Westmoor Weekly 10/16/2025

Dear Westmoor Families,

I hope you’re enjoying the conferences and learning more about the many ways we’re helping your students succeed.

Just a quick reminder: there is no school tomorrow.

As the weather cools down, we’ve noticed an increase in car drop-offs. Please remember to use the designated car line in our school parking lot for drop-offs. If you need to drop your child off on Shannon Road, kindly park and walk them across the street. For safety, please park on the north side of the road to enhance visibility for all students and families crossing. Additionally, a crossing guard is stationed at the corner of Shannon and Adelaide Dr. to assist. I appreciate your cooperation in keeping our students safe!

Enjoy the long weekend and see you on Monday!

We have quite the collection of lost and found items and it is only mid-October! We will have these up by the office during conferences. We will also have them by the front office through Tuesday of next week if you want to stop by to check them out. PLEASE put your child's name on their coats/sweatshirts. We return items to students that have names. Also, we have a couple of lost Labubu's here in the office. We do not encourage students to bring these to school, but if they do, please write their first and last name on the tag as many students have the same ones!

Each week students may submit a positive quote that captures and motivates their peers to persevere and feel good. We then showcase the quotes throughout the school building. Students may submit a quote, using this link.

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We’re excited to showcase the special moments and achievements of our students and their families. Whether it’s a holiday, cultural tradition, a child’s milestone like riding a bike without training wheels, a big win at a soccer game, welcoming a new pet, or anything else that makes you proud — we’d love to feature it! Here is the link to share a photo and brief description.

This season of the district's Insight 28 podcast takes listeners behind the scenes of the exciting changes happening across our schools as part of the district's Build 28 initiative, made possible by our community's support of the $94.9 million referendum passed last spring.

The second episode of the year focuses on the design plans underway at Greenbriar. Click here to give it a listen and stay tuned for the Westmoor episode coming out in November!

Are you seeking a nurturing and engaging early childhood program (ages 2-5) for your little one? Come enjoy a cup of coffee and donuts while you meet the caring staff from District 28's Young Explorers Program! See how the program inspires young minds through fun and education at a FREE community play date on Saturday, Nov. 8, from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. at Westmoor, which houses the program.

• Tour classrooms and program spaces with the program's dually-certified teachers (Early Childhood and Special Education)
  
  
• Learn how the program embeds lessons from the team’s specialists (Speech Language Pathologist, School Psychologist, Occupational Therapist, Social Worker)
  
  
• Experience how the program teaches the Illinois Early Learning and Development Standards through play!

The District 28 Music Parents Club's annual Wreath & Coffee Sale is back! The Music Parents Club is dedicated to supporting the D28 Music Program. Proceeds from the 68th Annual Wreath & Coffee Fundraiser will be used to purchase and maintain uniforms, commission music pieces for the Directors to teach students, provide for field trips, meals, and treats following concerts, among many other purposes. New this year, the Music Parents Club is offering a delightful selection of high-quality wrapping paper in holiday and everyday designs. The sale runs through November 2. Click here for more information.

The committee is hard at work planning the kindergarten fun night for October 24th! It is only for Kindergarteners and their parents – and it will be a fun evening for the kiddos (and parents!) to meet each other!

Please save the date and Dine at Chipotle at the 786 Skokie Blvd location from 4-8PM on Oct 29th and 25% of the sales will be donated to Westmoor PTO. Please order online or in the App and use code XHG4P9x for your orders.

We are looking for someone to chair our STEM night and Science Fair on February 20th! This is one of our most widely attended events and we have all the plans from prior years for you to reference! Please consider volunteering to help organize the volunteers and expand on the successes from last year! This will be a 3–4 hour time commitment, spread across January and February.

Yearbook development is already underway and we need your HELP! We are looking for photos of your students and their classmates throughout their time at Westmoor including (but not limited to):

• Bulldog Bash • Pool Party • Class Parties • Field Trips • Band • Orchestra • Choir • Winter Sing • Field Days • Cultural Fairs • Sports • 5th Grade Pool Party • Science Fair • STEM Night

We also need a baby picture of each student (be sure to include your child’s name in this submission).

SEND ALL PICTURES TO: wmyearbook2026@gmail.com

Monday 10/20 - Chick Fil-A & Jamba Juice

Tuesday 10/21 - Claim Company

Wednesday 10/22 - Culver's & Oki Sushi

Thursday 10/23 - Rosati's Pizza Day

Friday 10/24 - Egg Harbor

Order by Tuesday at 12pm for the following week

To order click on the link below. If you are new to Marla's Lunch, use code NPS302 when creating an account.

Volunteer to help with Marla's Lunch here!

October 24: Kindergarten Family Fun Night @6:30pm

October 25: NB28 Children's Choir - Something More Concert @ 10am

October 28: Beginning Band Demo night at NBJH, 7:00pm

October 29: Halloween Orchestra Concert performed by String, Philharmonic, and Chamber Orchestras @7pm at NBJH

October 31: Halloween Parade @2:15pm (weather permitting); Halloween parties 2:45-3:30pm

November 10: Gleo & Something More Choir Concert at GB - 7:00pm

November 11: Singers Choir Concert at GB - 6:00pm; Laetus Choir Concert at GB - 7:00pm

November 12: Bulldog Pack Meeting - Students should wear Tie-Dye Shirts!

November 12: WM PTO Meeting - 7pm via ZOOM Only

November 18: Junior Band Concert at NBJH - 7:00pm

November 19: Whole School Assembly

November 24-28: NO SCHOOL - Thanksgiving break

December 5: Winter Sing & Art Show, Grades 1 & 2 ~ 9:15-9:45am; Grades 3 & 4 ~ 10:15-10:45am

District 28 invites local non-profit organizations and community government agencies to promote events for families and children. View the complete list of events on the Virtual Backpack web page. To submit an event, please email the web-friendly flier to Samantha Scheinman, Director of Community Relations. All fliers are subject to approval.