WELCHES WEEKLY UPDATE!
JANUARY 17, 2025
REMINDER – NO SCHOOL MONDAY, 1/20/25
OUR WILDCAT WISDOM TRAIT FOR JANUARY IS KINDNESS
This month our Wildcat Wisdom trait is Kindness. Students will be learning that kindness means being friendly and thinking about others.
BE PREPARED FOR SCHOOL CLOSURES AND LATE STARTS
It’s that time of year to prepare for snow and ice and to review school protocols for inclement weather.
Closures and late starts
On days when snow or icy conditions cause school closures or late starts, Oregon Trail School District will take the following actions:
- Transportation staff will review road conditions when weather forecasts or first-hand observations indicate the onset of inclement conditions.
- Near 5:00 AM, the Superintendent will decide on a school closure or late start schedule, and the decision will be communicated to families and staff.
- Near 7:00 AM, if a late start was called, conditions will be reevaluated, and the Superintendent will make a final decision on whether to close schools.
- If it appears weather conditions are progressively deteriorating, schools will likely be closed.
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If there is a possibility of improvement, a late-start schedule will be implemented as follows:
- K-8 schools will be on a two-hour late start schedule, and buses may be on snow routes
- Updates will be communicated to families and staff.
Information will be released to families and staff through various channels, including:
- ParentSquare Alert: email, text, voice message, app
- District & school website alerts
- Facebook & Twitter
- FlashAlert
- Local news stations
If we are on a 2 hour late start schedule:
- School begins at 11:00 am.
- Students can be dropped off at school starting at 10:45 am.
- There is no breakfast served on late start days
- To figure out your bus arrival time, simply add 2 hours to the time they would normally be at your stop
Click this link for detailed snow route information:
https://s3.amazonaws.com/scschoolfiles/3029/snow_routes_amended_11-16-2021.pdf
IMMUNIZATION ALERT
Parents, please be aware that the school’s report of incomplete student immunizations was sent to Clackamas County on January 15th. Clackamas County will send out letters to notify parents if their student is not current on their shots. Students will be excluded from attending school on FEBRUARY 19th if records are not brought up-to-date.
If your child is not up to date on vaccinations, you should have received an email or phone call from the school office notifying you of the immunizations your student needs.
If you choose not to vaccinate for personal, religious, or philosophical reasons, you can claim a nonmedical exemption to some or all immunizations. To claim a nonmedical exemption for children in child care, preschool, K-12, or college, visit healthoregon.org/vaccineexemption.
If your child has received immunizations recently, please bring immunization records to the office as soon as possible. We DO NOT receive this information from health care providers, so we depend on you for shot record updates. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
MONDAY, JANUARY 20th:
NO SCHOOL - Holiday
TUESDAY, JANUARY 21st:
Welches PTCO Meeting – 4:30 pm
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22nd:
Early Release – 2:55 pm
Girls Basketball Game @Boring MS – 4:30 pm (Bus leaves at 3:20 pm – One Way)
Wrestling Meet @Hood River – 4:30 pm
THURSDAY, JANUARY 23rd:
Girls Basketball Game @Home – 4:30 pm - CHANGE
FRIDAY, JANUARY 24th:
End of 1st Semester
Welches Snow Sports Night – 4:00 – 9:00 pm
COMING EVENTS:
1/27 No School – Grading Day
1/28 Wrestling Pictures
1/29 Early Release – 2:55 pm
1/29 Girls Basketball Game @ Home – 4:30 pm
1/29 Wrestling Meet @Estacada – 4:30 pm
1/31 Recognition Assemblies
Middle School – 9:00 am
Elementary 9:45 am
1/31 Welches Snow Sports Night – 4:00 – 9:00 pm
2/3 Girls Basketball Game @ Corbett – 4:30 pm (Bus leaves at 3:00 pm – One Way) CHANGE
2/5 Early Release – 2:55 pm
2/5 Girls Basketball Pictures – 3:00 pm
2/5 Girls Basketball Game @Home – 4:30 pm
2/5 Wrestling Meet @Cedar Ridge MS – 4:30 pm
2/7 Welches Snow Sports Night – 4:00 – 9:00 pm
2/10 Girls Basketball Game @Home – 4:30 pm
2/11 Wrestling Meet @Corbett – 4:30 pm
2/11 OBOB School Battle – 8:00 am
2/12 Early Release – 2:55 pm
2/12 Girls Basketball Game @ Home – 4:30 pm
2/13 OBOB School Battle – 8:00 am
2/14 NO SCHOOL
2/14 Welches Snow Sports Night – 4:00 – 9:00 pm
2/17 NO SCHOOL
2/18 Welches PTCO Meeting – 4:30 pm
2/19 IMMUNIZATION EXCLUSION DAY
2/19 Early Release – 2:55 pm
2/19 Girls Basketball Game @ Home – 4:30 pm
2/19 Wrestling Meet @ Cedar Ridge – 4:30 pm
2/20 Little Steps for School Success – 6:00 pm
2/21 Thank You Ticket Store Open
2/21 Welches PTCO Movie Night
2/24 NO SCHOOL
2/25 Girls Basketball Game @ Boring MS – 4:30 pm (bus leaves at 3:30 pm – one way)
2/26 Early Release – 2:55 pm
2/26 Wrestling Meet @The Dalles – 4:30 pm
2/27 Girls Basketball Game @Wy’East – 4:30 pm (Bus leaves at 2:20 pm – round trip)
2/28 Recognition Assemblies
Middle School – 9:00 am
Elementary – 9:45 am
2/28 8th Grade Promotion Meeting – 6:00 pm – WMS Library – Enter at WMS
3/3-3/7 Scholastic Book Fair
3/5 Early Release – 2:55 pm
3/6 Little Steps – 6:00 pm
3/7 Books & Bagels Event – 8:00 am
3/8 Wrestling End of Season Tournament – Estacada – All Day
3/11 Oregon Trail Interpretive Center Field Trip – 7th/8th Grade
3/12 Early Release – 2:55 pm
3/14 8th Grade CTE Tour – Sandy High School
3/14 Thank You Ticket Store Open
3/18 Welches PTCO Meeting – 4:30 pm
3/19 Early Release – 2:55 pm
3/24 – 3/28 Spring Break
WELCHES YEARBOOK COMMUNITY UPLOAD LINK
Greetings! Our Welches Middle School Yearbook committee has created a community upload link for yearbook pictures:
https://community.lifetouch.com/invite?code=WELCHES-WILDCATS-25
Please send any pictures of your child doing school activities such as sports, fundraisers, getting on/off the bus, etc. Be sure to add the grade and names in the subject line of the email.
Thank you – Mrs. Carrier, Yearbook Advisor
COMMUNITY CORNER
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