are the top in our area AND we only

have 449 students! We have updated the minutes on the goal outside of the bathrooms. Also,

we had some students express their frustration that it will only allow 60 minutes per day, the

written concern was shared with the leaders of the Readvolution for the district.

Parents and students can add their minutes to this link-  
https://www.nhl.com/hurricanes/community/readvolution.

Reflections 2018-  Heroes Around Me

Encourage your children to participate in Reflections 2018.  Reflections is a run by the National

PTA (Gail van Matre supports Underwood) and directly aligns with our gifted and talented theme.
The students use the arts to share their “reflection” of the theme Heroes Around Me.  All entries
must be submitted by October 29th. The Reflections Team will select projects that display the
theme and those will be taken to the county.  County winners will then move on to the next division.

Calendar/Important Links:

October 26th - Unicorn Trot

October 31st - Make up day (elective schedule)

October 31st-Quarter 1 Elective Share

November 1st-Last day of Q1 electives

November 5th-Q2 elective begin

November 7th-Q1 elective reports must be completed

November 12th - No School (Veterans day)

November 13th - Leadership Meeting

November 13th - Foundation Pre-Giving Tuesday Celebration at Lynnwood Concern from 4-8 pm

November 13th- Report cards go home

November 20th - Early Release

November 21-23 - Vacation and holidays

November 27th - School Improvement Meeting

November 27th - Foundation Giving Tuesday

Make it an awesome week!

October 1st

Underwood Families,

Happy first day of October. We were able to complete our second full week of classes last week, which was exciting for us! 

Interims for 1-5 grade students will be going home October 9th. The application that WCPSS uses to create an interim has not been as successful for entering grades (especially math) and creating an interim. This is the reason that the interims will go home later then planned at the beginning of the School year. 

Grounds day - We will be having our first Grounds Day on October 6th from 9-12. We will be removing weeds, working on some of the garden items, and cleaning up litter around the building. 

READEVOLUTION --- Please be sure you have worked with your child to login to the Readvolution website.  https://readvolution.cenagage.com/wake

Login- WakeID (all students have an ID-  K-2 students ID was written on the paperwork home

Password-  WakeID password (student number). 

See letter in Tuesday folders for more information about our partnership with the Carolina Hurricanes. If you have any questions, please contact Alexandria Judge-Lenkeit- ajudge-lenkeit@wcpss.net

Revised WCPSS Elementary Report Card information (an additional letter will go out to families). 

• No overall ELA or Math Grade
• There will be four ELA grades based on the clusters (Language, Reading, Speaking & Listening, and Writing).
• There will be five Math grades based on the domains. The domains vary based on the grade levels

Save the dates: 

October 5th--  Fall Pictures

October 6th --  Grounds Day (8am-12pm)
October 9th -- Interims go home 
October 12th-  Pep Rally (time TBD)
October 19th - Unicorn Trot (full day of school) 
October 31st - Make up day (elective schedule; staff breakfast provided by admin)
November 12th - No School (Veteran's day) 
November 20th - Early Release 
November 21-23 - Vacation and holidays 
November 27th - School Improvement Meeting 
November 27th - Giving Tuesday