W. D. Williams Elementary

Hello from Mrs. Anderson! All 4th and 5th grade students are invited to join the WD Chorus on Tuesdays in October. Chorus is a singing club which will be in the music room from 2:30-4:00 PM. If interested please fill out the permission form asap. LEAF Performance: Attention 5th grade families, we are excited that our WD 5th graders will perform at the LEAF Festival this year! Save the date of Oct 22nd for our performance at the LEAF Festival. More information to follow soon!

Sunday, September 25, 2022 Good evening families and students. This is Christy Jones with our WD Sunday Announcements: -September 29th is an Early Dismissal Day. Students will go home at 12:30. -October 5th is our School Picture day! Please reach out to your student’s teacher if you have questions. -Save the Date for our upcoming WD Walk-a-Thon to benefit our Specials classrooms. It will be October 14! More information will be coming home next week. -October will be our month for fun Spirit days that benefit Eblen Charities! Be on the lookout for more information soon! Have a great week and Go Warponies!

Bus 276 does not have a sub driver for this morning, Thursday September 22nd. Please arrange for alternate transportation. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Sunday, September 18, 2022 Good evening families and students. This is Christy Jones with our WD Sunday Announcements: -September 22 will be our Open House night from 5:30 to 7pm here at WD. It will be a fun night of Football-Themed activities! All students that attend will receive a free VIP ticket to the Owen Football game on September 30. We hope that you and your family will join us! -September 29th is an Early Dismissal Day. Students will go home at 12:30. Have a great week and Go Warponies!

Join us for the September PTO Meeting on September 13th!

Good evening! Please use the link below to visit our W.D. Family Newsletter: https://www.smore.com/v52hx

We are so excited to start the new year! This week will be busy and we will all need a little extra patience with our new car rider line and community bus stops. On Monday and Tuesday, we will allow parents to park in the parking lot and walk students to class. Beginning Wednesday, August 31, parents can walk students to the back door. If you choose to do that, please make sure that you park in a parking spot and use the crosswalk. We want to keep everyone safe during this busy time of the day. Thank you for your help!

Dear Parents and Guardians, There was a typo on the Kindergarten postcards that went out this weekend. All Kindergarten students are invited to Meet the Teacher this Friday, August 26 (NOT August 19 as stated). We are sorry for the confusion. See you Friday!

August 19, 2022 Parents- It is almost time to start our new year together! As we continue planning ahead for the upcoming school year and streamlining our bus routes, we have a few new changes. Please read carefully. Starting on Monday, August 29th we will need to adjust the stops for a few of our communities until we fulfill the need of hiring bus drivers. First, all students living in the Grovemont community will be picked up/dropped off at the Grovemont Park. The parents will need to meet at the bus stop in place of doing individual home stops. Also, students living on Dillingham Circle, Jones Cove, Shope Creek, and Bull Creek will now have a community stop at Berea Baptist Church in the AM only. Second, because we will be unable to make home stops at the following addresses, we will have community stops at the intersection of Bee Tree Road and your prospective roads. These streets are Riddle Road, Mountain Crest, Long Branch, Sunset Drive, and Jordan Road (AM only). We appreciate your flexibility as we are adjusting the needs of our routes so we can continue to use our buses for student transportation. Please call the office at 686-3856 if you have further questions.

We are excited for the 2022-23 school year! Go Warponies! August 19 - Postcards mailed to students with Homeroom Teacher assignments August 26 – Meet the Teacher Drop-in Event from 8am to 10am August 29 – First day of School! (School starts at 7:50am) See you soon!

Correction to the phone number: 828.686.3856.

