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April 21, 2021
Highlights of the week:
- WUES Service Project - Undies for Everyone!
- Celebrate Earth Day With a Shoe Drive at WUES
- 2021 - 2022 Budget Requests
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The numbers are in and we are expecting 88% of our student body to be in the building for the final six-weeks, which is just under 1,000 students. Teachers will send an email this week detailing the total number of students in their class and the distance between each desk. If for any reason you want to make a change, please let your teacher know immediately so we can properly plan.
Friendly reminder - please keep your dogs on the sidewalks outside of the school fence-line during school hours, including drop off and pick-up. While we all believe our dogs are friendly and not aggressive, we want to ensure there are no incidents here at school. Thanks for your help in keeping everyone safe and our grounds clean.
Today is Administrative Professionals’ Day. Help me recognize our clerks for all the work they do. They wear many hats and support everyone on campus.
Scott C. Disch
Principal
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Good Morning Mustang Families!
This week we celebrate our Earth! WUES is partnering with A Children’s Village to collect gently used shoes for FUNDS2ORGS. See all the details below to donate this week. Thank you to Kathy Shen and Allison Stasney for organizing.
Our last service project of the year, Undies for Everyone is planned for next week! We are excited to have an author visit this year in addition to our undies drive. Check out all the details below and thank you in advance for your support and donations.
Fundraising allows our PTO to support the school, teachers, and students. A BIG THANK YOU to our fundraising team lead by Jaime Titus this year. We are thankful for all of your creative ideas to raise critical funds during this unique time.
- VP Fundraising - Jaime Titus
- Spring Bingo - Marilyn Somers, Lisa Prati, Sarah Nelson & Natalie Trefz
- Birthday Book Club - Darcy Reid, Lori Naughton, Anne Marie Thompson, Allison Stasney & Allison Laird
- Carnival - Jennifer Jacobs, Jessica Graham, Leslie Delcid & Kristin Lenoir
- PTO Membership - Anna Monsour
- Corporate Sponsor - Nina Pilson & Khyati Mehta
- Banners - Lori Yi
- Pavers - Shannon Westin
- Directory - Linda Armstrong
- Sociables - Lauren Gates, Shirley Nwosu & Yésely L. Love
- Boosterthon - Aly Berlin, Melissa Law & Lauren Hall
- Class T-shirts - Jen Hughes & Brittany Allen
- West U Gear - Sandi Rigsby, Cindy Kasner & Julie Fehl
- WUE Party Chairs - Rebeca Matamoros & Katherine Keller
Enjoy the rest of your week!
Olivia Benitez
PTO President 2020-21
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Looking ahead to some key upcoming dates.
PLAN NOW!
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APRIL
Monday 26th - Friday 30th
WUES Service Project - Undies for Everyone
MAY
Monday 3rd
First Day of the Sixth 6-weeks Grading Period
Tuesday, 4th
WUES PTO Executive Meeting (9:00 - 10:00am | Virtual)
Tuesday, 11th
K-2 students - work asynchronously at home
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WUES PTO General Meeting (7:00 - 8:00pm | Virtual)
Wednesday, 12th
K-2 students - work asynchronously at home
Thursday 20th
WUES Science & Math Night (5:30 - 7:30pm | Virtual)
Monday 31st
Memorial Day (No School)
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CELEBRATE EARTH DAY WITH A SHOE DRIVE AT WUES! |
Who: All WUES students and families
What: Earth Day is Thursday, April 22nd
Did you know 300 million shoes are thrown away in the US alone each year? And when shoes are thrown away, where do they go? Landfills. As shoes decompose, many release toxic chemicals into the environment.
WUES is partnering with A Children’s Village to collect gently used shoes for FUNDS2ORGS. FUNDS2ORGS will then ship the shoes to 25 countries where individuals will be trained to become micro-entrepreneurs by repurposing and reselling the shoes. In places like Haiti, where the average daily wage is $2.41, an opportunity to learn a skill and earn money is life-changing.
Your donation will not only provide jobs and income to people in underdeveloped countries, but will prevent more shoes from getting tossed into our landfills.
Let’s do our part at WUES to help our planet!
When: Now through Friday, April 23rd 2021
Where: Main Entrance of WUES.
Please drop off your gently used shoes to the YELLOW donation box.
How: Let's do our part at WUES to help.
Please donate your gently used shoes to the yellow box at the main entrance to WUES.
More Info: Please contact Kathy Shen 281.723.6160 or Allison Stasney 713.775.1702 with questions.
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Who: Everyone!
What: Let’s get Undies for Everyone!
In final service project for the year, we are supporting this amazing organization by purchasing BRAND NEW undies that will be delivered directly to Undies for Everyone. Undies are often overlooked but can help lead to a child's success. One pair may be just the change a person needs.
