October Python Post
2024-2025
Westwood View Elementary
4935 Belinder Ave
Westwood, KS 66205
Kathy Keith, Principal
Email: kathykeith@smsd.org
Website: Westwoodview.smsd.org
Phone: (913) 993-5800
Follow us on X Westwood View 512@WVpythons
Instagram @ wvpythons
Vision
Instilling in students critical thinking skills and respect for core values of
loyalty, perseverance and compassion.
Responsibility
Responsibility Character Trait
This month we are talking about Responsibility. One way to define Responsibility is “taking action and understanding the impact of our choices.” Taking action can mean doing the right thing or completing the tasks you have been assigned. Understanding the impact of our choices means that our actions matter. Positive and responsible actions can help people and irresponsible actions can hurt others. Responsibility is 1 of 3 traits we will focus on throughout the year that helps students Be Strong. Across grade levels students will be developing skills like focusing, organizing, and goal-setting.
Family Activity:
Review Responsibility as a family! Responsibility is taking action and understanding the impact of our choices. Choose 1 household chore (or more!) that requires multiple steps. Then have each member of the family select 1 step to complete to help get the job done! Maybe it’s washing the dishes, doing laundry, cleaning the living room, or unloading the groceries – whatever it is, see who can be the quickest or most effective at their task!
Upcoming Dates
October
10/2 Bike to School Day
10/11 No School, Teacher Workday
10/14 No School, Teacher Professional Development
10/17 P/T Conferences 4:30-7:30pm
10/18 No School P/T Conferences
10/24 Flu Shots
10/25 PTA Carnival 5:00-6:30pm
10/31 Fall Parties 2:15-3:00 /Parade 2:00
Morning Arrival
Please remind your students that the playground is not open for play in the mornings. Students should not be arriving prior to 8:00am and should go to their designated grade level space if they are a walker. The playground is not supervised until 8:00am. Thank you for helping to keep our students safe.
Featured Staff Member- Ms. Frame 2nd Grade
I have a 3 year old sheepadoodle named Eloise.
- I am scuba certified and love traveling to the beach!
- This is my 8th year teaching. I taught 1st grade for 7 years and have taught K, 1 and 2 during the summers in KCKPS. I am excited to be teaching 2nd at WV!
Fall Parties
Fall Parties are coming soon, Thursday, October 31st.
- The traditional parade will begin at 2:00 pm, classroom parties will be at 2:15 pm.
- Students are allowed to wear school-appropriate costumes (no face painting or hair dye, no blood or gore, costume masks are allowed if they can see clearly).
- Parents that would like to volunteer, please contact your classroom teacher and they can get you in contact with their room parent.
- Parents and siblings may come and watch the parade, it will be around the track on the playground starting promptly at 2:00 pm. The gates will be unlocked at 1:50 pm, we ask that you stand around the track that goes around the playground.
- Parents are allowed to attend the party; however, siblings are not allowed due to space and safety. Again, siblings can attend the parade.
- All donated snacks need to be store-purchased, check with your room parent for donations. Teachers will have to check labels for allergies so please get them a picture of the label or the actual item as soon as possible, Oct. 30th is the latest time to do so. All items that have not been approved by Oct. 30th will not be able to be used.
Lunch Room Procedures
Student Lunch Procedures
Safe
Eat you own food
Stay seated
Responsible
Use time wisely
Line up appropriately
Clean up all trash
Respectful
Use good table manners
Be polite
Level 2 Voice
Outside seating is reserved for students with tokens. Students may bring a friend outside with one token. Students earn tokens for following the above lunchroom procedures.
Visitor Procedures
Visitors may bring outside food for your student only.
Visitors reserved seating is on the stage for your student only.
Only adults may visit, two per student.
No reservations are needed; check in and out at the office.
While we love having visitors, please be mindful of the number of visits per student and the limited space in the cafeteria (16 seats). Currently, we are not limiting the number of visits but hope that every student can have a visitor.
Flu Shots - October 26th
Get a flu shot to protect me, my family, and my co-workers!
Onsite flu vaccinations coming soon…Stay healthy and take advantage of this opportunity. The single best way to prevent the flu is to get vaccinated.
Sign up online…The process is simple and only takes a couple of minutes. For detailed instructions see attached PDF.
For the nurse to have enough vaccine available, SPECIALTY VACCINES (any vaccine other than the regular flu shot) should be ordered at least 10 DAYS PRIOR to the clinic.
To sign up click on this link: Event Signup
If prompted, the Shawnee Mission School District / SMSD registration code = SMSD
Please bring your consent form and your insurance card with you.
See you at the clinic!
Vision Screenings - Nurse Blevins
We will begin hearing and vision screenings the first of October. Vision screenings will be for students in grades K, 1, 2, 3 and 5. (We also screen all students that are new to the district). Hearing screenings will be on students in grades K, 3 and 5 (and all students that are new to the district). Students whose parents "opted out of screenings" at registration will not be screened unless the parent specifically requests it. If parents ever have a concern about their student's hearing/ vision and would like to have their student screened, feel free to reach out to the nurse and request it.
Health Update - Nurse Blevins
We are seeing a lot of respiratory illness in our school and the entire KC metro area. Children need to be fever free for 24 hrs (without medication) prior to returning to school. If you notice that there is an increase in severity of the cough or fatigue, consider getting them checked for more severe illness. (This further escalation of symptoms may occur AFTER the fever subsides). Please reach out to the school nurse for questions/ concerns about your child's health. Thank you!