Important Eclipse Viewing Information:
Monday, April 8th brings an exciting opportunity for our students, staff, and parents to witness the solar eclipse. We want to remind you about important precautions that need to be taken to view the eclipse safely. NASA provides important information about protective eyewear:
"When watching a partial or annular solar eclipse directly with your eyes, you must look through safe solar viewing glasses (“eclipse glasses”) or a safe handheld solar viewer at all times. Eclipse glasses are NOT regular sunglasses; regular sunglasses, no matter how dark, are not safe for viewing the Sun. Safe solar viewers are thousands of times darker and ought to comply with the ISO 12312-2 international standard. NASA does not approve any particular brand of solar viewers.
Always inspect your eclipse glasses or handheld viewer before use; if torn, scratched, or otherwise damaged, discard the device. Always supervise children using solar viewers.
Do NOT look at the Sun through a camera lens, telescope, binoculars, or any other optical device while wearing eclipse glasses or using a handheld solar viewer — the concentrated solar rays will burn through the filter and cause serious eye injury.
If you don’t have eclipse glasses or a handheld solar viewer, you can use an indirect viewing method, which does not involve looking directly at the Sun. One way is to use a pinhole projector, which has a small opening (for example, a hole punched in an index card) and projects an image of the Sun onto a nearby surface. With the Sun at your back, you can then safely view the projected image. Do NOT look at the Sun through the pinhole!
You can read the complete article here.
We look forward to this exciting learning experience for our students and will make every effort to follow all safety precautions.
Wilson Elementary is the place to be for Preschool! Our campus is completely catered to meeting the needs of our littlest Harvesters!
Join us on Thursday, April 4th from 10:00-1:00 or 5:00-6:30 PM for our Preschool Registration Luau! Bring your student to tour the campus, meet the teachers, and get your Harvester yard sign. Parents will register their student while their children interact with our staff.
*New student enrollment required documents:
*Birth Certificate of child
*Child's Social Security Card
*Current Shot Records
*Utility Bill as Proof of Address
*Valid ID of Person Enrolling student(if you are not a parent listed on the birth certificate, you must have a legal document showing authority to enroll student)
*Proof of Income