🛼🌸 PWES Spring Break Skate Party Fundraiser! 🌸🛼

Looking for a fun way to kick off Spring Break? Join us for our PWES Skate Party Fundraiser!

📅 Tuesday, April 7th
⏰ 6:00–8:00 PM
📍 Skate World
💲 $10 (includes skate rental!)

Bring your friends and family for a night full of music, fun, and skating—all while supporting our school! 🎶🛼💙

We hope to see you there!

Congratulations to our PWES February Students of the Month! 🎉

In February, we focused on the CARE-infused behavior of Positive Attitude, and these students truly shined. They came to school each day ready to learn, encouraged their peers, and showed resilience even when things were challenging. Their positivity helped create a supportive and uplifting environment for everyone around them.

Congratulations to Ayelin, Valeria, Redden, Alexander, Furqaanalam, Shyhiem, Luke, Daly, Paizlei, Reymon, Dany, Skyler, Harrison, Gunner, David, Reena, Kodi, Christopher, Miguel, Henry, Tye, Kegan, Dezlynn, Robert, Cassandra, Yineirys, Clayton, Lyla.

We are so proud of the way you represent PWES—keep up the amazing work! 💙

🎉 Congratulations to our Weekly Attendance Winners for the week of March 24-27, 2026! 🎉

We’re thrilled to announce last week’s attendance champions! 🏆

🌟 Homeroom Winners: Mrs. Manion - 100% Attendance! 🙌
🌟 Grade Level Winner: 5th Grade – Way to go! 🎉
🌟 Team Winner: Team 4A – Amazing!
👏 Top 7 Classrooms:
1st –Mrs. Manion
2nd – Mrs. Geyer
3rd – Ms. Shockley
4th – Mr. Barnes/Mrs. Carpenter
5th – Mrs. Beenick
6th – Mr. Morales-Lopez
7th – Mrs. Saunders

Keep up the great work! 💪

🎉 Congratulations to our Weekly Attendance Winners for the week of March 16-20, 2026! 🎉

We’re thrilled to announce last week’s attendance champions! 🏆

🌟 Homeroom Winners: Mrs. Manion - 100% Attendance! 🙌
🌟 Grade Level Winner: 3rd Grade – Way to go! 🎉
🌟 Team Winner: Team 4A – Amazing!
👏 Top 7 Classrooms:
1st –Mrs. Manion
2nd – Ms. Beenick
3rd – Mrs. Saunders
4th – Ms. Shockley
5th – Mrs. Gilbert/Mrs. Robinette
6th – Mrs. Spotz
7th – Mrs. Geyer

Keep up the great work! 💪

🏀💙 So Proud of Our PWES Staff Basketball Team! 💙🏀 We are incredibly proud of our PWES staff basketball team who gave it their all at Friday night’s game! While they may have fallen to the WHS team, they truly left it all on the court and represented PWES with heart, effort, and teamwork. And let’s talk about that crowd… if there was an award for the loudest cheering section, PWES would have won by a landslide! 📣👏 Thank you to everyone who came out to support and to our staff for showing up and giving it their best. What a fun night for our school community! 💙

⚠️ After School Activities Cancelled – Monday, March 16⚠️ Due to projected severe weather, all after school activities in the Woodbridge School District have been cancelled today, Monday, March 16th. If you need to change the transportation home for your PWES student, please contact the main office at 302-337-3469 as soon as possible. Thank you for your attention and please stay safe.

🎉 Congratulations to our Weekly Attendance Winners for the week of March 9-13, 2026! 🎉

We’re thrilled to announce last week’s attendance champions! 🏆

🌟 Homeroom Winners: Mr. Raymond - 100% Attendance! 🙌
🌟 Grade Level Winner: 5th Grade – Way to go! 🎉
🌟 Team Winner: Team 5A – Amazing!
👏 Top 7 Classrooms:
1st –Mr. Raymond
2nd – Ms. Armentrout/Mrs. Phillips
3rd – Mrs. Beenick
4th – Mrs. Geyer
5th – Ms. Bailey
6th – Mrs. Woodward/Mrs. Jenkins
7th – Mrs. Zimmerman

