West Point El. Parent Update

Happy Presidents Day weekend. We hope you are enjoying this time with your families, even with the rain and snow. As a reminder, there is no school on Monday.

On Tuesday we will be holding a lockdown drill. Please reassure your students that we practice these drills so we don't need to be afraid. In an emergency situation, we have a plan to help us be safe, and we practice this plan so that everyone knows what to do. Please see "School Information" below for additional information.

Our PTA is in need of volunteers to help with the Spelling Bee, Read Across America Week, the Book Fair, Teacher Appreciation Week, and Field Day. Please contact our PTA President, Christie Maxfield, if you can help with any of these events. Any amount of help is greatly appreciated! 801-755-7939

Here are four important things to know for the coming week.

1. There will be NO SCHOOL on Monday February 17 for Presidents Day.
2. Evaluate Davis Parent Surveys are now open on your parent/guardian myDSD account. Instructions for accessing these surveys are provided below. We hope you will take a few minutes to share your feedback with us. The surveys close on Friday, February 28.
3. Kindergarten Priority Registration is open through Friday, February 28. Thank you for sharing the word with neighbors! We have passed out many registration packets, but we need them to be returned by the 28th. Please see below for more information.
4. Community Council will meet this Wednesday, February 19 at 5:30 p.m. in our conference room.

Every day is a great day to be a Wildcat!

Sincerely,

Marjorie Conrad and Christie Bouy
Principal and Administrative Intern, West Point Elementary

• Monday, February 17: Presidents Day, NO SCHOOL
• Tuesday, February 18: Lockdown Drill

• Wednesday, February 19: Grade-level spelling bees

• Wednesday, February 19: Community Council, 5:30 - 6:30 p.m., in the conference room

• Friday, February 21: 2nd Grade Patriotic Program, 10:00 a.m.

• Tuesday, February 25: 5th Grade Field Trip to Natural History Museum of Utah, Bargen and Schuh

• Tuesday, February 25: Championship Martial Arts, 3:30-4:00, for students who sign up (flyer will be sent home within the next two weeks)

• Wednesday, February 26: School Spelling Bee, 4:00 p.m.

• Thursday, February 27: 5th Grade Field Trip to Natural History Museum of Utah, Hunzeker and Rackham

• Thursday, February 27: Championship Martial Arts, 3:30-4:00, for students who signed up

• Friday, February 28: 4th grade Native American presentation

• Friday, February 28: Priority Kindergarten Registration deadline

• Friday, February 28: Evaluate Davis Parent Surveys close on myDSD

• March 3-7: Read Across America Week

• Tuesday, March 4: Championship Martial Arts, 3:30-4:00, for students who signed up

• Wednesday, March 5: Class Picture Day/Spring Personality Pictures

• Thursday, March 6: Championship Martial Arts, 3:30-4:00, for students who signed up

• Friday, March 7: PTA Meeting, 9:30 a.m., in the faculty room

• Friday, March 7: End of 3rd Term

• Monday, March 10: Teacher Professional Day, NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS

• Wednesday, March 19: Community Council, 5:30-6:30 p.m., in the conference room

• Thursday, March 20 - Saturday, March 22: School Musical Performances

• Tuesday, March 25: 5th Grade Maturation, 2:30-3:30 p.m.

• Monday, March 31-Friday, April 4: Spring Break 🌺

Congratulations to our Principal Paw Award recipients this past week! We love celebrating our students at our golden ears party and sharing the many ways they go above and beyond to be safe, respectful, responsible, and caring.

Hello parents,

West Point Elementary will conduct a lockdown drill on Tuesday, February 16.

A lockdown means students and teachers clear the hallways, lock down their rooms, turn out the lights, move out of sight and maintain silence. They remain silent until first responders clear hallways and unlock each door. Parents and visitors inside the building follow these lockdown procedures as well.

A lockdown is called when there is a threat or hazard inside the school building. In an actual lockdown, the school would contact 911 and local police and other emergency agencies would gather at the school to coordinate the response. The situation is then under the command of the lead police agency.

During a real lockdown, parents will be informed and instructed by the Davis School District. Initial information is distributed through a call-out, which includes an e-mail and text message (if you opted in to receive texts). That being said, please take a few minutes to update your phone numbers and emergency contacts.

Updates would be posted to the school’s website, as well as the district’s Facebook and Twitter accounts. If you are not yet connected to the district’s Facebook or Twitter accounts, I recommend you do so.

We appreciate your cooperation as we practice lockdown procedures with your child. We value your child and their safety and want to be prepared in the event of an actual threat.

Thank you!

Marjorie Conrad, Principal
West Point Elementary

There is a lot of sickness going around this time of year. We hope you will take a couple of minutes to review our DSD Illness Protocols below to help you know if students should stay home or come to school. Thank you!

Please be aware of your students' attendance and help them to be at school every day. We understand that students who are sick need to be home. (Please see the above DSD Health Protocol.) However, missing a day of school here and there adds up quickly and puts students behind. Thank you for your support!

Kindergarten Priority Registration for the 2025-26 school year is now underway through Feb. 28 in the Davis School District. Both full-day and half-day options are available. Please read the attached letter to incoming kindergarten parents. We would appreciate if you could let neighbors with incoming kindergarten students know that we are registering students now for next year. Registration packets are in the office and on our website. You can also click on the following link to list your student's name, and the office will contact you with registration information. https://forms.office.com/r/gaRFdZ8V6n

Thank you!

Evaluate Davis parent surveys are now open on your MyDSD account through February 28. We hope you will take a minute to fill out these surveys and let us know how we are doing. We value your feedback!

This week's manner is "Speak with Confidence." When we speak with confidence, others are better able to understand what we are saying. We do this by looking people in the eye as we speak clearly, audibly, and politely. This skill takes practice, but we can better connect with others and have conversations with them when we can speak with others with confidence and kindness.

52 Modern Manners for Kids

This week's game of the week is Spin It to Win It. We hope you will encourage your students to give it a try. This is a great way for students to have fun playing, make new friends, and include everyone.

We are so excited about our new attribute for the month! This week we are beginning our focus on C, which stands for confidence. Confidence is being comfortable with who you are. You know your strengths and weaknesses, and you know you can keep getting better through practice and effort. You can celebrate the successes of others as well as your own. Being confident in themselves is something our students need!

Your students will be working on activities throughout the month that help them understand what it is to be confident and to start to build that quality within themselves. Be sure to ask them about the things they are doing in their LETTERing books!

We have two more weeks for students to earn their February attendance and reading brag tags. Please continue to encourage your students to earn their brag tags! Students can earn an attendance brag tag if they have 0-1 absences for the month. They earn their reading brag tag by reading at home at least 18 days during the month.

The dual-language immersion application is live for the upcoming school year. We are fortunate to have two dual-language immersion schools in our community. Syracuse Elementary offers Chinese, and Buffalo Point Elementary offers Spanish.

If your child will be a first-grader next year, you might want to consider applying for dual-language immersion. Students entering higher grades may be eligible but must pass a language test. You can access the application and information about dual-language immersion at the following link. https://www.davis.k12.ut.us/o/dsd/page/elementary-dual-language-immersion

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