Happy last week of school!

I have enjoyed my Advocacy beyond words.  Thanks for sharing your kids with me. 

 

Tuesday and Wednesday will be full days. 

Wednesday we will have our continuation ceremony at 2:15 pm in the gym. 

 

Thursday and Friday are half days with carline starting at 11:30. 

Thursday we will have our move up to the next grade to meet the new teachers.  Sixth grade will go to the 7/8 POD and the 4th graders will come up to 5/6 POD. We will be having our class parties on Thursday. 

Thursday will be the carnival from 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm, and the student/led conferences will be from 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm where students will come share their learning with you and take their materials. 

 

Friday we will have yearbook signing for the kids, and carline will start at 11:30 am and end at 12:00 pm.

 

I hope that you all have an amazing Summer! :)

May's theme is Self-care and Wellness.  We will be focusing on what self-care is and doing activities that will promote wellness. 

 

May is a busy month! Below is a list of the activities that will be happening. 

 

May 9 - We will be celebrating the seniors with a walk through the school
May 15 - The high school students will be putting on a field day for us. 
May 16 - There will be a Health Talk in the afternoon, and an email was sent from Mrs. Dewar
May 21 - Field trip to the Denver Aquarium 
May 28 - 5/6 continuation ceremony 2:15
May 29 - This a half a day of school with the carnival and student/led conference in the afternoon.
May 30 - Last day of school with carline starting at 11:30.

 

Here's to a great month! :)

This week we will continue working on Social Awareness lessons in Advocacy.  

We have one more week of ILab and then we will finish out the year in PE. 

 

On Thursday and Friday, the students will be taking the MAPS test for Language Arts and Math.  This will start at 9:15 and after the testing our class schedules will be normal. 

 

Have a great week!

 

This week we will continue working through Social Awareness lessons on Monday and Friday. 

 

For our Advocacy Tuesday through Thursday the students will have some outside time due to CMAS testing and they will not have specials. 

 

Reminder: The students have a half a day of school of Friday and Carline will start at 11:30.  

 

Also, on Friday there is a Westgate Student even at Urban Air in Westminster from 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm.  More information is on the Westgate Webpage. 

 

Thank you for your support with all the CMAS testing. :)

Welcome back!  I hope that your Spring Break was incredible!

 

For the month of April, the Advocacy theme is Social Awareness.  

 

For the next three weeks the students will be testing to celebrate that skills that they have learned! 

 

April 8 - 10 

- CMAS testing Math for both 6th and 5th grade, and then CMAS science testing for 5th grade

 

April 15 - 17

- CMAS testing ELA for both 6th and 5th grade

 

April 24 and 25

- MAPS testing for both 6th and 5th graders. 

 

If you have any questions about the next three weeks, please reach out to me. 

 

 

 

This we will continue looking at Mindfulness tools. 

 

Upcoming events:

 

March 13 - 5th graders will be taking a field trip to Majestic View Nature center.  Please make sure to send a sack lunch with your child on this day.

 

March 18 - Cultural Fair.  The students have been working hard on creating trifolds showcasing their culture and creating an activity to share with the 7th/8th graders and the High Schoolers.  

 

March 19 - 6th graders will be taking a field trip to Young AmeriTowne.  

 

 

If you haven't completed the permission forms, please contact Ms. Calder for the 6th grade field trips, and Mr. McGinnis for the 5th grade field trips. 

 

This week the Scholastic Book Fair will be at Westgate. 

Get ready— our first ever Middle School Scholastic Book Fair is coming soon! Studies show that kids read more when they choose books for themselves, so join this great opportunity to connect with your student over the thrill of bringing home new books to dive into.

This week we will continue to look at Kindness and Empathy.  Mrs. Kahn will be coming on Tuesday to talk with our Advocacy about the Cultural Fair and make sure that we are all on the right track.  

 

On Monday the Parent Teacher conference signups will be coming out.  

I will be sending out the special's signups for Music and Art. You will also receive a signup from the teacher who teachers your child for ELA and Math.  

 

Parent Teacher conferences are Thursday, March 6 from 8:00 and to 8:00 pm at Westgate and Friday, March 7 from 8:00 am to 12:00 pm virtually.   We look forward to talking with you. 

Thank you for all your support for Kindness Week!  As a class we brought in 118 items for the Food Drive.  We meet our goal as a class!

 

For this week we will focus on our Service-Learning Project which is our Culture Fair presentations.  The students in our Advocacy each picked a culture and have been researching important characteristics that they would like to share at our Culture Fair in March.  The 7th and 8th graders and high school students will be coming to check out our display boards and get their passports stamped.  We are so excited to share all of our findings with Westgate students. 

 

 

Dear Westgate Families, 

Kindness Week is Monday, February 10th through Friday February 14^th. A few things for you to know about: 

• We do not exchange Valentines cards, candy, or treats at school. If your student arrives with Valentine’s cards, candy, or treats, they will be asked to put them back into their backpack to be taken home.

• Get your Kindness Day permission slip (virtually emailed to families) signed by Wednesday February 12^th. Classes will be walking to different nearby businesses to deliver hand-made kindness cards to local businesses on Friday, February 14^th. We do not need any chaperones for these trips.  

• Be prepared to go rain or shine on Friday, February 14th (half day) – bring a warm jacket, gloves, beanies, etc. If needed because we will be walking outside. 

NEW this year – Kindness Week Food Drive! Let’s spread some kindness by collecting non-perishable food items for A Precious Child. The details: 

• Bring non-perishable food items to your advocacy class from Monday, February 10^th – Friday, February 14^th. 

• Last year in November we collected 1,100 non-perishable food items! Help us reach our goal of 1,500 this year! 

Monday, February 10^th: Spice it up Monday - Dried herbs and spices 

Tuesday, February 11^th: Pasta Tuesday - Dried pasta in boxes 

Wednesday, February 12^th: Veggie Wednesday - Canned vegetables 

Thursday, February 13^th: Toiletry Thursday - Kleenex, toilet paper, paper towels 

Friday, February 14^th: Fruit-filled Friday - Canned fruits 

 

In addition, there are different advocacy themes for each day aligned with the different love languages. Here’s a list of things that you can do to support your student’s learning at home. 

Monday, February 10^th: Words of Affirmation 

Kindness Week Challenge #1 – Use kind words of affirmation with 3 or more other people you see today. It could be a family member, friend, teacher, grocery store worker, or anyone else. Set aside a few minutes daily where each person gives a positive word or phrase to another family member. 

Tuesday, February 11^th: Quality Time 

Kindness Week Challenge #2 – Spend at least 30 minutes of quality time with yourself or someone you love today after school. Have a family game night, movie or show night, cook or bake something as a family, enjoy story time, crafts, exercise, or even some yard work together. 

Wednesday, February 12^th: Acts of Service 

Kindness Week Challenge #3 – Do another act of service for someone when you get home! Cook a meal for the family, organize a shared space, help each other with chores, plan a relaxation evening, do a surprise improvement project, or care for a pet together. 

Thursday, February 13^th: Gift Giving 

Kindness Week Challenge #4: Deliver the gift you made today in class to the person you made it for. Talk about how giving someone a gift made you feel. Dedicate an evening to creating homemade gifts for each other, create a family shared photo album, playlist, or video.  

Friday, February 14^th: Kindness Day (Half Day) - various walking trips 

Kindness Week Challenge #5: Create a family “Compliment Jar”. Place a jar in a common area. Family members can write positive affirmations or compliments about each other on small pieces of paper and drop them in the jar.