Hi West Shore Families!

Welcome back from Spring Break! I hope that everyone had a relaxing break and a chance to spend time with loved ones. Spring is definitely in the air at West Shore, and with spring comes many puddles and mud. It may be a good idea to send an extra pair of clothes to school with your child in his/her backpack. The puddles are just too exciting to pass up at recess time.

We have a busy month ahead of us with the wrap-up of third marking period and parent-teacher conferences on April 13th. Teachers have communicated information regarding conferences in their classroom emails, please reach out to your child's teacher if you have specific questions.

The PTO has also sponsored the animal program called Supe's Exotic Animals to present the last week of April. We will take some pictures to include in the May newsletter. Thank you to the PTO for sponsoring this event for our students.

Enjoy all of the wonderful changes that the month of April brings. "Spring: a lovely reminder of how beautiful change can be." -Anonymous

Your partner in learning,

Laura Yeaster

Principal

West Shore Elementary

April 8th- Report Cards Come Home

April 11th-May 2nd- Kinder Camp Enrollment (flyer below)

April 13th- Spring Virtual PT Conferences (as need basis)

April 15th- No Classes- Good Friday

May 30th- Memorial Day-No School

After we return from break on April 4th, you will be able to enter your student's attendance through ParentVue.

Below is the link to a video showing you how to submit and absence with ParentVue https://drive.google.com/file/d/1I4ZVcOSOwjNZ3p0W2rzbdRWz_E_bECuZ/view.

• You can also find it on the website Menu>Parent Resources>ParentVue Help.
• This feature will not be turned on until April 4th.
• If you need your ParentVue login, please call the West Shore office at 591-6542.

Thank you to Project READ! every West Shore student was able to pick out a book during March is reading Month. The funding is through grant dollars made possible by The United Way of Genesee County. To them West Shore says THANKS!

Hello Lake Fenton families! This year, we are excited to take part in the Dimes for Diapers fundraising event during the month of April. Dimes for Diapers has a commitment to provide 1 million diapers a year to 20 non-profit agencies throughout Genesee County. We will begin our fundraiser on Monday, April 4th, and we will be collecting donations in any monetary form from April 4th to April 29th. The classroom that collects the most, of at least $250, will receive a gift card to host a pizza party in their classroom. Also, the top three schools that raise the most money will be on TV and will receive a trophy. West Shore, Torrey Hill, and our Preschool program are participating in this event, and each building will have its own winning classroom.

During the month of March, Y5 - 2nd grade traveled to four different continents and countless countries! Anytime a classroom was exposed to another a tradition, holiday, animal, product or country their "trip" was marked with their classroom plane. March has been an exciting time for West Shore Elementary!

If you did not get a chance to attend our Kindergarten Round-Up for our new 2022-2023 Kindergarteners, use THIS LINK to see the presentation and what you missed!

Also, ALL incoming Kindergarteners will need to be screened. If your child has not yet been screened, please call the West Shore Office at 810-591-6542 to schedule a time for our next screening day of Friday, May 20th.

We have TONS of Lost and Found items in our main lobby! If your child is missing anything they brought to school, please come up and see if it is in there. We will be donating ALL items remaining on Monday, April 18th. Please see picture for glasses that we have also found, they are located in the office if they are yours.

Lake Fenton Community Schools in partnership with Delivering Hope for Kids and the Food Bank of Eastern Michigan’s Backpack Program provides non-perishable food items to students over the weekend. Each week a bag of food for the weekend is discreetly given to students to take home. If you would like your child(ren) to be considered for participation, please fill out the Google Form linked below even if your child(ren) has participated in the past. If your child is currently a participant and you would like them to no longer participate, please contact your child’s classroom teacher or Kelly Doyle at kdoyle@lakefentonschools.org.

Google Form: https://forms.gle/wnmNzPwssc3nH8uH6

Check out this great resource from the GISD regarding activities you can do each month to promote learning at home.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1k4EcdNTbhVkADJlbplgFW-iEP2mDHpHk/view?usp=sharing

Thank you for all of your patience as we worked to get our drop-off lane running smoothly each morning. Just a couple reminders to help it continue to go well. Please make sure your child is ready to hop out of the car once you are stopped in the drop-off zone, so that way we can keep the line running as efficiently as possible. We are now wrapping up the drop off lane around 8:35, so please make sure you are arriving to the school on time. Per our student handbook, any student not in their classroom at 8:38 will be marked tardy. We are keeping a close eye on all cars who are waiting in the line to drop off before this time. We appreciate all of your help with this!

We have now started electronically writing down names for the pick-up lane. This new procedure has made our pickup lane move a bit faster. We are now finishing up with pick-up close to 4:05. Please plan to make sure you arrive before this time to pick-up your student.

The guide below will help you determine to send your child to school or not. If your child has symptoms in either column, please opt to err on the side of caution and let the office know if your child is experiencing any symptom listed below.

8:35-3:50 (M, T, Th, F)

9:25-3:50 (Wed)

Half Day- 8:35-11:50

Email: lyeaster@lakefentonschools.org
Website: lakefentonschools.org
Location: 3076 Lahring Road, Fenton, MI, USA
Phone: (810) 591-6542
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WSShipmates/
Twitter: @LakeFentonWSES