Middle School Science teacher, Megan Black, was presented with a check for $2,478 with the news that she and her students are the recipients of CenturyLink’s 2011 – 2012 Teachers & Technology Grant. Ms. Black was one of 232 applicants for the grant, which seeks to improve student achievement and make science more engaging and interactive.

As outlined in her proposal, Ms. Black will use the grant money for data loggers—hand held devices that collect data and utilize it in real time. “The data loggers can become light sensors, temperature probes, motion sensors, etc., and students can be graphing at the same time they are collecting the data. In this way, the data becomes immediately available and students are allowed to participate in scientific discovery in the same way as trained scientists.”

As a grant recipient, Ms. Black will also have an opportunity to present her program to other educators and share with them how the data loggers are benefitting our students.

CRTs

Students in grades 6 and 7 will take CRTs during May 21 – 29. It is imperative that students are in attendance and on time for these important assessments.

Summer Courses

WSD is offering exciting Summer Courses. The full catalog may be accessed from our home page. Registration deadline is May 25. Enrollment after that day will incur a $25 late processing fee. Those who have already signed up must bring payment—cash, check or credit card—to the front desk before registration is considered complete.

Summer Fun at WSD

WSD families and friends—Join the Playground Committee! This committee will meet in early summer with Mary Kimball to discuss future playground plans, landscaping and fencing. Sign up if interested.

If gardening is more your style, join the Garden Committee! We received a $2,000 grant from Whole Foods to start a school garden, which will be spearheaded by Cathy Batten and Lori Leger. To participate, contact email hidden; JavaScript is required.

PSTO will also be spearheading our Summer Projects Committee, which includes safety striping, summer clean-up, and Miner’s Day Parade float preparation. Please contact email hidden; JavaScript is required if interested.

After School Pick-Up

Parents, school ends at 3:05pm each day. Please pick up your student by no later than 3:30pm.

Homework Club

The Wednesday drop-in Homework Club is finished for the school year.

Bookmobile

Please return all books borrowed from the Bookmobile by May 23.

Library Books Due

Please return all books borrowed from the WSD Library by May 23.

WSD Yard Sale

The annual WSD Yard Sale will be held at the school on Friday, June 8 from 8:00am – noon. All proceeds will go to purchase new PE equipment. Start collecting unwanted but usable goods now, and donate by dropping them off at the front foyer on June 4. Volunteers are needed for this event; please respond to email hidden; JavaScript is required, or to the front desk.

Volunteer Hours

Volunteers, please remember to log your hours. Volunteer data is routinely requested by grant organizations and counts in our favor. If unsure about how to log in, ask someone at the front desk. It’s easy!

Soccer Tryouts

Park City Soccer Club will hold tryouts for boys and girls age 7 – 18 for the upcoming soccer year. Tryouts are held at Trailside fields May 21 – June 1. Please visit www.parkcitysoccer.org for club information, age specific schedules and to register by May 20.

Summer of Service

The Governor’s office is once again conducting a statewide campaign encouraging youth to make a difference in their communities by volunteering over the summer. “Summer of Service” runs from June 1 – August 31 and is open to students ages 5 – 25.

Summer Library Programs

Summer County Library’s Summer Reading Program is “Dream Big . . .All Summer Long” and runs from June 4 to August 13.

Art Workshops for Teens

Art Access is sponsoring a series of six different workshops for art-minded teens this summer in June and July. Each workshop is two days long, for 6 hours each day, 9:00am – 3:00pm.

U of U Summer Engineer Camps

U of U Engineering Department is offering two exciting camps this summer: The GREAT (Graphics and Robotics Exploration with Amazing Technology) Summer Camps are aimed at students who want to unleash their creativity while learning about computer graphics, robotics and programming by making games, animations, and robots.

At the EAE (Entertainment Arts and Engineering) Summer Program students will get a chance to make their very own 3D animated character.

Utah Music Festival & School

Utah Music Festival & School will conduct its summer camp at WSD from July 7 – August 26. For more information, or to register.

Eyes Behind the Mask Art Camp

(July 16 – 19) is a 4-day class devoted to one incredible art project. Shannon Kitchens will teach mask making to students entering grades 3 – 8, and last year’s 8th graders, from 10 – 1:00pm Monday – Thursday of this week. Students will meet in the WSD art rooms and should dress for a mess. The results will be spectacular and every student will go home with an amazing piece of art.

