Friday
January 8
Admission Tour
9:15am
Spirit/Pizza Day
Saturday
January 9
Open House
1-3pm
Wednesday
January 13
Admission Tour 9:15am
Thursday
January 14
Outside Applications Due
Monday
January 18
Martin Luther
King Jr. Day
NO SCHOOL!
Wednesday
January 20
Board Meeting
6:30pm
Friday
January 22
Assembly 9:30am
Spirit/Pizza Day
Movie Night
January 7, 2010
100%!
It's Auction Time
What's your Golden Egg?
Korean Teachers to Visit Westside
Movie Night Volunteers Needed
Recycling
2nd Grade Field Trip to SANCA
Open House Saturday
100%!!!
By Jana Riggan, Director of Development & Marketing
Congratulations Westside! We reached 100% annual giving participation! Woo hoo!
Thank you everyone for donating and making this annual giving the most successful yet! Very few, if any, PNAIS schools ever reach this amazing participation goal, and I’m very excited to be able to say that we have done it! We should give each other a pat on the back!
Here are some interesting statistics:
- To date, we’ve received over 300 donations
- We have raised over $120,000
- About 200 donations were received by the kick-off date
- We have 21 new sustainers
- And 92 sustainers!
Thank you for being such a great and amazing community!
It’s Auction Time!
Stay in the know and look for Tuesday emails with the latest auction news and Update articles with a few more of the details.
Dates to remember:
Procurement Deadline: Jan. 28th
Auction: Saturday, March 20th
What’s Your Golden Egg?
By Kate Petrich & Roshele Allison, Auction Procurement Chairs
Besides our child(ren), of course, we each have a “golden egg” - that is, a skill, talent, resource or contact that could lead to a brilliant auction item. The tricky part can be coming up with an idea. You could ask your employer for available season tickets or a product they’re willing to donate, or team-up with other parents and design a party.
Please return your forms and donations to the bin outside the school office. The devil’s in the details: when possible, please include detailed descriptions and/or restrictions.
Questions? Ideas? Contact Kate or Roshele:
katepetrich@gmail.com, 206-988-5820 or daveroshele@comcast.net, 206-938-1989.
Korean Teachers Visiting Westside
Westside School is honored to be one of 15 area schools selected to host three teachers from the Republic of Korea (the South Korean Gangwon province). They will join us for two weeks starting Monday, January 11th. Teachers have been selected for their excellence in teaching and their good English-speaking ability, and will observe various classrooms to see what teaching is like in America. They are very interested in how Westside School uses strategies such as project-based learning, investigations, and integrated lessons. The visiting teachers will also teach our students a little about the Korean culture. We’re very excited to have them here, and it’s an exceptional opportunity for our community to learn about life in Korea as well as for our guests to experience the “Westside Way.” On Tuesday, January 19, a delegation of Korean officials will also visit our school.
It is our hope that this experience will cultivate a long-lasting, cross-cultural understanding of the Korean culture and build a relationship between our school and the school’s of our guests. We believe that through this experience our students will not only learn about another culture but it will also spark an interest in becoming globally-minded citizens and future world travelers.
Save the Date
for Movie Night and Volunteers Needed!
Friday, January 22nd
The WPO is looking for a few volunteers for its next movie night. Come join the fun! Volunteer jobs are easy, and you’ll get to be part of all the behind-the-scenes action. Interested? Hours are from about 4:30-8pm on Friday, but if you can only make part of that, we can be flexible! Contact EmilyAnn Hindle, movie chair, at hockeymomea@comcast.net.
Movie to be determined.... learn more next week!
Start the New Year by Recycling!
Westside is recycling old electronics and raising money for Islandwood!
By Shannon Marsh, Recycling Chair
Welcome back! Westside School is starting the year off by holding a collection drive! Clean out your closets and offices by recycling your old electronics with the Cartridges For Kids Program. You can help our 4th and 5th graders earn extra CA$H and help save the planet by recycling your TRASH!
So, take the time this month to clear out any of the following recyclables and drop them off in the large bin clearly marked “Cartridges for Kids” by the front office by JANUARY 19TH:
- cell phones
- laptops
- PDAs
- inkjet and laser cartridges
- ipods
- video games
- video game consoles
- movie DVDs (in their original cases)
- GPS devices
NOTE: No Batteries will be accepted!
If you have any questions about what is acceptable, please visit www.cartridgesforkids.com. Do not forget to ask family, friends and neighbors to donate! Thank You!
2nd Grade Field Trip to SANCA
By Jill Weaver, 2nd Grade Teacher
Over the past few weeks 2nd grade has been studying Balance and Weight. Children experience balance in many ways daily: riding a skateboard, participating in gymnastics, practicing ballet, or even walking on the curb. All of these experiences provide children with ways to better understand how weight effects balance. 2nd grade students extended their learning by attending a class at the School of Acrobatics and New Circus Acts. Students learned to juggle, jump on the trampoline and walk on a tightrope. They learned they had to use balance to perform these acts. It was an unforgettable learning experience.
Open House
Saturday,
1-3pm
Do you have friends or neighbors interested in Westside? Or even wondering where to send their children to school? Have them check out Westside on Saturday at the Open House!
All classrooms will be open and teachers will be available from 1-3pm on Saturday. It’s a great way for parents to talk to teachers about their classrooms and curriculum, and for potential students to see the school and experience the Westside classroom when it’s not filled with students.
If Saturday does not work out, there are two tours they could attend: Friday, January 8th and Wednesday, January 13th. These two tour dates and the Open House are the last opportunities to see the school before the application deadline - January 14th! It’s early this year, so if you know of anyone who’s planning to apply and just hasn’t had the time yet, please remind them that the deadline is quickly approaching! Thanks!