You can also purchase an autographed copy of "A Brief History of Underpants".
When: April 26 - 30, 2021
How: Support Undies for Everyone two ways!
1) Purchase Undies via the Amazon wish list
2) Order a signed copy of "A Brief History of Underpants" book for $10. $5 of each book purchase will go to Undies for Everyone.
Both links can be found on the West U website.
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Who: K - 5th grade Fall Testers
What: HISD has mailed the matrix this week! Please be on the lookout for your results.
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HISD 2021-2022 ACADEMIC SCHEDULE |
Who: All
What: The 2021-2022 academic schedule is ready for you to mark your calendars.
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2021-2022 BUDGET REQUESTS |
Who: ALL
What & When: Submissions due by Wednesday, April 28th, 2021
How: Submit Spring 2021 budget requests online, using the Budget Request Form link -
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WUES MASK LANYARD - PTO FUNDRAISER |
Who: All WUES
What: Is this your child's first time back on campus? Has your student lost more masks at school than you can count? Back by popular demand, the PTO is offering personalized mask lanyards. These can be personalized with names or initials. Help raise money for the school while helping your student keep up with their masks during the day!
Each lanyard is $20.
When: Order Now | Deadline this Friday, April 23rd
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Each week in this section, we will highlight how our PTO supports our school. Your PTO membership directly impacts our students. Join today!
In honor of Earth Day, April 22nd, 2021, we would like to recognize the effort of the PTO Garden and Pond Chair (Allison Kozdron) in helping with the maintenance of the school grounds area, including the pond sanctuary. We recently installed a new pump, waterfall and replaced the UV filter of the pond. The school grounds are used widely by all of our students and we are pleased to help maintain the area.
Keep up the MOMENTum!
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BIRTHDAY BOOK CLUB
Thank you to our Birthday Book Club contributors! Your donations will directly benefit our WUES library with new books, engaging activities, technology, and much more. Ms. McMillan will be choosing books for our children and will include their special nameplate. This week we are celebrating our April 19th through April 25th birthdays.
A very special Happy Birthday to:
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Austin Goldstein - April 20
Theodore Spoehr - April 20
Nicholas Brasher - April 21
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Caroline Otto - April 21
Grant Follette - April 22
Mason Knupp - April 22
Emery Le - April 22
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John Carter Lewis - April 22
Charlotte Frank - April 24
Reed Monsour - April 25
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Community | Announcements + Events
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Who: West U resident families
What: Disney and Pixars Onward will be showing at Colonial Park Pavilion on April 30. Bring your blanket and picnic basket to watch this great family movie about two brothers, some magic, and the adventure to save their father.
When: Friday, April 30th at 8:00pm
Where: Colonial Park Pavilion located at 4130 Byron St.
How: No registration necessary. Please follow social distancing when setting up your chairs or blankets.
For questions or concerns, please contact James Browning at
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WEST U PIRANHAS SWIM TEAM SIGN UPS |
Who: Everyone!
What: CHOMP! West U Piranhas are back this summer! Registration is beginning this week. Please visit the website for more information including practice times. Looking forward to being back in the pool with all of our Piranhas!
When: Registration is now open for returning swimmers from the 2019 season. New swimmers can register beginning April 21st.
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Who: West U Elementary Students
What: Camp time : 9:00am – 4:00pm with Before and After-Care options. We have an exciting, all-inclusive curriculum encompassing Academic Enrichment, Fine Arts, STEM, Crafts, Cooking, Recreation, and more!
Each covid-compliant camp week is unique and theme-based with limited capacity and low ratios. Daily snacks are provided and students will participate in hands-on activities and safe socialization!
When: Weekly, June 7th- August 12th
Where: iKids Center
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LANIER MIDDLE SCHOOL - GREETINGS FUTURE PUPS! |
Who: Incoming Lanier Students
What: Lanier Middle School will hold our annual Meet and Greet virtually this year. You will have the opportunity to meet teachers, learn about electives, review our course selection process, and much more.
When: The event will take place Thursday, April 22nd from 4:30pm-6:00pm.
Where & How: You can join the Teams live event by clicking on the New Pup Meet and Greet link in the invitation below or by clicking here- New Pup Meet & Greet Live Event. Directions on how to join live events on Microsoft Teams are also linked below.
We look forward to seeing you on April 22nd!
More info: We have also created a New Pup website which provides access to our course catalog, information about our electives, a video on how to complete course selection, and other pieces of helpful information. The link to our New Pup website can be accessed here- Link to New Pup Website.
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Taking a MOMENT to thank our Corporate Sponsors! |
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