January Weekly Update

Dear WES Family,

I hope this message finds you well and filled with the same sense of pride and purpose that I feel as we wrap up another impactful week together. I want to take a moment to express my heartfelt gratitude for your dedication, collaboration, and hard work during our professional learning sessions as we planned for STAAR Blitz and instruction over the next two weeks.

Your focus and commitment to excellence were evident in every discussion, activity, and shared idea. It is inspiring to see how deeply you care about crafting intentional, meaningful plans to ensure our students have every opportunity to succeed. This week was a powerful example of what we can achieve together when we unite under our "We Before Me" vision.

I’m thrilled to celebrate a significant milestone with you: 252 of our students have met their MAP Reading and/or Math goals for the winter! This accomplishment is a direct reflection of your unwavering efforts to build relationships with students, parents, and the community, paired with your intentional planning to meet the diverse needs of each learner. Every conversation, lesson plan, and moment of encouragement you’ve offered has contributed to these incredible gains.

Our work is far from over, but I know that your continued focus on doing what’s best for students will make a profound difference in their growth moving forward. As we head into these next two weeks, let us continue to embody our "We Before Me" vision, leaning on one another, sharing strategies, and keeping students at the center of all we do. Together, we are building a foundation of success for every child in our care.

Thank you for your passion, energy, and commitment. You are truly making a difference, and I am honored to work alongside each of you.

With gratitude and admiration,

Venitra Senegal
Principal

1/13- Community Outreach Committee Meeting @ 4:15pm (virtual)

1/14-Sunshine Committee Meeting @ 4:15pm (Virtual) & SDC Meeting @ 4: 15pm (Virtual)

1/15-PBIS Committee Meeting @ 4:15pm (Virtual)

1/16- Benchmark Lunches Payments due to Ms. Perkins ($45- 3 days, $30- 2 days, $15- 1 day) & Teamleader Meeting @ 4: 15pm (RM. 307) & Board Meeting @ 7:00pm

1/17- WES Awards Program (2nd- 8:30, 3rd- 9:15, 5th- 10:25, 4th- 11:05)- All staff will dress professionally for awards day.

1/17- Principal's All A Luncheon @ 2:30- 3:15pm

Upcoming Events

1/20- MLK Holiday (Staff/Students Holiday)

1/23- WES Parent Academy Reboot date @ 5:00- 6:00pm

1/28- Math Benchmark Test

1/29- RLA Benchmark Test

1/30- Science Benchmark Test (5th Grade Only)

1/13- MTSS Meetings Completion- Teacher RLA/Science Pre-Internalization during the Conference Period

1/14 -RLA Region 3 Internalization & Math Pre-Internalization

1/15- RLA Social Studies Internalization & Math- Eureka Math Region 3Internalization

1/16- RLA Small Group & A to Z/Boddle Lesson Assignments

1/17- Friday Funday PLC

Let's rally together to help our students rise to the Zearn challenge! Starting this week, we’re focusing on ensuring our students meet the goal of completing at least three lessons per week. To make it exciting, the class with the highest percentage of students completing at least three lessons each week will win a celebration of the teacher's choice (pending admin approval) for the last 30 minutes of the day. Let’s inspire our students, support each other, and make this challenge a success! 🎉

Family Circles & Reset for 2025- Remember to hold Community Circles with your class every morning. These circles are a wonderful way to connect with your students, showing them that you care about them as individuals and learners. They also create a space where students can share their thoughts and feel that their voices are valued by both their peers and you as their teacher.

2nd Nine Weeks Awards- Teachers will receive awards for your class by Wednesday, January 15th, ensure that awards are sorted by student so that the awards program runs smoothly.

Jackets, Hats, Gloves, and Scarves during Specials- Jackets remain in the classroom for Specials, students may have jackets for lunch/recess but must wear the jackets while they are in the common area. We had parents call last week inquiring about students' outside apparel that was left in a special classroom. We need your help with adhering to this expectation. The temperatures in the special classes (except for PE) have been adjusted.

Updated Lunch Catered for Benchmark

Top Dawgs will provide lunch Plates for our Benchmark testing days for $15 per day a total of $45.00 for the three days- due by January 16 2025 to Ms. Perkins. Please note that teachers will eat in the classroom with students on test days and will have a 30-minute adjusted conference time.

*beans, potato salad, bread and drink will be provided for each day

1/28- Sausage/Ribs

1/29- Sausage/Brisket

1/30- Fried Fish

2nd - Empathy in Action

3rd - Building a Friendship

4th - Ask, Listen, Learn

5th - What's the Problem

Ms. Hernandez tailors her teaching to address each student’s individual needs, providing targeted support to help them succeed. She places a strong emphasis on delivering purposeful small group instruction to ensure all learners are effectively supported.

Please join me as I WELCOME Ms. Brenda Matthews to WES as our new 3rd-grade RLA/Social studies teacher partnering with Ms. Owens. We are excited to have her join our WES Family!

1/2-Monique Vaclavik

1/7- Carnecia Owens

1/9- Delana Boone

1/10- Office Millard Stains

1/13- Nurse Aragus

1/21- Inez Barron

1/22- Krystal Mathis

1/28- Miuyki Johnson

1/31- Lillie Stone