West End News

Week of May 8-12, 2023

From the Principal

Three super busy weeks left to go in the 2022-23 school year. Please be sure to read through this and coming newsletters for information about upcoming events.

We need your help! If you pick-up your students in the car line or will be sending someone different to pick them up, please be sure to send the car tag. If you need new ones.... we don't mind making them for you - even at this point in the year! Car tags are a line of safety for us!

Have a great 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.

If you have a child that will be in Kindergarten next school year, check out this fun event planned for families...

End of year testing continues....

Parents, testing is off to a great start! We even had a visit from the SC State Department of Education this week and they were impressed with the environment in which your child was testing in.

Please continue to help us out with your child being at school on time and rested so that he or she will be able to perform at their best. Please see the dates for each grade level's scheduled testing below. We appreciate your help!

News from the West End Library

Yearbooks!

Just a reminder that yearbooks are still for sale, and as of right now we have less than 50 left!

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Absences, Tardiness, and Excuses

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.

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Student Chromebooks

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