Westmoor Weekly 10/31/2025

Dear Westmoor Families,

As we wrap up the week, our school community enjoyed a beautiful day outdoors for our annual Halloween parade! Students proudly showcased their creative costumes, and it was such a joy to see the excitement and school spirit shining throughout the day. It was truly a festive way to close out October. Tomorrow we welcome November—and don’t forget to set your clocks back an hour this weekend as we “fall back” for daylight saving time!

November also invites us to reflect on gratitude. Throughout the month, our students will focus on this important character trait—gratitude—which means being thankful for the people, things, and moments that bring joy. It’s about noticing the good around us and expressing appreciation for it. We hope this theme carries over into your homes and sparks meaningful dinner conversations about what each of us is grateful for.

Lastly, you should have received your child’s MAP results via email last Friday. The IAR results for students currently in 4th and 5th grade will be emailed on November 7th.

On another exciting note, did you know that Westmoor was ranked #8 among Illinois public elementary schools by U.S. News & World Report? We are incredibly proud of our students, staff, and families—thank you for being such an important part of our community. It truly takes a village to nurture a love of learning!

Have a wonderful weekend.

Each week students may submit a positive quote that captures and motivates their peers to persevere and feel good. We then showcase the quotes throughout the school building. Students may submit a quote, using this link.

School pictures were sent home with your student this week IF you ordered before September 30. If you ordered after that date, they should arrive the week before Thanksgiving.

If you have concerns about your pictures, please contact Picture Day directly at support@picture-day.com or 773-276-4588 Option 1 with any questions.

Don't forget we set our clocks back this weekend!

Again this year second grade will be collecting your leftover Halloween candy to donate to service women and men through Operation Support Our Troops–America.

Please bring your unwanted Halloween candy in a Ziploc bag or original packaging to the boxes outside the second grade classrooms. Second grade students will pick up the candy and prepare it for donating.

We will collect candy until Thursday, November 6.

Thanks so much for helping us show our gratitude to the heroes who protect our country!

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We’re excited to showcase the special moments and achievements of our students and their families. Whether it’s a holiday, cultural tradition, a child’s milestone like riding a bike without training wheels, a big win at a soccer game, welcoming a new pet, or anything else that makes you proud — we’d love to feature it! Here is the link to share a photo and brief description.

Beginning on Monday, Nov. 3, Northbrook Junior High is adjusting morning drop-off locations for elementary music students to improve traffic flow at NBJH.

• Band Students: Continue drop-off at the gym lobby doors in the back of the school.

• Orchestra Students: Begin using the curbside lane at the front of the school.
  
  

Separating the groups should help reduce congestion in the car line. Click here to view a visual of the new morning drop-off procedures.

Are you seeking a nurturing and engaging early childhood program (ages 2-5) for your little one? Come enjoy a cup of coffee and donuts while you meet the caring staff from District 28's Young Explorers Program! See how the program inspires young minds through fun and education at a FREE community play date on Saturday, Nov. 8, from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. at Westmoor, which houses the program.

• Tour classrooms and program spaces with the program's dually-certified teachers (Early Childhood and Special Education)
  
  
• Learn how the program embeds lessons from the team’s specialists (Speech Language Pathologist, School Psychologist, Occupational Therapist, Social Worker)
  
  
• Experience how the program teaches the Illinois Early Learning and Development Standards through play!

Former Greenbriar and current Meadowbrook Principal, Dr. Ginny Hiltz, has published a picture book about Krieger, the D28 facility dog! Parents are able to order a book online at kriegerscrew.com/shop , and Dr. Hiltz will send a signed copy home with your student. Please choose the "school visit or family friend" option for delivery and add the child's name in the shipping line. Dr. Hiltz will be reading the book to students at each school during a special library event in the coming months, and you can order it at that time as well. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to Canines 4 Comfort, the organization that trained and donated Krieger to District 28. Please email Dr. Hiltz at ghiltz@northbrook28.net with any questions.

Join us for our November PTO meeting via zoom! We will be looking ahead to the rest of our planned activities through the end of 2025!

MASSIVE THANK YOU to Jacki Ruh and Kelly Maschoff for an amazing Bulldog Bash

and Teacher Raffle! We had one of our most successful teacher raffles ever, raising

almost $7,000 to fund PTO programming throughout the year!

Thank you to our Hospitality Chair, Tina Bissell,

and our baking committee for arranging for a

delicious meal and dessert for the teachers

and staff for Parent/Teacher Conferences!

We want to Put our paws together for our Kindergarten

Fun Night Chairs, Dana Lindleaf, Corinn Posudevsky,

and Fanisha Davis for putting together a very fun night of costumes and activities

for our kindergarten families!

Huge thank you to the Pizza Lunch and Marla’s Lunch volunteers!

Monday 11/3 - Corner Bakery & Jamba Juice

Tuesday 11/4 - Panera

Wednesday 11/5 - Little Louie's & Oki Sushi

Thursday 11/6 - Rosati's Pizza Day

Friday 11/7 - Jade's Chinese Cafe & Love's Yogurt

Order by Tuesday at 12pm for the following week

To order click on the link below. If you are new to Marla's Lunch, use code NPS302 when creating an account.

Volunteer to help with Marla's Lunch here! - More spots have opened up for November and December!

November 2: Daylight Savings Time ends at 2:00am

November 10: Gleo & Something More Choir Concert at GB - 7:00pm

November 11: Singers Choir Concert at GB - 6:00pm; Laetus Choir Concert at GB - 7:00pm

November 12: Bulldog Pack Meeting - Students should wear Tie-Dye Shirts!

November 12: WM PTO Meeting - 7pm via ZOOM Only

November 18: Junior Band Concert at NBJH - 7:00pm

November 19: Whole School Assembly

November 24-28: NO SCHOOL - Thanksgiving break

December 3: Beginning & Philharmonic Orchestra Concert at NBJH @7pm

December 4: Cadet, String and Chamber Orchestra Concert at NBJH @7pm

December 5: Winter Sing & Art Show, Grades 1 & 2 ~ 9:15-9:45am; Grades 3 & 4 ~ 10:15-10:45am

December 5: Report card access emailed to parents

December 19: Winter Parties 2:45-3:30pm

December 22 through January 2: Winter Break ~ NO SCHOOL

January 5: School resumes