Hello Everyone,
I hope you all enjoyed the weekend.
DIS PTA April Star Players are Mr. Eric Kennedy who volunteered to chaperone & sign in for events taking place throughout this entire school year! Miss Brickman, Mrs. Beachler & Mrs. Kuns for their great ideas, encouragement and enthusiasm in creating new ways to inspire not
only our students but PTA as well! Always going the extra mile! Lastly, but certainly not least, Alejandra Tavitas and Christine Kanderski for stepping up to the plate with quarterly kick offs, brainstorming and bringing the cakes for the ceremonies! YOU ROCK! DIS PTA is grateful for everyone's time, efforts and ALL THAT YOU DO! THANK YOU!
DIS families will be celebrating Staff Appreciation during the week of May 5th to the 11th! During this week we would like to show the staff at DIS how much we all appreciate their hard work and dedication to our kids!
Please remember to have your student(s) return the donation envelope (that was sent home) to the front office. If you have any questions, please contact Patty Ponstingle at pcamp123@aol.com.
DISC students learned the importance of conserving energy and what they can do to help. One way they can help is by using energy efficient light bulbs. First Energy is giving away free Energy Efficiency Kits to the parents of students who request them for the first time. There are no strings attached.
Click here to get form.
Your request for the kit will also help DISC. For every 20 first time kit requests we submit, DISC will receive $50. Our goal is to submit 40 requests. Please help us help DISC; you will get a free energy efficiency kit and your student will feel better knowing that s/he did something to help save the planet.
Our regular PTA meetings are finished for the year. The May DIS PTA meeting will be the Installation of the 2018-2019 DIS PTA Executive Officers. There will be no June PTA meeting.
Have a marvelous week!
Diane
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Attention 6th Grade Parents/Guardians
IMPORTANT IMMUNIZATION INFO
Did you know the Ohio Immunization Law requires two (2) vaccines before the start of 7th grade?
- Tdap/Adacel (Tetanus, Diphtheria, and acellular Pertussis)
- Meningococcal (MCV4/Menactra for meningitis prevention)
*A dose of these vaccines given after the student's 11th birthday is considered acceptable*
Please send an updated immunization record to school or schedule an appointment for the vaccines.
If you have any questions, or there are circumstances preventing your child from getting vaccinations, please call (440) 250-1120 or email Kaiser@wlake.org
Thank you,
Betsy Kaiser, RN
Westlake Nurse
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Staff Appreciation Week - Donations Needed
The DIS students and PTA will be celebrating DIS Staff Appreciation Week May 7th - 11th. We are asking for voluntary donations of gift cards or cash donations (to purchase gift cards). We would like to have daily raffles so each staff member receives a gift card during the week. Please help us thank those who do so much for our children. We have some wonderful events planned for each day that week and details and Sign Up Genius details will be coming soon.
If you are interested in donating, please return the envelope to DIS by Wednesday April 25th.
Thank you in advance,
Jane Gundayao,
Patty Ponstingle,
Lori Negron
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Internet Safety Survey
In conjunction with the Westlake Police Department, we are considering expanding internet safety training for parents. We have heard informally that parents would benefit from understanding options they have to restrict internet usage for their children. To gather information about what types of training you may find useful,
please respond to this anonymous survey.
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Westlake Council of PTAs is excited to welcome Dr. Lisa Damour to our community!
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Dr. Damour, New York Times bestselling author of
"Untangled: Guiding Teenage Girls through the Seven Transitions Into Adulthood",
provides realistic balanced expertise and advice on children, both
girls and boys
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and the journey in raising them.
Lisa Damour, Ph.D. is a psychologist, author, teacher, speaker, and consultant who directs Laurel School's Center for Research on Girls, writes the monthly Adolescence column for the Well Family section of the New York Times, is a regular contributor at CBS News, and serves as a Senior Advisor to the Schubert Center for Child Studies at Case Western Reserve University. Dr. Damour draws on years of clinical experience and the latest research to provide sound, practical guidance to parents, teachers, and advocates.
We are proud to provide this valuable program free of charge, thanks to your support of the fundraising efforts of Westlake Council of PTAs this year.
Mark your calendars to join us for this phenomenal presentation Monday, April 23 at the Westlake
High School Performing Arts Center
. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Presentation begins at 7:00 p.m.
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Westlake Music Boosters
63rd Annual Music A la Mode - May 12th
For many years, we have offered a raffle that raises significant funds to support ALL music programs in the Westlake City Schools from grades K-12.
We are looking for some items for our raffle.
- Themed gift baskets are always welcomed!
- Can you contribute by donating a gift card to an area business or an individual item that kids or an adult would enjoy such as a game, toy, craft, or jewelry?
- Sport items or tickets are always a big hit as well.
- Maybe you have unopened Christmas gifts in your closets that would make great donations for the raffle!
If you have a basket, gift card or item to donate, please contact Amy Mogyordy at
216-402-7318 or amy@madisoneyecare.com. Items will be collected through the end of April.
And don't forget to join us at our next meeting: Wednesday, May 2nd at 7pm in the WHS Library.
It is never too late to
join
online and pay via credit card or download
pdf form
(check)
We are also looking for volunteers
Music Boosters Summer Student Grants
The purpose of summer student grants is to strengthen the music program in Westlake City Schools through support of enhanced education opportunities. Summer grants are available to Westlake City Schools students currently enrolled in grades five through eleven who are participating in the district music program(s), and are registered to participate in the music program(s) next school year.
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Westlake Council of PTAs Spring Fundraisers
Saturday, June 9 - Westlake Day at the Crushers!
Come and join us for an exciting night at the Crushers! Everyone purchasing tickets by May 25th will be entered into a drawing for a chance to be the "Play Ball" kid, guest announcer, guest manager, and other exciting opportunities.
Funds go towards the Westlake Council of PTAs for event programming such as Dr. Lisa Damour, Dr. Casen DeMaria, and Screenagers.
For questions, contact Jessica Kim at 216.548.0948 or
jessicastraka@aol.com
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Election day is Tuesday, May 8.
Make sure you are an informed voter!
Judge Information
Judge4Yourself - The Judicial Candidates Rating Coalition works with the four bar associations to give ratings on all judges. Judge4Yourself is found here.
Judicial Votes Count
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Learn about Ohio's judicial system, what judges do, why your vote is important. and what the qualifications are of candidates running for judgeships in your community. Judicial Votes Count can be found here.
Make sure you are an informed voter!
Liz Pirnat, Westlake Council of PTAs Advocacy Chair.
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Free Sports
Physicals - Friday, June 8th
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Connecting For Kids Spring & Summer Programming
includes information on upcoming programs to Discuss Setting Appropriate Limits for your Child and other programs that explore Music, Art and Friendship.
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Flyer Connection
The Westlake Soccer Association presents its
Challenge Summer Camp, June 25-29. Deadline to register is June 15.
Hilliard Elementary PTA will host a Craft & Vendor Show on May 5 at the school. Free admission, 50+ vendors.
Kids learn what they love in a
Classroom Antics Tech Camp
by developing video games, creating stop-motion animation movies, producing videos, coding computer programs, modding with Minecraft or engineering LEGO robots. Register kids ages 7-14.
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Important Dates:
4/23 - Dr. Lisa Damour, 7p - WHS PAC
4/26 - DIS Campus Clean-Up Day
4/26-4/27 - Science State Testing (5th Grade)
4/27 - Demon Derby
5/2 - Camp Nuhop Parent Information Night (6pm, DIS Gym)
5/3-5/4 - Math State Testing
5/12 - Music a la Mode
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