6:00

Cross Country Season

Begins!
Wheeler now has a Cross Country
Team and meets are right around
the corner. All meets take place at
Charlie Vettiner Park and are
scheduled on the following dates:
March 19th, March 26th, April 16th,
and April 23rd.
Good Luck to all of our runners!

Both the Blue and White Basketball

Teams have wrapped up their
seasons. The Blue Team was able to
finish in 1st place in their league
during the regular season.
Congratulations to both Eli
Campeau and Camdyn Combs who
were named All-Stars and
recognized at halftime during the
championship game!

Smart Start Every Monday

Smart Start is a program that increases
students awareness of their options for postsecondary education. Part of this program
encourages students, staff and parent
volunteers to wear a college or university
shirt to school every Monday.
If you are interested in donating new college
shirts to students who dont have one, please
just send them to the office and Mr. Meredith
will find donations a student.

We always can use more male volunteers at

school for our Watch D.O.G.S. Program. Please
contact the office to sign up for your day!

March 9th
o Report Cards Go Home
March 9th
o Parent Teacher
Conferences
March 11th
o Wacky Hair Day
March 12th
o Blow Pop Day
March 12th
o Parent Teacher
Conferences
March 13th
o Hat Day
March 13th
o Wonder Woman
Luncheon
March 13th
o Winter Sports
Celebration
March 16th 20th
o Jump Rope Heart Week

Thank You to our Winter

Sports Athletes!

Watch Dogs Needed!

Important Dates

Wheeler Elementary School

5700 Cynthia Drive
Louisville, KY 40291
Phone:
502-485-8349
Fax:
502-485-8607

Remind101 provides a safe way for our

school to text message families and stay in
touch with parents.
Because Remind101 is a service, your
number will always remain hidden. Sign
up by texting or visit the website for more
information.
Wheeler is on Twitter!
Follow @WheelerElem to make sure you dont
miss any updates about all the wonderful things
going on here at Wheeler. Mr. Meredith also has a
twitter, follow @CoachMeredith to check it out!
The JCPS Parent Portal is a secure Web site that you can use to track your child's
progress in school. The goal of the Parent Portal is to create a better partnership
and dialogue between JCPS parents and teachers. We hope that you will use it
regularly and become a partner with us in your child's education.
To get signed up for parent portal please visit:
http://www.jefferson.k12.ky.us/Parent/ParentPortal/index2.html . Once signed
up there is a parent portal app available for both Android and Apple devices.

Ask your students teacher if they use Class Dojo!

Class Dojo is a classroom tool that helps teachers improve behavior
in their classrooms quickly and easily. It also captures and generates
real-time data on behavior that teachers can share with parents and
administrators.

Wheeler Elementary School Traffic Procedures

Car Rider Procedures for Morning Arrival
The gate will open at 8:15 and will close at 9:00 for morning arrival.
Students will be allowed to enter the school beginning at 8:30.
1) If you arrive after the gate is closed you will need to use the main entrance.
2) Vehicles are to enter and exit the property using Sprig, Chenoweth Park and Pentel
Lane. Right and left turns to and from Mary Dell Lane to Chenoweth Park are not
permitted. Take Cynthia to Sprig which leads directly to Chenoweth Park.
3) Please do not block intersections or driveways.
4) All car riders must be dropped off at the current designated student drop off area only.
5) Car riders should be dropped off by 8:55 AM.

Car Rider Procedures for Afternoon Dismissal

CARS SHOULD NOT ARRIVE BEFORE 3:15 PM
The gate will open at 3:15 and close at 4:05 for afternoon dismissal.
Students will not be released before 3:40.
1) Vehicles are to enter and exit the property using Chenoweth Park only. DO NOT USE
MARY DELL LANE. If exiting to Cynthia Drive, pull directly onto Sprig from Chenoweth
Park and proceed to Cynthia Drive to avoid the intersection at Mary Dell.
2) If necessary, vehicles are to line up on Pentel Lane and Chenoweth Park only. DO NOT
USE MARY DELL LANE.
3) Please do not block intersections or driveways.
4) All afternoon car riders must be picked up from the designated student pickup area
only. Students will be released only to vehicles with registered identification numbers.
5) Parents will not be able to pick up students with homemade car rider tags. All parents
needing a car rider tag will need to contact the office for new tags.
6) Please do not leave your vehicle at any time during the dismissal process. If your child
is not in the designated pickup area, pull forward and wait and your child will be
brought to you.
7) Car riders should be picked up by 4 PM
8) Students riding in cars are to be picked up following the procedures outlined above and
are not to exit as walkers
.
Please Note
1) Enter and exit the property slowly.
2) Ensure that all passengers are buckled up.
3) If any change is made in your childs transportation arrangements, please send a note to
your childs teacher on the morning of the change.
4) No changes can be made to transportation after 3:15
5) Drop off and pick up for the Child Enrichment Program (CEP) will continue at the front
entrance if arriving before 8:30 AM and after 4:00 PM.

Dismissal Plan Changes

You may have noticed a few changes in our dismissal plan. We are consistently evaluating
our procedures for arrival and dismissal to ensure we have safe systems in place.
We now have every bus rider escorted out of the building and placed on the bus by their
teacher. At the same time, every car rider and CEP student is escorted to the gym and
cafeteria by Wheeler staff members. It is extremely important that we have
documentation of how each student gets home. Please note that students begin moving
toward their dismissal area promptly at 3:40. To ensure all students are dismissed
correctly, we need all changes to dismissal prior to 3:15. Also, please know that we must
have a phone call or a note from the childs parent or guardian to make a change in
dismissal. We do not make changes based on information given by a student.
With every bus rider exiting the front of the building at the same time, we are stopping
traffic as the students are walking through the bus circle to their buses. The purpose is
the safety of your children. This process takes 10-12 minutes daily and cars are not
permitted to be in motion around the bus circle during this time. Students begin exiting
the building at 3:40 and the buses are pulling off the property at approximately 3:52. As
soon as the buses exit the front circle, the flow of traffic resumes.
Thank you for helping us keep our students safe!