Message from the Principal
	SAILING THE SEAS IN OUR TWENTY-FIRST YEAR

Dear Whispering Forest Families and Friends:

Welcome to our school! We look forward to seeing all of you at the events that we have scheduled throughout the school year. Each month is very busy with class projects, special grade level events, and performances by our chorus as well as other arts related events. Check the calendar on our website, the newsletters that PTA and your child’s teacher send home, and the big calendar in the main hallway. We are always eager to have parents volunteer for school activities. Contact the PTA members if you are interested in giving your time to us. Ms. Underwood and our other PTA volunteers would love to have you.

In viewing the website, we hope you noticed the Reading Renaissance button for 2nd and 3rd grade parents to keep up with their children’s progress with Accelerated Reader (AR). Your child’s agenda is another excellent place for 2nd and 3rd grade parents to keep up with AR, homework assignments, and other things going on in the classrooms.

PK parents are always invited to volunteer in the classrooms. It is an integral part of the PK program. It also shows your child the interest that you have in these very early school experiences and their learning.

All parents are welcome to join their children at breakfast and lunch. Be sure to check the time for the lunch period you wish to attend, and be sure to sign in at the office to secure a visitor’s pass. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact the office to make arrangements to speak or conference with your child’s teacher. The office staff will forward the information to the teacher for him/her to contact you. Students’ papers go home every Monday in their Monday Folders for you to look at, sign, and return to school the following morning.

In closing, we want you to know how happy we are to have your children at our school. We have wonderful children, parents, teachers, and staff. It is a delightful place to learn, and we have twenty successful years and counting to make us proud. Our success depends upon hard work and dedication to education by all of our stakeholders here at Whispering Forest. Making sure that your child arrives to school on time (8:15AM) and in good spirits helps us tremendously! Thank you for all that you do. We look forward to seeing you at different times throughout the school year. Take care!

Eric Sacks, Principal
Patricia Conner, Assistant Principal