WestWood/ SAGE Family Newsletter

It is hard to believe it is June already! The school year is always filled with many fun and exciting learning events. The end of the year is a great culmination and celebration for students' hard work this year.

We are looking forward to our last all school meeting and spending time with buddies and other students signing yearbooks. There are many other fun events closing out the year.

Please take a look at the resources and updates included in this newsletter to stay connected with what is happening at WestWood Elementary and SAGE Academy.

Wishing you and your families a wonderful end of the year and summer!

Dr. Karoline Warner

Early Release - 6/5 - 12:50 release

End of Year Information

24-25 School Year Information

Congratulations - WordMasters

Summer Reading Opportunities

Studor Stakeholder Results

Community Education Newsletter/Kids Company Spotlight

Upcoming Events

PTC/D.O.G.S. News

Our last day of school is Wednesday, June 5 and it will be a 3-hour early release. All students will be dismissed at 12:50 PM - please make plans accordingly. We request that all students follow their normal routine home as usual on this busy day to ensure that children get home safely.

Medications/Inhalers/Epi Pens cannot be sent home with elementary students. We recommend leaving rescue medication (e.g., Epi Pens) at school until dismissal on the last day. Please pick up all medications no later than Wednesday, June 5 (by dismissal time at 12:50 PM). Medications not picked up by this time will be discarded.

Report cards will become available to view online on Infinite Campus after 4pm on Thursday, June 13th. For help getting logged into Infinite Campus contact the IT helpdesk.

Please return all WestWood Media Center books to school as soon as possible.

All remaining lost and found items will be donated after the end of the school year.

Teacher assignments and beginning of the year information will be communicated mid/late-August.

Bus information will be posted online through Infinite Campus late-August. Once you log in you can view this information under the Transportation tab.

Our school supply lists will be available on the district website for the 2024-2025 school year mid June! Click on Schools, and then WestWood or SAGE Academy. Supply lists are under the Resources drop down.

We again partnered with School ToolBox for prepackaged supply boxes. Visit https://schooltoolbox.com/school-supplies/ to view the boxes that ship directly to your home!

The WestWood Office will be open this summer, but please call ahead if you plan on stopping by as there will be times that we are at meetings and enjoying some time off. To enroll a child at PLSAS, please contact our District Services Center at 952-226-0000.

A printable version of the calendar is available on the web site along with Free-and Reduced Price lunch information.

If you are moving or have any family status changes, please keep the WestWood Office informed. You may call and leave a message on our main number 952-226-0400, or email: cblake@plsas.org.

A team representing WestWood Elementary/SAGE Academy recently earned

Highest Honors in the 2023-2024 WordMasters Challenge™—a national

vocabulary competition involving nearly 125,000 students annually. The third

grade team scored an impressive 188 points out of a possible 200 in the last of

three meets this year, placing second in the nation.

The third graders also placed sixth nationally in the overall competition with a

cumulative score of 528 points out of a possible 600.

Competing in the difficult Blue Division of the WordMasters Challenge™, third

graders Kade Black and Dhriti Jagannadham each earned a perfect score of 20

in the recent meet. Nationally, only 25 third graders achieved this result. Other

students at WestWood Elementary/SAGE Academy who achieved outstanding

results in the last meet of the year include third graders Dhruvan Deepak, Abby

Ely, Tyler Kilau and Hayden Zahratka.

View the Summer Reading Opportunities newsletter put together by Mrs Piper in the WestWood Media Center. https://secure.smore.com/n/2az98

We recently received the results for the Student, Parent/Caregiver, and Staff Experience Surveys that were administered in February, 2024. This was a new survey that we rolled out this year with our partners at Studer Education. Thank you to everyone who took the time to complete the survey; your feedback will be valuable to our continuous improvement.

WestWood/ SAGE is currently in the process of analyzing this data to celebrate what is working well and develop action steps for improvement to continue into next year.

We invite you to look over the results below. For both the student and family surveys you will see the overall score we received. You will also see specific areas that were evaluated as glows and grows that will guide our work to look at how things are working at WestWood and help plan for goals next year.

Student Experience Survey

• 255 students completed the survey.

• The WestWood/ SAGE mean was 4.18 on a 5-point scale.

Glows:

• I believe my principal is a good leader. 4.71

• I feel my family is treated nicely or with respect at my school. 4.57

• I believe my teachers care about me. 4.53

Grows:

• I like going to my school each day. 3.69

• I think my school is clean. 3.62

• I feel students are nice or show respect to each other at my school. 3.64

Parent/Caregiver Experience Survey

• 123 parents/caregivers completed the survey.

• The WestWood/ SAGE mean was 4.10 on a 5-point scale.

Glows:

• I am treated with respect at this school. 4.40

• I believe that school is clean and well maintained. 4.29

• I believe the school provides a safe environment for my child to learn 4.26

Grows::

• I believe the school administration make decisions that are in the best interest of children and families. 3.89

• I regularly receive feedback from school staff on how well my child is learning. 3.84

• I receive positive phone calls, emails, or notes about my child from the school. 3.70

Thank you again for your support and collaboration. We will look forward to taking the next actions and seeking your feedback again next winter.

Contact Info: ptcWestWood@gmail.com

WestWoodDOGS@gmail.com

Website: https://ww.plsas.org/
Phone: 952-226-0400
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WWSAGE/
Twitter: @WestWoodPLS