The Weekly News West Elementary

For the 2023-2024 school year, West Elementary will be working on targeted practice on some “life” skills in addition to academics. Every week, we will practice a skill that will help us all be a little better. This week’s skill is ASKING FOR HELP.

Most people are pretty good at ASKING FOR HELP, but a reminder never hurts. This week we will be practicing.

9/18/23 -- Asking for Help

9/11/23 -- Listening

Thanks for your patience with West Elementary these last few days through dismissal. As the bussing situation improves, we are hopeful that the parent pick-up line will be more manageable.

Just a few reminders:

• If you have an assigned bus number, please consider using district transportation. Things should be running closer to on-time this week. This will alleviate car traffic on campus.

• Parent pick-up will begin at 3:25. Please refrain from coming early. The added traffic on campus is interfering with Allendale’s parent-pick and bus dismissal.

• Please stay in your car in order to keep the line moving. Please consider buckling up quickly in order to keep the line moving.

• If you plan on picking up your child, please send a note to the teacher. If you have a set pick-up plan or schedule, please communicate this as well.

• Please know that parent pick-up in the main office needs to be prior to 3:00pm because we are preparing for the 3:25pm release of students to parents and buses. Coming to the office after 3:00pm adds to the congestion in the office.

• Our instructional day ends at 3:20. Any regular parent pick-up prior to 3:20 results in lost instructional time. In order to avoid this, please use the car line or buses.

Thank you for your cooperation. We are hopeful everything will be running smoother this week.

Please use the following link to fill out the West Seneca School District Volunteer Acknowledgement Form. If you plan on coming in as a guest reader, to volunteer with PTA, or to work in your child's classroom for holiday parties, please adhere to the obligations and expectations of a responsible parent volunteer. The following guidelines/procedures shall serve as a review of your important role in our schools:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdxcVhc_HrwLPRtnhODkr3nB-Y3aYQJ1Y62bV3RMrP3HDi1tA/viewform?usp=sf_link

Thanks so much, West Elementary Families! Ms. McDonough and Mrs. Nicosia's classes collected over 1300 canned goods for the West Seneca Food Pantry. Grade 5, with over 300 cans donated, won the Blow Pop Party!

Also, thanks to all who donated to the Roswell for Pediatric Cancer Research. The craft supplies and small toys will go a long way to helping children in treatment feel better.

Rules of the contest:

• Join the PTA now through October 31, 2023
• You can join by using the QR code below, submit the paper form or use the link on our Facebook Page (West Seneca West Elementary PTA) to become a member.

The top three classes* with the most participants (active membership for the 2023-2024 school year) will win one of the following prizes:

• 1st Place: Pizza Party
• 2nd Place: Popcorn Party
• 3rd Place: Popsicle Party

*Notification to the winning classes will be the first week of November!

*Family Membership will count toward each student’s class total.

5 Reasons to join the PTA

• Sure, you pay your taxes, but school budgets are tight! Money raised by the PTA helps make our school just a bit more special for our kids!

• Being part of the PTA helps you get to know other parents and teachers!

• By joining the PTA, you have a chance to enhance our school!

• Everyone has different talents they can bring to the PTA. We are always looking for new volunteers….and ideas!

• The commitment is not too much. You can be as involved as you choose to be, and still help our school be PAWsome!

• Get your membership online! Go to www.nyspta.org and click on “become a member”. It’s THAT easy! Or send in the attached membership form with payment.

• Membership only costs $8.00 per member!

Our PTA fall fundraiser is kicking off on 10/2! We will be selling cookie dough and other holiday treats!

We are asking ALL parents to pre-register their student(s) here:
https://www.shopfund.com/parentregister

Please get at least one person to support our fundraiser before our official kick-off day. Any student that is registered and gets 10 shares clicked will be entered into a drawing for over $100,000 worth of prizes. How cool would it be if we took a chunk out of our goal BEFORE the fundraiser even starts?

Thank you so much for your help!

The two lovely bunnies above are in need of a new home. Please reach out to Mrs. Martin at tmartin01@wscschools.org if you or someone you know is interested in adopting!

Ms. Elizabeth Caprio, School Social Worker

716-677-3166

ecaprio@wscschools.org

Ms. Lisa Gill, School Social Worker

716-677-3261

lgill@wscschools.org

Mrs. Nubia Cawthard, School Psychologist

716-677-3258

ncawthard@wscschools.org

Mrs. Lea O'Malley, School Counselor

716- 677-3671

lomalley@wscschools.org

Dismissal will begin 15 minutes earlier than usual on Friday, October 6, 2023 for a district-wide emergency drill.

Parent Pick-Up will begin at 3:10, and buses will dismiss beginning at 3:15.

October

Tuesday the 3rd -- Popcorn and Paws Grades K-2

Wednesday the 4th -- PTA meeting 6:30 in Library

Tuesday the 2nd -- 6th Dollar day - All for Books

Friday the 6th -- Emergency Drill early release, 15 early

Wednesday the 18th -- Early Release at 12:15, Scholastic Book Fair

Friday the 20th -- Scholastic Book Fair

Friday the 20th -- Movie Night 6:00pm - 8:00pm

Tuesday the 17th -- Popcorn and Paws Grades 3-5

Wednesday the 25th -- Picture Retake

"The Mission of the West Seneca Central School District is to provide a diversified educational program which will produce literate, caring, ethical, responsible, and productive citizens who are capable of adapting to change."