Percy Jackson & Greek Mythology

(July 30 – August 2) is inspired by the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series by Rick Riordan. Students entering grades 3 – 6 will meet at WSD from 1 – 4:00pm Monday – Thursday and immerse themselves in Greek mythology, culture and history. Melinda Kaufman is the goddess in charge of this engaging class of supernatural fun. Demigod participants may enjoy the class more if they have read The Lightning Thief before attending.

Let’s Get Ready for Kindergarten!

(July 30 – August 3) prepares children entering Kindergarten this fall by familiarizing them with their new surroundings and with typical Kindergarten tasks and activities. Led by WSD Kindergarten teacher, Christie Vanderhoof, students will spend a full week, from 8:30 – 11:30am, exploring the school, getting comfortable in the classroom, participating in reading and storytelling activities, practicing handwriting, and much more. More than anything, students will learn how much fun Kindergarten can be!

Summer Adventures

(July 9 – 14) is a week-long adventure-based education program open to students entering grades 3 – 7. Students will meet from 9 – 1:00pm for mountain biking, hiking, rock climbing and more at local Park City venues. While developing outdoor skills, confidence and personal responsibility, students will also gain a deep appreciation for the science and nature that is all around them.

Find the complete Summer Program 2012 catalog on our website. Each program description offers a link to more information, plus a registration form. Enroll before May 25 to avoid a late registration fee.

WSD Teachers were showered with gratitude in all its forms this week. Heartfelt thanks to Julie Prugh and her committee for organizing a week of Teacher Appreciation like none other!

CRTs

Students in 8th grade will take CRTs during the week of May 14 – 17. Students in 7th grade will take CRTs from May 18 – 23. Please ensure your student is in attendance and on time for these important assessments.

Summer Courses

WSD is offering exciting Summer Courses. The full catalog may now be accessed from our home page. Registration deadline is May 25. Enrollment after that day will incur a $25 late processing fee.

Bookmobile

Please return all books borrowed from the Bookmobile by May 23.

Library Books Due

Please return all books borrowed from the WSD Library by May 23.

Volunteer Hours

Volunteers, please remember to log your hours. Volunteer data is routinely requested by grant organizations and counts in our favor. If unsure about how to log in, ask someone at the front desk. It’s easy!

Bike Swap

The annual Young Riders Bike Swap will take place Saturday & Sunday, May 12 & 13.

Summer of Service

The Governor’s office is once again conducting a statewide campaign encouraging youth to make a difference in their communities by volunteering over the summer. “Summer of Service” runs from June 1 – August 31 and is open to students ages 5 – 25.

Summer Library Programs

Summer County Library’s Summer Reading Program is “Dream Big . . .All Summer Long” and runs from June 4 to August 13.

WSD Yard Sale

The annual WSD Yard Sale will be held at the school on Friday, June 8 from 8:00am – noon. All proceeds will go to purchase new PE equipment. Start collecting unwanted but usable goods now, and donate by dropping them off at the front foyer on June 7. Volunteers are needed for this event; please respond to email hidden; JavaScript is required, or to the front desk.

Utah Music Festival & School

Utah Music Festival & School will conduct its summer camp at WSD from July 7 – August 26. For more information, or to register.

Summer Boot Camp

(June 11 – 29) is three weeks of age appropriate fitness training Mondays – Thursdays from 8:30 – 10:30am for students entering grades 4 – 8. Coaches Amy Newman and Channing Leitch will spend two days a week with students in Crossfit weight training in the school gym, and two days a week at various trailheads in the Park City area. The camp is designed to be safe, fun, and fast-paced. Students will enjoy learning the value of teamwork, cardiovascular training and safe weight lifting in the gym environment, as well as proper trail etiquette, nutrition, hydration, safety and injury prevention on our local trails.

Dreambox Math

(June 8 – August 17) is an Intelligent Adaptive Learning program for Elementary Math students for students entering grades K – 4 this fall that provides students with individual lessons tailored to their proficiency levels. Current Dreambox students will continue from where they left off in the current school year. New Dreambox students will begin the program and continue with their 2012 – 2013 homeroom teacher. Students may access the program from any location, making this an ideal program for summer vacation.

Mrs. Kimball’s Reading and Writing Workshop

(July 2 – July 26) provides online differentiated reading and writing instruction to students entering grades 2 – 5. Students answer content-based questions and respond to various prompts in written form. Mary Kimball will evaluate the responses and provide specific recommendations. Students have the opportunity to meet as an on campus class twice during the session: July 12 and July 26 from 9 – 11:00am. For all interested participants, there is an introductory meeting on May 31 at 3:30pm.

