Mustang Bulletin

We will celebrate our staff with daily activities to show appreciation and gratitude. We hope that you can take the time to let them know how much you appreciate them. PTSA has created specific days in the graphic below.

Thank you to all of our sponsors, our amazing PTSA, and to you for taking a moment to honor our educators!

Mrs. Schubert

Principal

West Wing School and our PTSA are pleased to be bringing Ms. Katey McPherson to present to our community about the implications that the internet and social media are having on our youth. Please join us on Wednesday, May 3 from 5:30 - 6:30 PM for a special presentation. Please save the date and plan to attend this important session. You will learn so much about how to help protect your children.

Ms. McPherson will also be presenting to our students in grades 3-8 on Thursday, May 4. We encourage parents to attend the evening presentation!

Thank you,

Mrs. Schubert & West Wing PTSA

We are very excited to officially announce that we will have a developmental preschool beginning next school year. Please click here to learn more about our preschool program!

Please contact our Early Childhood office to schedule a screening using any of the following ways;

• Call our office at 602-467-6013
• Email our early childhood clerk, Carla, at Carla.Wandelt@dvusd.org
• Fill out this Child Find Screening interest form by following this link: Screening Interest Form

Our preschool program is M-TH and we will have a 9:15-11:45 AM session and an afternoon 1:00-3:30 PM session.

We are looking for peer role model students as well! Parents can select three days a week or four days a week. Please share this with your neighbors if they have a preschool-aged child!

Each week teachers from all areas acknowledge our hardworking students in the areas of academic achievement, excellent effort, growth mindset, outstanding character, and leadership.

Congratulations to all of our Mighty Mustangs for their positive referral from their teachers! Students received a certificate and a special treat for their hard work!

Kinder - Jonah L - Growth Mindset

First - Harlow S - Excellent Effort

Second - Ellie G - Leadership

Third - Charlotte D - Excellent Effort

Fourth - Mila M - Exemplary Character

Fourth - Kendrick S - Exemplary Character

Fifth - Olivia B - Excellent Effort

Sixth - Jocelyn A - Exemplary Character

Seventh - Emily B - Exemplary Character

Eighth - Aniyah M - Excellent Effort

Specials (Coach Patena) - Hailey R - Exemplary Character

Mrs. Schulte - Elizabeth E - Excellent Effort

We are seeking parents to join our math adoption committee.

DVUSD will be adopting a Mathematics resource for grades K-5 to be implemented in the 2024-25 school year. The adopted resource will be used with all students receiving core mathematics instruction for their grade level, including Special Education, EL, and Gifted students. The adoption committee will need parents and community members to participate in the selection process. If you are interested, please fill out your information below. Submissions will be open until 3:00 pm on May 5, 2023. You will receive communication about your status with the committee by May 10.

If you are interested, please complete the form linked to the picture above

The PTSA has teamed up with ASU baseball for an awesome opportunity! On May 20th, they are offering West Wing families, students, staff, & friends discounted tickets to their home game against UCLA. The game is at Noon. They will also be giving facility tours before the game as an added perk! Only one month away so get your tickets now to this great rivalry game! Tickets must be purchased with the link below.

https://offer.fevo.com/sun-devil-baseball-vs-ucla-3-jx7tzy2-f2cafab

The motto for this week is:

I seek solutions!

As parents, it’s tempting to want to solve our children’s problems for them, and we often do. However, it can be far more beneficial for our kids if we walk them through how to solve the problem rather than solve it for them because our long-term goal for them is independence rather than reliance on us.

George Polya is referred to as the father of problem-solving. He wrote the book How to Solve It – A system of thinking which can help you solve any problem.

In his book, he breaks problem-solving down into four simple steps. These simple steps are helpful frames to share with your children.

1. Understand the problem: Have your child explain their problem in their own words. Ask them if they think they have all the information or if there are any unanswered questions regarding the problem.

2. Make a plan: Encourage your child to brainstorm various solutions that may help. Then discuss the pros and cons of each solution and have them pick one solution to try.

3. Carry out the plan: This is the part where they take action and carry out their plan until complete. Encourage them to make a list of what needs to be done.

4. Look back: Ask your child, “How is it going?” If the plan isn’t working, they can discard it and try one of the other plans they brainstormed. Remind them they can bring what they learned from working on the previous solution to their new plan.

“Running away from any problem only increases the distance from the solution. The easiest way to escape from the problem is to solve it.” -Unknown

As our children grow up, they may encounter problems they do not share with us. Equipping them with the problem-solving process now may require more patience than just solving it ourselves. However, it pays off with more peace of mind later when we know our children have confidence in their problem-solving abilities.

Best regards,

Danna Evans

All Things E.Q.

• We cannot sign out kids 15 minutes before dismissal (3:15 is the cutoff).
  
• Reminder we cannot do deliveries to classrooms or call classrooms except for glasses or chromebooks. Phone messages only delivered to students at 2:30. If there is a pick up change, please call our office before 2:30.
• For those who are interested in volunteering in classrooms and/or attending field trips, you will need to attend a one time district volunteer training (class locations and times can be found at www.dvusd.org). If you have already taken the training you must come in to the front office to update your information, this must be done every year.

Monday, May 1

• Staff Appreciation Week

• 3:30 - Spiritline (MPR/Stage)

• 3:30 - Girls Basketball Practice

• 3:45 - Band Conservatory Club

Tuesday, May

• Choir Field Trip To Flagstaff

• 3:30 - 5:00 Spiritline

• 3:30 Girls Basketball Practice

• 5:00 Instrument Rental Night (MPR)

Wednesday, May

• 3:30 - 5:00 Spiritline

• 3:30 - Girls Basketball Practice

• 3:30 - 4:40 Young Rembrandts (Art Room #114)

• 3:45 - 4:30 Band Conservatory Club (Band Room)

• 5:30 - Parent Assembly (Digital Wellness & Student Internet Safety)

Thursday, May

• 7:45 - Student Council State Convention & Field Trip

• 3:30 - Spiritline (MPR)

• 3:30 - Girls Basketball Practice (MPR)

Friday, May 5

• 2:00 - Early Release

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An A+ School of Excellence

"A" Rated by the Arizona Department of Education

Deer Valley Unified School District

Website: www.dvusd.org/westwingschool
Location: 26716 North High Desert Drive, Peoria, AZ, USA
Phone: 623-376-5000
Twitter: @westwingmustangs