Heights Highlights: September 2024
Week 4: September 2, 2024
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WHES Newsletter Update for September 2 - 6, 2024
This newsletter shares some important reminders:
Updates for each month of school are shared in a MONTHLY newsletter. The first section of this Heights Highlights Newsletter is dated for this week and shares new updates and highlights upcoming events, celebrations, or meetings.
Each month feel free to read just the portion called "This Week's Updates" and the remainder only if you did not read the entire newsletter yet. We are giving you the month to read it, but don't wait until the end of the month to read it or you might miss an important event!
The best way to get updated will be to use our school's Google Calendar together along with this newsletter, and regular teacher communication.
If you are new this school year, click this link for the COMMUNITY WELCOME LETTER which will help you navigate the first day of school and the basics for this school year. Please read and save this document for reference.
Let's have a great fourth week of school!
Kind regards,
Mrs. Hughes
This Week's Updates for the Week of:
Monday, September 2nd
(Click on Images Below to Access Flyers)
Update 1 of 6: Parent Preview Video Topic 1
Welcoming Environment Student Portion: Start with Hello (Click Here)
Update 2 of 6: Become a School Volunteer
Update 3 of 6: Family Parent Meetings on Zoom
Westchester Schools: Sharing Family Meetings to Partner with YOU and your CHILD
Update 4 of 6: WHES is Still Enrolling
Update 5 of 6: Safety Reminders
Update 6 of 6: Chat with Principal & Family Office Hours 2025
Meeting ID: 851 2505 8832
NO Student Cell Phone Use on Campus During School
To give your input regarding cell phones not being allowed (TK - 12th) on all District campuses, there will be a Chat with the Region West Superintendent (Dr. Denise Collier) Meeting on Zoom. It is tentatively scheduled for Tuesday, September 10th at 6pm. Details coming soon!
Important Upcoming School Dates
Here is the list with important upcoming dates for the school year 2024-2025:
Labor Day (no school) - September 2, 2024
Unassigned Day (no school) - October 3, 2024
Harvest Festival (Minimum Day) - October 25, 2024
Veterans Day (no school) - November 11, 2024
Parent/Teacher Conferences (Minimum Day) - November 13 - 15, 2024
Thanksgiving Holiday (no school)- November 25-29, 2024
Winter Concert & Multicultural Festival (Minimum Day) - December 13, 2024
Winter Recess (no school) - December 16, 2024 - January 3, 2025
Second School Semester Begins - January 6, 2025
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (no school) - January 20, 2025
Presidents Day (no school) - February 17, 2025
Cesar Chavez Day (no school) - March 31, 2025
Spring Recess (no school) - April 14 - 18, 2025
Armenian Genocide Day (no school) - April 24, 2025
Memorial Day (no school) - May 26, 2025
Last Day of School - June 10, 2025 (5th Grade Culmination; Kinder Culmination TBD)
To download the LAUSD 2024-2025 Calendar in PDF, please visit LAUSD's official website or click the image below. A hard copy of this updated calendar will also be sent home with all of the other schedules in the Blue Wednesday Folder.
New District Policy - No Food or Beverage Deliveries to Students
District Parent Student Handbook: School Policy and Rules
Meet our School Counselor, Student Assemblies, & Spirit Weeks
Westport Heights Participates in LAUSD Community Building
(213) 241-3840
The Student & Family Wellness helpdesk is open 8 am to 5 pm Monday through Friday. Please call for support with mental health, immunizations, health insurance, food & housing, enrollment, and more.
Steps to Allow Your Child be Issued a Device
- You will need to register on Parent Portal using your PIN, Child's Student ID, and date of birth if you have never done so before. Register here: https://achieve.lausd.net/Page/10470
- Your child and the parent/guardian need to sign and return the Responsible Use Policy (RUP) and other forms that are being sent home during the first week of school. You will need to complete District Device Permission forms in advance of your child receiving a device.
4th and 5th only: Your child needs to know their MyMail address ("xxxxxxx@mymail.lausd.net") and password to open the Chromebook. The teacher will provide this information to each student when they receive their device.
TK - 3rd only: Each student has their QR code to access Schoology given to them by their teacher.
Welcome Back Westport Heights 2024-2025 Teacher Roster
We are small but mighty! Welcome back Westport Heights Elementary School Teachers:
UTK - Mrs. Ann Bishay (Room 1)
TK/K - Mrs. Luzveida Hernandez Cruz (Room 2)
1st - Mrs. Linda Recendez (Room 7)
2nd/3rd - Mrs. Farrah Cocozza (Room 8)
2nd - Ms. Luz Quintero (Room 11)
3rd - Ms. Christine Grams (Room 14)
4th - Mr. Theodore Fortier (Room 22)
4th/5th - Ms. Brittany Evans (Room 23)
5th -Mr. Seth Faber (Room 21)
COMMUNICATE
Community Rep, Blanca Espinoza, will be providing parent support drives at the beginning of the year to meet the goal of 100% family registration on Parent Portal and Schoology access. Please let us know what you need to successfully be connected. We want everyone in the loop! You can call the school to reach Mrs. Blanca or call (424)666-1153.
Bell Schedule: Arrive to classroom by 8:15am to not be tardy!
- 7:40am 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 by grade level for staff/teachers to escort students to classroom. (Breakfast in classroom for students begins upon arrival to class/cafeteria)
- 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)
- 2:38 - 6pm Kids4College After School Care picks up the children whose parents applied for the FREE child care program
See Community Welcome Letter for more details.
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.
See Community Welcome Letter for more details.
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/11718More Information
After School Protocols
- TK/K/1st exits from the kinder yard.
- 2ND & 3RD will walk outside to the front of the school.
- 4TH & 5TH exit from the Yorktown gate.
See Community Welcome Letter for more details like what to do on rainy day dismissals.
School Experiences
- 2nd-5th - Instrumental Music with Ms. Yurie
- MakerSpace Engineering Activities
- YMCA Youth Yoga
- Weekly School Library Visits
- YMCA Play (Physical Exercise Program)
- Working in their class and/or school garden
- Chess Tutors
- Joy and Wellness Center