Washington Woods Family Newsletter

Website: https://wwe.wws.k12.in.us

Location: 19750 Grassy Branch Road, Westfield, IN, USA
Phone: 317-867-7900
Facebook: Washington Woods Facebook

Thank you to everyone who came out for our Luau and Foam Party. It was so much fun celebrating together, and we are incredibly grateful for the support that helped us exceed our Fun Run goal. Our Washington Woods community is pretty special!

This week, we have several field trips and our fall parties before we head out for fall break. It’s sure to be a busy and exciting week at The Woods! We challenged the students to see if they can figure out our secret staff theme days. Each day, staff has an undercover spirit wear day!

If you volunteered for the class parties, we will start signing you in at 1:35 Friday afternoon. We will open the doors at 1:40 for the 1:45 parties!

Parent-Teacher Conferences Coming in November

Keep an eye out for information from your child’s teacher about signing up for parent-teacher conferences in November. This year, conferences will look a little different at Washington Woods. Rather than having a one-day open house, teachers will offer individual meeting times with each family. There will be different date and times offered.

Our goal is to connect with 100% of our parents and guardians to share how your child is doing academically, behaviorally, and socially. These conversations are an important opportunity to celebrate growth, talk through any areas where your child may need additional support, and work together to help every student continue to grow. We look forward to connecting with all of you!

A Couple of Important Reminders

🔐 October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month! Looking for a way to help your family stay safe online? Check out this free Cybersecurity resource from KnowBe4. It offers short, interactive lessons for kids, adults, and seniors. No registration is required, so there is no need to share personal information to access the lessons. It’s an easy way for the whole family to build good online safety habits!

📊 Student Assessment Results Coming This Week! Earlier this year, students participated in DIBELS and i-Ready assessments to help us better understand their literacy and math skills. These assessments give us helpful information about what students know and where they may need additional support as they continue to grow. Look for your child’s results coming home at the end of this week. If you have questions, please reach out to your child’s teacher or Mrs. Agee at agees@wws.k12.in.us.

3rd, 4th, and 5th graders: Student council applications are available on the Trail Blazer board, and are due by the end of this week.

Thank you for being such an important part of our Washington Woods family. Have a wonderful week, enjoy the fall festivities, and make some special memories before we head into fall break! There will be no school the week of October 19-23.

Mrs. Baud

Looking for something to do over the break? Check out these camps from the Indiana State Museum:

Fast Lane is going well so far!

• Family members picking up your children need to be added as a View Only Parent for the dates they are picking up. They will be able to access the app and scan the QR code.
• Please remember, you need to have the app open when we come by with the QR code. You are scanning from the app.

Week one of clubs was a success! Thank you to the families that got the exceptions in through School Dismissal Manager. Please make sure you continue to put the changes in. This helps ensure they are dismissed to their club as planned.If an Exception is not entered, your child will be dismissed according to their usual dismissal plan. Thank you for helping us make dismissal run smoothly!

Attendance Procedure

Please use our new School Dismissal Manager app to enter absences, late arrivals, and early dismissals. When you use the SDM app to enter your absence, please include the reason. Once the absence is entered in the SDM app, you will not need to email or call the attendance line.

Monitoring Attendance

Please refer to the Elementary School Handbook on the District Webpage for details of attendance policies.

We will be monitoring attendance this year. Students who have missed five, nine, and/or fifteen total days or more during the school term will be informed in writing. As this is cumulative throughout the year and not within one single grading period, this may not require further action unless otherwise indicated.

We are also reaching out to families who have students who are tardy to school more than 5 times.

We want to partner proactively with families this year to assure our students are at school as much as possible! Please let us know if you need support in any way.

Voting is one of the most important ways we participate in our community and our democracy. As a school district, we believe in preparing students to be engaged, informed citizens, and we encourage every eligible member of our community to exercise that same civic responsibility.

The deadline to register to vote in Indiana for the November 3 General Election is October 5, 2026.

Whether you need to register, update your registration, or simply check your voter registration status, visit IndianaVoters.in.gov.

Be informed. Be engaged. Make your voice heard.

The holidays are quickly approaching!

The Westfield community would like to help Westfield families in need by providing gifts and assistance this holiday season. Gifts may be provided for any child in your home ages 0–18.

Please complete the following sign-up form. One form per family. Include all children ages 0–18 in your household.

Your Westfield School Counselor or Open Doors will contact you and share a pickup date at your school building. If you need pickup assistance, please contact your school counselor.

Please be as specific as possible about sizing and wish requests. Please keep gifts to $25 or less. No electronics, bikes, or large items.

Each child will receive 4 items:

• 2 items they NEED – for example, a hat, gloves, shoes, or socks

• 2 items they WANT – for example, a toy, game, skateboard, or basketball

Each tag represents approximately $25 in value, for an estimated total of $100 in gifts per child.

