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PRESIDENTS' MESSAGE
Stacey Harmon and Karen Willett
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We hope that you had a wonderful Thanksgiving break and enjoyed time spent with family and friends! As we move into the holiday season and reflect on our year so far, we are extremely grateful for our West School community and your generosity. Thanks to your support, our online auction was a tremendous success and enables us to provide our students with special enrichment opportunities.
As we enter this festive season, please join us in celebrating and giving thanks to our wonderful community of West teachers, staff and administration at the PTC's Holiday Teacher Appreciation Luncheon on
Friday, December 14th.
Click
here
to purchase items for the catering order, or to sign up to send in your special baked goods.
In the spirit of giving, there are also opportunities for West families to contribute to those in need in the community. See below for more information about the KidsCare Book and Food Pantry collections and the West Ambassadors Care Packages.
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PARENT/TEACHER CONFERENCES, Tuesday, December 4th - Friday, December 7th
Early Dismissal (1:05 PM)
SPIRIT DAY, Friday, December 7th
Wear your
Green, White and Westy!
TEACHER AND FACULTY APPRECIATION HOLIDAY LUNCHEON, Friday, December 14th
Please consider making a donation to the upcoming Teacher and Faculty Appreciation Holiday Luncheon. It is such a wonderful way to help say thank you and happy holidays to our hard working West staff. If you have yet to donate we are still in need of monetary donations toward catering, or your time in the kitchen baking a favorite holiday treat to share! Click
here to view a list of items you can purchase and other volunteer requests. Thank you for your generosity,
Kara Gilliam and
Meaghan Kupchak. Please email us with any questions at
tahollunch@westschoolptc.org.
THE GREATEST SHOW BY WEST SCHOOL, Thursday, February 7th
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, children of all ages...SAVE THE DATE for The Greatest Show-West School's Variety Show at Saxe Auditorium. Click here for more information and to register.
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LOST AND FOUND FALL CLEAN OUT
 The Lost and Found Fall clean out is underway. Please check the Lost and Found located in the entryway of the BBT for any missing items. All unclaimed and unlabeled items will be donated to Person-to-Person on
Wednesday, December 5th.
SHOP AMAZON SMILE FOR WEST SCHOOL
As you begin your holiday shopping, please consider making your Amazon purchases through Amazon Smile for the benefit of West School. Go to
www.smile.amazon.com
and select the charity
West School Parent Teacher Council. You can shop normally, using your regular Amazon account and Amazon will donate .5% of your purchase to West School!
LAST CHANCE TO SHOP MINTED HOLIDAY CARDS AND SUPPORT WEST SCHOOL!
 Now that you have your beautiful family photos, use them in a MINTED HOLIDAY CARD while supporting West School! Use the PROMO CODE: FUNDRAISEWEST when you check out and Minted will donate 15% to WEST School and you will receive 15% off your order! This fabulous offer will run for the entire month of NOVEMBER! Click
here to shop, and remember to use the PROMO CODE above! Promo Code expires on
Friday, November 30th, 2018.
AUTUMN KIDS CARE COLLECTIONS
Please bring in gently used or new books for KIDS CARE book drive.
Hello West School families!
Kids
Care is asking for your help! In the month of
November
we will collect NEW & GENTLY USED CHILDREN'S books for the CT based "READ TO GROW" program. This program supports parents in an effort to promote literacy and language skills for children from infancy. There will be designated bins beneath the Kids Care Bulletin Board for the month of November only. We are grateful for your donations! Also, in an effort to support those within our own community, we are excited to announce that we will be collecting much needed items for the New Canaan Food Pantry throughout the school year. There will be a box beneath the Kids Care bulletin board (near the teacher's lounge) for the entire school year. The following food items are always in need: Canned tuna, canned chicken, canned fruit, canned vegetables, canned tomatoes, canned chili, canned stew, canned soup, pasta, pasta sauce, pancake mix (just add water type), maple syrup, brown rice, and white rice. MANY THANKS!
WEST SCHOOL STUDENT AMBASSADORS CARE PACKAGES
 This December, help those in need. Students will be assembling holiday goody bags, which will contain diapers, wipes, lotion and shampoos. All Donations NO LATER than Wednesday, December 12th.
- Kindergarten - small package of diapers
- 1st Grade - wipes
- 2nd Grade - lotion
- 3rd Grade - shampoo
- 4th Grade - white gift bags (no decorations)
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BEAUTY FOR ALL SEASONS
As November comes to a close, we want to thank
Anca Jordan
for maintaining the planters and decor that create such a welcoming entrance to West School in all seasons. We appreciate her time and talents!
