Westmoor Weekly 10/03/2025

Dear Westmoor Families,

We have an exciting week ahead! We’ll kick things off on Monday with our Bulldog Tie-Dye Shirt activity. On Tuesday, we’re thrilled to welcome our author visit. Wednesday is make-up picture day, and we’ll close the week with Erin’s Law presentations. If you plan to opt out of Erin’s Law, please contact your child’s classroom teacher. Detailed information on all of these events can be found below.

Every month, we celebrate students who exemplify the outstanding values of Westmoor. For the month of September, our focus was on Courage. Courage means being brave when you’re scared or nervous. It’s doing the right thing, even when it’s hard. At the end of the month, we recognized students who demonstrated true courage in their words, actions, and choices. The photo above features these remarkable students, and we couldn’t be prouder of them. Keep showing that Westmoor spirit!

Looking for ways to get your child talking about their school day? Instead of questions that get a simple “yes” or “no,” try some of these fun conversation starters when they get home:

• What was the best part of your day?
• Did anything make you laugh today?
• What’s one thing you learned that surprised you?
• Who did you help or who helped you today?
• If your day was a movie, what would the title be?
• Who did you sit with at lunch today? What did you talk about?
• Did you do anything nice for someone today? Did someone do something nice for you?

Thank you for your continued support and partnership in your child’s learning. Wishing you a restful weekend ahead!

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.

We will be tie-dying shirts during our Bulldog Pack meeting this Monday, October 6th (12:55pm-1:55pm). Please send your child to school in clothes and shoes suitable for this activity. All students will get latex-free gloves to wear while tie-dying.

All tie-dye shirts will go home with students on Monday, October 6th. Please follow the tie-dye care instructions (adhered to the bag that will be sent home) to complete the tie-dye process.

If you have any questions, please reach out to your child’s classroom teacher.

Picture Retake Day is 10/8. If you would like a retake for your student, please sign up at picture-day.com/retake. The last day to sign up for a retake is Tuesday, 10/7 by 3pm!

Contact support@picture-day.com or 773-276-4588 (Option 1) with any questions. Please do not contact your school.

Per state requirement, we will be providing age-appropriate presentations to all students about sexual abuse prevention on October 10th. We will be using the same organization who has presented in District 28 for many years. Please click here for more information.

Westmoor Library is excited to announce that acclaimed authors, KARI LAVELLE AND LINDSAY LESLIE, will be visiting Westmoor School on Tuesday, October 7th! Kari is the author of the 2026 Monarch nominee, Butt or Face and Lindsay is well known for her book How to Build a Library!

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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.

The Hunger Resource Network (HRN), Grill House and Cabo Mexican Cocina are teaming up with local high school students to host HRN’s first fall Students Helping Students campaign. This event helps provide personal care items to local families in need. It will be held on Sunday, October 12 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Grill House/Cabo Mexican Cocina at 3147 Dundee Road in Northbrook. Click here to view a flyer with more information.

The first 100 people to either bring a completed bag or donate $35 will receive $50 worth of gift cards, $25 for Grill House, and $25 for Cabo Mexican Cocina.

Join us for our October PTO meeting via zoom or at the school! We will be recapping our Bulldog Bash and looking ahead to the rest of our planned activities through the end of 2025!

The committee is hard at work planning the kindergarten fun night for October 24th! It is only for Kindergarteners and their parents – and it will be a fun evening for the kiddos (and parents!) to meet each other! Please watch for an email from your classroom parents with more details.

Yearbook development is already underway and we need your HELP! We are looking for photos of your students and their classmates throughout their time at Westmoor including (but not limited to):

• Bulldog Bash • Pool Party • Class Parties • Field Trips • Band • Orchestra • Choir • Winter Sing • Field Days • Cultural Fairs • Sports • 5th Grade Pool Party • Science Fair • STEM Night

We also need a baby picture of each student (be sure to include your child’s name in this submission).

SEND ALL PICTURES TO: wmyearbook2026@gmail.com

Monday 10/6 - Corner Bakery & Jamba Juice

Tuesday 10/7 - Piero's

Wednesday 10/8 - Little Louie's & Oki Sushi

Thursday 10/9 - Rosati's Pizza Day

Friday 10/10 - Guanajuato & Baskin Robbins

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October 6: Bulldog Pack Meeting - Tie Dye T-Shirts (PM)

October 7: Kari Lavell & Lindsay Leslie Author Visit

October 8: Picture Retake Day

October 10: WM PTO Meeting @2:15pm

October 13: Parent-Teacher Conference Sign up closes at 7:00pm

October 15: Afternoon/Evening Parent Teacher Conference 4:30-7:30pm

October 16: Noon Dismissal - Parent/Teacher Conferences 1:00-8:00pm

October 17: No School

October 24: Kindergarten Family Fun Night @6:30pm

October 25: NB28 Children's Choir - Something More Concert @ 10am

October 31: Halloween Parade @2:15pm (weather permitting); Halloween parties 2:45-3:30pm