WEST WEEKLY

Mrs. Catherine Whitson - Principal

Mr. Courtney Scott - Assistant Principal

Mrs. Elizabeth Crumble-Graham - Assistant Principal

ATTENDANCE LINE: 317-803-8290

Email: catherine.whitson@ftcsc.org
Website: http://www.ftcsc.org/FTMS-W
Location: 7620 East Edgewood Avenue, Indianapolis, IN, United States
Phone: (317) 803-8200
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WestFlashes/

08/26: Fundraiser Ends

08/26: School Board Meeting: 6:00 PM- Administration Building

08/29: Next Flash Focus Date - School Bell Schedule altered

09/02: Labor Day- No School

09/05: NJHS Induction Ceremony- 6:30 PM - Cafe

01/13/2020: Franklin Central Open House - 6:50-7:00pm

FUNdraiser order forms (order form, cash, and checks) can be turned into your 4th block teacher. This fundraiser is a 10-day blitz fundraiser (ends Monday, August 26th).

All 6th grade science students need to begin collecting toilet paper and paper towel rolls for the first big project of the year! Students can drop off these materials to their science teacher before morning announcements or during their regular class time.

All tubes MUST be thin enough to cut with kid scissors. Please DO NOT send HTV vinyl (Cricut) tubes, Young Living tubes, or tall wrapping paper tubes

Mrs. Zuber has graciously agreed to be our 1st featured staff member. Thank you Mrs. Zuber!

Mrs. Zuber is an alumni of Indiana State University where she studied Physical Education for K thru 12. In college she ran for both the track and cross country teams.

She has been teaching Physical Education and Health classes for over 30 years, and has spent the last 25 years with Franklin Township.

Mrs. Zuber and her husband are recent "Empty Nesters" and have just moved to a new(smaller) house this summer. Without a big house and the kids gone, she and her husband use their time doing all sorts of outdoor activities. Some of her favorite things to do are camping, hiking, driving her ATV, and gardening. She loves being outside whenever she can.

Mrs. Zuber has a son and a daughter. Her daughter is engaged to be married soon, so there are lots of things to do! Along with that exciting news, she has a new puppy! His name is Ollie, and he loves to go camping with them. In fact, in the picture below he jumped up on the bed because he feared being left behind.

I asked Mrs. Zuber what she liked the most about West and she said, "the staff!" "You really get the sense from everyone that you belong."

We are lucky to have Mrs. Zuber here at West!

Tues:Jazz Band: Pick up at 4:00 PM: Door 5

Tues: Theater: Pick up at 5:00 PM

Tues: NJHS: Leadership Meeting: Pick up 3:30 PM (Rm. 330)

Thur: NJHS: Induction Ceremony Practice: Pick up 4:00 PM (Cafe)

Fri: Robotics Club: Pick up 4:30 PM: Door 16E

Fri: Theater: Pick up at 5:00 PM

Orders are now being taken for Orchestra Spirit Wear. Please check the class Canvas page for color options and have your order form turned in by August 30th.

The CIP students kicked off their Brown Bag Chef lunch program with grilled hamburgers, homemade potato salad, and brownies on Thursday, August 22nd. The CIP (Comprehensive Intervention Program) students have their own catering business. Each month, students practice their cooking and food prep skills by preparing a lunch for WEST staff. Profits from each lunch fund monthly community-based field trips for the students. Last school year, the students were able to take 7 field trips! The students would like to thank the amazing support of the awesome WEST staff for taking part in our monthly BBC lunch program. WEST ROCKS!!

In between their work as Peer Mediators these students are helping others with organization of their lockers, binders and general planning skills. They also perform many tasks for the Front Office and Guidance Office like running passes, delivering packages, and making beautiful bulletin boards. Thank you Josie Webber and Abram Monahan for doing such a great job on the bulletin board!

