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Dear Westridge Families,

What an incredible week it has been! I am truly grateful for your support and energy. A special thank you to everyone who attended Thursday’s Gifted Family Game Night - your enthusiasm and willingness to engage in fun, deep thinking activities made the evening unforgettable!

As we look forward to all the exciting opportunities ahead, please know that your involvement and positive spirit are what make our community so special.

Reminder to parents of kindergarten bus riders: At the beginning of the year, you received a yellow lanyard for your child to wear to indicate that they are in kindergarten. Please ensure that your child wears their lanyard to school every time they ride the bus. If you are missing or need a new yellow lanyard, please reach out to us.

Breakfast reminder: Please remind your children who get school breakfast in the morning to go to the cafeteria to get breakfast first before going to class. This will help us function as efficiently as possible and ensure that more students are in class and ready to learn when the bell rings. We appreciate your support with this messaging to children.

We are excited about Boostherthon and the funds we are raising to go toward technology for teachers. We appreciate your support with these endeavors and look forward to Boostherthon, which begins on March 19th.

Wishing you a restful and joyful weekend!

Warmly,

Steven Wilson

Proud Principal - Westridge Elementary

• Tuesday, March 11 - Tornado Drill
• Friday, March 14 - Fidelitas House Breakfast
• Friday, March 28 - Schools and offices closed (teacher workday)
• Monday, March 31- Schools and offices closed in observance of Eid al-Fitr

The Principal’s Advisory Council (PAC) offers a meaningful platform for parents and teachers to come together, share insights, and collaborate on valuable feedback to guide our school’s Continuous Improvement Plan (CIP). We warmly invite all Westridge families to join us for our next PAC meeting on Tuesday, March 25, 2025, from 6:00 to 7:00 PM in the WRES Library. Whether or not you serve as an officer, your voice and perspective are vital in strengthening our school environment and advancing our commitment to student success, school culture, and a positive climate.

If you have any questions or suggestions in advance of the meeting, please don’t hesitate to reach out to Principal Steven Wilson directly. Your engagement and support are truly appreciated, and together, we’re making Westridge a place where every student can thrive!

Thank you for being such an important part of our community. We look forward to working with you!

In partnership with The Hershey Company and Hershey’s Heartwarming Project, YSA will award Hershey Heartwarming Young Heroes GYSD Grants for Youth Service Month & Global Youth Service Day 2025 projects. Youth changemakers - aged 5 to 25 - in the U.S. and Canada are eligible to apply for these grants to lead and engage their peers in awareness, service, advocacy, and philanthropy projects that build more inclusive, empathetic, and kind communities.

Youth may apply for grants of either $250 or $500 depending on the number of youth who will be participating as volunteers (project planners, project leaders, and day-of volunteers). $250 grantees will be required to engage at least 25 other youth as volunteers while $500 grantees have a 50 youth volunteer minimum requirement. A total of $50,000 in grants will be awarded.

Projects may address any issue or community need that is important to the youth project leaders and their peers. All proposed projects should engage a diverse group of youth volunteers from different social backgrounds and provide opportunities for those youth volunteers to create meaningful connections with their peers, caring adults, and community partners, while developing social awareness and relationship skills.

What are we looking for?

• Proposed projects must be youth-designed and youth-led;
• Projects must take place during Youth Service Month (April 11-May 11, 2025), with some activity on Global Youth Service Day (April 25-27, 2025) strongly encouraged;
• Projects must take place in and impact the community where the youth applicant lives;
• Youth applicants must engage youth from different social backgrounds as volunteers as well as first-time volunteers;
• Youth applicants must engage their peers as volunteers throughout all facets of their proposed project—from planning and implementation to celebration and recognition.

All youth ages 5-25 in the United States (including U.S. territories and military bases & DoD schools) and Canada are eligible to apply

Varsity Tutors for Schools platform is a FREE online resource for grades K-12 designed to support your students’ academic growth. This platform offers:

• 24/7 On-Demand Chat Tutoring
• Essay Review and Coaching
• Live Group Classes
• Test Prep Classes
• Enrichment Classes
• Celebrity-Led Star Courses and more.

Students access Varsity Tutors by logging into Clever using their PWCS email address (for example, username@pwcs-edu.org) and password (this is the same password students use to log into their PWCS issued device). Once logged into Clever, you can find the link for Varsity in the PWCS Resources section. For more information please visit: https://www.pwcs.edu/departments/instructional_technology/online_tutoring/index

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PWCS recognizes that this time of year can be particularly challenging for many students. To ensure that every student has access to the support they need, we would like to remind parents that free mental health telehealth services are available to all PWCS students through Hazel Health – at no cost. Together, we can make a significant difference in the mental well-being of our students now and beyond.

Visit the PWCS Hazel Health webpage for more information.

For more information or questions, please contact Francesca Knight, coordinator of social work services, at KnightFW@pwcs.edu.

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