Heights Highlights
April 29 - May 3, 2024
WHES Newsletter for 04 29 2024
Highlights for this thirty-first week of school are:
- COLOR RUN & EPIC SPORTS DAY FUNDRAISER: WE NEED YOUR HELP. We have heard from families that they love the FREE weekly after-school instrumental music, chess club, Makerspace, yoga, fun field trips, Open House Math and Family Night, and art class. While some of these are paid with school funds, many of these buses and activities are paid for with the support of our school Parent Support Club fundraisers run by President Melodey Colyer. Our last fundraiser of the school year is EPIC Sports Day and Color Run. This fundraiser is unique in its structure. It is unique in that the students will be able to participate in the sports activities that our partner will bring to campus in a fundraiser that is healthy (not candy, popcorn, or cookies 😃) HOWEVER, to participate in the COLOR RUN portion of the event students must raise a minimum of $40. See sample of Color Run here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7Gv5NT21y8 Please ask your child's teacher on how to send the link to your family and friends to raise the $40 to sponsor your child for the event and support Westport student activities, too! Public education is free, but many of the enrichment activities are not! Let's do this together!
- State testing continues for 3rd - 5th grade students this week. Please be sure to bring students on time so that they may test with their class in their typical environment. Late students will have to test with makeup session separately.
- Student Success Ceremony Honoree Names for Monday, May 6th assembly - Please look inside this weekly.
Kind regards,
Mrs. Hughes
Monday - 04/29/24
- 8:35 am Morning Message Assembly: UTK/K for District Topic (classes in auditorium) TOPIC: CyberSecurity and Digital Safety
Tuesday - 04/30/24
- Library Open for Classrooms: Ms. Lumsden On Campus
- 7:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Principal & Family Office Hours: LINK HERE Meeting ID 832 5401 3486 TOPIC: Q& A
- 11:00 AM Monthly Earthquake Drill* (* = rescheduled from last Tuesday)
- Art Class with Ms. Terri
- 1:38 pm Early Day Dismissal EVERY Tuesday (Please make sure your child is picked up on time if he/she is not enrolled in the Kids4College or Youth Services after-school program.)
- 1:50 pm Teacher PD TOPIC: MATH: Grade Level Planning with Data; Review iReady Data with ILT Teacher Leaders and Create SSPT List after reviewing math data Submit to Principle in Main Office (Complete Grade Level Planning forms for all Grade Level Planning Meetings) TEACHERS: Always bring your fully charged device, please.
- 2:50 pm Teacher: Announcements -NO STAFF MEETING
Wednesday - 05/01/24
- Wednesday Folder Goes Home: 5th Grade Culmination Letter; Returning to WHES Letter; Permit Letters
- Makerspace Class with Mr. Emeka and Ms. Sam
Thursday -05/02/24
- Library Open for Classrooms: Ms. Lumsden On Campus
- YMCA Play for Grade Span Collaboration and Student Physical Play Activities
- Art Class with Ms. Terri
Condor Spirit - Wear your Condor Blue!
- Library CLOSED for Classrooms: Ms. Lumsden OFF Campus
- Chess Tutors on campus
- YMCA Yoga for all classes
- Art Class with Ms. Terri
- Chess Tutors After School Program
NEXT WEEK:
Monday, May 6th - Monday Morning Assembly; Makerspace Class with Mr. Emeka and Sam; Monthly Fire Drill
Tuesday, May 7th - Tuesday Minimum Day Dismissal; Art Class with Ms. Terri; Library
Wednesday, May 8th - Makerspace Class with Mr. Emeka and Sam
Thursday, May 9th- Library; Art Class with Ms. Terri, YMCA Play; SSC Meeting; Teacher Eddy Awards
Friday, May 10th - Wear CONDOR Blue; Chess After School Club Continues; Art Class with Ms. Terri;
SPECIAL EVENTS:
Student Success Ceremony - Monday, May 6, 2024
Multicultural Festival - May 31, 2024, Minimum Day
Culmination 5th Grade - June 11, 2024 (Correction: June 11th and not May)
Click this link for the Community Letter: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vZSSsonkJrhzb1XOsStBAoJA4eH6uDPN/view?usp=sharing given to families the first week of school!
Bell Schedule: Arrive to classroom by 8:15am to not be tardy!
- 7:40am
Early before-school drop off in the auditorium for PAL - 5th grade.
NOTE: This is not a before school program, but a time that school staff will have activities for the children like reading, coloring, or puzzles. They sit by grade level and sit and talk
- 8:00am Students Line Up Supervision Staff escort students to classroom (put away backpacks and lunches)
- 8:10am Students enter classroom to be in seat before the tardy bell
- 8:15am Tardy Bell Rings
- 2:38pm Dismissal (except Tuesday 1:38pm early dismissal)
- dismissal - 6 pm After School Care (Kids4College or Youth Services) picks up the children whose parents applied for the FREE child care program
Drop Off & Pick-Up Protocols
The front of the school will have signs and cones for areas that are not for parking. There is ample street parking. Please make sure to observe all traffic laws and not block our neighbors' driveways.
Cafeteria Menus
Breakfast and Lunch are free for those families who want to have it for their child. Click this link to find our school menu.
https://achieve.lausd.net/Page/11718
More Information
After School Protocols
- TK/K/1st exit from the kinder yard.
- 2ND & 3RD will be escorted outside to front of the school.
- 4TH & 5TH exit from the Yorktown gate.
NOTE: On inclement/rainy days, UTK - K -1st (Including Room 8 Mrs Cocozza) dismiss from their classroom; 2nd - 5th from the auditorium.
School Experiences
- 2nd-5th: Instrumental Music (Teacher Vacancy to fill):
- UTK-5th: MakerSpace Engineering Activities (rediscover Tinker Art)
- UTK-5th: YMCA Youth Yoga
- UTK-5th: YMCA Play
- UTK-5th: Joy and Wellness Center; Calm Center in Class
- Experiences in the class and school garden
Westport Heights Elementary School
Website: westportheights.org
Location: 6011 West 79th Street, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Office: 310-645-5611
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WHESPTABoosterClub