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February 26, 2020 Hello Westside Families ~ Please take a moment to read our March Newsletter which is included with today’s notes. IMPORTANT REMINDER – 2:00 DISMISSAL – THIS FRIDAY, February 28th AND NEXT FRIDAY, March 6 th All Students are dismissed at 2:00 Busses & Daycare vans transport students at 2:00 Y-Care at Westside begins at 3:35 If your child is on the list to attend the after-school supervision/movie, he or she will be expected to stay. The only way an exception can be made is if you send a note or call the office. Please make sure your child knows your family’s plan to avoid confusion on Friday. Thank you! SUMMER SCHOOL Account set-up for Summer School begins tomorrow! Please see the attached flyer for details! CELEBRATE READING & DR. SEUSS AT WESTSIDE – NEXT WEEK- March 2-6 - Please see the attached flyer for 5 fun dress-up days. FROM PTO The McTeacher’s Night at McDonald’s scheduled for Tuesday, March 10 has been CANCELLED. COMMUNITY EVENTS Kimberly Parks and Recreation Department is Hiring for Summer 2020 Frozen 2 Playing at Little Chute Public Library, February 29, 10:00 a.m. Babysitting Certification Class: February 13, 2020 or April 14, 2020, Village of Kimberly Municipal Complex Heart of the Valley Poetry Contest, submit by April 15, 2020 Enjoy the rest of the week and as always, please give us a call if you have any questions! Thank you! Anne Appleton Westside Elementary 920-739-3578

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February 26, 2020

Hello Westside Families ~

Please take a moment to read our March Newsletter which is included with today’s notes.

IMPORTANT REMINDER – 2:00 DISMISSAL – THIS FRIDAY, February 28th AND NEXT FRIDAY, March 6th

All Students are dismissed at 2:00 Busses & Daycare vans transport students at 2:00 Y-Care at Westside begins at 3:35 If your child is on the list to attend the after-school supervision/movie, he or

she will be expected to stay. The only way an exception can be made is if you send a note or call the office.

Please make sure your child knows your family’s plan to avoid confusion on Friday. Thank you!

SUMMER SCHOOL Account set-up for Summer School begins tomorrow! Please see the attached flyer for details!

CELEBRATE READING & DR. SEUSS AT WESTSIDE – NEXT WEEK- March 2-6 - Please see the attached flyer for 5 fun dress-up days.

FROM PTO The McTeacher’s Night at McDonald’s scheduled for Tuesday, March 10 has been CANCELLED.

COMMUNITY EVENTS

Kimberly Parks and Recreation Department is Hiring for Summer 2020 Frozen 2 Playing at Little Chute Public Library, February 29, 10:00 a.m. Babysitting Certification Class: February 13, 2020 or April 14, 2020, Village of Kimberly Municipal Complex Heart of the Valley Poetry Contest, submit by April 15, 2020

Enjoy the rest of the week and as always, please give us a call if you have any questions! Thank you!

Anne Appleton Westside Elementary 920-739-3578

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WESTSIDE EAGLES UPDATE

March, 2020

3/6-2:00 Dismissal

3/17-SPRING PROGRAM

6:30-3rd Grade

7:15-4th Grade

2:00-School Performance

3/17--Shamrock/Green Day

3/18-5K Music Program-2:30

3/20-NOON Dismissal

3/27-End of 3rd Quarter

4/10-4/14—NO SCHOOL

4/15-Classes Resume

4/24-2:00 Dismissal

5/15-NOON Dismissal

5/25-NO SCHOOL-Memorial

Day

5/29-NOON Dismissal

6/4-LAST day of school

Greetings from Westside! It was great seeing such a big turnout to our PTO’s Fancy Dance last week. There were lots of ties and sparkly dresses. Our students are cute on average days, but they were SUPER cute last Friday! As we enter March we get to start thinking about some of my favorite celebrations, our spring concerts! We have a daytime performance for our 5k along with an informal open house and we also have our 3rd and 4th grade concerts in the evening. If you haven’t had a chance to see one of our concerts, you are in for a treat. Our music teachers do an amazing job preparing our students to shine for you and your family! March is also a signal for us to start our standardized testing season. I know our students get nervous for this time of year but in my eyes these exams are a celebration! It is a celebration of their learning and growth from 4K to today. You will be getting schedules sent home of when our students will be testing. We encourage you to try to work around those times with appointments and vacations. Lastly, I want to drive home the point that your children are not defined by a test score. Our students at Westside are so much more than that! All of our students have so much more to offer our community that can never be measured by a test. Our students are inquisitive, kind, respectful, hard-working, funny, and let’s not forget, cute! I look forward to seeing many of you at our upcoming celebrations! Jonathan Peterson Principal

A Message from our Principal

Mr. Jonathan Peterson 746 W Third Street Phone: (920)739-3578

Principal Kimberly, WI 54136 Fax: (920)739-6212

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Westside Elementary School

746 W. Third Street

Kimberly, WI 54136

920-739-3578 FAX: 920-739-6212

OFFICE HOURS: 7:30-4:00

All yearbooks must be ordered by March 31st. If you haven’t had a chance to order one,

there is still time! You can order in the school office or on Infinite Campus in the parent por-

tal. Cost per yearbook is $11.00. Yearbooks will be distributed to students in late May.

