December Newsletter
Save the Date
Here are some important dates for December and January:
- December 8 - PTO Meeting 6:30 pm (Library)
- December 19 - Winter Parties 2:30 pm
- December 20 - January 4 - Holiday Break NO SCHOOL
- January 19 - NO SCHOOL
Building Score Celebration
Each year, Pennsylvania schools are given a building score. This score is calculated based on academic performance across a school building by considering factors like student achievement data, student growth, and attendance rates. An average score falls between the numbers of 70-80, which represents a moderate level of academic performance across the school building. Scores above 80 indicate high performance and scores below 70 indicate areas for improvement.
For the 24-25 school year, Washington Heights recorded the third highest score amongst primary schools in West Shore School District, with an 80.9. Congratulations to the students for all their hard work! Also, a HUGE shout out to our staff for the work that they did to grow our students last year!
Go Guardian Parent App
The GoGuardian Parent app is a mobile app designed to provide parents and guardians insight and control over their student's online activity when on school managed devices. When installed on a personal device, GoGuardian Parent will allow parents/guardians to:
monitor and view student browsing history
manage hours of use for devices outside of school hours
establish filtering rules and time limits (Please note: certain educational sites are needed for school; please work with your student to ensure you do not inadvertenly block sites necessary for instructional purposes)
Click on the link for more information!
https://sites.google.com/wssd.bz/technologyhelpcenenter/goguardian-parent-appK-4 Report Cards
Monday, December 15
Report card information for grades K-6 will be available no later than December 15, in PowerSchool. To view and print grades in the traditional report card style, please click the "Report Cards" tab on the left after logging into the PowerSchool website (not available in the app). If you would like additional information about the Standards-Based Report Cards being used in grades K-4, please check out the Family Guide posted on our website.
We now have our instagram up and going. Check out @wh_eagles to see what is going on at "The Heights!"
From our PTO:
Power Packs
This school year, we are partnering with New Hope Ministries to provide food for families in need over the weekend. If you are interested in this program or have any questions, please contact our counselor, Mr. Connell at JConnell@wssd.k12.pa.us or contact him via Seesaw.
Substitute Positions
Character Strong - Empathy
Empathy is understanding and connecting to other people's feelings. I hope you take the time to talk with your child about our focus word during the month of December. I look forward to seeing our students practicing Empathy this month and every month!