Dear Westwood Families,

Our Wolves had a great week as we continue to practice our school routines. We had our first school-wide assembly and our students did an amazing job keeping our school PACK promises. We also want to take a couple of minutes to thank the parents who were able to attend our Pastries with the Principal on Thursday. Your participation means a lot!

We had questions about how to volunteer at school. Below, you will find a form you can submit to show interest in volunteering opportunities. We look forward to partnering with you!

Student Led Conferences are coming in a couple of weeks so teachers have sent home a schedule for you to sign up. Please make sure to send the note back with your preferred time(s). If you are not able to attend, please let us know and we will do our best to meet your needs so you can attend the conference. Our teachers and students work very hard to get ready for these conferences. Please make sure to attend.

There are a couple of safety issues we need help with- we are having multiple students dropped off on the front porch as early as 7:00 am. Students are able to come into the building at 7:20, and that is when adult supervision begins. If students are on the front porch 7:20, there is no supervision, and unfortunately, some are not making safe choices.

Also, please remember that it is against the law to be on your cell phone in a school zone- that includes the school zone area on McRay as well as the car rider line on the campus. Every day, we have to wait for drivers to look up from phones to notice the car rider line has moved; we often have to knock on windows to get people off phones and moving. Obviously, safety is of the utmost importance during arrival/dismissal with children exiting and entering vehicles.

Thank you for your continued support and for sharing your student(s) with us.

Mrs. Kimberly Crumby, Principal

Mrs. Martha Tompkins, Assistant Principal/Parent Facilitator

Important Dates:

September 16th-19th Student Led Conferences

September 16th-20th-Book Fair

September 18th-Bring your G.R.A.N.D. to school Day

September 19th-Skate Night

Please continue to use the form above to send our teachers a Shout-Out. As you can tell by their faces, Shout-outs bring a lot of joy!

If so, please make sure to click on the link to download the Springdale app.

Do you qualify for free and reduced lunch? Complete this form to see! As a reminder, qualifying for free and reduced lunch helps the school more than just offering the free meal. This status is confidential and helps us provide other resources in the district like nurses, school resource officers, and social workers.

All parents/guardians need to complete an online information update at the beginning of each school year. This information is used to effectively communicate with you and your student(s). This information is critical to your child’s health, safety and well-being.

Using this link ( https://rgupdate.sdale.org/) you will be asked to log in and verify your child’s information. You will need their 9 digit student id for user name and their birthdate as the password (xx/xx/xxxx). This should be repeated for each enrolled child.

NOTE: A note will be coming home for students who still need to take care of this update. If you have questions, please call Ms. Griselda at 479-750-8871

TEXTS: Click here to fill out a very short form that will add you to our text list. We use text messages to send out these weekly parent updates and reminders. We know texts are a convenient way to communicate for many of you, so please add yourself to the list by filling out this form. Multiple members of the same family can use it and each receive texts. If your phone number changes, you'll need to complete the form for your new number.

PHONE CALLS: We also send out phone calls through an automated system; you will receive these calls if your phone number is correct in Registration Gateway. If your number changes, you can update the information in Registration Gateway, or call the office to update.

SOCIAL MEDIA/WEBSITE: The weekly parent update and other announcements/stories are also posted on our school's Facebook page and website. We are working on activating our school's Instagram account also- we'll let you know when that's up and running.

PAPER NOTES: We also send out paper notes at times; most of these will be sent in folders that come home every Tuesday. Every now and then, we need to send information on other days, so it's a great practice to check the backpacks each afternoon/evening.

We don't want you to miss any information, so we put things out in lots of ways!

Crosswalk Safety Car/Bus Rider Safety

Crosswalk safety is important!

Distracted Driving(English)

Distracted Driving(Spanish)

Distracted Driving (Marshallese)

Crosswalk Safety Video

This year's school day schedule is the same as last year. As a reminder, our office is open from 7:20 am to 4:30 pm. We open the doors to our building at 7:20 am and school starts right at 7:45 am. Dismissal is at 3:10 pm every day except Wednesday when we have early dismissal at 1:50 pm.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION:

Car Riders:

• If you have students in grades Kindergarten through 2nd grade, your students will need to be dropped off and picked up in the front of the building.
• If you have students in grades 3rd-5th your students will need to be dropped off and picked up on the east side of the building.
• If you have children in K-2 and 3-5, they will use the front car rider line.
  
• For the safety of all students, please have their car tag hanging on the rear view mirror as we are continuing to use the same dismissal procedures as the last couple of years.
• Teachers and support staff will be available to help students find their way to their classroom the first few days of school.

Walkers:

• Once again this year, students who are walkers or bike riders will be dismissed on the far side of the fence on McRay Ave.
• We ask that parents do not congregate inside the fence for our students' safety.
• We will continue to have a cross guard at the corner of McRay Ave. and Carlton St.
• We ask that students and their families refrain from crossing in front of the building on McRay Ave.

We appreciate your patience as we work through all of these items on the first days of school. Our students' safety is our number one priority. We cannot do it without your help!

Westwood Elementary empowers all learners to grow in a safe and positive environment to launch a lifetime of learning.

Mrs. Kimberly Crumby, Principal, kcrumby@sdale.org

Mrs. Martha Tompkins, Assistant Principal/Parent Facilitator, mtompkins@sdale.org

Email: westwoodinfo@sdale.org
Website: https://westwood.sdale.org/
Location: 1850 McRay Avenue, Springdale, AR, USA
Phone: 479-750-8871
Facebook: Westwood Elementary