The Westgate Wire

RACE TO REGISTER for the ABC/25 Get Burbed Challenge on April 15, 2023! Join classmates, friends, family and staff to support the ABC/25 Foundation. You can run or walk the 5K or 1 Mile events or support the event by volunteering. Register by March 17th to receive the early bird benefits - a guaranteed race shirt in your size, packet delivery to your SD25 school and discounted registration! Additional details and link to register can be found at abc25challenge.org/registration.

Be sure to watch the video to see the winner of this years race shirt! Follow us on Facebook for all events and updates!

We want to personally thank our school community for making a lifesaving difference this year by participating in the American Heart Association's Kids Heart Challenge! Thank you for being a Heart Hero and helping our school and the American Heart Association create longer, healthier lives!

To learn more about the American Heart Association and how your gift is helping save lives, go to www.heart.org/schools

Thank you!

Summer U 2023 June 12 - June 30, 2023 at Thomas Middle School *Dates subject to change pending review of winter weather emergency days. Registration will begin on March 6, 2023 at 9 am and end on April 28, 2023, at 3 pm. Please visit www.sd25.org/summeru for a full list of courses and times. If you have any questions about Summer U, please email summeru@sd25.org for assistance.

D25's Parent Academy

On Friday, the District launched its new Parent Academy newsletter and page on the website.

The goal of Parent Academy is to provide learning opportunities for parents to better understand ways to support their students’ academic success and personal well-being. We welcome parents and families to engage in various activities and events to explore topics related to mental health, well-being, equity and inclusion, and academics. Please visit the website (www.sd25.org/ParentAcademy) for archived newsletters, further resources and information, or to submit an idea/topic for the next Parent Academy newsletter.

5Essentials Survey | Click Here to Take It

As of today, Westgate has 29% participation, but we would love to have more!

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. If you are a parent of a student at multiple schools, please take the survey once for each school.

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.*

• 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