The World of Westwood Wolves

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

It was a busy May week at Westwood! Mrs. Tompkins and team worked hard to get all the ACT Aspire makeup tests done, and we are officially finished! The kids worked so hard, and they got to have a superhero celebration this past Friday to reward them for persevering- big thanks to Mrs. Moore for organizing. We also had senior walk, and our kids got to see high school seniors who are going on to attend universities, colleges, trade school, and more.

Our PreK students celebrated having a successful year of learning and growing, and we had a talent show Wednesday. We got to see around 20 acts including singing, voice acting, a comedy routine, gymnastics, hula-hooping, ukulele playing, and more! Our kids were very well behaved and were a great audience.

It's crazy that this is our last week of school- time flies when you're having fun! We have 5th grade going to Little Olympics Monday, Kindergarten going to the Amazeum, Kindergarten and 5th grade celebrations Tuesday, 5th grade bike field trip and SFLP celebration Wednesday, our last Alpha Awards Thursday, and field day Friday. If we look a little more ragged and tired than usual, you'll know why!

Kindergarten celebration will be 9:00 Tuesday in the cafeteria. You are welcome to arrive anytime between 8:30 and 9:00 and will need to check in through the office. 5th grade will be at 1:30, and weather allowing, we are having theirs outside on the steps by the library. You'll still check in through the office, and they will direct you where to go from there.

There will be a photo opportunity in the lobby close to the office for K and 5.

In an effort to expedite things, please go to this link and fill out your information if you plan to attend these events, and the office will go ahead and process and have your visitor's sticker ready.

We are looking forward to a fun week, and we're going to enjoy every last minute with these special Wolves!

Mrs. Crumby

• 5/22- rescheduled Little Olympics for 5th graders; K field trip to Amazeum
• 5/23- K celebration 9:00, 5th celebration 1:30
• 5/24- 5th grade bike field trip
• 5/26- students' last day of school- field day (Students will be bringing home things from school and report cards.)

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How should we behave at Westwood?

P- persevere

A- accept responsbility

C- calm myself and care for others

K- keep it safe

We are noticing a lot of our kids are late to school, checking out early, or not here at all- it makes us so sad for them to miss their learning and social time at school! In fact, as of Oct. 26th, we had 425 tardies and early checkouts just in October! The car line runs between 7:20-7:45; traffic is light until around 7:40. Every day, classes who are all here and on time (by 7:45) will earn a letter- when a class spells "West", there will be a fun surprise! We will continue on to spell "wood" and earn another surprise!

When students are late, they miss free breakfast (we always try to ask if they still need breakfast, but sometimes when it's busy in the office, it's hard to make sure). Also, every grade does some reading instruction first thing in the morning, so kids who aren't here on time miss that as well. Many students have a hard time coming in being ready to learn when they are upset or thrown off from being late. Please help us help our Wolves get off to the best start possible each day!

We are having some issues with arrival/dismissal. Students should not be dropped off in the middle of McRay or any surrounding streets- this is a huge safety concern. Also, when exiting the car line, it is right turn only (there are several signs, and the barrels are there). When a car sits at the exit waiting to turn left, it causes a major backup in the car line. One morning, the line could not move for several minutes due to one car not following the rules.

We appreciate all of you who follow procedures and rules set in place to keep everyone safe and make our car line run smoothly. Thank you!

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!

You should have received a letter over the summer as a reminder to update your child's information in registration gateway. The instructions for logging in were in the letter. If you have not done that, your student does not have an updated AUA (Acceptable Usage Agreement) form that we must have to assign a device (iPad or Chromebook) to your child. You'll need to update that ASAP. Here is the link if you need it. You can also come to the office to use one of our iPads if that would help.

Principal- Kimberly Crumby, kcrumby@sdale.org

Assistant Principal- Martha Tompkins, mtompkins@sdale.org

Email: westwoodinfo@sdale.org
Website: https://westwood.sdale.org/o/westwood-elementary
Location: 1850 McRay Avenue, Springdale, AR, USA
Phone: (479)750-8871
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WestwoodWolves