West Sylvan Middle School

Dear West Sylvan Families,

We are finishing up our Fall Parent/Teacher Conferences on Monday and Tuesday next week while our Scholars are not in school. We wish all of our families a safe and peaceful week together, and we will look forward to having our Scholars back with us on Monday, December 2nd.

If you have not heard from a particular Educator, and you need a conference to support your Scholar, please contact the Educator via email. Educators will prioritize meetings with families of students who are in need of more intervention and support first (low/failing grades, poor attendance, behavioral struggles in class, etc.), and then will offer appointments to remaining families once all families of students needing intervention support have been offered. The days and times that we will hold conferences are listed below, and each Educator will offer time slots based on their student roster.

Communications related to the upcoming school year will continue to come from both our West Sylvan and PPS district team with regular updates, weekly or bi-weekly.

Jill Hunt, Principal
Ben Keller, Assistant Principal

School starts at 9:15 AM and ends at 4:00 PM every day, with this bell schedule:

The exceptions to these start times are on the following Staff Meeting days,

when students have a 15-minute later start at 9:30AM (with building opening at 9:20AM)

due to monthly Staff meetings *(only affecting PPS Middle Schools).
Buses should pick up 15 minutes later than the typical pickup time.

Dec 3rd - Jan 7th - Feb 4th - March 11th - April 8th - May 6th - June 3rd

Please calendar the Early Release days this year, which are listed below. All Scholars are released at 1:45 PM, and Staff are in meetings beginning at 2:00PM, meaning we will not be available to supervise any students who are not picked up on time. Buses will drop students off two hours earlier than usual.

Dec 18th - Feb 26th - Mar 19th - Apr 23rd - May 21st

NOVEMBER

• Mon, NOV 25th: NO SCHOOL for Students ~ Fall Parent/Teacher Conferences *virtual/in-person 9:15AM-8:00PM
• Tue, NOV 26th: NO SCHOOL for Students ~ Fall Parent/Teacher Conferences *virtual only 9:15AM-4:00PM
• Wed, NOV 27th ~ Fri, NOV 29th: NO SCHOOL for Fall Break

DECEMBER

• Tue, DEC 3rd: Delayed start due to Staff Meeting 8:15-9:15 AM *(Students start at 9:30 AM)

We are very appreciative to everyone who helped donate and contribute to our family food baskets for some of our WSMS families! Our School Counselors have prepared them and distributed them to identified families.

FRIENDS OF WEST SYLVAN is parent/family organization that supports Scholars and Staff and fosters community connection through fundraising and volunteer opportunities. Join the mailing list and stay connected with other families!

TO CREATE YOUR FoWS ACCOUNT:

• Exciting plans are ahead for WSMS and Friends of West Sylvan. In order to take advantage of our activities this year, please be sure to login to www.friendsofwestsylvan.org and get your account set up. All events will be run through this system.
• If you previously had an account, you'll be prompted to update your information upon logging in. If you are new to West Sylvan or didn't set up an account before, you'll be asked to create one. Just use your email that you provided to PPS and that will link to your family information.
• Once logged in you can determine whether you would like to be included in our family directory and what information you would like to share. Our directory requires login to access, so it's not available to the public. Any questions? Email us at hi@friendsofwestsylvan.org

Monday, Dec. 16th is West Sylvan's day to send 5-6 volunteers from 9:30am -1:30pm, to help kids receive clothing and to help sort donations so there are lots of choices for kids to see. Volunteers can be Parents/Guardians, Grandparents, or community members. If you are interested in signing up to volunteer, please send an email to westsylvanoffice@pps.net.

Each PPS school is responsible for sending volunteers two times during the school year to assist students in receiving clothing and shoes.

The Clothing Center is located at the Marshall Campus (3905 SE 91st, Room B-60). Always thankful to our many volunteers willing to help others! They are looking for donations of teen-adult size gently worn/new sweatshirts, hoodies, and warm coats, as we are very low in these items. Also boys pants, joggers, jeans size 4-14.

MAIN OFFICE

westsylvanoffice@pps.net

(503) 916-5690

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT/ PRINCIPAL'S SECRETARY

[Staff / Substitutes / Financial]

Jerda Solonche

jsolonche@pps.net

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT/ SCHOOL SECRETARY

[Students / Attendance / Enrollment]

Kirsten Crombie

kcrombie@pps.net

Website: www.pps.net/westsylvan
Location: 8111 Southwest West Slope Drive, Portland, OR, USA