West End News

We have a busy week this week leading up to Thanksgiving Holidays! In addition to the special activities in particular grade levels:

Fall Make-Up Pictures (for new students and those who were absent the day we took pictures) will be taken Wednesday, November 16.

Since the weather is getting colder, running club will take a break until March 21.

There will be no school for students, faculty, and staff next week - November 21-25 - Thanksgiving Holidays.

Have a wonderful week!

Angie Garrison, Ed.D.

Principal

West End's Mission: Our West End Community maximizes students’ potential by providing instruction that builds our students’ knowledge, strengthens their skills, and develops in them career-ready characteristics for success in an ever-changing world.

Books of the Week

“I know the sky is not the limit because there are footprints on the Moon — and I made some of them!” -Buzz Aldrin, astronaut
Encourage your child to explore some of these NEW books about space, that can be found in our school library!

West End will participate in our 6th annual "Hour of Code" week soon! We will explore computer coding and the computer science career field.

Click here to complete this short form to nominate a deserving West End teacher for the honor of "Teacher of the Month." You may complete the form as many times as you wish. The teacher with the most nominations each month will receive this honor along with a gift card from our community sponsors!

Beat the bell continues! We will do a new gift card drawing next week! Make sure your child is here and on time!

Math Kangaroo (http://mathkangaroo.org) is an international math competition that presently engages more than 6 million students in grades 1-12 around the world. In the US participation has been increasing exponentially since the early 2000s and we would like to extend this opportunity to students in Upstate SC. The contest is based on a 75 minute multiple choice test, with 24 questions for students up to grade 4 and 30 questions for grades 5 and up. This event will take place on the Clemson campus on March 16, 2023 at 6PM. Every participant receives from the organizers a small gift bag, so the registration must be done individually for each student by parents at http://mathkangaroo.org/mk/registration.html, from late September to December 15, 2022 A registration fee of $21 is required.

Please make all inquiries to Dr. Jason Brown at Clemson University (brown6@clemson.edu, 864-656-1217).

If you have not connected with your child's teacher(s) on our Schoology program, please contact them for your access code. These were sent home with all of our new students last week. Let us know if you have questions!

Please remember to turn in an excuse for each day your child misses school. Doctor’s notes, parent notes, emails, texts, and Schoology messages to the teacher all serve as excuses. Please note, doctor’s notes are required after the 10th absence. If a child accumulates 3 consecutive or 5 total unexcused absences, an Attendance Intervention Plan conference will need to be held. Continued absences could result in additional conferencing and/or referral to the district for truancy…leading to possible Court Order for attendance. This includes being at school on time each day. Students tend to perform better when they maintain a routine schedule and begin the day with their classmates.

Student devices are in use by all students. Kindergarten uses Chromebook tablets in their classrooms. Help us to encourage students to take care of and protect their devices in order to keep then working properly all school year. This includes taking care of chargers and cases as well. Remember lost or damaged items can incur a fee to replace them. If you have not already, please sign in to your My School Bucks account to pay the $25 tech fee that is required of all School District of Pickens County students.

My School Bucks Link

Scan this QR Code to begin the application process. You may also use this link.

Please visit this link to view our Family Engagement Opportunity Calendar for the year! Volunteer training dates are listed as well. We would like to challenge each family to attend both parent conferences this year and at least two family events. There are so many to choose from! Let's "dive deep" together!

Any SDPC student who tests positive for COVID will need to enter their information on the SDPC Student COVID Reporting Form.

Students who test positive will need to quarantine for 5 days. At this time, there is no contact tracing. Siblings will not have to quarantine unless they are having symptoms or test positive.

Please let us know if you have questions. We hope everyone stays well!

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Email: angiegarrison@pickens.k12.sc.us
Website: http://wes.pickens.k12.sc.us/
Location: Easley, SC, USA
Phone: 864-397-2500
Facebook: facebook.com/westendelem
Twitter: @westendelem