West March/April News
Dear West Families,
Spring is in the air! This means crazy weather, lots of excitement and some silly behavior. Please help us reinforce school expectations by reviewing our West POWER expectations. POWER stands for Pride, Own Your Actions, Wise Choices, Engaged, and Respect.
The return from Spring Break begins our very busy testing season. Read our M-STEP testing schedule and tips for helping your student be successful below.
This month’s Power H Ticket celebration is a GLOW DANCE!! Each class needs to earn 500 tickets to take part in the dance. The dance will take place during the day on Thursday, April 2. We are looking for volunteers to help set-up, hand out supplies during the dance, and clean-up. We also have decoration items that would be amazing to have at this link– West Glow Party Supply List.
This week we finish our One School/One Book, Sea Otter Sunrise, by Mary Pope Osborne. Even though Reading Month is ending tomorrow, continue to celebrate the joy of reading with your student(s) every day!
As always, please contact our administrative team with any questions or concerns!
Warmly,
Chad Tolson, Principal
Jennifer Heinritz, Assistant Principal
Important Dates:
Thursday, April 2– Glow Dance (wear neon colors or white!!)
April 3-April 12– Spring Break
April 14– MSTEP Testing begins
This Week’s PBIS Focus Lesson: Bathroom
This week we will be reviewing the routine and expectations for the bathroom. Our goal this week is to keep our West bathrooms clean by throwing paper towels in the trash can, flushing the toilets, keeping water and soap in the sinks, and keeping the walls and mirrors dry and clean. The bathroom expectations are included in the Monday, March 30 announcements.
Watch the Daily Announcements HERE: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xE2yPu4Im2ohKuqtSJywLNrI7ullzx-4/view?usp=drive_link
Word of the Week
This week’s word is support. Help your student(s) by talking about the word, using the word and encouraging your child to use the word.
M-Step Testing
For the month of April, and some of May, our 3rd, 4th and 5th grade students will be taking M-STEP, which is the Michigan Student Test of Educational Progress. Please help us support our West students with a successful testing experience by doing the following: Get a good night of sleep, eat breakfast at home or at school, arrive on-time to school, bring healthy snacks on testing days, and bring a full water bottle. Below are the grade-level testing dates:
3rd Grade: April 29, May 12
4th Grade: April 30, May 5, May 6
5th Grade: April 14, 15, 21, 22, 28
Makeups: May 13 and 14