Please complete this form by October 25.

Unwrapped gifts will be ready for pickup the week of December 14. Your school counselor will send additional details.

Open Doors pickup will take place on December 12.

¡Las fiestas se acercan rápidamente!

La comunidad de Westfield desea ayudar a las familias de Westfield que lo necesiten proporcionando regalos para los niños durante esta temporada navideña. Se pueden proporcionar regalos para cualquier niño de su hogar de 0 a 18 años.

Por favor, complete el siguiente formulario de inscripción. Complete un formulario por familia e incluya a todos los niños de su hogar de 0 a 18 años.

Su consejero escolar de Westfield u Open Doors se comunicará con usted para informarle la fecha de recogida en su escuela. Si necesita ayuda con la recogida, comuníquese con su consejero escolar.

Sea lo más específico posible con las tallas y las solicitudes de regalos. Tenga en cuenta que los regalos deben costar $25 o menos. No se permiten artículos electrónicos, bicicletas ni artículos grandes.

Cada niño recibirá 4 artículos:

• 2 artículos que NECESITA – por ejemplo, gorro, guantes, zapatos o calcetines

• 2 artículos que QUIERE – por ejemplo, juguete, juego, patineta o pelota de baloncesto

Cada etiqueta representa aproximadamente $25 en valor, para un total estimado de $100 en regalos por niño.

Complete este formulario antes del 25 de octubre.

Los regalos sin envolver estarán listos para recoger durante la semana del 14 de diciembre. Su consejero escolar le enviará más detalles.

La recogida de Open Doors será el 12 de diciembre.

We are now welcoming Lunch Visitors!

Please sign up for only ONE visit per month and only one family member may visit at a time. *If you have a special need to have multiple visitors, please reach out to the office so we can check available space. Visitors MUST have a SafeVisitor registration on file.

Please do not bring outside food to share with anyone other than your child. We do not allow sharing food in the cafeteria.

We allow 4 visitors per grade level, per day for lunch. Due to limited space and some overlapping lunch times, visitors might be sitting at their child's table. All visitors must enter through Door 1 and check in and check out at the main office prior to going to the cafeteria. Visitors must stay in the cafeteria during their visit; they are not allowed to go back to the classroom or recess with the student. Use the link below to make your lunch reservation.

Sign Up on the Sign Up Genius below:

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0545A9AA28A5F4C34-65506711-wwes

Lunch time portal is the place you can manage your child's lunch account, including putting money in the account and marking restrictions to your child's lunch choices. Please make sure you also check your child's transactions. If they take two entrees, they will be charged for both.

You can find the monthly lunch menus on our school website.

Important New in this week's Shamrock Blast includes:

• Maple Park Village will be having a Trunk or Treat on October 27th!
• Spooky STEM Night for grades 1-8 on 10/28!
• City of Westfield is accepting entries for its Veterans Day Poster, Poem & Essay Contest!
• Parents are welcome to bookmark Rocks Media House for photos of many district-wide events
• Updated the referendum webpage

The Powerschool Parent Portal is an essential part of every WWS student's journey. Please visit and bookmark the link below for easy access. New families should have received a Parent Portal Letter via email, so please check for that (check Spam too!). You can alwaus email our Secretary at garverr@wws.k12.in.us for help. Also, you can now find your student's ID number in the upper right hand corner of Powerschool!

Log into Your PowerSchool Parent Portal Here

Mark those calendars and join us for Fall Fest on Thursday, October 29th from 6-8pm! We’ll have food trucks, cookie decorating, face painting, trunk or treat, and MORE! This is a CASHLESS event!

Contest for best trunk: Top-voted Family and Staff trunk will each win a $50 gift card! Sign up at the link below

https://m.signupgenius.com/#!/showSignUp/10C0A4EAFAF23A2F9CF8-66161754-trunk?useFullSite=false

We will be collecting candy donations again this year for our trunks to pass out. Be on the lookout for Dexter, ready to start taking donations, on October 5th!

Fall party volunteers are now open. Parties will be held on October 16, at the end of the day. (Approximately 1:45, but we are confirming the time. We will share exact times this week.) You must have safe visitor on file.

Fall Class Party Volunteer Sign Up

Stay in the know and up-to-date on school events and activities without ever lifting a finger. You can now subscribe to the PTO calendar on either Google or Apple! Just click the link for the format you want, and you'll always see what's ahead! Don't want to subscribe? The calendar is always viewable from the PTO website under the Calendar tab.

Subscribe to Google Calendar

Subscribe to iCal for Apple

Help local children stay warm! From September through October 15, families can donate new or gently used coats by sending them with their children to any WWS school and placing them in the collection boxes. Families can also register for the Westfield Coat Giveaway on October 31 at Crossroads Church. Registration ends October 8. Every coat helps a local child in need!

Register for Coats