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Hello all! 
 
Friday was the last day to sign up for conferences. If you still need to schedule a conference. Please email me at [email protected] and I will fit you in where there are gaps in the schedule. 
 
Happy Fall!

Monthly Update September

Welcome to September in kindergarten!

Here is what you can expect for this month.

 In Advocacy we will be working on our monthly theme of Self-Awareness. This is a time for us to talk about teamwork and collaboration, goal setting, being kind to ourselves, peer pressure and self-esteem. The second to last week of September (17th-21th) will be our College and Career Readiness week where we will be talking about jobs! If you would like to come in and share about your job, or a job you have had, let us know! Be on the lookout for the sign up. We will be posting it next week. We have slots available from 8-8:20am. If you really can’t make it, or we can't schedule you, we will have another career week in March.

Parents! THIS Thursday, September 6th, Amanda Novak and Generation Schools Network are hosting a Parent & Student Focus Group about topics such as bullying, social emotional learning, and more. Join us for meaningful conversation and DONUTS on Thursday morning from 8:15am-9:15am. We need your input - your voices matter!

Reminders:

September 3rd- Labor Day NO SCHOOL

September 8th 8-11am FUN RUN at Westgate

September 13th- 10th Anniversary speaker series 6-8pm in the high school

September 27th-28th-Parent Teacher Conferences NO SCHOOL

October 1st-12th- Fall Break, NO SCHOOL

Original Works

It is time once again for our Original Works Fundraiser! Students in K–8th grade will have the chance to create their own artwork in the classroom, and parents will have the opportunity to buy magnets, mugs, notecards and many other items imprinted with their child's artwork. These make wonderful gifts for grandparents and other loved ones. This is the 3rd largest fundraiser for Westgate and brought in around $1,000 for our school last year!
 
Keep a look out in Friday folders this week and next week for a large yellow envelope from Original Works containing your child's artwork and an order form.Orders and payment should be returned to Westgate by September 21st. Checks should be made out to Westgate Community School.
 
If you have any questions, please contact Tara Feimster at [email protected], or you can email [email protected]. 

Weekly Update 8/13/2018

We are so excited to finally be back to school!

This is a long announcement, so please stick with me!

Every month, we will have a school wide theme that we are addressing in our Advocacy classes. Advocacy (homeroom) is total of 45 minutes where teacher have an opportunity to do Social/Emotional teaching and learning. The theme for August is Starting Strong. All month long we will be relationship building, talking about how to work in groups and pairs, learning about problem solving and getting to know the rules and expectations of Kindergarten.

 Each child went home with a Friday Folder. These folders will go home EVERY FRIDAY! Please take the stuff from the "Leave at home" side and keep it. Send back anything on the "Back to school" side. EVERY MONDAY, PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE REMINDING YOUR CHILD TO BRING IT BACK EVERY MONDAY!

Share days are starting this week! Here are our days: 

Monday:

  • Mirabai
  • Luke
  • Garrett

Tuesday:

  • Olivia
  • Austin
  • Autumn

Wednesday

  • Kyra
  • Jace
  • Finn

 

Thursday

  • Cadence
  • Avery

 

Friday

  • Nora
  • Edie

 

A couple reminders:

  • Students are not allowed to bring hand sanitizer to school because it has alcohol in it. If they need to wash their hands, we have bathrooms, a pod sink, and non-alcoholic sanitizer by the door in each room.
  • Carline procedure: You may stay in carline to pick up your Kindergartener. Please be patient! Carline will go faster as the year progresses. Please do not get out of your car. If your child needs helped being buckled, ask one of the teachers out there or pull all the way to the front of the line and park where the cones are (teachers are out there to help you find this area). If you wish to park your car and walk up, please do so in the north parking lot and walk around the building to pickup. This helps move carline along so no one is pulling out in front of cars trying to leave the building.
  • Share days are going to be posted to this website and a printed copy will go home in Friday folders on teh 17th. Please help your child remember when their share day is and to bring one item to share. For the first week, students will share their All About Me bags.

 

DATES:

  • August 16th, 5-8pm is Chick-fil-a Westgate Spirit night. Go and let them know you are from Westgate!
  • August 17th is PICTURE DAY! You should be receiving a picture form. If you dont want to order, no need to return your form. If you do want pictures, please send in your form before Friday. 
  • August 20, 6-8pm we will begin our 10th anniversary speaker series where speakers will come and speak on different topics. Linda Silverman will start us off! Come and join!
  • August 30, 6-7pm is curriculum night. Come and hear about what classes your students will be in for Literacy, Math and Science/Social Studies and what standards they will be covering this year.
  • August 31st, NO SCHOOL- Teacher professional development.
  • September 3rd, NO SCHOOL- Labor Day

 

Thanks for all you do, and please email me if you have any questions!