Good evening Washington Families,

 This is principal Paul Travers with your weekly message.

 This week on Monday our PTO will begin their Candy-Gram Sale. Students will be able to purchase a candy gram for $1 during morning arrival. Our PTO will deliver the Candy-Grams directly to the person of their choosing.

Tomorrow, our 5^th graders will take a field trip to the Opera.

Join us on Tuesday for our 2^nd Quarter Awards ceremony. All students who will be receiving awards took an invite home last week. Awards times are as follows:

PreK/K—Hinson, Dark, Edmonds      8-8:30

PreK/K—Frenia, Felton  8:40-9:10

Third Grade       9:30-9:50

First Grade         10-10:30

Second Grade    10:40-11:10

Fifth Grade        11:20 – 11:50

Fourth Grade     1:45-2:15

This Wednesday is the 100^th day of school. All students are encouraged to dress up like they are 100 years old to celebrate.

Ours SAS after school clubs for Wednesday are Hip Hop Dance, Sign Language and Football.

Ours Thursday SAS clubs are Tiny Tastebuds and Fairytales in Action.

This Friday our Washingtonians will be able to shop the Wildcat Den and our 2^nd graders will be taking a field trip to the Greensboro Science Center.

This Saturday, join us from 10am-12pm for our Matinee Movie and Summer Camp Fair. Stop by and enjoy pizza and a movie while exploring summer camp options for this summer. This is an event you don’t want to miss.

Your Weekly Health and Wellness Tip for this week is: Include oranges, grapefruits, tangerines, strawberries, spinach or broccoli in meals and snacks to provide critical sources of Vitamin C, boosting your children’s immune systems!

 Looking ahead next Tuesday February 13^th we will have our School Based Leadership Team meeting in the medias center at 3:00pm.

At Washington, we Honor Community, Show Excellence and Think Critically.

 Have a great evening, and I look forward to getting 1% Better Each Day this week.