YEARBOOKS… LAST CHANCE!

The Kimberly Area School District does not discrimi-

nate on the basis of race, color, religion, national

origin, ancestry, creed, pregnancy, marital status, pa-

rental status, sexual orientation, sex, (including

transgender status, change of sex or gender identity),

or physical, mental, emotional, or learning disability

(“Protected Classes”) in any of its student programs

and activities.

COMMUNITY EVENTS

KASD Wants Y O U!!

Seeking Substitute Paraprofessionals!

Help our students reach their potential!

Do you enjoy helping kids and having a flexible schedule? We are looking for substitute

paraprofessionals. Paraprofessionals assist teachers and students throughout the school day.

Substitute paraprofessionals have a flexible work schedule and a lot of variety in their work.

If you know someone who is looking for a rewarding and flexible career where they would be

helping all students succeed, please help us by sharing this link with them:

www.kimberly.k12.wi.us/careers Thank you! :)

Are you looking for opportunities in our local community? Our KASD website has a page de-

voted to keeping you informed of upcoming events and opportunities for children and fami-

lies. Please visit this page often so you can stay informed. Click here for more information!

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It is getting to that time of year when state assessments will be starting. This year, the For-

ward Exam testing dates for Westside 3rd and 4th graders will be from the week of March 30

through the week of April 6. (Make-up testing, if necessary, will occur after Spring Break).

Both 3rd and 4th grades have designated days during this time to take spe-

cific portions of the assessment. As in the past, we ask that families try to

avoid scheduling appointments, vacations, etc. during those weeks. More

information with specific testing schedules will be sent home soon. If you

have any questions regarding Forward Exam testing, please contact your

child’s teacher. Thank you!

We want to ensure parents of young children (age 0-5) in our District are on our mailing list,

so you can receive information relative to your child’s age group, such as early childhood

screening information or 4K and 5K registration information. We also need to have infor-

mation for all children age 0-21 for state reporting. Click on this link to complete the census

form. If you know of other families with children in our District that may not be in our sys-

tem, please help us by sharing this information with them.

ENROLLMENT NUMBERS: We have started to work on our enrollment numbers for the 2020-2021 school year! If you know

your child(ren) will not be in the Kimberly School District next year, please notify our office as soon as possible. Thank you!

OPEN ENROLLMENT: Parents must submit online application forms to the non-resident district between February 3, 2020

and 4:00 PM on April 30, 2020. Late applications are not accepted for any reason. Please go to the KASD website:

www.kimberly.k12.wi.us, click on the “parents” tab, then “open enrollment” for more information. If you have any ques-

tions about open enrollment in the Kimberly Area School District, please contact Jennifer Bixler at (920) 423-4166 or

[email protected].

4K & 5K REGISTRATION (for NEW 5K families ONLY — if your child currently attends our 4K Center, you do not need to

register him/her for 5K—he/she will automatically be enrolled for 5K at Westside) Please register 4K and (new) 5K chil-

dren as soon as possible so we can plan for next year! Here is a link to the online registration page on our website. Please

give us a call if you have any questions—thank you! 920-739-3578

2020-2021 School Year

State Testing Coming Up!

FROM KASD: Are you on our mailing list?

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WESTSIDE BATTLE OF THE BOOKS—2020

Battle of the Books is a state book trivia competition run by the Wisconsin Educational Media & Tech-nology Association (WEMTA). Every year, students across the state read from a list of 20 books chosen by WEMTA and memorize as many details as possible from those books. Then, they compete to see who knows the most trivia about those books. This year, eighteen of Westside's fourth graders chose to take on the Battle of the Books chal-lenge. Students have been reading from the booklist since October, and then began practicing trivia questions in January. In early February, in order to form our representative team of four, fourth grad-ers competed against each other to determine who knew the most about the books. This year, Westside's team of four, which includes Chase Carnes, Addison DeVries, Matthew Ehlers, and Westson Hilbert, proved that they knew the most trivia about the list of 20 books. During the last week of Feb-ruary, those four competed against other students in the state to show how much they remember about the books. Though state results aren't revealed until late March, we can be sure that all of our book warriors from Westside did a phenomenal job, demonstrating amazing reading recall and com-prehension and outstanding teamwork skills. What a fabulous Battle of the Books year we had! Thank you to all students and staff involved!

