Friday
March 16
Spirit and Pizza Day
2nd Grade Assembly
Wednesday
March 21
Board Meeting
6:30pm
Saturday
March 24
Westside’s 18th Annual Auction
Toast of the Town
Thursday
March 29
First Grade
Bakery
Monday - Friday
April 2 - 6
Spirit Week
Thursday
April 5
WPO Meeting
Friday
April 6
4/5th grade
Assembly 9:30am
Spirit/Pizza Day
March 15, 2007
Auction News and Info, including Items of the Week!
Raffle Info
Touch of Glass Centerpiece Auction
Volunteers Still Needed
Enrichment Classes
1000 lbs. Donated to NW Harvest
Art
Save the Date for the 1st Grade Bakery
Auction Highlights
Toast of the Town
Auction News and Info
It’s the 25th anniversary of Westside and time to celebrate in style. Pull your swankiest dress out of the closet and join the scene at the Westside auction. Sip champagne and make your bids as the cool sounds of the Jazzliner Quartet fill the room. Mark your calendar and don’t be late – Saturday, March 24th at 5:30pm.
RSVP’s
You don’t want to miss this event! Please turn in your RSVP cards. They’re available in the office if you’ve lost your invitation.
Items of the Week
Westside Wine Cellar
Remember to bring a bottle of wine with you to the auction! You’ll get a chance to get it back - and then some! with the Westside Wine Cellar. It’s sure to be a great selection of reds and whites brought to you by the Toast of the Town attendees. Don’t miss this one - it’s sure to be a wine lover’s delight!
Four Tickets to the Police
Rejoin the Force! Few bands have enjoyed as much ubiquity as the Police. Their seamless merging of punk rock, reggae, and new wave made them one of the 80’s biggest and best bands; hits like So Lonely, Every Breath You Take and Roxanne are classics. After two decades apart, Sting, Andy and Stewart are back together and will be here in Seattle. Four of you will enjoy their 2nd-night show (Thursday, June 7) from a Key Arena suite. Don’t miss this once-in-a-lifetime reunion!
Raffle Info
By Tracy Sundberg, Raffle Chair
50/50 Cash Split
$5,000! Wouldn’t it be great if the 50/50 Raffle Winner took home a check for over $5,000? If each Westside Family sold or purchased all 10 of their 50/50 raffle tickets that’s exactly what would happen! We’ve gotten off to a respectable start, but we still need your help to reach this amazing goal. Just drop your sold ticket stubs and checks in the box in the office. Pre-sold tickets need to be turned in no later than 4:00 p.m. on Friday, March 23rd.
And now for the “BIG TICKET” RAFFLE....
The auction is right around the corner and in last week’s take home folder you received 4 “Big Ticket” raffle tickets. The “Big Tickets” are being offered at $25 each. Buy them for yourself or sell them to family and friends. Either way, all proceeds benefit a great cause… our children! The winner does not need to be present at the drawing, just be sure to include a prize choice on the ticket stub. Sold ticket stubs and payments can be placed in the box in the school office. Pre-sold tickets need to be turned in no later than 4:00 p.m. on Friday, March 23rd. The winner will get to choose one of the 5 pre-determined live auction items for their prize. You, the Westside Community, have once again come through with some fabulous live items and the prize choices are:
2-night Roche Harbor Luxury Getaway
1 Spot in the 3-night Sun Valley “Girls Weekend”
4 Diamond Club tickets to the Seattle Mariners
4 nights in a Winthrop Mountain Home
2 weekend nights in San Diego PLUS extras
Detailed descriptions of the prizes can be found here; it should be easy to email and sell tickets to family and friends. They don’t want to be left out of this fantastic opportunity to support Westside! Keep selling and watch for next week’s update.
A Touch of Glass
Centerpiece Glassware Auction
Your centerpiece will be for sale for an instant buy of $25.00! Want a whole collection? You can bid on other tables – not just your own! And you won’t want to miss this centerpiece that includes a stunning hand blown glass vase, groovy black and white drinking glass votives and small sparkly votives.
Auction Volunteers Still Needed
Cleaning up is fun!!! We need volunteers to help clean up and tear down after the Auction. Approximately 1-2 hours will be required (~10pm-midnight on Auction night). Please sign up on the sheet in the office or email Phil or Alison Wallace at phil@philipwallace.com.
Enrichment Class Registration
Enrichment class registration forms went home yesterday for classes through the rest of the year, including yoga, science and jumprope. Extra forms are available in the office.
Science Session 1 and Yoga Session 1 start next week, so turn your form in soon!
Over a Thousand Pounds for Northwest Harvest!
Do you remember bringing food to school for Northwest Harvest? You won’t believe these results!
Students have organized the Northwest Harvest food drive for the past three years. The fifth grade students advertise by making posters, then going room-to-room as enthusiastic ambassadors to get students excited about bringing foods.
They work with fourth graders (who will organize the event as fifth graders,) to collect, sort and chart the number of foods coming in. There’s an element of competition, as the stacks grow, class by class.
The first year, Westside collected about 400 pounds of food. Last year, we collected 465 pounds. This year, we collected food for distribution after the holiday season. With snow days, wind days and power outages, we as a school collected 1,073 pounds!!!
Art
By Margery Lamden, Art Teacher
Our students are learning new techniques and visually expressing feeling in their artwork. Every student, pre-K through fifth grade, has created art work that was inspired by the celebration of Chinese New Year. I showed the students pictures of Chinese art, demonstrated new techniques and also showed them how to use the materials. The pre-K and kindergarten classes created unique paper panda bears in a habitat of bamboo. The first, second and third graders painted beautiful and expressive ink paintings that have a mystical quality. And the fourth and fifth graders learned about print making and created skillful hand cut prints.
Examples of these art projects are on display in the hallway; please take a look at the art and celebrate Chinese New Year with us. Also, the Asian Art Museum at Volunteer Park has a beautiful exhibit on Modern Chinese Art called “Of Nature and Friendship.” Admission to the Asian Art Museum is free the first Thursday and Saturday of every month. The exhibit will be on display through July 29th.
Save the Date for the 1st Grade Bakery on Thursday, March 29th!
Every year, the first grade class bakes bread – and learns about science and math while they’re at it. At the end of their study, they sell all the bread they’ve made (it’s been frozen) – and we are the lucky recipients! Everything sells for only a quarter!
The Westside Bakery will be Thursday, March 29, in the hallway outside of the first grade classroom. The first graders will be selling breads at three different shifts... 8:30-9:00, 11:45-12:15, and 12:30-1:00. Everything is only 25 cents, and all proceeds from the Westside Bakery will be donated to Westside Baby.
Auction Highlights
