pAWRINT

Call of the Whitmore Wolves

Newsletter for the families of Whitmore Charter School

of the Arts and Technology

3435 Don Pedro Road, Ceres, CA 95307 • (209) 556-1610

WCSAT Parent Booster Club Officers for the 2013-2014 School Year:

President: Heidi Starkweather

Vice President: Tracy Cortez

Treasurer: Briona Mendes

Secretary: Libby Anderson

Booster Comments or Questions?wcs.pbc@gmail.com

The PAW PRINT is edited and published monthly by the

WCSAT Parent Booster Club.

Editor: Julie Lynn Martin-BorbaAssistant: Cheri Lloyd

Content provided by: WCS Teachers, Staff and Parents

Printed by: CUSD Media CenterFunded by: WCSAT

Full color copies are available for download at the WCSAT website: http://wcs.ceres.k12.ca.us/WCSAT

Newsletter comments, questions or feedback?

jumartin@ceres.k12.ca.us

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Celebrating 2013-2014! The 2013-2014 school year is concluding with great success. We deeply appreciate all Whitmore Charter School parents, teachers and volunteers for their contributions in making WCSAT a wonderful place for learning for our students, but for parents and school staff. I also want to recognize our PBC which consists of parents and teachers. They have provided many wonderful opportunities for families, including many of the ones listed below. We ap-preciate all of their hard work and efforts.

During this school year so many great things happened including; exciting Winter and Spring Performances, assemblies for awards, history, theater and life skills. We enjoyed Life Skills pizza luncheons, Literacy Night, Round Up, Spirit Days, Book Fairs, Dance-A-Thon, Wolf-Walk, Santa Breakfast, and a continued building of our school climate and spirit. Let’s not forget the number of students who participated in district-wide activities and received honors during the year for their Peace Essay’s, Masonic Essay’s, Rotary Student of the Month, Every Student Succeeding, Recycling Poster’s, and the list goes on with Whitmore student recognitions! Congratulations to all of you for this wonderful achievement! Cheers to another fantastic year and an amazing school!

Please look for a letter in the mail about two weeks before school starts welcoming you and your child to our new school year. The letter will contain more information about our Back-to-School Night and beginning of the year events.

I commend our wonderful staff and teachers for working so hard to provide our students with high expectations and a rigorous education. They continu-ally go “above and beyond” to enrich our school with both their time, and talents. They have all spent many “extra” hours contributing to the success of our children and we are so grateful.

I, and the entire Whitmore Staff, wish you a very happy summer and hope that you enjoy your precious time during the summer with your children as much as we enjoyed our time with them during the school year.

If you ever have any concerns, questions, or suggestions, please do not hesitate to contact me at (209) 556-1610 or you may email me at dviss@ceres.k12.ca.us.

David Viss, Principal

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The Pup Club The place for Our Young WCSAT Artists

Provided by Mrs. Cheri LloydK-8 Studio and Digital Arts TeacherFine Arts Department Chair

Here are some art favorites displayed by our WCSAT Wolves.

Thank you for supporting the Arts!!!

Artist: CameronGrade: 2ndTitle: Libert BellMedium: Foiling

Artist: Sammy Grade: KTitle: MinionMedium: Marker

Arist: Carly Grade: 2ndTitle: CityscapeMedium: Watercolor

Artist: SamariaGrade: 5th Title: Weaving Medium: Yarn & Beads

Artist: BreannaGrade: 4thTitle: HeartMedium: Oil Pastels

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Each month teachers are pleased to face the challenge to select just one student who exemplifies the traits of this year’s life skills. Please join the WCSAT staff in congratulating the following students for earning the recognition as a “Life Skills Student of the Month” for his/her class.

K-5 Life Skills Model Student Awards

April 2014 - Effort - a vigorous or determined attempt -

Grade Teacher Student K Mrs. Burnett Tatiana Tamayo K Mrs. Rodrigues Truth Franco 1 Ms. Kerr Jubilee Armenta 1 Mrs. Tornquist Maya Gutierrez 2 Mrs. Lewis Lianna Padilla 2 Mrs. Reyes Andrew Ruiz 3 Mrs. Benitez Brinley Adams 3 Mrs. Crawford Jonathan Vasquez 4 Ms. McNeal Jaden Joy 4 Mrs. Terrones Olivia Ruiz 5 Mrs. Aguiar Gabriel Newton 5 Mr. Sundy Aiden Meyer

May 2014 - Promptness - the quality or habit of being ready on time -

Grade Teacher Student K Mrs. Burnett Jewels Shinn K Mrs. Rodrigues Kamryn Little 1 Ms. Kerr Evan Webster 1 Mrs. Tornquist Isaac Juarez 2 Mrs. Lewis Hannah Martin Borba 2 Mrs. Reyes Mason Baker 3 Mrs. Benitez Carter Sneed 3 Mrs. Crawford Makayla Burrow 4 Ms. McNeal Daniel Gonzalez 4 Mrs. Terrones Taylor Hill 5 Mrs. Aguiar Kailey Gearhart 5 Mr. Sundy Adriana Huaracha

Happy 8th Birthday Larkin!