Parents- We hope you are having a great summer! We are planning ahead for the upcoming school year and streamlining our bus routes to allow them to run efficiently. Starting on Monday, August 29th we will need to adjust the stops for a few of our communities until we fulfill the need of hiring bus drivers.  First, all students living in the Grovemont community will be picked up/dropped off at the Grovemont Park. The parents will need to meet at the bus stop in place of doing individual home stops.  Second, because we will be unable to make home stops at the following addresses, we will have community stops at the intersection of Bee Tree Road and your prospective roads. These streets are: Riddle Road, Mountain Crest, Long Branch, and Sunset Drive. We appreciate your flexibility as we are adjusting the needs of our routes so we can continue to use our buses for student transportation.  Please call the office at 696-3856 if you have further questions.

Free/Reduced Meal Applications for the new school year are available now! You may apply online >>> https://bit.ly/3QaVJHm This important program ensures all of our students have access to healthy lunches during the school day without accruing large cafeteria balances. This program is confidential and registration is easy! This year, children who qualify for this program will not be responsible for any of the cost of the lunch. This year, universal free lunch is no longer available at the majority of our schools as we continue with COVID recovery. Paper applications will be given out on the first day of school. Please take a few minutes to fill out a free and reduced meal application today, even if you aren’t sure if you will qualify. If you have questions or need assistance please call 828-255-5927. Please note that all schools will still serve breakfast to students at no cost next year!

Attention, Parents: If you have already moved or have plans to move this summer and will switch schools, please plan on enrolling your child in their new school as soon as possible! This includes those remaining in Buncombe County Schools and those leaving the area. Our schools have begun sending out important information for the new school year, and if you aren’t enrolled in the correct school, you’ll miss these messages. Not sure which is or will be your community school? Click buncombeschools.org/findmyschool to connect with your new Buncombe County School. We look forward to welcoming your child to school!

Scheduling routine health check-ups and routine immunizations took a backseat during the pandemic. Now is the time to get back on track with routine care which includes being up-to-date on the vaccines. North Carolina's student immunization schedule includes vaccines such as polio and measles, mumps, rubella (MMR). Kindergarten, seventh, and twelfth graders require certain vaccines that can be found here>>> https://immunization.dph.ncdhhs.gov/schools/k-12.htm Make an appointment with your health care provider to get back on track today. Don’t have a health care provider? Buncombe County Health and Human Services can help. Visit buncombecounty.org/immunize for more information on their walk-in hours and appointment scheduling.

Happy Fourth of July from Buncombe County Schools! 💥 🇺🇸 #BCS #WeAreBCS #BCSadvantage #AVL #Asheville #828isgreat #the828 #WNC #publicschools #NCpublicschools #AVLtoday #AVLnews #Buncombe #BuncombeCounty

Happy Fourth of July from Buncombe County Schools! 💥 🇺🇸 . #BCS #WeAreBCS #BCSadvantage #AVL #Asheville #828isgreat #the828 #WNC #publicschools #NCpublicschools #AVLtoday #AVLnews #Buncombe #BuncombeCounty

We’re excited to announce details about our Summer Meals program that began this week. Linked on our district homepage under Announcements and linked below is a full list of summer meal locations. These meals are at no cost to any child in Buncombe County under the age of 18. Families will be able to pick up breakfast and lunch for their children at these locations. Beginning July 1, kids will be asked to enjoy their breakfast and lunch at the summer meal site. These documents linked below will be updated if any changes occur. https://bit.ly/3Qk8KPY .

#BCS students finished their year with exciting #FieldDay experiences! Check out these fun photos from around the district.

North Windy Ridge Intermediate (NWRI) students took a trip to Biltmore Estate to enjoy the scenery and learn about local history. The students had a busy day touring the large facilities, the farm and the home, and learning about horticulture, architecture, and local history. They got to learn about horse drawn carriages, metalworking, looms and weaving, and see the estate and a variety of farm animals. “It’s history in our backyard,” said NWRI Principal Brent Wise. “Every student should see it at some point in their lives. It’s all about making connections with our local history.” The school’s first trip to Biltmore, the NWRI PTO raised the funds for this trip that the students won’t soon forget.