The World of Westwood Wolves

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

Happy Mothers' Day to all of you moms/aunts/grandmothers/mother figures out there. I hope you've had a good day with extra sweet kids!

We need a little help- this is something I never thought I would say, but we are having issues with kids bringing energy drinks (like Red Bull) in water bottles. Obviously, we would appreciate not having the children any more amped up this time of year they already are :) but one major issue is they are offering to share it with other kids. If you would make sure they are bringing actual water in their bottles, we will be eternally grateful!

We have a lot going on the next two weeks starting with 5th grade Little Olympics Monday. The weather isn't looking favorable right now; the district will let us know by 7:30 if it's postponed, and I will send a message out as quickly as I know. If you don't hear anything from school, it will proceed as planned. If it is postponed, we will go the following Monday.

Monday is also a GT spotlight day; parents of students who are participate in GT are welcome to stop by anytime to see what your kids have been up to. You can also come anytime Friday morning.

We also have internet safety night Monday- we are partnering with T.G. Smith and Walker, and it will be located at Smith (3600 Falcon Rd.) from 6-7. There will be snacks and activities for the kids so parents can fully engaged in the material presented. This is super important information for all parents!

Tuesday is our PreK celebration in the cafeteria at 1:30; Thursday, we have Senior Walk at 1:30 to honor high school seniors who attended Westwood. We have our last skate night Thursday evening from 6-8. Friday, our 2nd graders will head to the Amazeum, and our 3rd-5th graders are having a superhero celebration to celebrate all their hard work on ACT Aspire.

All week, we will have a book fair from Once Upon a Time bookstore- all books are only $1! This is a great opportunity to stock up to have books for your students to read over the summer!

Whew- we are going strong till the end!

Have a great week!

Mrs. Crumby

• 5/15- 5th grade Little Olympics at HBHS (rescheduled for 5/22 if it's rained out); internet safety night at T.G. Smith (we are partnering with Smith and Walker to provide this event) 6:00-7:00
• 5/16- PreK Celebration 1:30
• 5/17- talent show
• 5/18- Senior Walk 1:30
• 5/19- Superhero Celebration for 3-5 (afternoon)
• 5/23- K celebration 9:00, 5th celebration 1:30
• 5/26- students' last day of school- field day

A lot of people are about to lose coverage if you do not update your information. See these sites for more information:

https://humanservices.arkansas.gov/divisions-shared-services/medical-services/update-arkansas-2/

https://humanservices.arkansas.gov/divisions-shared-services/medical-services/update-arkansas-2/client-toolkit-and-materials/

How should we behave at Westwood?

P- persevere

A- accept responsbility

C- calm myself and care for others

K- keep it safe

We are noticing a lot of our kids are late to school, checking out early, or not here at all- it makes us so sad for them to miss their learning and social time at school! In fact, as of Oct. 26th, we had 425 tardies and early checkouts just in October! The car line runs between 7:20-7:45; traffic is light until around 7:40. Every day, classes who are all here and on time (by 7:45) will earn a letter- when a class spells "West", there will be a fun surprise! We will continue on to spell "wood" and earn another surprise!

When students are late, they miss free breakfast (we always try to ask if they still need breakfast, but sometimes when it's busy in the office, it's hard to make sure). Also, every grade does some reading instruction first thing in the morning, so kids who aren't here on time miss that as well. Many students have a hard time coming in being ready to learn when they are upset or thrown off from being late. Please help us help our Wolves get off to the best start possible each day!

We are having some issues with arrival/dismissal. Students should not be dropped off in the middle of McRay or any surrounding streets- this is a huge safety concern. Also, when exiting the car line, it is right turn only (there are several signs, and the barrels are there). When a car sits at the exit waiting to turn left, it causes a major backup in the car line. One morning, the line could not move for several minutes due to one car not following the rules.

We appreciate all of you who follow procedures and rules set in place to keep everyone safe and make our car line run smoothly. Thank you!

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!

You should have received a letter over the summer as a reminder to update your child's information in registration gateway. The instructions for logging in were in the letter. If you have not done that, your student does not have an updated AUA (Acceptable Usage Agreement) form that we must have to assign a device (iPad or Chromebook) to your child. You'll need to update that ASAP. Here is the link if you need it. You can also come to the office to use one of our iPads if that would help.

Principal- Kimberly Crumby, kcrumby@sdale.org

Assistant Principal- Martha Tompkins, mtompkins@sdale.org

Email: westwoodinfo@sdale.org
Website: https://westwood.sdale.org/o/westwood-elementary
Location: 1850 McRay Avenue, Springdale, AR, USA
Phone: (479)750-8871
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WestwoodWolves