November/December Newsletter

November 15, 2024

WEIBEL ELEMENTARY
NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2024 NEWSLETTER

Annie Lee – Principal
Monique Quintero – Secretary
Rose Toro – Office Assistant

45135 South Grimmer Blvd
Fremont CA 94539
(510)651-6958

annielee@fusdk12.net
https://fremontunified.org/weibel

Principal’s Message:

Dear Weibel Families,

We have already reached the end of the first trimester. Time goes by so quickly! As we wrap up the first trimester, I hope all of you took the opportunity to make an appointment with your child’s teacher for our parent-teacher conference week. If you would like a translator for the meeting, please inform the teacher ASAP. This is a great opportunity for you and your child to meet the teacher to discuss the areas of strengths and improvements in both social-emotional development as well as academic progress.

Thank you so much to everyone for all your support with the school fundraiser, Boosterthon. Weibel raised close to $25,000 to support our school with student activities, such as the Magic Assembly coming in December. The amount raised is before the percentage we owe Boosterthon. Even with the dues, we still end up with a great amount of the donations. This is due to the Corporate Match program. I urge all of you to be sure to follow through with this. This portion of the fundraiser is what makes it all worthy to work with Boosterthon. Special thanks to our PTO group for setting all this up and creating another wonderful memory of our Wildcat Run.

I would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a wonderful holiday season. As we approach our first break, I wish everyone a safe holiday break. We do have many breaks coming along and your family may have some traveling plans. If you already know of any absences, please call the front office. Be sure to scroll down and read this newsletter in its entirety as there’s so much information!

Happy Holidays!

Ms. Lee

Dates to Remember:
November 18-22: Parent-Teacher Conferences
November 25-29: Thanksgiving Break (School Closed)
December 4: Magic Assembly (PTO sponsored)

December 23-January 3: Winter Break

December-January: Science Fair!

January 6: Welcome back to School!

WEIBEL NEWS

BE ON TIME!

Majority of the students who are late to school are late by only 1-2 minutes. This can be changed with YOUR HELP! It’s really important to teach students about coming to school on time. If you and your child are running to the school gate to meet the bell, that means you just need to leave your house 1-2 minutes earlier. I know it’s easier said, but let’s show the students that with little change, we can make huge improvements. As we move on to the 2nd trimester, our office will be reaching out to families who are not meeting the 8:25am bell.

NO ORGANIZED GROUPS ON CAMPUS WITHOUT PERMITS

NO Organized groups/after school activities on Campus –

Please be aware that no after school/group activities are allowed on school property after school hours including weekends. This includes field usage of sport leagues. These all require permits.

If you are interested in renting our facilities. You must go through Facilitron and apply to the school district. Please look here for more information. https://www.facilitron.com/fusd94538

SNACK DONATIONS!
Weibel staff loves snacks, especially chocolates and candies. We have an ongoing candy/chocolate drawer in our staff room. If you are feeling generous and would like to donate, please feel free to drop them off at the office. We ask that these are individual items, so that the staff can grab and go as they need a little energy boost throughout the day. Thank you so much in advance!

Counselor’s Corner!

Hi Parents/Caregivers,

I hope you are doing well and staying warm as we transition into colder weather! I have enjoyed getting to know the students here at Weibel and look forward to continuing supporting them on the individual, group, and classroom levels.

Holiday season is coming soon and for many, it can be very overwhelming and stressful. If you’d like to join me in prioritizing mental wellness this holiday season, here are two helpful resources from Care Solace that can help make that easier: Tips for Mental Wellness During the Break and Gratitude Journal pages. The gratitude journal is just one example of an activity that you could do with the whole family!

As always, if you have any questions about the counseling services offered at Weibel or if you’d like to refer your student to counseling, please don’t hesitate reaching out. My goal this year is to make sure that all of our students feel supported and successful while they are here at school.

Warmly,

Kiauna Day-Smith

Weibel School Counselor

kdaysmith@fusdk12.net

(510) 651-6958 ext 47003

Library News!

Thank you to our Weibel Families for supporting our Scholastic Book Fair. This was a fundraiser for our Library and generated $2172 in cash profit as well as $300 in books purchased from the book fair. All profit goes directly toward purchasing new books for our Library. Our generous families also donated 59 books to their teacher’s classroom libraries! This could not happen without our dedicated PTO parent volunteers, and wonderfully supportive staff and teachers.

Darcy Hawks,
Weibel Librarian

STUDENT COUNCIL NEWS!

2024-2025 Student Council Officers

Congratulations to the following officers:

President: Sajan Dulay

Vice President: Christian Johnson

Secretary: Krit Singh

The Student Council will be hosting a canned food drive. It will kick off on Monday, December 9th and end on Friday, December 13th. Donations will benefit the Alameda County Community Food Bank. They are looking for healthy non-perishable food items such as: canned entrees, boxed mac & cheese, canned tuna or meat, and low-sodium canned soups. Packaged, canned, or boxed food items will be accepted only. Please do not donate anything in glass jars. Prizes will be awarded to the class that brings the most donations for grades TK-3 and for grades 4-5.

