Dear Westwood Families,

Thank you for a wonderful extra short week. Our students came into the building ready to learn! With all the snow days we had, we had to adjust our testing schedule. Below is the graph that shows our testing days but as before, we will update as needed depending on weather. As a friendly reminder, our doors open at 7:20 and the bell rings at 7:45 am. We ask that students not get checked out after 2:30 pm and that you let the office know of any changes on how students go home by then as well. School dismisses at 3:10 pm. If for some reason you are not able to pick up your child on time, please call the office to let us know. For safety, please have the card tag with your student number in the car line. If you need a new car tag, please let us know.

We wish you a wonderful week ahead!

Mrs. Kimberly Crumby, Principal

Mrs. Martha Tompkins, Assistant Principal

Important Dates:

Jan. 22-Snow Day

Jan. 23-Report Cards go home in Tuesday folders

Feb. 2-NO SCHOOL-Professional Development Day

Feb. 6-Mobile Food Pantry starting at 3:25 pm. & 2nd Grade Performance starting at 6 p,.

Feb. 9-Westwood Dance starting at 5:30 pm.

Save the date! This February we will have our first annual "Nurturing Brilliance: Empowering Advocates & Parents of Gifted Minds Conference". There is an AMAZING lineup of speakers, such as psychologists of the gifted, gifted professors, Arkansas Department of Education Career and Technical Education (CTE) staff to discuss CTE and the GT student, SENG (Supporting Emotional Needs of the Gifted) representatives, and the list goes on and on!

We will share registration information when it becomes available!

¡Reserva! Este febrero tendremos nuestra primera conferencia anual "Nurturing Brilliance: Empowering Advocates & Parents of Gifted Minds". Hay una lista INCREÍBLE de oradores, como psicólogos de los superdotados, profesores superdotados, personal de Educación Técnica y Profesional (CTE) del Departamento de Educación de Arkansas para hablar sobre CTE y el estudiante GT, representantes de SENG (Apoyo a las necesidades emocionales de los superdotados) y ¡La lista sigue y sigue!
¡Compartiré la información de registro cuando esté disponible!

All parents/guardians need to complete an online information update at the beginning of each school year. This information is used to effectively communicate with you and your student(s). This information is critical to your child’s health, safety and well-being.

Using this link ( https://rgupdate.sdale.org/) you will be asked to log in and verify your child’s information. You will need their 9 digit student id for user name and their birthdate as the password (xx/xx/xxxx). This should be repeated for each enrolled child.

NOTE: A note will be coming home for students who still need to take care of this update. If you have questions, please call Ms. Griselda at 479-750-8871

TEXTS: Click here to fill out a very short form that will add you to our text list. We use text messages to send out these weekly parent updates and reminders. We know texts are a convenient way to communicate for many of you, so please add yourself to the list by filling out this form. Multiple members of the same family can use it and each receive texts. If your phone number changes, you'll need to complete the form for your new number.

PHONE CALLS: We also send out phone calls through an automated system; you will receive these calls if your phone number is correct in Registration Gateway. If your number changes, you can update the information in Registration Gateway, or call the office to update.

SOCIAL MEDIA/WEBSITE: The weekly parent update and other announcements/stories are also posted on our school's Facebook page and website. We are working on activating our school's Instagram account also- we'll let you know when that's up and running.

PAPER NOTES: We also send out paper notes at times; most of these will be sent in folders that come home every Tuesday. Every now and then, we need to send information on other days, so it's a great practice to check the backpacks each afternoon/evening.

We don't want you to miss any information, so we put things out in lots of ways!

Crosswalk Safety Car/Bus Rider Safety

Crosswalk safety is important every month!

Distracted Driving(English)

Distracted Driving(Spanish)

Distracted Driving (Marshallese)

Crosswalk Safety Video

This year's school day schedule is the same as last year. As a reminder, our office is open from 7:20 am to 4:30 pm. We open the doors to our building at 7:20 am and school starts right at 7:45 am. Dismissal is at 3:10 pm every day except Wednesday when we have early dismissal at 1:50 pm.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION:

Car Riders:

• If you have students in grades Kindergarten through 2nd grade, your students will need to be dropped off and picked up in the front of the building.
• If you have students in grades 3rd-5th your students will need to be dropped off and picked up on the east side of the building.
• For the safety of all students, please have their car tag hanging on the rear view mirror as we are continuing to use the same dismissal procedures as the last couple of years.
• Teachers and support staff will be available to help students find their way to their classroom the first few days of school.

Walkers:

• Once again this year, students who are walkers or bike riders will be dismissed on the far side of the fence on McRay Ave.
• We ask that parents do not congregate inside the fence for our students' safety.
• We will continue to have a cross guard at the corner of McRay Ave. and Carlton St.
• We ask that students and their families refrain from crossing in front of the building on McRay Ave.

We appreciate your patience as we work through all of these items on the first days of school. Our students' safety is our number one priority. We cannot do it without your help!

Westwood Elementary empowers all learners to grow in a safe and positive environment to launch a lifetime of learning.

Mrs. Kimberly Crumby, Principal, kcrumby@sdale.org

Mrs. Martha Tompkins, Assistant Principal, mtompkins@sdale.org

Email: westwoodinfo@sdale.org
Website: https://westwood.sdale.org/
Location: 1850 McRay Avenue, Springdale, AR, USA
Phone: 479-750-8871
Facebook: Westwood Elementary