Wapello Community Schools

As we begin the new school year in the kitchen. We'd like to take a minute to thank those that helped us with feeding the kids during the extended summer feeding program. Casey's in Wapello , Fareway in Burlington , Hy- vee in Muscatine, Tyson foods, Hy-vee in Burlington, Kathy Henke and the Wapello Parade Clowns, and Chris Ueltschy. The LunchBunch cannot thank you enough for your support and kindness.

The Wapello CSD food pantry will be open today, August 20th from 3:45 - 5:00. Masks are required, we will have masks for anyone that doesn’t have their own. Please note the change in our hours.

It is time for some Throwback Thursday pictures from 1980 this week! #WeAreWapello #WapelloTribePride

It is time for some Throwback Thursday pictures from 1980! #WeAreWapello #WapelloTribePride

The Wapello Athletic Boosters are a great partner with the district. They are in the midst of their fall membership drive. Please consider financial support or joining the current members at their monthly meetings. DID YOU KNOW... Wapello Athletic Boosters provide funding for new equipment for our student athletes! Some recent purchases include a shot sled for Wrestling, a shooting machine for Basketball, warm ups for Volleyball and the installation of a water line for the Football practice field! We would love for you to partner with us to help us fund more projects! Our 2020/2021 membership drive is starting now! There are several membership levels and everyone helps make a difference! If you would like a membership form (personal or business) emailed to you - please contact us - wcsd.boosters@wapellocsd.org *Membership is purely financial support and does not require you to attend meetings or perform any duties, although all members and prospective members are welcome to attend our monthly meetings! To download a membership form, click on this link: https://5il.co/juz7

The food pantry at the HS will not be open on Thursday, August 20th.

6th grade orientation will be held on Thursday, August 20th, at 6:00 p.m. in the high school auditorium. All NEW 7th grade students to the district are invited to the orientation also.

The students return to the classroom in just 5 short days! It is hard to believe that after the long extended break, we are this close to starting the 2020-2021 school year. As of this morning, approximately 65% of the students have completed the online registration process. If you haven't had a chance to complete the registration process for your student(s), we ask that you please complete that process as soon as possible. If you need assistance, help is available at both Wapello Elementary (319)523-5571, or Wapello JR/SR High (319)-523-3241. To access the instructions for online registration, please click on this link: t.ly/WLN7

We are aware that student schedules are not showing up on the PowerSchool Mobile App. We are waiting for PowerSchool to resolve this situation. In the meantime, if you are wanting to view your student's schedule, you can login to the PowerSchool Parent Site (the same site used for online registration), and the schedules should be visible to you by going through a web browser. Please contact us with any questions, Wapello Elementary - 319-523-5571; Wapello Jr/Sr High - 319-523-3241; or the Central Administration Office - 319-523-3641 #WeAreWapello #WapelloTribePride

Wapello CSD is proud to partner with Opaa! Food Management, Inc. to provide food service to our students and staff this year. Did you know that you can subscribe to the menus and have them emailed directly to you each month? Simply go to the district website (www.wapellocsd.org), click on Menu, then select Dining, Choose Wapello Elementary or Wapello Jr/Sr High, and then select either the Breakfast or Lunch menu, when the menu is displayed, scroll to the bottom of the page, and there is a place to enter your email address to have the menu emailed to you each month. You can repeat the process for another building, or to select both the breakfast and lunch menus. We are excited to have Opaa! aboard this year!

Opaa! Has an opening in their Wapello Community School Kitchen. If this opportunity interests you, you can find out more about this opportunity and apply online by clicking on this link: https://sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Search/Home/Home?partnerid=26579&siteid=7047#jobDetails=819347_7047

Class Schedules for our 6th graders will be handed out at the 6th Grade Orientation on Thursday, August 20, at 6:00 p.m. in the WHS Auditorium. #WeAreWapello #WapelloTribePride

Tuesday, August 18th at 7:15 pm there is a High School Volleyball Parent Meeting for grades 9-12th. Meet in the practice gym at the high school building. If you can't attend, please contact me by email kenna.greiner@wapellocsd.org. I will then make other arrangements. #WeAreWapello #ArrowsVolleyball

The Wapello CSD Board of Directors will meet for their regular monthly meeting at 7:00 p.m. (note the later start time) on Wednesday, August 19, 2020 at the Wapello CSD Central Administration Board Room. The agenda can be found at: https://5il.co/jqt3 #WeAreWapello #WapelloTribePride

Throwback Thursday! The last of the photos from the 1979 Tomahawk. #WeAreWapello #WapelloTribePride

Throwback Thursday, the last of the 1979 Tomahawk! #WeAreWapello #WapelloTribePride #WeAreWapello

The Wapello CSD food pantry will be open Thursday, August 13th from 2:00 - 4:00. Masks will be provided for those that don’t have their own.

Marching Band Camp is going great! The kids learned 6 charts of the first drill today! Working hard! #wearewapello #wapellotribepride #fiep

Parents: PowerSchool is experiencing difficulties with their servers from the damage caused by Monday's wind storm. The E-Registration is not working at 100% capacity yet. Please keep trying to complete the registration process, you may be lucky and be able to complete the process. We will update everyone, once PowerSchool lets us know that they are back up and running at 100% capacity. #WeAreWapello #WapelloTribePride

The 2020 Indian Marching Band Camp has begun! Please check our new website for information and other fun stuff. Click the link :) https://sites.google.com/wapellocsd.org/wapello-high-school-band/home