Message from the Principal
Welcome back to school!
I hope everyone had a wonderful restful summer and are ready to get back to work. We are happy to announce that we made AYP this year! Our scores are 75% proficient in Reading and 82% in Math. We are looking forward to a great year. We at Cook-Wissahickon are ranked as one of the highest performing schools in the Philadelphia School District and this is because of the efforts made by the students, their families and their teachers. I am very grateful that we have achieved this goal and we have taken our school to the highest level but we can not stop there.
This year we will have golf lessons at Walnut Lane Golf Course and a girls softball team in the spring.
We would like to welcome our new Home and School president Cheryl Dore!
Let's have a great school year!!
Anna Jenkins
Principal, Cook-Wissahickon School
Pennies for Patients
Dear Parents and Guardians,
Cook-Wissahickon is once again supporting The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s (LLS) Pennies for Patients program. Pennies for Patients is a LLS School & Youth Program that takes place over the month of February. The goal is to encourage students to collect spare change (and dollars!) to support LLS mission to cure leukemia, lymphoma, myeloma and Hodgkin’s disease and to improve the quality of life of patients and their families.
Pennies for Patients gives young students the opportunity to raise funds for blood cancer research and services for patients. This cause has special relevance for children and their families as leukemia causes more deaths than any other cancer among children under the age of 20. By collecting funds, students learn quickly that every bit can make a difference.
When you receive this letter, please take the time to speak with your child about the value of making a difference in the lives of others. We invite you to team up with your child and help collect funds or contribute to the program through matching gifts or personal checks. Ultimately, kids can make a difference in the lives of others and will experience the powerful feeling that comes along with doing so!
The last two years Cook-Wissahickon has contributed over $3000 for the Pennies for Patients fund. This year our goal is to collect over $2000! The competition between classrooms is underway. The classroom that collects the most money will win a free party of their choice!
Thank you in advance for your support for this very worthy cause. Let the collecting begin!
Sincerely,
Meredith Syles
School Counselor
Kindergarten and New Student Registration
Kindergarten and New Student Registration
School registration hours are 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM.
Children must be 5 years old by September 1st.
Documents parents should bring
• Proof of child’s age (examples: Birth or baptismal certificate or other religious document, passport or immigration documents).
• Proof of current address (examples: parent’s driver’s license, non-driver’s ID, voter’s registration card or recent utility bill. The document must
contain the parent’s name and address).
• Proof that child’s immunizations are current (examples: a health passport or immunization summary sheet issued by a licensed health care provider or facility).
• Copies of your child’s Individualized Education Plan (if applicable).
New Student Registration
Documents parents should bring
- Child's birth certificate
- Child's previous report card
- Immunization records
- Proof of address: one of the following items
- Utility bill (gas or electric)
- PA driver’s license
- PA vehicle registration
- Pay stub with address of employer & employee
Cook-Wissahickon's Recyling List
We are recycling the following items:
- Cell Phones
- Ink Cartridges
- Kashi Cereal Wrappers/Boxes
- Bare Naked Granola Bags
- Ritz Toasted Chip Bags
Nabisco Cookie Wrappers Mars Candy Wrappers
Examples:
- Oreo 100 Calorie Packs Skittles
- Fig Newtons Starburst
- Mini Oreos Snickers
- Double Stuff Twix
- Nuttter Butter M & Ms
- Chips Ahoy
Any Energy, Cereal or Fiber Juice Pouches
Bar Wrappers with Silver Lining Examples:
Examples: Capri Sun
Balance Bars Honest Tea
Granola Kool-Aid
Quaker Oats
Clif Bars
Please send the clean empty wrappers into school. The 8th graders will sort and send the wrappers to be created into something new!
All money raised by recycling will be put toward 8th grade graduation fees.