FTMS WEST is excited to announce our new mobile bookstore, theFLASHdash. West was built without a traditional bookstore so, we got creative and used fundraiser money to help purchase our store. This allows for classroom space to be maximized and students to have more access to bookstore items. The Bookstore will be open every morning from 6:45 AM - 7:05 AM. Students recently completed an application to be selected for our Bookstore Club. These students are responsible for setting up the items, making sales and change, stocking the items, and then closing it up daily.

theFLASHdash - BOOKSTORE

Prices range from $0.05 to $12.00.

Items Available:

• PE Uniforms--$8 for shirt, $8 for shorts
• Chromebook Sleeves--$12
• Earbuds--$1
• Mechanical Pencils--$0.50
• Lead--$0.60
• Folders--$0.40 - $0.45
• Composition Notebooks/Spiral Notebooks--$1
• Poster Board - $0.50
• Tri-Fold Board - $3

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Miss Ferguson, Miss Wells, and Mr. Uhl’s 6th grade social studies classes compete in Jeopardy to study for their first test!

Ms. Power and Ms. Sutter have been in Social Studies classrooms over the past couple of weeks teaching conflict resolution lessons to all students. 6th grade students learned about basic conflict resolution vocabulary and brainstormed ways to deal with conflict in a healthy way. 7th grade students learned about the STAR method of conflict resolution and showed off their acting skills with skits. 8th grade students learned additional complex conflict resolution skills and displayed their knowledge of a healthy and effective resolution through art.

Parents/Guardians, you can quiz your students' knowledge at home by asking the following questions:

• 6th grade: Who is responsible for solving a conflict? What does "compromise" mean?
  
• 7th grade: What does the STAR acronym of conflict resolution stand for?
• 8th grade: What are I-statements and why are they important?

On Monday, August 19, representatives from Rose Hulman Institute of Technology visited West during lunches to talk to kids about the FREE homework hotline 1-800-ASK ROSE. Students were able to pick up some free pencils, rulers, and phone card cases, as well as play with a puzzle ball and find out more about how to get free help with homework when they need it. Remember to put the Ask Rose number in your phone and remind your student about this resource when they are struggling with homework!

** If your student has a chronic medical condition, the appropriate medical forms can be found on the township website. Please have these completed and signed by your child's physician ASAP so that I may get emergency info sent to their teachers. This includes asthma, seizures, severe food allergies and feeding tubes. If your student is to carry emergency medications on themselves, there is also a Consent to Carry and Self Administer that needs to be signed as well by physician and parent. Any questions can be directed to me at angie.schubach@ftcsc.org or 317-803-8205.

Parents/guardians need to bring medications to the clinic, you may NOT send medicine with your student. Medication consent forms can be found on the district website under the Parent, then click on Immunization requirements and Information, then on the far right click on Health Services forms.

We encourage parents of all girls to provide a spare set of clothing to be kept in their locker for potential female accidents. (ex. A pair of undies and leggings) We have a very limited supply of spare clothing and little space to house the ones we do have. Students also prefer to wear their own clothing. We have emergency feminie products for 25 cents students are expected to bring their own supplies and keep in their locker/pencil pouch.

Spare clothing is encouraged for any student with incontinence as well.

If your student has a medical condition that requires a special clinic pass, they should have received it by now. If they have not, please encourage them to stop by the clinic and I will provide it once I have received the documentation from their physician.

Thanks for your patience as we hit the ground running. As always if you have any health concerns please feel free to contact me at angie.schubach@ftcsc.org

Attendance Policy:

When a student is going to be absent from school for any reason, the parent must call the attendance line (803-8290) and report it by 9:00 a.m. Upon returning to school following an absence or absences, the student shall bring a written statement. The note must contain dates of absences and reason as well as parent/guardian signature. These statements determine if the absence is excusable. Failure to report (verbal or written) a student absent within 24 hours will result in the absence being unexcused. Students will be considered unexcused for all absences other than those stipulated by administrative guidelines, state, or federal statutes. Additional information regarding attendance practices & policies can be found on pages 8-10 in the Student Handbook.

Student Make-Up Work practices can be found on page 10 of the Student Handbook.