Love, Dad, Mom, Aiden & Logann

Please send all Box Tops to school with your student at the end of each month. Cleanly cut and placed in bag-gies of 50 is greatly appreciated.

Box Tops are collected monthly and tallied. The win-ning class gets a sweet surprise and their class photo in the Paw Print. The overall top earning class for the year earns an ice cream party.

Box Tops for Educationby Michelle Murphy

Aug 2013 BurnettSep 2013 GentryOct 2013 GentryNov 2013 BurnettDec 2013 KerrJan 2014 KerrFeb 2014 RodriguesMar 2014 TerronesApr 2014 McNeal

Total as of April 2014 17,465 Box Tops collected!

$1,746 earned so far!

Please keep collecting Box Tops over the sum-mer months.

Each Box Top is worth 10 cents to our school.

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Living Museum Middle-School Living Museum was a huge success! Our audience en-joyed students’ efforts to research & represent artists, authors, celebrities, scientists, mathematicians, musi-cians, innovators, philanthropists, and persons of interest from both American and World History. Students shared their presentations and explained their extension, whether it is a recitation, a painting, a movie, or another creation that reflects both their personal interest and their subject.

This was a collaborative effort by the following teachers: Mrs. Knudsen, Ms. Genty, Ms. Mazzera, Mr. Hutsell, Ms. McDonald, Mrs. Sandavol, Ms. Casillas, Ms. Benge, Mrs. Lloyd, Mrs. Berger and Mr. Hunn.

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Hailee,We are SO proud of the beautiful, smart young lady you are becoming.

Good Luck at Ceres High next year.

GO BULLDOGS!!!

Love, Mom, David and Von

WCSAT Interact Interact would like to thank Texas Roadhouse in Modesto! They donated a free dinner to every active Interact member!

Jennie Novoa was this year’s Interactor of the Year. We to go Jennie; we know you’ll make an excellent president next year.

Next year’s Leadership team will be the following:President – Jennie NovoaVice-President – Omar EspinozaSecretary – Iraya CressTreasurer – Naiyleah Arellano

WCSAT Interact Invites Middle School Students to

Join for 2014/2015

All Middle-School students are welcomed to join Interact. Our first meeting will begin in the fall! Next year’s activities will include collecting cans and jeans for people in need, assisting in serving meals for the needy, participating in the Rotary Read-In, hosting a Purple Pinky event to help end Polio, exciting field trips, and much more! We meet on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of every month in Room 17 after lunch.

Thank you!

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Students of Whit-more Charter School traveled the globe on May 22nd, as they danced to musical pieces that represented many different parts of the world. Thank you to the Fine Arts teach-ers, especially Mrs. Berger for making this event a great success. Thank you to the many parent volunteers for assist-ing with costumes, seating tickets and so much more. The 2014 WCSAT dance recital was a huge success!

Dancing Around the World

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Photos by Renee Gaskill

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• All the Parent Booster Club officers and parent

volunteers whogave hundreds of hours to making WCSAT events and activities a great success this year!

WE APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU! Thank you!

Important Dates!!! Howl Out To:

School Volunteer Requirements

Volunteer applications and addi-tional information are available in the Whitmore Charter School main office.

Questions ??? Whitmore Charter School

(209) 556-1610

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1 June 2 June 3 8th Grade Promo-tion 6 pm

June 4 June 5 Last Day of School Early Dismissal 12:30 pm

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Life Skill of the Month

Promptness

Farewell to Mrs. Lloyd WCSAT Art Teacher

We want to wish Mrs. Lloyd the best of luck as she embarks on her new posi-tion as a Project Coordinator working with visual and performing arts at the Stanislaus County Office of Education

beginning in the 2014/2015 school year. You will be missed by all!

Have a Great Summer!

2014-2015 School Year

First Day of School

August 13, 2014

The 14/15 District Calendar is now available for download from http://www.ceres.k12.ca.us