January 12, 2024
Happy New Year! I hope our Westwood Community had a relaxing and enjoyable Winter Break! We are now in the second semester of the school year. Our students will take the MAP Growth Winter assessments and the MAP Fluency Assessments in the coming weeks.
On February 8, 2024, Liliana Leone will visit Westwood Elementary School as our guest author. She has published several children's books. Please see the flyer below if you are interested in any of her materials. Liliana will also be visiting Lindsey Elementary School.
When dropping off your child in the morning, please be reminded to form four lines to accommodate traffic and keep cars off of Caves Road. The far left lane must be left open for vehicles exiting the campus.
In the afternoon, please ensure your Car Tag is clipped to the Visor with your Last Name printed clearly. This is extremely important during inclement weather. Also, please remember that the far right lane (closest to the building) is for parents picking up students who have been transferred from Lindsey.
Thank you for all of your support of Westwood Elementary School!
Jim Kish, Principal
January 15 - No School- MLK Day
January 18 - Book Bingo (6:30 pm - 8:30 pm)
January 25 - Popcorn Day
January 26 - ACE Awards 9:30 am
January 26 - Gal & Pal Dance
February 1 - PTO Board Meeting
February 2 - 2nd Grade Culture Day
February 5-7 - Book Fair
February 7 - 100th Day of School
February 8 - Author Visit - See order form below.
February 14 - Valentine's Day Parties - 2:00 pm - 2:45 pm
Counselor News
Happy 2024, Westwood Families!
We are happy to be back in our school routine as Westwood students! We spent the week reinforcing our PBIS expectations of being respectful, responsible, and ready to learn! Countless ‘gotcha’ stickers and positive referrals were awarded this week!
January 15 - 19 is National No Name Calling Week. In January, the No Place for Hate lesson will include a reading and discussion of Alma and How She Got Her Name by Juana Martinez-Neal. Students will have an opportunity to share why their name is special and the importance of learning the names of others. If you have a moment, please share with your child a fun fact or story about their name!
Mrs. Sarah Wisniewski
School Counselor
440-729-5922 ext. 4331
PTO News
Gal & Pal Dance
The deadline to register for the Westwood & Lindsey PTO Gal & Pal Dance is Friday January 19th! The dance is being held in the Westwood Elementary School gym on Friday, January 26th from 6-8pm. You can RSVP HERE! See details on the flyer below.
Also - we are in GREAT need of volunteers for this community-favorite event! If you are able to help, please sign up HERE.
Scholastic Book Fair
Calling all bookworms! The Scholastic Book Fair returns February 5-7. Without the support of parent volunteers, PTO won't be able to continue offering programming and events such as this for the benefit of our children. As an added incentive, each volunteer will get to select one free book from the shop. Please sign up at the link below!
https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bf/westwoodfebbookfair24
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0F4FAFA622A4FFC52-46831772-wwfeb#/
The ESCWR runs the West Geauga preschool program for children ages 3-5 years, which includes both special needs students and typical peer role models. They currently have an afternoon preschool program for West Geauga families and have opened a morning session that we wanted to let everyone know about. They have the capacity of accepting 8 more role models and 6 more special needs students at this time. With this expansion, they would like to let more families know of this opportunity. Please contact Wendy Bartolovich at wbartolovich@escwr.org for more information.
Westwood Elementary School
440.729.5990
www.westg.org