Grizzly Gazette- 02/12/2024
💘Happy Valentines Day!
It's also Random Acts of Kindness Week! See the flyer below for how your students can celebrate this week of Kindness sponsored by our School Counselors.
Today (Monday) is Spring Picture Day- remember these pictures are optional and only students who are purchasing pictures will take pictures.
- Students may come to school with an out-of-dress code top for their Spring Picture but bring a dress code top to change into.
- Pictures will be the first half of the day and students will be called by grade level to take these pictures.
- See article below for purchase information.
We are so excited for the upcoming West Briar PTO Fundraiser- Harlem Wizards Basketball Game on Thursday, February 22nd. See the article below to learn how you can both support our Westside Feeder community and have a fantastically fun evening of super basketball skills versus staff members! Please share out this flyer and information to pack the stands for this event!
❗ Note that Monday, Feb 19th is a Staff Development Day and there will be NO school for students that day giving students an upcoming 3-day holiday.
We take PRIDE in displaying #GrizzlyValues throughout our building!
Calendar Notes
- Mon, Feb 12 - Fri, Feb 16- Random Acts of Kindness Week (see flyer below)
- Mon, Feb 12- Spring Picture Day (see flyer below)
- Fri, Feb16- WBMS Unified Basketball Game- Gym- 4:15pm
- Mon, Feb 19- Staff Development Day (No school for students)
- Thu, Feb 22- Harlem Wizards Assembly @ Lunch (anti-bullying)
- Thu, Feb 22- Harlem Wizards Game @ WHS- PTO fundraiser (see below)
- Fri, Feb 23- School Choice applications due
- Fri, Feb 27- Last Day of Cycle 4
- Wed, Apr 9- STAAR Testing - Reading/Language Arts (RLA)
- Wed, Apr 16- STAAR Testing- Science (8th only)
- Thu, Apr 18- STAAR Testing- Social Studies (8th only)
- Wed, Apr 24- STAAR Testing- Math
AM Announcements Bulletin Board
(Morning announcements will be shared on this board. Students will also be able to view in the Grizzly Den Canvas Course.)
🏀 Harlem Wizards come to the West!
On February 22, 2024- the West Briar PTO is partnering with other Westside feeder schools to host a Harlem Wizards event at Westside High School. The world-famous Harlem Wizards are a professional basketball team that come from New York to bring a community-wide event where teachers and staff "take on" the Harlem Wizards! All Westside Feeder campuses are welcome and it's going to be loads of fun!
Purchase your tickets now before they sell out!
Ticket Purchase LINK (or use QR code at insert)
Harlem Wizards: Tricks- Hoops - & Alley-Oops
Proceeds directly go to our school community!
💓 Random Acts of Kindness Week
Random Acts of Kindness Week will be celebrated districtwide for all grades PK-12th grade, February 12-16, 2024. During Random Acts of Kindness week, the HISD will focus on making kindness the norm.
🤗 We believe that all people can connect through kindness and that kindness can be taught.
👉 Click the link to the Random Acts of Kindness Foundation to get more information on this important week https://www.randomactsofkindness.org/for-educators
➕ Mathia Wednesdays
West Briar is beginning MATHIA WEDNESDAYS during Advocacy class. Each Wednesday all students will be working on their Mathia work as assigned by their Math Teacher.
Mathia is a digital software that provides a powerful 1-to-1 tutoring technology from Carnegie Learning's Texas Math Solutions that is available 24/7 to help your student. Mathia was built from cognitive science research and looks at every aspect of the student's work to better understand where they are and what they're thinking. It doesn't just tell students what they got wrong, it helps them understand why they got it wrong. Your student has a completely personalized experience, tailored specifically to their needs.
When assisting with your student's homework, you can further support your student's learning by asking questions about the work they do. Here are some helpful questions to ask:
- How does this problem look like something you’ve done with your teacher or classmates?
- Can you show me the strategy you used to solve this problem? Do you know another way to solve it?
- Does your answer make sense? Why?
- Is there anything you don’t understand? How can you use your notes and work from class to help?
8th Gr Parents: School Choice
8th Gr Parents thinking of applying for magnet campuses for the 2024-2025 SY, must follow the below School Choice process. (This includes school-within-a-school campuses- i.e. magnet program at Westside HS). See the below websites and informational flyer for everything you need to know.
West Briar MS School Choice/Magnet Webapage with Resources
