November & December Community Service Project
We will donate coats and blankets to the Helping Hands of Woodruff to help families in our community stay warm this winter. Please bring items to the top of the cafeteria.
|
| |
Mary Black Foundation Community Champion Award
WPS was awarded the prestigious Mary Black Foundation Community Champion Award for Early Childhood Development in a ceremony held on October 15th. This award is designed to recognize outstanding individuals and organizations working to improve the early care and education of children ages birth to five in Spartanburg County. The Community Champion Award comes with a gift of $25,000.00. We are very thankful to the Mary Black Foundation for recognizing the value of quality early childhood education.
|
| |
Lowe's Toolbox for Learning Grant
We are excited that Mrs. Brown, our media specialist, received the Toolbox for Learning grant from Lowe's for $5,000.00. Mrs. Brown has used these funds to create a reading courtyard just off the school library. It contains a table, benches, planters and statues that make this outdoor space an inviting reading environment for our little ones. It was a popular spot during our most recent Family Literacy Night as parents and children enjoyed reading books on the benches in such a pleasant setting. Mrs. Brown was appreciative of all of the assistance provided by the employees of Lowe's in this project. She also had many parent volunteers to help with this work. She appreciates them. And we appreciate Mrs. Brown as she is always thinking of ways to connect children with books!
|
| |
Collaboration with USC Upstate Early Childhood Program
We are happy to have 16 USC Upstate clinical students working in our preschool and kindergarten classes every Wednesday morning. They are observing our early childhood educators and teaching lessons under their direction. We believe this collaboration strengthens our program. In addition, we wish to give back to the profession that has provided us with opportunities to do such meaningful and important work over the years.
|
| |
Thanksgiving Holidays
School will be closed on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday of the week of Thanksgiving. I am thankful that I have the opportunity to serve as principal of WPS. It is the very best job because I am able to work with the most professional and knowledgeable early childhood educators. I am also surrounded by almost 800 little ones everyday. I love it!
|
| |