March 2020 

Please don't forget to visit our Westpark Elementary School Website to find important information about our school. Our website is updated at the beginning of each month. Click on Wildcat News on the right of our home page.

Important Upcoming Events Monday, 3/2:  Student of the Month Assembly at 7:30 AM at the Outdoor Stage Scholastic Book Fair 8:00 AM-2:00 PM Dr. Seuss Week- Stashes and Glasses Day PTA Meeting at 6:00 PM in the library Tuesday, 3/3:  Dr. Seuss Week- Ties & Tutus Day Scholastic Book Fair 8:00 AM- 6:00 PM Wednesday, 3/4:  Dr. Seuss Week- Crazy Hair & Hat Day Scholastic Book Fair 8:00 AM-6:00 PM Thursday, 3/5: Dr. Seuss Week- Sports Day Scholastic Book Fair 8:00 AM- 2:00 PM Friday, 3/6:  Dr. Seuss Week- Pajama Day Scholastic Book Fair 8:00 AM-2:00 PM Saturday, 3/7: Saturday School from 8:00AM-12:00PM Monday, 3/9: Leadership Meeting at 1:45 PM and SSC Meeting at 3:30 PM Wednesday, 3/11: Minimum Day- Dismissal at 12:10 PM Friday, 3/13: Perfect Attendance Lunch with the Principal at 12:15 PM Saturday, 3/14: Future Chef Competition Tuesday, 3/17: 3 rd Quarter Awards- K at 8:00 AM and 1 st at 8:45 AM Wednesday, 3/18: 3 rd Quarter Awards-2nd at 8:00AM and 3 rd at 8:45AM Thursday, 3/19:  3rd Quarter Awards- 4th at 8:00 AM and 5th at 8:45 AM March Birthday Celebrations Report Cards send home Friday, 3/20-Friday, 3/27: Spring Break- No School (Return on Monday 3/30) Monday, 3/30: Staff Meeting at 1:45 PM in the library

Student of the Month Awards

For Student of the Month, one student was chosen from each class for showing their Wildcat PRIDE. They were honored at our Student of the Month Awards Assembly on Monday, February 3rd. Our next Student of the Month Awards Assembly will be on Monday, March 2, 2020 at 7:30AM at the outdoor stage.

Student of the Month Award Winner Names honored in February were (Shown in the picture) : Carlos Aguilar, Samantha Ajal- Pastor, Juliet Alvarez, Ethan Auldridge, Jayson Auldridge, Kelly Blunt, Mae Brisco, Mattilynn Bromiley, Dylan Castro-Guzman, Debhie Chavez, Ethan Clark, Jenna Cambaliza, Derrick Matthew Dugay, Alyah Farris, Amiyah Finch, Reagan Garcia, Alexia Guzman, Anahi Fileto, Frank Hudson, Sawyer Jackson, Justin Jimenez, Miles Lizotte, Jordan Lopez, Ava Jasmin Marshburn, Reymond Melendez, Kenneth Mendez, Allison Moreno-Garcia, Travis Murphy, Ryder Pasko, Haylee Perez, Ryan Perez-Quevedo, Amaris Rodriguez, Peyton Soliz, Yennesis Talavera-Martinez, Bryan Tapola, Bentley Vannice, and Bella Ortiz

Perfect Attendance Lunch with the Principal Each month 8 students are randomly chosen from all of our students with perfect attendance for the month for lunch with principal. The February Perfect Attendance Reward winners were: Camiyah Wiley, Scarlett Smith, Nicole Avila Cruz, Cedric Hughey, Alexander King, Elliot Kinney, Jayden Mendez, and Maxine Perry. They were able to have their lunch Friday, February 14th.

WES Science Fair Winners

Overall Winners- Going to the County Science Fair 1st- Mia Nagel 2nd- Logan Mountjoy 3rd- Athena Paulino

Physical Science 1st- Siena Amaya 2nd- Jonathan King 3rd- Alexia Guzman

Consumer Science 1st- Mia Nagel 2nd- Athena Paulino 3rd- Chloe Markland

Plant Science 1st- Logan Mountjoy 2nd- Nairyd Avila-Cruz 3rd- Jerri Davison

Science Fair Parent Night February 21, 2020

Miss Goodman and Ms. Romar's Classes Field Trip to the Discovery Cube All of our 3rd grade classes have had the opportunity to the Discovery Cube. What a fun way to learn!

Sweetheart Ball February 7, 2020

Classroom Activities Here are a bunch of snapshots of the exciting learning and events that happened here at Westpark in February. Miss Goodman and Miss Eubank's classes enjoying fun Valentines Day Center Activities together. Looks like they had a lot of fun! Mrs. Schaefer and Mrs. Schmidt's Classes enjoying fun Valentines Day Buddy Activities. They were graphing candy hearts and completing minute challenges. Miss Collins' Class doing an Abraham Lincoln directed drawing as part of their President's Day activities. What amazing artists they are!

Miss Farmer's Class Valentines Day Celebration and Kindness Bags. Students went around the class and wrote nice comments to all of the students in the class. What a fabulous way to add a little kindness to Valentines Day! Mrs. Hardgrove's 4th graders working on Geometry. They were working in small groups using Geometry Task Cards to practice the use of protractors to measure angles.  Miss Collin's class enjoying fun Valentines Day Activities together.

Westpark After School Program

We are working on seeing Kindness and Friendships every day in ASP!  If you can choose to be anything...Choose to be kind!

Wildcat have PRIDE! Check out our new Positive Behavior Expectation Matrix below! The Matrix is a list of behaviors we expect all of our Widcats to show each day here at Westpark. Our PRIDE Behavior Expectation Matrix gives specific examples of how we expect our students to behave in every area of our school. Students that are seen doing something that is an amazing example of these expectations will earn a Wildcat PRIDE Award (Similar to the golden ticket used the last few years). In previous years our teachers chose their Student of the Month Award winners based off of a monthly character trait. This year our teachers will be choosing a student each month that shows his or her PRIDE the most in all areas of our school. We will have PRIDE posters in all areas of the school to remind students of what is expected of them.

A Message from Ms. Lacey Westpark’s attendance rate is typically the highest in the Southern Kern Unified School District and are goal is to keep it that way. We would like to continue to improve our attendance so that we can reach our goal of over 96% attendance. Everyday our students here me say, "The more you are here, the more you will learn". This is so true!! High academic performance is linked to excellent attendance. It is important to take vacations or family trips during the schools regular holidays and breaks. Please schedule doctor and other appointments after school hours. If this isn’t possible, please make every attempt to have your child attend school as much of the school day as possible to limit the amount of classroom instruction being missed. Also, establish routines at home that ensure your child arrives to school on time. Help us in developing positive attendance patterns for all students. When children are not in school they may be able to make-up assignments, but they cannot make-up the classroom instruction provided by their teacher. We continue to have Saturday School, one day each month. Students that have an absence have the opportunity to make up the absence by attending the 4-hour Saturday School. Our next Saturday School will be on Saturday, March 7, 2020. Thank you for your help and cooperation in creating the best learning environment possible for our students!

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Westpark Elementary School 3600 Imperial Avenue Rosamond, CA. 93560  Phone: (661)256-5030 Fax: (661) 256-8300 Visit our webpage for more information and resources!