West End News

We are excited about Family Night this Thursday! (See specific information below!)

We will distribute books Thursday Evening to begin our latest West End Reads. Our book this time is Finding Gobi. This is a wonderful story about a dog - we are all going to love it!!!

We hope to see you Thursday evening!

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.

PTA will be doing Candygrams for Valentine's Day again this year. Parents and family members can send Candygrams to children, and students can send them to their friends and teachers. Orders are due no later than Wednesday, February 8. Students will be given order forms or you can us the form below.

Check out the new books in our library about Winter Weather!

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

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!

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

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!

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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