The Westgate Wire
February 15, 2023
Allie and I wish you a wonderful long weekend!
Incoming kindergarten registrations can be dropped off in the office on Thursday from 8:00 a.m.-7:30 p.m. and on Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
5Essentials Parent Survey
As of today, we only have 14%participation.
Please take a few minutes to complete the 5Essentials Survey. Your participation in the parent portion of the survey will help us understand the conditions at our school and guide improvement. A report will be generated only if we have at least 20% parent participation.
Survey Link: https://survey.5-essentials.org/illinois/?target_name=parent
*Your identity and survey responses will be kept completely confidential and will never be connected to you or your child.*
Way to go Westgate! We have raised over $11,000 for the Kids Heart Challenge!
Kids Heart Challenge is happening at our school NOW, and we are making a lifesaving impact on families across the country!
There is still time for you to join the fun and help us reach out goal of raising $18,000!!
Getting started is as easy as 1..2…3…
- Download the Kids Heart Challenge App or visit heart.org/KHC to register.
- Choose your daily health challenge to Move More or Be Kind and earn your own BE THE TORCH wristband so you can help light the way!
- Get a head start on COMPLETING FINN’S MISSION in your Headquarters, where you and your family can put the power of lifesaving Hands-Only CPR into YOUR hands and help us create a community of lifesavers! Try to do all 8 activities to complete the Mission.
COLLECT YOUR OWN HEART HEROES who help remind us to keep our hearts happy and healthy. These are at our school NOW!
Collect all 6 Heart Heroes with each lifesaving milestone you reach. Get a BONUS MYSTERY GIFT for every $50 you raise in lifesaving donations.
Check out all the fun Thank You Gifts you can earn HERE.
When you support KHC, you help real people—including kids with special hearts.
Thank you so much for helping our school do so much good!
Don’t forget: Double your Gift! Check to see if your employer will match your donation today! Follow the steps and forward the confirmation to matchinggifts@heart.org to have this added to the student’s fundraising page.
Our D25 All-Stars Sock-A-Thon is underway! If you would like to support our D25 Special Olympics Team, please CLICK HERE and buy some socks! Half of the proceeds will go to support the D25 Special Olympics Team, the D25 All-Stars. Then, you can rock your socks on March 21st for World Down Syndrome Day and to support our All-Stars! *Sale ends March 3.*
Important Dates- New Information
- Parent/Teacher Conferences- 2/16-2/17
- No School-President's Day- 2/20
- Report Cards- 3/10
- PTA Assembly- 3/14 (K-2 -9:15-10:00 and 3-5 -10:15-11:00)
- PTA Meeting- 3/22 at 7:00 p.m.
- Ramadan begins-3/23
- Spring Break-3/27-3/31