FAMILY RESOURCES

Weibel Elementary offers Extended Day Care for children entering TK through Fifth Grade.

Adventure Time Extended Day Care

For more information:
Stop by Room 27 & 28,
Call: 510-658-7412
Or visit our website at:
www.adventure-time.com

PTO NEWS

Wildcat Run & Fundraising
Thank you so much for all your support! We’ve raised close to $25,000. All donations will go towards student activities! The first one coming is our Magic Assembly during the month of December. Please be sure to follow up with your corporate match donations. That will get us closer to receiving majority of our earnings!

Afterschool Ice Cream Sales
Ice cream sales will stop for for the winter season. We will be back the 1st week of March. If you would like to purchase ice cream tickets, please ask the front office.

Marquee Birthday Program
Surprise your child on their birthday by wishing them on the school marquee!

Weibel PTO has been successfully running a pilot program to extend birthday wishes to students through our school marquee, creating a special and personalized experience for the birthday child. Please find details in the attached flyer and sign up at: https://forms.gle/oYe25AoYEWtNQTSs6

Spirit Wear
Weibel School Spiritwear Apparel store for the whole family
Store Link: https://1stplace.sale/7826

Math Committee – MEMBERS ONLY

The enrollment process for this school year for the Math Olympiad (MOEM) (4th and 5th grade), Continental Math League (CML) (2nd and 3rd grade) is closed. Math Kangaroo registration is still open If interested, please complete the steps below:

Math Kangaroo

Contest Date: March 20th, 2025
Regular registration: Sep 15 to Dec 31, for $18 per participant
Late registration: Jan 1 and Feb 1 for $35

The steps to register:
1. Go to: MATH KANGAROO REGISTRATION PAGE (https://mathkangaroo.oasis-lms.com/Users/Catalog.aspx)
2. Log in with your login and password or establish your user account if you are new.
3. Click on the tab By Invitation.
4. Copy and paste this code in the field Invitation Code: CAFREMO0017706@2025MK
5. Do not share the code with anyone
6. You are ready to register. Screenshot tutorial here: Registration for Private Center (https://mathkangaroo.org/mks/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Registration-for-a-private-center.pdf)
7. Please note that Weibel Elementary is a testing center only for students whose families are members of Weibel PTO and the students are currently enrolled in Weibel. This is NOT open to former students or non-Weibel siblings/friends of current students of Weibel elementary.

Math Olympiad 1st exam will be 11/13/24 Room 30 and 31

To learn more about these competitive exams and study material you can navigate the links below:

CML – https://www.cmleague.com/

Math Olympiad – https://moems.org/

Math Kangaroo – https://mathkangaroo.org/mks/

**PTO and Math committee do not provide any tutoring, parents are encouraged to form their own study group.

Weibel PTO Board for School Year 2024-2025
Presidents: Preeti Mukundan president@weibelpto.org
1st VP: Padmini Misra president@weibelpto.org
Teacher Treasurer: Supraja Kolluri teachertreasurer@weibelpto.org
General Treasurer: Suman Mittal treasurer@weibelpto.org
Secretary: Deepshikha Khaitan secretary@weibelpto.org

Helpful Links
Weibel PTO Website
Weibel PTO Store
Weibel Facebook Page

BELL SCHEDULES & MORE

2024/2025 NEW Bell Schedule

2024/2025 School Supply List

2024/2025 Emergency Pack List

Absences/Tardies

Please call the Weibel attendance line each time your child is absent or late to school. Leave a message with the reason for your child’s absence or tardy, a reason must be entered in order for the absence/tardy to be excused. Please include the teacher’s name, your child’s first name, last name, your name & phone number.

(510) 651-6958 option #7

If you are notifying a teacher via email about an upcoming absence/late drop off/early pick up, please include our attendance clerk: rtoro@fusdk12.net

Gate Closures

Due to the safety plans, protocols, and related health and safety measures, Weibel will continue to follow the same rules as last year.

Parents will NOT be allowed to enter the blacktop in the mornings. Please be ready to say goodbye at the gate.
Little Foot and Paseo gates will be open during 8am-8:25am and again at 2:40pm. If you are dropping off at the Paseo gate, PLEASE park your car and walk your child over to the gate. DO NOT stop and create your own drop off lane – It is a BIKE lane.
The back school gate near the MUR will be LOCKED ALL DAY. You can still use the Little Foot gate entrance as a shortcut, but will have to walk around the school to get to the main entrance.

FREE Breakfast and Lunch
We will have Breakfast Service in the MUR from 8AM – to the start of the bell. Both breakfast and lunch will be FREE this 2024-2025 school year.
Breakfast/Lunch menus
Website for Menu Information: https://fusdcafes.org/

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Use the “Register” field on www.parentsquare.com/signin or the ParentSquare app to activate your account with the email address or cell phone number on record in Aeries.

CLASSLINK – PASSWORD CHANGES

ClassLink Platform

ClassLink logo Fremont Unified School District has a new Self-Service Password Reset Tool through the ClassLink platform as part of ongoing efforts to enhance the security and independence of the digital teaching and learning experience. ClassLink is designed to allow students and staff to manage their own account passwords securely and efficiently.