Keep up the great work! 💪

This week, members of the Delaware Department of Education visited Phillis Wheatley Elementary School to recognize our school bus drivers and aides as part of NAPT Love the Bus Month. 🚌💙 During the visit, our drivers and aides were recognized for the incredible impact they have on students across our entire district, sharing the message that, "The yellow bus is more than just a mode of transportation; it is a symbol of community, safety, and opportunity.” We are grateful that the DOE chose PWES and the Woodbridge School District as the location to present these certificates, and we extend a heartfelt thank you to all of our Woodbridge School District bus drivers and aides for the important role they play in the lives of our students every single day. Your dedication helps ensure our students arrive at school safely and ready to learn! 👏🚌💙🩶🤍

Dr. Ilona Holland, author and former Harvard professor, visited Phillis Wheatley Elementary School to share about her writing process and the research she conducted while working on her newest book about George Washington. Students loved hearing how authors turn ideas and historical research into engaging stories. It was a great opportunity to inspire our young readers and writers! A very special thank you to Rachel Parker and The Parker Groupr sponsoring this event for our students. Their generosity also provided a copy of the book for each of our teachers’ classroom libraries as well as our school library, helping to bring even more great reading opportunities to our students. We are so grateful for partners who support literacy and learning at PWES! 💙📚👏

🎉 Congratulations to our Weekly Attendance Winners for the week of March 2-6, 2026! 🎉

We’re thrilled to announce last week’s attendance champions! 🏆

🌟 Homeroom Winners: Mr. Raymond & Mr. Morales-Lopez - 100% Attendance! 🙌
🌟 Grade Level Winner: 5th Grade – Way to go! 🎉
🌟 Team Winner: Team 5A – Amazing!
👏 Top 7 Classrooms:
1st –Mr. Raymond & Mr. Morales-Lopez
2nd –Ms. Bailey
3rd – Ms. Cawby
4th – Ms. Armentrout/Mrs. Phillips
5th – Mr. Barnes/Mrs. Carpenter
6th – Mrs. Woodward/Mrs. Jenkins
7th – Mrs. Zimmerman

Keep up the great work! 💪

Congratulations to our February Cafeteria Stars – Ms. Jones’s class!⭐🍕 These students did an outstanding job demonstrating positive behavior in the cafeteria by following expectations, showing respect, and keeping their area clean. We are so proud of the great example they set for others! A big thank you to Hungry Howie’s Pizza for helping us celebrate our Cafeteria Stars with a special treat. We appreciate your support of our students at Phillis Wheatley Elementary School! 👏💙

This week we celebrate School Social Worker Appreciation Week, and we want to give a huge thank you to two incredible professionals who support our students and families every day at Phillis Wheatley Elementary School. 💙 Mrs. Ritter, our DSCYF Family Crisis Therapist, and Ms. Nunez, our District Social Worker, work tirelessly to support the social, emotional, and family needs of our students. From providing guidance during difficult times, to connecting families with resources, to helping students build the skills they need to be successful in and out of the classroom—their impact is felt throughout our entire school community. We are so grateful for the compassion, dedication, and care they show to our students and families each and every day. Thank you, Mrs. Ritter and Ms. Nunez, for all that you do! 👏💙

🎉📚 Congratulations to our February Attendance Winners! 📚🎉 We are so proud of our students who made attendance a priority in February! Each month, students who have 90% or better attendance are entered into a drawing, and our winners are randomly selected from that group to receive a special token to our Book Vending Machine! There is nothing better than watching students “shop” for a brand-new book of their choice. 📖✨ Showing up matters, and these students are proving it! Way to go, February winners — we are proud of you! 👏💙

Congratulations to Abel for earning Honorable Mention in the Gallaudet University National Literacy Competition! 🎉

This year’s theme was “If you had a superpower, what would you do with it?” Abel was recognized in the Deaf Plus Elementary Storytelling category. We are so proud of his creativity and hard work! 💙👏

