Mustang Bulletin

November 13, 2023

Veterans Assembly

❤️🤍💙Thank you to everyone that attended our Veterans Appreciation Assmbly and or helping us to honor those that served or are currently serving our Great Nation! A special thank you to the following:

Technical Sergeant, Austin Wandrey
Councilmember, Brad Shafer
Councilmember, Bill Patena
Mr. Aaron Rider and his Team
Ms. Beaudoin
Mrs. Hopson, Mrs. Stevenson, Ms. Trefzger, Ms. Vandeberg
Mrs. Cerreta-Rohlwing
Mrs. Petrucci, Mrs. Grosjean, and Ms. Carpenter
Mrs. Owsley, Mrs. Andersen, Mrs. Schreiner, Mrs. Reese
Mrs. Jennifer Farr
The Arizona Patriot Honor Guard
Mrs. Carrie Bauer
Mr. CJ Miller and Mr. Mike Patena
Mrs. Blanca Camacho-Martinez and her Team
Kellen Harris, Grey Wan, Nina Katzke, Allison Owen, and Sean Gilbert
West Wing Band
West Wing National Junior Honor Society
West Wing Student Council
Mrs. Schubert, Mrs. Otto, and Ms. Morrison

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Technical Sgt. Austin Wandrey

One of our keynote speakers was former DVUSD student, Austin Wandrey. He was inspired to join the military from Ms. Beaudoin, his fifth grade teacher! His message focused on how thanking his former teacher and how students can demonstrate respect and integrity.

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Remembering Mr. Patrick Bauer

WW Staff and Students presented Mrs. Bauer with a special gift and moment of silence in his honor. We honored Mr. Bauer's continued service to our community and at West Wing School.

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Acknowleding Continued Community Service

WW Staff and Students honored Ms. Beaudoin for her continued service to our community after 20 years in the AZ Air National Guard.

Mrs. Rohlwing dropped off the money we raised to Soldier's Best Friend! Thank you all for your donations!

NJHS Donation to Soldier's Best Friend

We are so proud of all of our students who participated in the NJHS spirit week to raise money for Soldier's Best Friend! Mrs. Rohlwing and her sons dropped off $840 donation all raised by our students! Thank you all for your help and for impacting our Veterans in such an important way!

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Dear Parents and Grandparents,

We are excited to welcome parents and grandparents for our Thanksgiving Lunch on Thursday! Parents that RSVP'd will check in at the trail gate (or office if they are needing handicap parking) when they arrive. If you did not RSVP, then we will not have food to serve you. All food was ordered for parents that are on our list of RSVPs. Thank you!

Adult lunches cost $4.50 each. You may use your child's lunch account or pay exact cash at the register. We will not be able to make change so please bring exact cash if that is how you are paying for your lunches. Student lunches are $2.95 each.

Please park at Copper Hills Church or West Wing Park and enter campus at the trail gate unless you need handicap parking. The trail gate will open at 10:55 am and close at 1:05 pm.

Please come at your student's normal lunch time. Parents are not allowed on the playground and must exit campus after their child's lunch time.

4th Grade: 11:00-11:20

3rd Grade 11:15-11:35

6th Grade 11:25-11:45

Kindergarten 11:35-11:55

2nd Grade 11:50-12:10

1st Grade 12:00-12:20

5th Grade 12:10-12:30

7th Grade 12:20-12:40

8th Grade 12:40-1:00

Dear West Wing Parents,

Following extensive safety discussions with the City of Peoria Traffic Engineers, we would like to inform you that, beginning November 27, our students will be walking on the opposite side of High Desert Dr. This strategic adjustment is being implemented to enhance the safety of our students and staff during arrival and dismissal, by avoiding the flow of right and left-turning traffic at the intersection of High Desert Dr. and West Wing Pkwy. This plan will also allow for traffic to flow in and out of our Lollipop 1st-8th grade parent pick-up line more smoothly because we will no longer be crossing students at this driveway.

To further ensure the safety of our pedestrians, we have taken several measures.

Crosswalk markings have been freshly painted on High Desert Drive and 84th Drive to clearly indicate designated pedestrian crosswalk.
Yellow markings have been installed at all traffic lights at the intersection of High Desert and West Wing Parkway which signals to drivers that it is a school crosswalk.
SCHOOL pavement markings on West Wing Parkway have been ordered by the City of Peoria and will soon be in place.

Students that walk or ride their bikes will now exit the gates on High Desert Dr. and turn right to cross at the main crosswalk. They will then walk to the intersection at West Wing Parkway and cross on the opposite side. Please see the detailed map below. We will be talking about this with our students this week in order to prepare them for a smooth transition when we return from Thanksgiving break.

We appreciate your cooperation and understanding as we work together to prioritize the safety of our students and staff. If you have any questions or concerns, please review our arrival and dismissal page on our website. Thank you for your continued support.

Sincerely,

Shelly Schubert

Principal

Tree of Kindness!

We are so proud of our students that completed a pledge to:

Be and Upstander and speak up when someone is not demonstrating Kindness
Use the Stop, Walk, and Talk strategy
Report to an adult when they see something.

A special thank you to our PTSA or supporting our October Anti-bullying activities! I you visit the cafeteria, please check out our tree with your child and talk about this with them!

We Need More Substitute Teachers

Looking for a flexible job? Becoming a Certified Substitute is the answer! West Wing is in need of additional substitute teachers to fill in when our teachers are out sick or out for professional development. Please consider signing up to help at your child's school. We love having parents as subs and we would love to have you join us this school year! If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to Mrs. Shaunna Owsley, our school secretary. She is happy to answer any questions you may have or help you with the process.

We hope you consider this amazing opportunity to impact your child's school! Thank you!

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Follow the Official West Wing School Social Media Accounts!

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Attention Parents of Gifted 8th Graders:

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Office Reminders

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Open Enrollment Registration

Open Enrollment for the 2024-2025 School year starts October 2, 2023 at 8:00 am. Go to https://www.dvusd.org/openenrollment to submit an application! Parents will not be notified until January.

Follow The West Wing Way show Respect, Compassion and Integrity!

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Classroom Expectations

For the next month, our campus will focus on ensuring all students understand and model Respect and Compassion within the classrooms. We will be reteaching and reinforcing the following areas:

Treat others the way you want to be treated
Communicate effectively
Work together
Listen attentively
See something, say something

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Nominate A West Wing Teacher

West Wing School is proud to have many exemplar teachers on staff. We ask that our students and parents help us nominate a teacher for the 3TV Silver Apple Award! Click the graphic below for all the details!