Windermere Weekly Parent Update
9.26.21
Meet our Deaf and Hard of Hearing (DHH) teaching team!!! We are so lucky to work with this AWESOME group of professionals. Our DHH team has been at Windermere for 19 years. From left to right are: Ms. Kelli Henery, Mrs. Karen Knight, Mrs. Jen Savage, Ms. Hannah Geissinger, Ms. Cynthia Kim, and Mrs. Denise Westlake. Mrs. Savage is our intervention specialist on the team, and the other staff above are our amazing interpreters. In the picture below are: Mrs. Marissa Gaines (occupational therapist for our DHH students) and Mrs. Amanda Meadows (speech language pathologist for our DHH students). The sign above means “I Love You.” In class during Wake Up Windermere, we learn different signs that our students can use throughout the day.
As I shared a few weeks ago, we are so grateful for the time we have during early release days. Wednesday our staff spent 2.5 hours learning about components of our Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS). This is how we individualize and support every student at Windermere. Each day we work hard to challenge and support EVERY student every step of the way. Thank you for this time. We value and appreciate it.
I hope you have had a great weekend!
Julie
Meet Mr. & Mrs. Heydlauff! This past week, they toured the building and saw the Heydlauff Media Center. The Heydlauff children went to Windermere and their gift is certainly appreciated so much. Thank you! We know how important our Media Center is at Windermere. It is a loved space that is utilized daily and loved by all.
DEI Meeting and Committee: Our charge: is to develop staff, student & community mindsets around culture, identity and learning to promote awareness and acceptance. We are excited to meet as a team in late October. I am hoping to have a date in our next update, if you are interested in joining our team please email me ([email protected]). Windermere’s Family Cultures and Traditions night is scheduled for Tuesday, January 11, 2022. We sure hope many families will participate. More details to follow.
News from the Heydlauff Library Media Center
The Book Fair is back! Mrs. Hemmelgarn will be hosting a fall book fair from October 4th -October 8th (including Fall Fest night). All proceeds will help us purchase new titles for our new space! Click here to view featured titles! (Books will be charged tax.) We also need volunteers to help run the cashiers. Please sign up for shifts here!
Quick Things to Try Before Submitting a Help Desk Ticket
Having problems with an iPad app? Try quitting the app by double-clicking the Home Button, then swiping up on the misbehaving app thumbnail. Press Home once and try the app again.
For Any Device — Restart. The first thing to try with any other issue is to restart the device. On your Mac, choose Restart from the Apple menu. On an iPad, hold both the Power and Home buttons until the device restarts.
Your display cart having issues with AirPlay? Unplug the cart from the wall for 20-30 seconds.
Restarting your device can often avoid the need for additional support.
More info on solving problems can be found here: 5.2 | Solving iPad Problems on the UA Mobile Learning Resources site.
Panorama SEL Survey (this applies to grades 3, 4 and 5 only):
Dear Upper Arlington families,
Upper Arlington Schools will engage in the Panorama social-emotional survey for students in grades 3-12 starting the week of October 4th. As you may recall, we piloted Panorama last spring. The survey aligns with the well-being priority in our strategic plan and provides valuable feedback to inform our work to support students, which is critically important to academic achievement.
Survey content
The survey asks your child to reflect on their own mindsets and approaches to learning by answering questions in the areas of self-management, social awareness, emotion regulation, supportive relationships, sense of belonging, and diversity and inclusion (grades 6-12 only). If a student doesn’t feel like they have enough information to answer a question, or doesn’t feel comfortable answering a question, they can skip the item altogether. You can preview the questions here.
Confidentiality
Student responses are kept in the strictest confidence. Anonymous, aggregate level results will be used to design specific supports for individual schools and grade levels.
Opting Out
To ensure we continue to provide high quality, rigorous experiences that meet the needs of our learners to prepare them for college, career, and life, we ask that all of our students participate. However, as with all surveys, Panorama is voluntary. If you wish to opt your child out of the Panorama survey, simply email your child’s school counselor before the week of October 4, and we will honor that request.
Survey window
The survey window will open the week of October 4, 2021. The survey takes about 20 minutes to complete. Online Academy (OA) students will take the survey during the same window of time. Our OA families will receive a separate communication about administering the survey remotely.
If your child is absent on the day of the survey, they can complete it at any time from home or school on their iPad, during the survey window. For instructions to take the survey from home, please email your school counselor.
If you have questions, please contact me at [email protected].
Thank you for your partnership and support.
Sincerely,
Andy Hatton, Ed.D.
Associate Superintendent of Learning and Leadership
PTO Weekly Update
It feels like we went from summer to the end of fall this week which means Fall Family Night is just around the corner. TWO WEEKS AWAY -- Friday, October 8th from 5-7pm. You can purchase wristbands now at https://uawindermerepto.org. Click here to sign up to volunteer on October 8th. Details and sign-up for the Scarecrow Contest can be found here. Who will be the winner this year?
We are still collecting PTO Membership Drive & Field Trip fees. We are about ½ way there.
Please pay your PTO membership dues and pay your Hawks field trip fees!
https://uawindermerepto.org
Sign Up for After School Enrichment!
The catalog listing all of the classes offered can be found here.
Registration is underway now through this Sunday, September 26th.
Fall Mum Sale
Mum pick up is on September 27th from 3pm - 6pm Upper Arlington Lutheran Church: Lytham Road Campus (2300 Lytham Road)
We are still in need of volunteers to help organize and distribute the mums on delivery day. Sign up here to help! If you can only make part of a shift we can still use you. THANK YOU
Walking Wednesday
Keep walking, Hawks! For every Wednesday that you walk to school, you get a punch on your punchcard. If you haven't grabbed a punchcard yet, find a parent volunteer at either school entrance on your way into the school building on Wednesday. The punchcards will be collected in November for a raffle!
Also, we could use a few more volunteers to help in front of the building Wednesday mornings from 7:55am until 8:15am. Contact Jen Lauer if you can help ([email protected])
Important PTO dates:
September 20th-October 5th - Fall Family Night wristband online ordering
September 26th - After School Enrichment registration deadline
September 27th - Mum delivery
October 4th - 7th - Fall Family Night wristband sales at lunch & afterschool
October 8th - Fall Family Night from 5-7pm
Thank you, volunteers. We couldn't do it without you. You all make Windermere the best place to be.
Go HAWKS!
Stephanie Tozbikian & Jen Mascho
PTO Co-presidents