December 1, 2025

West December News #1

Dear West Families,

Welcome to the first week of December! This snowy weather is a great reminder to send all of your student’s outdoor gear every day! This includes a coat, snowpants, boots, gloves or mittens, and a hat. Please consider labeling all of your student’s belongings with a permanent marker to help make sure clothing does not get lost. An extra pair of warm socks is a great thing to add into backpacks.

There are many events happening in December– The PBIS Gingerbread House Making Party, Candy Cane Grams, Breakfast with Buddies, Spirit Week, and a door decorating contest! We need YOU to pull it all off. Please check our West main page for volunteer and donation opportunities.

Another huge thank you to our West families for continuing to improve our Drop-Off and Pick-Up Procedure. We are interested in creating a Parent Pick-Up Patrol to help us ensure the safety of students and to help keep traffic running smoothly. The PPP will help direct traffic, give reminders to drivers, help students get to cars, and more. We will be holding an informational meeting on Monday, December 8 at 4:00 PM. 

Don’t forget to check out our daily announcements by going to this link: December Announcements 

Please contact our administrative team with any questions or concerns!

Warmly,

Chad Tolson, Principal

Jennifer Heinritz, Assistant Principal

Important Dates:  

  • Dec.8– Parent Pick-Up Patrol Meeting, 4:00 PM

  • Dec. 9– Kindergarten Info. Night, 5-7PM at West

  • Dec. 15-19– Holiday Spirit Week!!

  • Dec. 15 and Dec. 16– Candy Cane Grams for Sale

  • Dec. 17 and Dec. 18-- PBIS Gingerbread House Party

  • Dec. 18– Breakfast With Buddies More Info. to Come

  • Dec. 19– Half Day, 11:35 dismissal

  • Dec. 20-Jan. 4– Winter Break-- No School!!

  • Jan. 5– School Resumes

This Week’s PBIS Focus Lesson

This week’s focus lesson is Snow Expectations. Please ask your child about how we play with snow at school. The Snow Expectations are included in today’s Morning Announcements! 

Candy Cane Grams

Our West PBIS (Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports) team is running a Candy Cane Gram Sale the week of December 15th. Candy Cane Grams are a fun way for students to celebrate friendships and appreciation for others. Each Candy Cane Gram comes with a candy cane and handwritten card that is delivered to the recipient. Candy Cane Grams will cost .50 cents. All proceeds will go to fund our West Power H Store!

We are accepting donations of Candy Canes!! Please consider donating a box or two to help with the Candy Cane Gram sale!