Reader’s Theater Camp

(July 9 – 19) is a forum for students entering grades 3 – 5 to develop fluency through expressiveness, intonation, and inflection as they perform various group Reader’s Theaters. Students will meet from 9:00am – noon Mondays – Thursdays to enhance their comprehension of text and create enthusiasm for reading by depicting characters from popular stories, creating props and costumes, and preparing a final performance for family and friends.

Find the complete Summer Program 2012 catalog on our website. Each program description offers a link to more information, plus a registration form. Enroll before May 25 to avoid a late registration fee.

2011 – 2012 WSD Yearbooks are on sale. They are hard bound, and beautifully designed by WSD students. Lower School yearbooks are $25; Middle School yearbooks are $25. Order forms have been sent home with students and may be returned with payment to the front office. Extra forms are available. Deadline for ordering is extended to Monday, May 7. Any yearbooks remaining will be sold for $30 after that date. Order yours today!

Summer Courses

WSD is offering exciting Summer Courses. Enrollment after that day will incur a $25 late processing fee.

Kindergarten Survey

Parents of incoming Kindergarten students have been sent a Kindergarten Survey to declare preferences for next year. If you have not done so already, please take a moment to complete the survey.

CRTs

Students in grade 5 will take CRTs during the week of May 7 – 11. Please ensure your student is in attendance and on time.

Music Observations

Parents of students in grades 4 & 5 are invited to Music Observations on May 10 during a 1:00 – 3:00pm window. Meet your student on the stage during her regular music class time.

Bookmobile

May 8 & 9 are the last opportunities for students to check out books from the bookmobile. All Bookmobile books must be returned by May 23.

Library Books Due

All WSD Library books are due by Wednesday, May 23.

Volunteer Hours

School volunteers, please remember to log your hours. Volunteer data is routinely requested by grant organizations and counts in our favor. If unsure about how to log in, ask someone at the front desk. It’s easy!

Bike Swap

The annual Young Riders Bike Swap will take place Saturday & Sunday, May 12 &13.

WSD Yard Sale

The annual WSD Yard Sale will be held at the school on Friday, June 8 from 8:00am – noon. All proceeds will go to purchase new PE equipment. Start collecting unwanted but usable goods now, and donate by dropping them off at the front foyer on June 7. Volunteers are needed for this event; please respond to email hidden; JavaScript is required, or to the front desk.

Utah Music Festival & School

Utah Music Festival & School will conduct its summer camp at WSD from July 7 – August 26.

Ballroom Dance Camp

BYU Youth Ballroom Dance Camp occurs July 30 – August 2 for boys and girls ages 10 – 18.

Seventh grader Thomas Occon conducted a flag ceremony and then led students in the “Pledge of Allegiance” to begin the assembly. Students then sang “America the Beautiful,” accompanied by Strings students from 1st, 7th and 8th grades, who were led by 6th grader Zina Horman. Eighth grade students Megan Kitchens and Mya Nguyen introduced Jake Garn, who then took the stage.

“The first thing I want to tell you is how jealous I am of every one of you,” began the former US Senator. “You have amazing opportunities in your future that don’t even exist yet. Things no one has heard of or can even predict.” He went on to explain, “I was 28 years old when the first man flew in space. If anyone back then would have told me I would someday orbit the earth 108 times at 25 times the speed of sound, I would have never believed them. It just goes to show how fast the world moves, how fast technology advances, and how important it is to work hard in school so that you are ready.”

Jake Garn’s pilot training earned him an invitation in 1984 to become the first member of Congress to fly in space. As a Payload Specialist during a NASA mission on the Discovery Space Shuttle in 1985, he traveled over 2.5 million miles in 108 Earth orbits, logging over 167 hours in space.

“I was always interested in flight,” he remembers. “My dad got his wings in 1917 and flew in World War I. I always wanted to be a pilot.” He did go on to serve as a US Navy pilot and in the Utah Air National Guard as a pilot, retiring as a full Colonel in April of 1979. Following his Discovery mission, he was promoted to Brigadier General. He has flown more than 12,000 hours in military and private civilian aircraft.

A highlight of the presentation was a DVD showing footage of Jake Garn and other crew members during the 1985 space shuttle mission. Students were captivated by the documentary, which chronicled medical and other experiments, routine tasks in a weightless environment, an attempted and unplanned satellite repair outside the shuttle, and video of the galaxy taken from the spacecraft. “I wish I had the vocabulary to describe to you what it is like to see the planet Earth from space, to experience zero gravity, and to travel at 25 times the speed of sound. I simply don’t have words.”

