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.
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Important Upcoming Events
Monday, 1/6:
- 1st Day Back from Winter Break
- Healthy Smiles Dental (1/6/2020-1/8/2020)
Friday, 1/10: Report Cards Sent Home
Monday, 1/13:
- Student of the Month Awards- 7:30 AM in Cafeteria
- Awards Assembly- K at 8:00 AM & 1st Grade at 8:45 AM
- Leadership Meeting at 1:45 PM
- School Site Council at 3:30 PM
Tuesday, 1/14:
- Awards Assembly- 2nd Grade at 8:00 AM & 3rd Grade at 8:45 AM
Wednesday, 1/15: Minimum Day- Dismissal at 12:10 PM
Thursday, 1/16:
- Awards Assembly- 4th Grade at 8:00 AM & 5th Grade at 8:45 AM
Friday, 1/17: Perfect Attendance Lunch with the Principal
Saturday, 1/18: Saturday School- 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Monday, 1/20: Holiday- No School
Friday, 1/24: PTA Family Game Night
Wednesday, 1/29: Minimum Day- Dismissal at 12:10 PM
Friday, 1/31: January Birthday Celebrations
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Let's Give a Wildcat Welcome to Mr. Holmes!
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Many of you already know that Westpark has had a change to our Administration. We were all so sad to see Mr. Shevlin leave us to go to Tropico, but are happy to have Mr. Patrick Holmes join us as our Assistant Principal. Mr. Holmes has been an Assistant Principal at several different sites within the school district, so he has a great deal of experience. We look forward to having him here with us. If you see him on campus, please feel free to give him a warm Westpark Welcome!
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Westpark PTA
Family Game Night
Friday, January 24th from 6:00 PM-8:00 PM in the Cafeteria.
Bring fun board games and come join us for a fun filled family evening!
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Student of the Month Awards
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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, December 9th.
Our next Student of the Month Awards Assembly will be on Monday, January 13th, 2020 at 7:30AM in the cafeteria.
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Student of the Month Award Winner Names honored in December were
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Sebastian Arredondo, Crystal Arredondo, Francisco Arredondo, Juan Baltazar, Kayla Barrera, James Bernal, Brooklyn Burke, Aiden Carter, Jose Chavez, Masen Chhan, Jeffrey De Leon- Lopez, Abigail Dion, Moses Downs, Chase Dyas, Aiden Escobar, Ian Galvan, Vincent Gazzillo, Mia Gonzalez, Sabryna Gonzalez, Kaitlyn Holliday, Andrew Kimble, Mario Loera, John Marquez, Cailee Martin, Emiliano Mercado- Soria, Nea Meza, Dustin Norman, Jay Ochoa, Vanessa Pakula, Keiko Piel, Mariah Soliz, Hannah Tsai, Cecilia Villasenor, Anabelle Perez-Lopez, Analy Uribe, Renee Ullrich, and Delaney Andrews-Rocco
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Perfect Attendance Lunch with the Principal
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Each month 8 students are randomly chosen from all of our students with perfect attendance for the month for lunch with principal. The November Perfect attendance reward winners pictured on the right were: Scarlett Smith,Cash Peedan, Camiyah Wiley, Dannah Quezada, Codi Corral, Mario De La Mora, Samuel Albanez Aguilar, and Jackson Church. They ate lunch with the principal on Friday, December 6th
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Holiday STEM Challenges
Miss Goodman's 3rd Grade Class and Miss Eubank's 1st Grade Class teamed together to work on 4 different Holiday STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) Challenges. These STEM Challenges were geared to get their brains flowing and their imaginations working. The four STEM Challenges were: Santa's Parachute, Tallest Tree, Shelf for the Elf, and Gingerbread Escape. Below you will find a brief explanation of each challenge and pictures to go with them.
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Santa's Parachute
Students constructed a parachute and basket for Santa that will need to drop on a target and land without the basket tipping over. Students could chose from a variety of materials. They had to design an effective parachute that would increase drag, reduce the strength of gravitational pull, and reduce the speed at which objects fall.
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Tallest Tree
Students worked together to stack cups and construct the tallest "tree" possible using 24 cups, a yardstick, paper ornaments, and tape. Cups could be flipped and staked on both ends. Students were allowed to use their creativity to explore in groups choosing to build more cone-like structures with circular bases or more linear, pyramid-shaped trees.
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Gingerbread Escape
Students worked together to construct a working zipline for the gingerbread man to use for his escape. Students were only given a paper gingerbread man, paperclip, and fishing line to construct their zipline.
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Shelf for the Elf
Students engineered the highest shelf possible using limited materials. The Popsicle sticks served as the shelf levels and playdough served as joints. They had an elf that would sit on the highest level. Students built their shelf in a variety of styles and shapes, such as multilevel rectangular prisms, cubes, and even pyramids.
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Our 1st Grade Christmas Performance was absolutely amazing this year, as always. Thank you to the 1st grade team for making this happen for our school and parents!
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Mrs. Schmidt's 4th grade class and Mrs. Schaefer's Kindergarten class working together to make Gingerbread men and houses. Did they stay standing or were they eaten?
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Here are a bunch of snapshots of the exciting learning and events that happened here at Westpark in December.
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More Gingerbread Houses: Mrs. Vasquez' 4th grade class and Mrs. McMahon's Kindergarten class working together to make their gingerbread houses.
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A different type of gingerbread house was made in Mrs. Vigil's class! Pretty sure these didn't get eaten, but I bet they looked fabulous!
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ASB Family Movie Night Fun
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Our Westpark ASB put on a fun Movie Night on December 6th. Students and their families were able to enjoy watching "The Grinch" with friends and family. Thank you to our ASB Students and parents for putting together this amazing event!
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WES Wildcat Staff December Fun
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Here are a few pictures from our Wildcat Staff Holiday Celebration! Yummy food was enjoyed by all! Ms. Lacey and Mr. Holmes made sure that the staff knew how much they are appreciated by providing them with a delicious ham feast! Thanks again to our wonderful staff for all you do!
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Look at our 4th Grade Team: They are so in-sink they even dress alike. Their shirts say: Christmas with my 4th Grade Gnomies.
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During the first few days of winter break many of our staff attended a Capturing Kids Hearts training here at Westpark. In the pictures you will see staff from all of the schools here in the Southern Kern Unified School District that attended the training.
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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.
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Happy New Year to everyone! I hope you had a restful winter break. What an exciting time of year this is! This is when we see many students take giant leaps in their learning. Students that have struggled with being “tuned into” learning are starting to take off. Students that struggled with reading fluently are sounding like pros. Students who have fought with their addition and subtraction facts are finding that things are starting to click. This is due to all the work done at school and at home since the start of the school year.
Let’s keep the positive growth going with the coordinated efforts between home and school. Remember, you can/should read with your child each night. Students need to read with you for (1) a fluent model of what reading sounds like, (2) seeing that you value the practice needed to grow as a reader, (3) continued practice of strategies and skills learned at school, (4) quality time for you and your child.
Thank you for your continued support at home!
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STOP BULLYING NOW...
Stand up & Speak out!
Southern Kern Unified School District has a policy to prevent bullying! We would like to provide a quick and easy way for students and parents to report bullying or safety concerns anonymously to their school.
Click here to join the campaign against bullying!
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Westpark Elementary School
3600 Imperial Avenue
Rosamond, CA. 93560
Phone: (661)256-5030
Fax: (661) 256-8300
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