Panther Press

March

8 1st & 2nd Music Program, WMS 6:00 pm

9 Parent/Teacher Conferences

10-11 No School

18 PLCC Pizza Bingo Night WMS 5:30-7:30pm

18-31 Yearbook Sales

24 Spring Picture Day

24 District Band-O-Rama Concert, WHS, 7:00 pm

29 PL Community Club Meeting 6:30 pm

You can link to the on-line calendar at: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/r/month?tab=mc

Conferences will be held Wednesday March 9th and March 10th. You must sign up on line with a link provided by your classroom teacher. See you then!

All items will be displayed on our tables in the main hallway during conferences. Please stop by and look for your belongings... Coats, clothing, hats, mittens, water bottles and more!

Many students have a negative balance. Please keep in mind that any extra meal items students choose to take, which are not included in a regular full meal, are deducted from their accounts. The following items are common charges that may be accruing:

Extra Milk or Milk Only - $.50

Water - $.50

Extra Fruit - $.50

Extra Main - $1.20

Daily emails are sent to those families. Please check your SPAM folders for lost emails from us.

Regular full school lunches are still free to all students throughout the 2021-22 school year.

When is my child too sick for school?

· Has a temperature of 100.4 or higher

· Is vomiting

· Has diarrhea

· Eye is pink and crusty

My child may return when….

· Fever free without the use of fever reducing

medication (Tylenol/acetaminophen, Motrin/ibuprofen)

for 24 hours

· Not vomiting for 24 hours

· Haven’t had diarrhea for 24 hours

· Eyes are no longer pink or crusty

or have had 2 doses of antibiotics

Optional Spring Photos will be taken on March 24th. Look for details coming soon!

Spring weather is tricky! Please make sure your child brings appropriate clothing every day. Students must wear coats, sweatshirts or long sleeves outdoors if the temperature is below 5o degrees.

Recess will be outside if the “feels like” temperature is 10 or above. Doctor’s notes are required for students to stay inside due to illness.

PLEASE NOTE: When there is snow on the ground, students can play in the snow if they have boots AND snow pants. Otherwise they will play on the blacktop.

Enjoy!

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Student In-District Transfer Requests for the 2022-23 School Year

If you are a District resident who would like your K-6 child(ren) to attend an elementary school other than the school that serves your attendance area for next school year, you must submit a completed In-District Transfer (IDT) Request form to the Office of Student Services for review.

The District gives priority to families living within the District prior to placing Option Enrollment applicants who reside outside the District. We must receive a Student In-District Transfer Request form no later than 4:00 p.m. on March 15 for your request to be considered prior to our placement of Option Enrollment students.

IDT forms are available at the ABC Building and our District website. Click here to complete the form electronically. An IDT request form must be completed for any child starting kindergarten next year who has one or more siblings currently attending a school outside their home attendance area. Transfers are approved or denied based on available space and other resources. If you have questions about the in- district transfer process, please call 402-390-2107.

Kindergarten Enrollment for District Residents

Do you live in the District and have a child who will be ready for Kindergarten this fall? Do you know of other Westside residents with children who will be ready to start school in August?

Kindergarten enrollment for 2022-23 school year begins January 24. Parents of eligible students should go to westside66.org to begin the enrollment process as early as possible on or after January 24.

Students entering kindergarten for 2022-23 must be five years old by July 31, 2022. Parents may opt to hold their children out of kindergarten for an additional year. However, Nebraska state law mandates that a child who reaches six years of age prior to January 1 of the then-current school year must be enrolled in school.

If you have questions, you may call the Westside Welcome Center at 402-390-2100.

Requirements for Early Admission to Kindergarten

In accordance with Nebraska Statute 79-214, the Westside Community Schools allows for admission of children residing in the District as early entrance kindergarteners through a locally designed testing program. Children of District residents who wish to be tested for early entrance must turn five between August 1 and October 15, 2022. For further information regarding early entrance to kindergarten, please call 402-390-3303.

Kindergarten Enrollment for Non-District Residents

If you live outside the District and have a child eligible for kindergarten who has a sibling currently attending a Westside elementary school through the Option Enrollment program, you must submit an Option Enrollment Application. Westside’s Office of Student Services must receive Option Enrollment Applications no later than 4:00 p.m. on March 15. The application form is available at the ABC Building (909 S. 76th Street) and our district website or Click here to complete the form electronically.

Under Option Enrollment statutes, first priority for admission is given to siblings who seek to attend in the District where an older sibling is already enrolled, provided an Option Enrollment form is submitted by March 15 and provided that there is space available in a requested building and grade level. In you have questions, please call 402-390-2107.

PARENTS! Connect to Prairie Lane Elementary School using Artsonia to receive important updates on your child's art classroom activity.

You can browse to www.artsonia.com/parents and enter this Parent Code: RNS942T9

Mrs. Melisa Brezina

Art Teacher

Prairie Lane and Rockbrook Elementary

Prairie Lane: 402.390.6470

PAWSitive Rules:

Be Responsible, Respectful and Safe