Woodrow Wilson Elementary School
Eagles
Marzene Bennett,
Principal
175
Girard Avenue
Trenton, NJ 08638
Phone: 656-4970 (Fax):989-2913
Dear Parent, Grandparent, Guardian, Friend, and Wilson Website Visitor,
We welcome you to Woodrow Wilson Elementary School, one of
the District’s four elementary bilingual centers. Our school services students
who have been identified as English Language Learners (ELL); our faculty and
staff work with these students to help them improve their writing and speaking
ability in English.
Many students are bused to Wilson School from various
schools in the Trenton District; we welcome them into our school. The
expectations for them and every Wilson student are that they will be serious
about their education and achieve to their highest potential. Our school-wide
focus of care and respect for all individuals resonates throughout our school,
each and every individual is valued and is expected to be treated with dignity
and respect at all times.
We have enthusiastically prepared for the start of the
2011-12 academic school year. Our School Rules are posted throughout our school;
each grade level began the year with a Character Education Assembly, lead by the
principal. We spent time sharing expectations for our students’ behavior,
reviewing our School Rules, and most importantly the expectations for our
students’ academic achievement for the current year. Students are challenged
frequently and expected to rise to the occasion daily; they are assigned
homework everyday and they are expected to return their homework assignments the
following day. Children must arrive to school on time (8:45 a.m.); this is vital
to their success. Our parents are expected to help us help their children be the
very best; as “we believe the children are our future.”
We expect a large percentage of our students to return to
school in their Wilson School Uniforms, our official uniform colors are “Powder
Blue Tops and Khaki (beige/light brown bottoms);” our teachers and staff members
understand the benefits of having our students dressed appropriately. Many of
our teachers and other staff members have voluntarily opted to join our students
in purchasing and wearing their official Trenton District Uniform. We realize it
is also very helpful to our parents when their children know what they are
expected to wear everyday; in addition, studies have shown that students tend to
focus on their academics more and not be so concerned about what they or their
peers are wearing. Parents are encouraged to remind their children to wear their
School Uniforms every day.
Parents and visitors are encouraged to visit our school any
day after our Language Arts Literacy block which ends at ten thirty (10:30 a.m.)
daily. This period of time is set aside everyday to give our students ample time
to focus on their reading, writing, speaking, thinking, and listening skills. We
have planned many, many exciting activities for our parents this year; our Back
to School Night (September 22nd) will be followed by four FAST meetings for our
parents, two Technology Days for Parents, Wilson’s G & T Art, Dance, and Music
Night, Young Authors’ Night, Science Fair, PTO Family Reading Night, PTO Test
Taking Strategies Night, PTO Family Math Night, and several assembly programs.
Wilson is a school where parents are valued, respected, and encouraged to become
our Partners in Education; together we can make a positive difference in each
child’s life. Wilson newsletters are sent home bi-monthly to inform parents of
the exciting events that take place at our school.
We are all very proud of our school, our faculty and staff,
our students, and our parents. The partnerships we have developed and will
continue to develop will assist each child to become the very best that he/she
can become. Our goal is to help each child “graduate with a vision for their
future and prepared to succeed in their choice of college or career;” together
this can become a reality for each of our students. We expect to see you very
soon and often as we begin another exciting and engaging year at Woodrow Wilson
Elementary School.
Sincerely,
Marzene Bennett, Principal
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