Mr. Garn’s message to students encouraged them to best prepare for their future by staying in school and getting the best education they can. “One day, you’ll come back to this auditorium and tell a group of students the amazing things you’ve accomplished, and they will be things that today you only dreamed of.”

*WSD’s “Wish Upon a Star” Visiting Artist and Speaker Series strives to expose students to artists, performers, and other professionals, whose interactions and mentoring inspire students to “dream big.”

Bus O’ Fun Tours

(June 11 – 15) is a weeklong travel adventure that will take students to some of Utah’s more awesome cultural, historical, and natural sites. Tour leaders Nathan Florence and Steve Williams will provide background information on all the sites, and then get behind of the wheel of the Bus O’ Fun as it transports students to such places as the Spiral Jetty and Promontory Point; Hill Air Force Base Museum, Timpanogas Cave and Stewart Falls; Utah Natural History Museum and Red Butte Garden Tour; and This is The Place State Park. This adventure is open to students entering grades 5 – 8 this fall.

Exciting Science For Curious Minds

(June 18 – 22) is a full week of hands-on science activities and experiments, conducted on WSD’s campus and in its science rooms. Megan Black has chosen projects that are the most fun and the most exciting for students entering grades 4 – 6, such as solving who-done-it mysteries using chromatography, a “cook-off” for the best slime recipe, building and launching bottle rockets, making ice cream, and much more.

Stewy’s Reading and Writing Workshop

(June 25 – July 27) is a 5-week session of online differentiated reading and writing instruction, providing significant and sustained reading Lexile growth. Students may access the program from anywhere, so it is an ideal opportunity for students away on vacation as well as those enjoying the summer in their own back yards. Instructor Scott Stewart will meet in person with students on June 25, July 9 and 23, class sessions that are recommended but not required. Interested students and parents are invited to a meeting on May 31 at 3:30pm to hear more detailed information about the program, which is open to students entering grades 6 – 8 this fall.

Find the complete Summer Program 2012 catalog on our website. Each program description offers a link to more information, plus a registration form. Enroll before May 25 to avoid a late registration fee.

2011 – 2012 WSD Yearbooks are now on sale. Lower School yearbooks are $25; Middle School yearbooks are $25. Order forms have been sent home with the oldest LS student in a family, and with all MS students, and may be returned with payment to the front office. Extra forms are available. Deadline for ordering is May 4.

CRTs

Students in grades 4 and 5 will take CRTs during the week of April 30 – May 4. Please ensure your student is in attendance and on time.

Middle School Talent Showcase

The MS Talent Showcase will occur on Monday, April 30 from 9:50 – 10:50am in the auditorium. Parents are welcome to attend.

Fifth Grade Transition Meetings

Students entering sixth grade next year are invited to attend a fifth grade transition meeting with their parents after school on Monday, April 30 in the Middle School pod. Choose one session: session one begins at 3:30pm; session two begins at 4:30pm.

Kindergarten Survey

An online survey will go out to all parents of incoming Kindergarten students regarding preferences for next year. Look for the survey to come via email next week.

Weilenmann School Song Contest

WSD students, faculty and staff have until May 1 to submit school song entries to Mary Kimball.

WSD Spirit Day

Friday, May 4 will be a WSD Spirit Day. Students and faculty are encouraged wear their colors and/or WSD spirit wear on this day.

Bookmobile

The last day students may check out books from the Summit County Bookmobile is May 9. The last Bookmobile visit this year will be May 22 & 23, to pick up returned books only. Please help your student find and return all Bookmobile books checked out this year.

Bike Swap

The annual Young Riders Bike Swap will take place Saturday & Sunday, May 12 &13.

Summer Courses

Summer Courses may now be accessed from our home page. Registration deadline is May 25.

WSD Yard Sale

The annual WSD Yard Sale will be held at the school on Friday, June 8 from 8:00am – noon. All proceeds will go to purchase new PE equipment. Start collecting unwanted but usable goods now, and donate by dropping them off at the front foyer on June 7. Volunteers are needed for this event; please respond to email hidden; JavaScript is required, or to the front desk.

Utah Music Festival & School

Utah Music Festival & School will conduct its summer camp at WSD from July 7 – August 26.

Ballroom Dance Camp

BYU Youth Ballroom Dance Camp occurs July 30 – August 2 for boys and girls ages 10 – 18.