Our students absolutely crushed our Boosterthon fundraiser, and this week they celebrated in the best (and slimiest) way possible! 🟢🎉 Thanks to the incredible support of our families and community, Phillis Wheatley Elementary School raised over $17,000 to help reduce the cost of end-of-year field trips for our students. What an amazing accomplishment! As part of their reward, students earned the chance to slime Mr. Huber, Dr. Lybarger, and Mr. Pearson. But our Raiders didn’t just meet the goal—they exceeded it! Because of that, they unlocked the chance to slime three additional staff members: Mr. Starkey, Ms. Jones, and Mrs. Sears. The honor of doing the sliming went to our top six student fundraisers: Hannah, Ryan, Reese, Nicholas, Hayden, and Leo. They did an amazing job representing our school and definitely made the moment memorable! Thank you again to everyone who supported this fundraiser and helped make it such a success.🤍🩶💙

📣 2 Hour Delay – Thursday, March 5, 2026❄️ ❄️There will be no morning Pre-K classes. ❄️Breakfast will NOT be served. At Phillis Wheatley Elementary School, doors will open at 10:30 AM. ✅ After-school clubs will be held as scheduled. ✅ Reading Raiders will also take place after school. Please travel safely and allow extra travel time. 💙

Our Respect Week is off to a fantastic start at Phillis Wheatley Elementary! 💙 On Monday, we kicked things off by celebrating inclusion at our Respect Week Pep Rally. Mrs. Raymond and our Project Unify Ambassadors shared powerful messages about why they choose to include others and helped introduce the exciting events planned for the week. Students also enjoyed a few fun games that highlighted our Special Olympics sports, giving everyone a chance to see teamwork and inclusion in action! We also learned that Mr. Barnes will be going Over the Edge for Special Olympics this year! On Tuesday, we celebrated Be You Day, where students and staff dressed in ways that represented who they are. It was wonderful to see so many unique personalities and styles shining throughout the building! Today, we continued spreading the message of inclusion by wearing our “Inclusion – The Bridge That Unites Us” t-shirts. Seeing our school community come together to support this important message has been incredible. We are so proud of our students and staff for embracing kindness, respect, and inclusion this week. 💙 #RespectWeek #ChooseInclusion #ProjectUnify

🍕🐣 Pizza with Peeps is Back at PWES! 🐣🍕

Join us for one of our favorite spring traditions — Pizza with Peeps!

📅 Thursday, April 2, 2026
⏰ 2:00 PM – 2:30 PM
📍 PWES Cafeteria

For just $5, students and their special guest will enjoy pizza, peeps, and a drink together! 🍕🥤💛

Each student may invite ONE adult guest to attend. (Due to limited space, no small children may attend.) Space is limited to the first 275 students who return their form and payment!

📝 Forms and payment (cash or check payable to PWES) are due by Friday, March 20, 2026

We can’t wait to see our students sharing smiles, slices, and sweet treats with someone special! 💙

🎉🍎 Big Congratulations!🍎🎉 Phillis Wheatley Elementary is thrilled to announce our 2026–2027 Teacher of the Year… 👏 Ms. Jamie Jones! 👏 Ms. Jones, one of our incredible 4th grade teachers, truly embodies what it means to be "All In with Woodbridge Pride". She creates a classroom where learning is fun, engaging, and meaningful for every student. Her passion for teaching shines daily, and she has a special gift for bringing math to life in ways that build confidence and excitement in her students. Through her dedication, creativity, and commitment to excellence, Ms. Jones makes a lasting impact on our school community. We are so proud to celebrate her, her heart for students, and her unwavering Woodbridge pride. 💙🩶🤍 Please join us in congratulating Ms. Jones on this well-deserved honor! #PWESPride #TeacherOfTheYear

🎉🌟 We Have Exciting News!🌟🎉 Phillis Wheatley Elementary is proud to announce our 2026–2027 Educational Support Professional of the Year… 👏 Mr. Aubrey Weston! 👏 Mr. Weston, one of our dedicated daytime custodians, is a constant and caring presence in our hallways and cafeteria. He is always smiling, greeting students and staff, and jumping in wherever he is needed. His positive attitude, strong work ethic, and genuine care for our school community do not go unnoticed. Whether he’s helping a student, supporting staff, or keeping our building looking its best, Mr. Weston represents the heart of PWES every single day. Please join us in congratulating Mr. Weston on this well-deserved recognition! 💙🤍🩶 #PWESPride #ESPOY