WellSpring Weekly

Welcome back to school! It was so good to see all our new students on Monday morning, and thank you to all our parents and students who attended the Back to School orientation. This has been a successful first week back as we’re finding our new rhythms and getting set up well for the new year. This is also the start of our 10th year at WellSpring! We’re looking forward to a great year ahead.

All parents have a Canvas account that has been created for you to observe your children’s classes and to communicate with their teachers. If you haven’t yet, please follow the link below for instructions on how to set up your Canvas account:
Canvas for Parents

Please contact our IT team if you have any questions at IT@tws-rak.org

A message for our Arabic parents: Please note that parents are welcome to message teachers in Arabic on Canvas. We will translate the message on our side.

We have a signature page for ALL parents (Pre-K to G12) and Secondary students to sign. The signature page is an acknowledgement that you have read and agree to the guidelines laid out in the Parent/Student handbook, including the Attendance Policy, the Acceptable Computer Use policy and the Code of Conduct. This page should be signed and returned as soon as possible. Thank you to all parents who have already done so.

We also have a Media Consent form – if you have an objection to your child’s picture being used in our social media or marketing, then please sign the Media Consent form. If you have no objection, there is no need to sign.

We are delighted to offer an exciting range of co-curricular activities (athletics and clubs) for your child/children to participate in. Due to changes in the EISSA (schools sports league we participate in) schedule we have formed two shorter sub terms for Term 1 Athletics (Term 1A and Term 1B).

Athletics practices will begin on Monday 2 September, cut off for Athletic sign-ups will be Friday 6 September. Please see the form for more details on athletics or contact Mr. Luke at luke.johnson@tws-rak.org.

Clubs will begin Monday 16 September. For more information regarding clubs please contact Mrs. Rachel at rachel.graeff@tws-rak.org.

Please note information will also be posted in Lunch Room on Canvas.

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A couple of reminders to help afternoon dismissal move faster. If you have a yellow car number, it is helpful to arrive after 3:10 and all of your children will arrive at your car together. Please display your car number when you drive in. We will be faster each day as we get used to the system. Thank you for your patience.

• 1:30 PM - Life Skills students (Purple car numbers) – ALL families with Life Skills students will pick up your child in the drop off lane inside the gate. Staff will bring him or her directly to your car.
• 2:55 PM – Pre-KG, KG1 and KG2 ONLY (Pink and Blue numbers) students will pick up your child in the drop off lane inside the gate. Staff will bring him or her directly to your car.
• 3:10 PM – Families with ONLY secondary students (Grades 6-12) can pick up your students across the street from Gate 12. Your children will walk to you after 3:10 PM.

Enter the car lane, wait in the car line with your number clearly displayed. Staff will bring your child directly to your car.

• 3:00 PM – Elementary students and any EC siblings (Green numbers) will release to the car line.
• 3:10 PM – Secondary students and any siblings in EC or Elementary (Yellow numbers) will be released to the car line.
• There will be TWO pick up lanes. The side nearest the entrance is for any car with KG1, KG2 or Grade 1 students (no. 199 and below) and the lane nearest the gravel parking lot is any car with students in Grade 2 and above (no. 200 and above).

• 11:30 AM for all students in Early Childhood and Elementary
• 11:40 AM for Secondary students
• All procedures for method and gates will use the same procedure as Monday-Thursday.

All new students should please bring their Emirates IDs to our registrar, Ms. Marwa, so they can be entered into the MOE system.

All new students’ attested transfer letters can be emailed to Ms. Marwa at registrar@tws-rak.org. You are also welcome to email Ms. Marwa with any questions related to documents.

We are excited to inform you that, starting this year, our school uniform sales will be handled by Color Shades Uniforms at their location in Al Naeem City Center, Al Dhait. They are located on the 1st floor next to RedTag.
Al Naeem City Center location

As of Wednesday, August 21st, Color Shades Uniforms are available to assist you with your uniform needs from 10:00 AM to 10:00 PM, seven days a week. We believe that this extended schedule will provide you with greater flexibility and ease when purchasing uniforms for your children.

We trust that this new arrangement will simplify the process and enhance your overall experience. If you have any questions or need further assistance, please do not hesitate to contact us.

First Installment Tuition and Fees are due by Sept 1st. We understand that there can be financial challenges at times, if so, please contact finance@tws-rak.org or call 0544614640 to find a mutually acceptable payment arrangement.
We appreciate those who already paid and thank you for helping the school have a great start to the new school year.

Please note the calendar has a few updates. You can find the updated calendar on our website here.