West End News

It is hard to believe that we are moving into week 25 or our 36 week school year! The end of the year will be here before we know it!

Note that we will have school holidays Monday and Tuesday, February 13 and 14.

We will have Valentine's Day parties this coming Friday. These parties are a time for our students to celebrate with their classmates. Please remember that for safety and space reasons, siblings - of any age - should not attend parties.

Your help is needed....Please remember to pick-up and drop-off your students through the carline. Only folks with business in the office should get out of their cars to bring students in. The fewer folks we have out of cars in the parking lot increases the safety of our parking lot and the efficiency of the car line. Please remember that there is very little wait for drop-off between 7:20 and 7:40!

We appreciate everyone's support of West End!

We hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!

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.

West End is a schoolwide model Title 1 school. Each year, every West End family is asked to read and sign a Title 1 Parent/School Compact. Our goal is for 100% of these to be returned. We are almost finished collecting those from you all, THANK YOU!

Our second goal is to receive feedback about our Title 1 program through a survey. This survey will be sent home this week. Before you answer the questions on the survey, we wanted to remind you of the things provided at our school because we are Title 1. Please read through this document and let Mrs. Simpson know if you have any questions.

Grades 2-5 read chapters 4-5 of Finding Gobi this week. As a reminder, students who complete the activity packet will be invited to a special celebration on April 21st. An even bigger surprise is that Dion and Gobi will visit our school in April to share their journey with us!

*As a reminder, we do not have extra books nor packets, so please make sure your child keeps up with theirs so they can participate in the celebration!!

Student Council is collecting new socks for our local seniors in nursing homes near us. We will be collecting those socks between February 20-24. Thank you in advance for donating!

2/6/2023 New Books of the Week!

These NEW nonfiction books are about Animal Homes and Habitats, Beautiful Birds, and also Celebrate Black History Month!

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