Monthly Parent Newsletter

August Issue: West Point Consolidated School District

Dear Parents and Guardians,

On behalf of the West Point Consolidated School District, we would like to welcome you to the 2023-2024 school year!

We are looking forward to a productive partnership with you to ensure the success of our children. We recognize in order to be successful in school, our students need support from both home and school.

We have provided you some helpful tips and videos on student learning as well as important school district information. If you have any questions, please reach out to your child's school.

Thank you and God Bless!

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BACK TO SCHOOL TIPS

Parent Teacher Conference

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Parent Teacher Conference

Tuesday, September 5, 2023

WPCSD Annual Title 1 Meeting

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Annual Title 1 Meeting

Thursday, September 7, 2023

August 21st- 27th eTips (Tips Will be Updated Weekly):

Monday's Tip:

Daily Tips for Families

08-28-2023 Transitioning from summer into the school year can be a challenge for some children. And it shows in their behavior at home and in school. Try these ideas to make reentry easier: Explain what you want your child to do.

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Tuesday's Tip:

Daily Tips for Families

08-29-2023 Children have called each other names for centuries. They put someone down in front of a crowd because they hear others do it, to look cool to onlookers, to feel better about themselves, or for reasons known only to themselves. Whatever the reason, name-calling is wrong.

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Wednesday's Tip:

Daily Tips for Families

08-30-2023 Researchers have found that students who are motivated only by the desire to get a good grade rarely do more than the minimum they need to get by. However, when students are motivated by an inner drive, they are more likely to stick with a task.

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Thursday's Tip:

Daily Tips for Families

08-31-2023 From the early school years through graduation, your child will be reading to learn. To do this successfully, students need to know how read and remember information from nonfiction texts. To foster these skills, help your child take these steps when reading nonfiction: Preview the text.

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Friday's Tip:

Daily Tips for Families

09-01-2023 Effective communication between schools and families is more important than ever. The school must communicate essential information to families. Families need to know who they can turn to with questions or concerns. Do you know the names of key personnel at school? Who is the school principal?

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Saturday's Tip:

Daily Tips for Families

09-02-2023 You may not have time to volunteer at school regularly. But that doesn't mean you can't volunteer to make a difference to the school and your child's education this year. All you need to do is one thing. Look for one volunteer task you can do this year.

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Sunday's Tip:

Daily Tips for Families

09-03-2023 Every family wants to make sure that students stay well. Student health and safety are a top priority for schools, also. Families and schools rely on each other to do everything possible to keep kids healthy and learning. The most important thing you can do is not to send a sick child to school.

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COMMON SENSE MEDIA

Back-to-School Reset: 4 Tips on Managing Devices and Screen Time fo...

By Erin Wilkey Oh | August 1, 2022 It's that time of year again -- kids are heading back to school! For lots of reasons, family routines can get disrupted during the summer, from morning routines and bedtimes to TV and video game limits.

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