IMPORTANT DATES: MARCH
10 Daylight Savings Time Starts (Spring Ahead)
13 PTA General Meeting 4:15pm in the cafeteria
14 Kindergarten Registration BY APPOINTMENT ONLY
- 3rd Grade Music Program Dress Rehearsal for School 9:30-10:00
15 3rd Grade Music Program for Parents 9:30-10:00
18-22 SPRING BREAK
25 School Resumes
28 Blaze Pizza Restaurant Night 5:00 - 9:00pm
29 Yearbook Covers Due by 9:30 am
IMPORTANT DATES: APRIL
1 National School Assistant Principal Day
3 Late Start (No students before 9:05)
- Paraprofessional Appreciation Day
10 Late Start (No students before 9:05)
11 1st Grade Music Program Dress Rehearsal for School 9:30-10:00
12 1st Grade Music Program for Parents 9:30-10:00
15 K-3rd Istation Assessment Week
17 Late Start (No students before 9:05)
19 Tie Dye Spirit Day
22 STATE TESTING (ISAT) BEGINS (3rd-5th)
- K-2 IReady Reading Diagnostic Week
23 School Bus Driver Appreciation Day
24 Late Start (No students before 9:05)
- Administrative Professional's Day
IMPORTANT DATES: MAY
1 National Principal's Day
- Late Start (No students before 9:05)
3 School Lunch Hero Day
6 Teacher Appreciation Week
8 School Nurse Day
- Late Start (No students before 9:05)
15 Late Start (No students before 9:05)
16 4th Grade Music Program Dress Rehearsal for School 9:30-10:00
17 4th Grade Music Program for Parents 9:30-10:00
- School Carnival 5:30 - 8:00pm
18 National SLP Day
21 FIELD DAY
22 Late Start (No students before 9:05)
- Last day of Preschool
- Kinder Celebrations (At assigned times)
- 5th Grade Celebration Field Trip
- Parent Preview of Talent Show (For those performing)
24 LAST DAY OF SCHOOL
- Talent Show for students and staff only 9:30 am
- School-wide Picnic 11:45 am-12:45
This is a great group of people with whom to work. Come join our team and enjoy time with the amazing students we have the privilege of supporting. To apply, go to Recruitment & Retention | West Ada School District and all district opening. If you need support, please contact Amy or the front office staff.
Please email Amy Senethavilay after you apply. senethavilay.amy@westada.org
DUE MARCH 13th
Just a reminder that the Roaring Readers Reading Charts are due back this Wednesday! Lost your chart, please click the button below to print a new copy or ask your child to pick up another reading chart attached to my bulletin board. The reading charts are due back to your classroom teacher by Wednesday, March 13, 2024. Thanks for helping to foster the love of reading at home!
Jennifer Kaler
The Boise Hawks Reading Program is a four-week program divided into four goals, each goal lasting one week. Each week represents a base on the baseball diamond. After each goal is completed, the student will earn a base. When all four goals are met, and the four weeks have passed, the student has hit a HOME RUN, and they will receive a FREE HAWKS TICKET.
Over the next few week, you have a chance to also earn a Hawks baseball ticket. You may work on Roaring Readers and Hawks at the same time. Reading may be done alone, as a family, or a parent reading to a child. In fact, the next four weeks will be filled with the same challenge: 2.5 hours of reading each week.
Hawks Reading Packets should be delivered soon, but you can already get a jumpstart.
- Week One: March 11-15
- Week Two: Spring Break March 18-22
- Week Three: March 25-29
- Week Four: (HOME RUN WEEK) April 4-8
Logs will be due back to teachers on April 13. Happy reading, and here is to hitting your home run!
New Devices Coming for 5th and 8th Graders
Over the coming weeks, all 5th-grade and 8th-grade students will be receiving a new device that they will take with them over the summer to use for the next few years at middle and high school. To coincide with the deployment of these new devices, we will also be opening early enrollment for Device Protection for the 2024-25 school year on March 1st. Families will be able to log in to the Payment Portal in PowerSchool and purchase Device Protection for $20 instead of $25. This coverage will be effective immediately and run through the summer of 2025. Additionally, please note that as part of the process of checking in these students' older devices, inspections may identify damaged or lost components. Fines resulting from these incidents of damage and loss will start showing up in the Payment Portal, and notification emails will start going out shortly after your 5th or 8th grader receives their new device. For any questions about Optional Device Protection or outstanding balances in our online payment system, Rycor, please send an email to onlinepayments@westada.org, or call our IT Service Desk at 208-350-5300, Monday-Friday 7:30 am - 4:30 pm.
"Always-On" Laptop Case Reminder
This year, to cut down on the frequency of device damage, and to further safeguard families from unplanned repair expenses, protective "always-on" cases were purchased for all Lenovo laptops. If your student has one of these devices, we hope you will join us in encouraging them to keep this device on at all times. This case should not be removed for any reason except by a trained staff member. Removing and installing this case can be difficult and may even damage the screen if not done correctly. If you see your child using their blue Lenovo 500W G3 or G4 laptop without its protective case, please have them bring the case and the laptop to their school's library or designated technical support location and have the case be properly, and safely reinstalled. We appreciate your partnership in protecting these devices!
How to Purchase Optional Device Protection (On or after March 1st):
- Login to PowerSchool (https://ps.westada.org/public/)
- Click on the Payment Portal in the left sidebar
- Click on the name of the child you would like to purchase protection for
- Add Early Enrollment Device Protection to your cart.
- Click the cart icon in the upper, right-hand corner.
- Enter payment information and click Submit to complete your purchase.
For more detailed information and answers to frequently asked questions, please visit our website:
Need To Make A Change In How Your Child Gets Home? Checking Out a Student?
Please get in touch with the office before 3:00 for any last-minute changes at the end of the day, so we have plenty of time to communicate with staff members. (If preplanned, please email both the teacher and office.)
If you are coming in at the end of the day to check out a student, please note we will not call students down after 3:45 pm. They are already cleaning up and transitioning for release at the end of the day.
Thank you for being so understanding!
ABOUT US
Website: https://www.westada.org/domain/9837
Location: 4600 W Gondola Dr, Meridian, ID, USA
Phone: (208) 350-4490