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MARCH 2020

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 Dr.

Seuss

Week

2

Fox in Socks

wear silly or

mismatched

socks

3

The Sleep

Book

wear pajamas

4

Wacky

Wednesday

wear wacky

patterns & get

silly with your

clothes

5

Cat in the Hat

wear any hat-

day—crazy or

not

6 Oh The Places

You’ll Go! wear

your favorite col-

lege or career gear

2:00 DISMISSAL

PTO NIGHT at the

Wisconsin Herd

Game-7:00

7

8 9 10

11 12 13 14

15 16 17 Shamrock/Green

Day

3rd & 4th Grade

Music Program

2:00-School Perfor-

mance

6:30-3rd Grade

7:15-4th Grade

18

5K Music

Program-2:30

19

First Day of

Spring!

20

NOON

DISMISSAL

21

22 23 24

2nd Grade to

SNC

PTO Meeting

6:30-LMC

25 26 2nd Grade to

SNC

MLB Opening

Day-wear base-

ball gear

27

END OF 3RD

QUARTER

4th Grade to the

Farm

28

29 30 31

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Celebrate Reading and Dr. Seuss at Westside!

March 2-March 6

Monday FOX IN SOCKS

Wear silly or mismatched socks

Tuesday THE SLEEP BOOK

Wear Pajamas

Wednesday WACKY WEDNESDAY

Wear wacky patterns and get silly with your clothes!

Thursday CAT IN THE HAT

Wear any hat day...crazy or not!

Friday OH THE PLACES YOU’LL GO!

Wear your favorite college or career gear!

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THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED

Come Support Westside Elementary PTO!

Tuesday March 10th 2020Anytime between 4:30-6:30 PM840 Eisenhower Dr, Kimberly

Enjoy dinner made for you with other Westside Families!!Westside PTO will benefit from 15% of all sales during the event!

** Flyer does not need to be presented at this event**

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It’s time to order your Westside Elementary

Many of you have already paid for a 2019-2020 Westside Elementary Yearbook! If you haven’t had a chance to order and pay for a yearbook for your child, please go online to your Infinite Campus portal and make the $11.00 payment, OR, complete the form below and return it to school with a payment – cash or check. If you are unsure if you’ve paid for a yearbook, please check your account in Infinite Campus OR, give us a call!

We will not receive the yearbooks until the end of the school year! Also, yearbooks are optional!

Yearbook Order Form

Name: ___________________________ Homeroom: ______________

Name: ___________________________ Homeroom: ______________

Name: ___________________________ Homeroom: ______________

Number of Books Ordered: _________ X $11.00 = ___________

Please return this form with cash or check (payable to Westside Elementary). Thank you!

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When to Keep Your Child Home

Children should be kept home from school when they don’t feel well. It is important to get the rest they need to

recover, and to prevent the spread of germs to other children and the staff. If you are unsure of when to keep your

child home, please contact the school nurse or your family medical provider.

The following symptoms may suggest a communicable disease. Children who have the following symptoms should

be kept home from school until a doctor has seen them, they no longer have symptoms indicating a communicable

disease or they have received treatment for at least 24 hours for certain diseases.

SORE THROAT

An oral temperature of 100.4 or higher indicates a fever. If your child has a temp of 100.4 or higher at school he/she will be sent home. Your child will be excluded from school until they are fever free for 24 hours without the use of a fever reducer (Tylenol or Ibuprofen product).

If a fever is accompanied by a sore throat, stomach ache or head ache it may be strep throat. Strep throat is diagnosed by a throat culture obtained at a medical clinic. If your child is diagnosed with strep throat, your child will be excluded from school for 24 hours after initiation of appropriate antibiotic and fever free without the use of a fever reducer (Tylenol or Ibuprofen product).

If your child has an episode of vomiting and/or diarrhea at school, he/she will be sent home. Anyone with these symptoms will be excluded from school until symptom free for 24 hours.

A cough may be a sign of many different illnesses. If a cough is accompanied by a fever, sore throat, body aches or any other symptoms you should keep your child home. Any cough that lasts for more than several days should be discussed with a doctor.

Rashes and infected sores needed to be diagnosed by a medical provider. Many skin rashes such as impetigo, scabies, chicken pox, Fifth disease or Hand Foot and Mouth disease are very contagious. Students may return to school once the rash has been diagnosed and treated for 24 hours or cleared by a doctor. Open sores from illnesses such as chicken pox and impetigo may need to be covered at school with bandages for several days.

Symptoms that prevent the student from active participation is usual school activities OR student is requiring more care than school that can safely provide.

Resource: State of Wisconsin, Department of Health Services, Childhood Communicable Disease Chart

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