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A special Board of Education Public Hearing on school start times was held on
Monday, November, 19th
before the start of the regular BOE meeting. Many parents spoke in favor of later school start times for high school students citing scientific studies and personal accounts of the effects of early morning starts on their teenagers. After the public comments, a consultant from Transportation Advisory Services made a presentation to the BOE about bus transportation constraints on start times and potential costs. The presentation to the BOE can be found
here
. The next BOE meeting will be
December 3rd, at 7:00AM
in the Wagner Room at NCHS. All BOE meetings are broadcast live on channel 78 and rebroadcast on
Thursdays at 7:30PM and Mondays at 4:00PM
. Questions? Please contact Janée Hunter and Mary Blanc at
edurep@westschoolptc.org
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ALICE IN WONDERLAND JR. AT SAXE
It's almost Showtime! The 5/6th grade musical "Alice in Wonderland Jr." debuts this week. Click
here to purchase tickets to any of the three shows. Showtimes are
Friday, November 30th at 7PM and Saturday, December 1st
at 11AM and 2PM
in the Saxe Auditorium.
NEW CANAAN FIRE DEPARTMENT SANTA'S HELPER FUNDRAISER
 Lights, sirens and Santa to your front door!
New Canaan Firefighters will be donning
Santa suits and bringing along their elves to deliver gifts to your front door.
The first "Santa's helper" Fundraiser is open to all New
Canaan residents. Parents, please bring a small gift, wrapped in brown paper with your child's name and address clearly printed on the outside to "Santa's Helper" 60 Main Street, New Canaan Fire Headquarters.
The collection will begin on Saturday, December 1st
and end on Saturday, December 8
th.
Drop off times are between 9AM-11AM and 5PM-7PM.
A donation of $40 per gift will be collected at the time of drop-off
. Deliveries will be made
December 14th , 15th or 16th
between 5PM and
9:30PM
and will be scheduled on a first come, first serve basis.
We can accommodate up to 25 stops per night. We encourage "parties"
to maximize your experience!
For more information, call (203) 594-3140.
NEW NEIGHBORS WEST SCHOOL COFFEE
New Neighbors is having another welcome coffee on Wednesday, December 5th at 9:30AM at the Silvermine Market. At this coffee, you'll have the opportunity to meet other Newcomers, as well as receive helpful information about New Canaan and lots of lovely gifts from local vendors who would like to welcome you to town as well. If interested, please email me at Samantha.Loomis46@gmail.com. If unable to attend, I am happy to schedule a personal welcome visit in your home or in town. Please let me know what works best for you!
NEW CANAAN RACQUET CLUB YOUTH TENNIS
Give the gift of tennis to your child! Classes are held on weekdays after school and on the weekends. For more information go to:
www.ncrctennis.com/junior-clinics to ensure your child learns the "sport of a lifetime"!
ANNIE JR. AUDITION OPPORTUNITY
 Open Arts Alliance, a non-profit arts education organization that provides outreach, classes, volunteerism, and productions for students across Connecticut is having auditions for Annie Jr. Auditions will be held
December 12th, 13th, & 14th
at Round Hill Community Center (395 Round Hill Road in Greenwich, Connecticut). Performances of Annie Jr. will take place on
April 27th and 28th
at the Cole Auditorium at the Greenwich Library. Students will focus on teamwork, character study, confidence and communication skills throughout the process while connecting and building relationships. Children (ages 8-18) are encouraged to audition. Registration can be completed
here
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WINTER REGISTRATION NOW OPEN FOR SQUASH K-4 PROGRAM
 Winter 2018/19 registration is now open for the New Canaan Squash elementary (K-4) program! You can register by clicking here.
The program is designed for New Canaan public school students to learn squash in a positive team environment. Players will be grouped by grade (K-2, 3-4) and practices will be held at St. Luke's Squash Club in New Canaan. Clinics are available 1 day a week or 2 days a week! If you have any
questions, please contact Liz Schmidt ebschmidt@optonline.net or
Suzanne Koeppl
suzanne.koeppl@gmail.com
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NEW CANAAN YOUTH WRESTLING
Interested in Wrestling? Registration for our 2018-2019 season is now LIVE! You can click
here or go to the "Register Now" button
on our Club Website - www.newcanaanwrestling.org.
We are pleased to offer 3 programs again this year: Elementary (K-4th grade); Middle School (5th-8th grade) and a Travel program. Our travel program is by coach invitation only. If you have not participated before, but are interested in joining the travel team contact Coach Jason Milligan at
jason@milliganrealty.com
. Practice will begin the week of December 3rd. Register prior to November 16th to avoid a $50 late fee and to guarantee that you get the club gear included with your registration fee. New wrestlers are welcome! We always love to expand our wrestling family and get more kids out on the mats. Questions? Contact Patty Zoccolillo at
pzoccolillo@optonline.net
or 203-428-7678.
New Canaan Girl Scouts is looking for parents of girls in grades K-3 to volunteer to start new troops at West School. Your unique strengths and skills will benefit and inspire girls. Our NEW process is QUICK and EASY to get a troop up and running. Our program is very flexible and progressive, so you are able to choose a schedule that works best for you! And if you are not able to be a Co-Leader, consider being a Troop Helper. For more information, please contact: Michele Breed at
mbreen@gsofct.org.
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