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June 20, 2025

Dear Cottle families,

As the 2024-2025 school year winds down, there have been so many exciting events and days filled with achievements and wonderful memories!  It’s truly hard to know where to begin to thank everyone….

A huge shoutout to Ms. Morris, Dr. McLeod, and Mr. Simone for planning an unforgettable Field Day for our Cottle Cubs! The energy, excitement, and joy on our students’ faces said it all—what a fantastic day of fun and school spirit! We’re also incredibly grateful to our amazing PTA volunteers whose support and enthusiasm helped make the day such a success. Thank you for being such wonderful partners—we couldn’t have done it without you! Another big shout out to all the wonderful 5th Grade parent room reps, volunteers and our PTA who made this year’s 5th grade Luau a memorable tradition.  

Mr. K and I had a blast participating as dancing chimney sweeps in this year’s theater production of Mary Poppins.  Huge thanks and accolades to everyone who helped make this show spectacular, especially our talented performers and the theater directors, Ms. Brown and Ms. Connolly.  

Last weekend’s Men’s Club Cornhole Tournament sponsored by our PTA was a highly successful fundraiser – and lots of fun!  We are grateful to everyone who contributed their help and for the support that the event will provide to TUFSD!

The PTA at Cottle has worked tirelessly all year to bring our school community together for both educational and entertaining activities, and we simply cannot thank all the PTA members enough for their dedication to WEC!  Kudos to Ms. Wuornos and the entire PTA for all that they accomplished this year!  

To wrap up this week, Friday, June 20, is PAWS Madness Day!  PAWS Madness assemblies culminated in the much-anticipated Prismatic Magic show and Masked Singer events! Prismatica brought together thrilling laser music videos set to the latest hit songs along with interactive, carnival-themed laser games like laser mazes and fast-paced matching challenges, a mesmerizing laser display that lights up the screen, ceiling, and walls and a live presenter who explained the science and technology behind lasers in a fun, accessible way.  Then, our teachers, staff, and administrators donned creative costumes and sang their hearts out, bringing smiles and laughter to everyone during the Masked Singer Assembly. The excitement reached its peak as our talented students enthusiastically sang along to all the songs and eagerly guessed the identities of the masked performers. It was a wonderful celebration of our school spirit and a fantastic way to wrap up the school year. Thank you to everyone who participated and made this event unforgettable!  Special thanks to Ms. Muendel, Ms. Lavista, Ms. Valentine and all the members of the PAWS Committee!

You can now access and view your child(ren)’s i-Ready Parent Report from the end-of-year i-Ready diagnostic administration through your Parent Portal.  If you have any questions, please contact the WEC Main Office.

This summer, students in grades 3–11 will bring home their school-issued devices. They can continue to access enrichment opportunities through familiar platforms such as Sora and i-Ready. Please note that students entering grades 3, 6, 9, and 12 will receive new devices at the start of the upcoming school year.

Next week we will be holding graduation ceremonies for UPK (June 23, 10:00 a.m.), Kindergarten (June 24, 9:15 a.m.), and Grade 5 (June 24, 11:30 a.m.)  Additional information including arrival times and ticket information for all graduation ceremonies was emailed out to all UPK, Grade K ang Grade 5 families this week. Please contact your child’s teacher if you have any questions.

PTA EVENTS AT A GLANCE 6/27 (Fri), Deadline to order A.Hartz School Packs

PTA EVENT DETAILS

1. Hartz School Packs for 2025-2026 - order now A. Hartz School Packs are now available to order. Order by Friday, June 27th. Supplies are packed and shipped to WEC and distributed directly to your child's classroom. Please visit www.ahartzpacktoschool.com 

Cottle Yearbook – limited supplies available All UPK-5th grade children will appear in the yearbook, so all grades are encouraged to purchase one. 5th graders will receive a FREE copy of the yearbook at graduation. The price is now $55 and QUANTITIES ARE LIMITED. Please contact wec.pictures.yearbook@gmail.com for questions.

Finally, this week Pete and I enjoyed holding virtual informational meetings for parents of students who will be transitioning into 4th and 5th grades next year.  We hope you found the meetings helpful, and if you have any additional questions, please let us know.

As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to reach out to me or Pete directly!  

Sincerely, 

John Morash   and    Peter Kilgallen

Principal                     Assistant Principal

Important Upcoming Dates

• 6/23 Pre-K Graduation 10:00 a.m.
• 6/24 Kindergarten Graduation  9:15 a.m.
• 6/24 Gr 5 Graduation  11:30 a.m.
• 6/26 Early dismissal 11:30 a.m.
• 6/27 Last day of school   dismissal 9:30