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Dear Wharton Families,

I hope you are enjoying the slightly cooler weather. This week was busy at Wharton! Our school community gathered to celebrate Hispanic Heritage and our elementary school students enjoyed a performance of the Alley Theatre's "Oskar's Not So Simple Comeback." Programs like Oskar are part of our continued efforts to support our students' social-emotional learning.

For families with older students, I wanted to share an article I came across that has tips and suggestions on peacefully parenting your tween. You may read it here – I hope you find it useful.

A reminder that HISD is hosting a series of community town halls to get feedback from the community. These meetings are good opportunities to learn more about HISD and ask questions. See the schedule here.

Don't forget that next week students don't have classes on Tuesday, October 4 and Wednesday, October 5. 

Have a good weekend,

Jennifer Day
Principal

October 4
Teacher Service Day
No classes for students.

October 5
Fall Holiday
No classes. HISD offices and campuses will be closed.

October 7
Fall Picture Day
Save the date for Fall Picture Day at Wharton! Order online at https://inter-state.com/order using order code 69537NB. Students may wear the clothing of their choice. We need a few volunteers on that day. Sign up here.

October 7-9
Wharton Family Campout
Join Wharton PTO and other Wharton families for a weekend outdoors at Double Lake Recreation Area, about an hour north of Houston. Families are invited to camp overnight or join us for the day on Saturday, October 8. Please make sure you register >>

GT Testing 
This school year, all 1st through 8th-grade students need to submit a request for GT testing through PowerSchool. The 1st through 8th grade GT testing window will be from January 10 to February 11, 2023. Please email your child's homeroom teacher and Ms. Silva to initiate the process. 

Gifted Education Plan and Renzulli 
Our teachers have diligently been developing your GT student's gifted education plan in collaboration with your child. Over the last few weeks, your child has had the opportunity to fill out his or her learner profile through the Renzulli application. Our teachers then use this personalized information to develop the gifted education plan to differentiate the instructional needs of your learner. Renzulli is a wonderful resource for our GT students. We recommend that students extend their in-class learning and use the application at home. 

It has come to our attention that some parents have had difficulty logging into Clever. Please note the format of the log-in credentials below:

Username: s#######@online.houstonisd.org (# = HISD student number)
Password: Hisdmmyy (mmyy=student's birthdate month and year)

The H in the password must be upper case.

5th-grade vision/hearing/AN screenings will take place on Monday, October 3. Please make sure your child brings their glasses and comes to school on time. 

Please contact me if you have any questions.

Nurse Dana

PK/K Parents: Please don’t pass on the left of the car line, park and walk across the street to drop off your children. It slows down the line and it is unsafe.

Drop-off: Entrance doors open at 8:20 a.m., peripheral doors and gates close at 8:30 a.m., and the main entrance gate stays open all day.

Dismissal: Peripheral doors/gates open at 3:45 p.m. Dismissal starts at 3:50 p.m. and ends at 4:05 p.m. If you come later than that, please park your car and pick up your student from the main office. We do not have enough staff to stay outside with your children.

On behalf of Wharton PTO's Heritage and Hospitality committees, THANK YOU to the families who contributed to making our Hispanic Heritage Loteria & Potluck a huge success! Families enjoyed tasty dishes from various countries and had fun playing a few rounds of loteria. We have an amazing community! See more photos >>

If you're interested in helping bring other events that highlight Latin American culture and the Spanish language to Wharton, please email heritage@whartonpto.org.

Donate to Wharton’s IB Program
Your donations make IB Arts Enrichment Programs—like this week’s Alley Theatre performance of “Oskar’s Not So Simple Comeback”, which supports students’ social and emotional learning—possible. Help us continue these vital learning experiences for our students by donating to ¡Juntos! for Wharton’s IB program.

🍦Ice Cream Party! Donate to ¡Juntos! by October 15, and the classroom with the most families donating will earn an ice cream party. Classrooms currently in the lead:

1. Ms. Brewer (4th)
2. Tie - Mr. Fernandez (1st) and Mr. Sandoval (2nd)
3. Tie - Ms. Gonzalez (1st) and Ms. Rodriguez (3rd)

👩🏻‍🏫 IB Video Series Learn more about IB Arts Enrichment Programs, IB Units of Inquiry, 5th Grade IB Exhibition and student-led parent conferences in this week’s video.

Winning at Life: Middle School Raffle
Did you know Middle School homeroom teachers give out raffle tickets every Friday to students that have written in their agendas every day? 

How we organize ourselves is an important life skill, and the middle school teachers are working to encourage organizational journaling with the sixth, seventh and eighth graders. Middle school students who have been keeping up with their agendas daily will be entered into a raffle for gift cards.

The first raffle will be held on Monday, Oct. 3 – students must be present to win. 

Wharton Dual Language Academy

900 W Gray St

Houston TX 77019