West End News

We are off to a fast start in May!!!

Please be sure to read through this and coming newsletters for information about upcoming events.

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.

Parents, it is imperative this time of year that your child comes to school on time and is rested so that he or she will be able to perform at their best on their end of year tests. Please see the dates for each grade level's scheduled testing below along with some tips to go over with them so that they understand the importance of this. We appreciate your help!

We were thrilled to host Dion and Lucja Leonard and their superstar doggy, Gobi this week at West End! All students were invited to hear about their adventures all over the world that lead to their amazing books we have been reading! We were blessed to be able to have these guests through our schoolwide Title 1 funds which provided books for each child, packets, the special celebration for those that completed the packet, as well as this awesome visit by the authors! Thank you to everyone for reading along at home!

Just a reminder that yearbooks are still for sale, and as of right now we have less than 100 left!

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.

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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