Mamie P. Whitesides Elementary School

Save-the-date for this fun family event at Lucy Beckham High School! All WES families are invited to attend.

Check out this fun opportunity for our 3rd-5th grade WES artists! From now until Oct 12, Mrs. Schmieder is accepting applications for a Grinch Fest t-shirt design! She will be going over details in STEAM this week if your child has questions. Good luck!

We’re integrating visual arts into mathematics with ArtsNOW help! Teachers are learners too.

Ice cream after school? I’m sure the kids wouldn’t mind that! 😉 Join the PTA for Spirit Night at Izzy’s Scoops & Sweets. See you there!

Menu change tomorrow (Tuesday, 9.26.23) for the cold items - the PB Kit will be served instead of PB&J sandwich. The hot lunch items remain the same!

We hope you had a great weekend. Here are some upcoming dates for September/October to mark on your calendar!

5th grade is having all the fun during their final year here - making butter, using microscopes, learning how to produce the daily news show, playing recorders in music and joining beginning strings!

Reminder! Friday is an early release day. CD dismisses at 12:05, K at 12:15 and 1st-5th at 12:25. A bag lunch with a brunch kit will be the only lunch option for the day.

Today is International Dot Day, a celebration of creativity, courage and collaboration!! We used the Quiver app to bring dots alive in the library! Some of the Special Area teachers got in on the fun too and created some awesome dot artwork!

Wildcats love art with Mrs. Goodall!

Don't forget! Picture day is tomorrow, Tuesday, September 12th! Mamie Whitesides

Save-the-date for these important September dates!

**Don't forget tomorrow is Attendance Spirit Day. Students can wear neon or bright colors to highlight the importance of being in school!**

Mamie Whitesides

We are excited to welcome Mr. Tim Cliff to Whitesides! Mr. Tim is our new cafeteria manager.

Please welcome Ms. Bowman to the 4th grade team! For the last several years she taught 5th grade at WES. We hope she had a great year in 4th grade!

Starting Tuesday, September 12, we will be having duty-free lunch for our teachers every Tuesday and Wednesday. Like last, year we need your help! We are asking for parent volunteers to sign up to cover a 45 minute lunch shift in the cafeteria.

We will have a school administrator in the cafeteria during all shifts in addition to our volunteers. If you're interested, please click the link below to sign up. We really appreciate your help! You can also visit the announcements on our home page for additional information.

Link: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0E4FAFA823A2FEC70-lunch #/

See you Tuesday for Parent Orientation!!!

We have just a few more staff introductions to make this school year. Many of you know the next one because she is a former 4th grade teacher! This year Mrs. Perry will be working with students as a Literacy Coach. We are so excited for her to bring her passion of reading to even more students at WES!

We would like to introduce our newest CD teacher, Mrs. Brunning! While she's not new to our school, she is excited to be a part of the CD team this year.

Mrs. Bruning, and all of our CD teachers, loved seeing our littlest Wildcats join us at school last week. We know they will all have a great year.

We would like to introduce the WES cafeteria staff! Please meet Miss Oree, Ms. Sharon, Mrs. Vermell and our new Cafeteria Manager Mr. Tim. We are so grateful for this incredible group who supports our students by providing hot meals twice a day!

Next week CCSD is encouraging school attendance through it's campaign! On Friday, September 8th, Whitesides' students are welcome to wear neon or bright colors to highlight the importance of being in school!

This as can be as simple as wearing your favorite Whitesides' t-shirt or anything neon or colorful you have at home. We can't wait to see lots of color next Friday.

Due to the forecast for inclement weather this week related to Hurricane Idalia, all district schools and offices are now moving to a half day on Wednesday, August 30, 2023, and an eLearning/remote work day on Thursday, August 31, 2023. School and district buildings will be closed on Thursday, August 31, 2023.

We will begin dismissal tomorrow, Wednesday, at 10:10 for CD, 10:15 for Kindergarten and 10:25 for 1st-5th.

We will have bag lunches available tomorrow for a cost of $2.75 (unless your child qualifies for free or reduced lunch) for students who would like to take them home. The offerings are:

- Peanut Butter Protein Kit
- PB and J sandwich kit
- Brunch kit

If you would like your child to get a lunch to take home, please let your child's teacher know, so that they can send them to the cafeteria to pick one up.

Our Parent Orientation has been rescheduled for Tuesday, September 5th at 5:30 pm.

Kaleidoscope and all other extracurricular activities and afterschool programs scheduled for Wednesday, August 30, 2023, and Thursday, August 31, 2023, are canceled.

Your child will also receive a packet of work from their teacher.

Look who we found at the Back-to-School night - Mr. Bloomfield, Mrs. McCall, Ms. Steele, Ms. Seebold and so many Wildcats!! We loved seeing so many of our families enjoying the game together. ⚽️⚽️⚽️

Congratulations to the Battery on a WIN!!

Happy Birthday Principal Conner!! We sure hope you have a great day. 🎉🎂🎈

Sharing our student artwork!

This year our school is thrilled to have a Math Coach in addition to a Literacy Coach! Please welcome Becky Royal as our Math Coach. Hannah Bodie, who was previously a Reading Intervention teacher at WES, will serve as our Literacy Coach!

Welcome to the AU team, Jennifer Helms!

Katie Smith will be working with our multilingual learners this year! Welcome to Whitesides!!

We would like to welcome Tricia Meneses to Whitesides! We are excited that she is part of our awesome 2nd grade team.

The First Day of School is off to a great start! Stay tuned for some more pictures! 🚌📚📓

Many of our students may recognize Mrs. McNamara from last year. She was our building sub and worked with so many of our students. This year she is working with Ms. Emond on the Autism Team as a Techer Assistant.

It was wonderful to see so many of you at school yesterday, and we cannot wait for tomorrow! Please remember, parents of students in all grade levels may walk their children in on Wednesday. Please plan to enter through the front door (parents may not enter through the bus loop) and walk your student directly to class. Please say goodbye to your child at the classroom door, and then make your way back to the front of the school to exit through the front door. We appreciate your cooperation with this.

On Thursday and Friday, kindergarten parents may walk students in, following the same procedure as on Wednesday.

See you soon, Wildcats!

We would like to welcome Mrs. Byrd and Mrs. Duclos to the first grade team! We hope you have a great year!

We would like to welcome Mrs. Wimmer to the 5th grade team!

See you tonight for Fact & Fee! Students are welcome to drop off their school supplies tonight too. If you ordered from School Tool Box, the supplies are already in your child’s classroom.

And don’t forget, there is also a Kindergarten parenting meeting at 3 pm.

We cannot wait to see all of you. 📚🚌📓

In preparation for the First Day of School on Wednesday, August 23, 2023, Charleston County School District is profiling many of the district’s offices, resources, and programs leading up to the opening bell.

TRANSPORTATION: We encourage parents and students to please visit our CCSD Transportation webpage and learn more:

Confirm bus stop information through the "School Bus Stop Lookup Tool"

Register for the First View app (instructions and school codes can be found on the CCSD Transportation webpage)

Please submit complaints/inquiries through our Complaint/Feedback form

https://www.ccsdschools.com/transportation

We are excited to welcome Isabelle Newton to the WES family! She will be serving as our building sub this year.

Welcome to the WES family, Tressy Mellichamp! She is joining the team as the new Computer Lab Teacher!

We would like to welcome Naomi Hambleton to Whitesides as an AU Teacher!

School is officially out for summer! Thank you to all of our WES families for a wonderful year. We will see you in August!