Mowrey Elementary School

Hello Waynesboro families! The Waynesboro Area School District is in the process of gathering information on families who will have a child eligible for Kindergarten in the 2023-2024 school year. Per WASD Board Policy No. 201, your child is eligible to start Kindergarten this coming school year if they reach 5 years of age before September 1, 2023. If you have not completed our Kindergarten Pre-Registration Questionnaire to let us know of your intentions this fall, please take a few minutes to do so. The Kindergarten Pre-Registration Questionnaire can be found on our district website under the News Feed, or by clicking Welcome to WASDPA, Kindergarten Registration 2023-2024. The Waynesboro Area School District is also excited to announce we will be hosting our 5th Annual Coming to Kindergarten Celebration on Wednesday, February 15, 2023! The event will be held from 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm at the Waynesboro Area Senior High School, in the cafeteria. Come with your child at your leisure during the 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm window to learn more about early learning, receive fun activities to get ready for school, see the enrollment team and learn more about the official kindergarten registration process that is held in March. During the visit your child will also get to meet their school mascot and enjoy a sweet treat at the end of their visit to celebrate turning 5! We are excited to help your family embark on this next journey. If you have any questions, please reach out to the enrollment team at registration@wasdpa.org and someone will get back to you ASAP.

The Waynesboro Area School District is proud to be a part of the @GIANT/ Martin's Feeding School Kids Round Up program! January 1-February 28, parents and community members can round up at the register to support public school district efforts working to eliminate childhood hunger. Through the Feeding School Kids initiative, public school districts like The Waynesboro Area School District can use funds to support meal programs to expand food distribution programs, create on-campus food pantries, supply extra weekend meals, and eliminate outstanding student meal debt. Join us as we round up to fight hunger within The Waynesboro Area School District! #FeedingSchoolKids #EliminatingHunger

The Waynesboro Area School District is proud to be a part of the @GIANT/ Martin's Feeding School Kids Round Up program! January 1-February 28, parents and community members can round up at the register to support public school district efforts working to eliminate childhood hunger. Through the Feeding School Kids initiative, public school districts like The Waynesboro Area School District can use funds to support meal programs to expand food distribution programs, create on-campus food pantries, supply extra weekend meals, and eliminate outstanding student meal debt. Join us as we round up to fight hunger within The Waynesboro Area School District! #FeedingSchoolKids #EliminatingHunger

Thank you to Michaux Manor and Quincy Village for joining our students in some Christmas caroling! Another big thank you to Heck-Meyers bus company for donating their time to drive us there!

The Waynesboro Area School District wishes to thank the families and community members for their patience as we navigated the printing of our district calendars during a national paper shortage. We are pleased to announce that district calendars have arrived and were distributed to all students this week. If anyone would like a calendar, we have extras available at the district's administrative office building (Clayton). You may pick up a calendar during regular business hours. Thank you again for your continued support of WASD.

Due to possible lack of quorum, the board meeting scheduled for Tuesday, September 13, 2022 has been moved from in-person to virtual. Public comments can be made online via the form on the district website.

Good morning, I just want to thank all our parents and staff members for a great start to the day. I also want to thank the officers from the state police who stopped by to greet our students. 

UPDATE 5/11/22: Location change for "Summer Literacy Under the Sea" - event will be held at the Alexander Hamilton Library (Community Room - 2nd Floor) Join us Saturday, May 14th from 10 AM-12 PM for "Summer Literacy Under the Sea"! Come and enjoy games, prizes and raffles!

Hello Mowrey Families! Our Spring Literacy event is coming up on May 14th. For more information see the post made in Abre

WASD Elementary Career Day will be held for grades 3-5 at Otterbein Community Center on Thursday, March 31st-Friday, April 1st.

Did you start your application for Kindergarten Registration yet? If not there is still time! The application for next year is open until formal registration at the end of March. Click the link below to visit our website to find out more. Don't delay, complete your child's registration today! *Children are eligible for Kindergarten if they turn 5 before September 1, 2022* https://www.wasd.k12.pa.us/page/kindergarten-registration-2022-2023

There is still time to pre-register for Kindergarten for the 2022-23 school year. If your child turns 5 before 9/1/2022 they are eligible. Visit our website for more information. Use the link below to fill out our Pre-Registration Survey. https://forms.gle/2e37h7yFPyS9ZVBq9

As a reminder, information related to building events, including our upcoming Kindness Week spirit week is now located in Abre. If you have not created an account with your child's token please contact the Mowrey office.

Hello WASD families. If you are having trouble logging into your Sapphire Community Web Portal or if you are having trouble viewing your learners grades/schedule/etc. it is time for you to clear your browsing data/cache on your device. Go into your Settings, select History, and select Clear Browsing Data. If you are logged into your portal while clearing your history, log out of and back in and the issue(s) should resolve. You can also use the following shortcut when using a Chromebook or Laptop; hold down Control, Shift and Delete and it will take you into your browser history as well. Sapphire recommends clearing your browser history longer than 7 days for it to be effective. If you need a Sapphire Community Web Portal or assistance with your account, please reach out to your learners school and the building secretary will be able to assist you. Thank you.

This year Mowrey celebrated Veteran's Day by holding our annual Veteran's Day Program. This year looked a little different as we celebrated by hosting our first ever virtual program. We are please to share our virtual Veteran's Day Program with you. To view the program please visit wasdpa.abre.io

Mustang Country - As a reminder, tomorrow, Thursday, September 23rd is a scheduled early dismissal. Elementary dismissal will be at 12:50pm.

A message from Food Services-Please note: Menus are subject to change based on availability of products. Due to shortages in production staff to produce products and truck driver shortages to deliver products, we are experiencing many menu shortages and changes. Thank you for your patience and understanding as we work through these challenges.

Hello Waynesboro families, The “Current Schedule” feature in the Sapphire Community Web Portal is still down.  The Data Department has been in contact with programmers and developers at Sapphire in regards to the situation, it is a company wide issue for Sapphire, and they are working diligently to fix the problem.  Additionally, we are not the only district affected by the interface switch over with certain features.  As they work through these issues and things become available, the District will post and update on our website, social media and through a Boro Blast.  We are also aware of new account creation issues and Sapphire is working through that as well.  You can still see your learner’s schedule on the left hand side under “Courses and Grades” for learners in grades 6-12.  Classroom teachers can be viewed by selecting “Student Information” for learners in grades K-5.  We appreciate your patience and understanding as Sapphire works through these issues as they improve the Community Web Portal experience. Thank you.

The Community Web Portal is now open. WAMS and WASHS learners can see their classes under Courses and Grades. The color scheduler will be available to learners tomorrow. All learners should be able to see their homeroom teacher under student information. Transportation routes will be coming soon. If you have trouble accessing your portal, please reach out to your building secretary tomorrow morning. Thank you!

As a result of interest and successful learner enrollment in our First Choice - Virtual Instruction Program (FC-VIP) WASD will be extending the enrollment period until Monday, August 16th. #fcvip