We will have a videographer on campus tomorrow, Friday, January 20, to record footage for an updated school tour video. The videographer will be in and out of classrooms in the 1900 and 1830 buildings, so send your student to school tomorrow camera ready! Please make sure to wear your Westview blue on Friday, January 20.

If you have any questions or need additional information, please contact Sarah Chauvin.

Registration is OPEN for Westview Summer Camp. Join us for Westview's Summer of Fun at Westview Summer Camp. We will have two sessions available for the summer of 2023 - June 12-30 and July 10-28

Give your student a fun, structured summer filled with activities that help maintain the academic and social skills learned throughout the school year. Westview Summer Camp is open to current students and their siblings.

*Recent former and incoming students may also apply.

Camp is staffed by Westview teachers and assistants, as well as area high school and college student volunteers and former Westview students. Two three-week sessions help students to maintain skills while having fun in an engaging learning environment.

For our younger participants, the days are filled with water play, music, art, science, sports/motor activities, and much more. For older campers, our program offers engaging educational activities and social skills practice.

Elisabeth Dawkins at The Stewart Center is offering several new sessions beginning this spring.

Sibling Dyads are available to young children and their siblings. These dyads can provide support by helping the siblings engage in meaningful play with each other. Through play, the therapist will help each child better understand the other and show them new ways to connect and establish common interests.

Child-Parent Relationship Therapy will be a 10-week parent coaching program. Developed by Gary Landreth, the therapist works directly with the caregiver(s). Weeks 1-3 of the program involve the caregiver(s) learning new skills from the play therapist, followed by weeks 4-10 of practicing the skills at home, filming play sessions with your child, and then reviewing the sessions with the therapist in feedback sessions. Research has supported that CPRT is effective in reducing children's behavior problems and decreasing parental stress.

WE NEED YOUR HELP! Would you consider being a table host for Westview Fundraising Luncheon? Being a table host is easy and plays a vital role the luncheon’s success. Table Hosts are key to ensuring that we fill the room with Westview School supporters that become donors and, potentially, future table hosts. It’s one of the best ways our luncheon can grow and help sustain Westview’s fundraising goals today and in the future.

All that is required to be a table host is to sign up here, then invite and bring 9 of your friends, family and colleagues. That’s it. Easy-peasy. Each table seats 10 people, and the more table hosts we can recruit, the more we spread the word to potential supporters of The Westview School. So, please consider reserving a table or two to host your friends, family, and colleagues.

Your favorite little school will thank you. If you simply want to attend as a guest, we’ll be happy to seat you at one of the available tables. It will be a wonderful program with wonderful stories from our parents and students, plus a delicious meal in a beautiful setting. It’s a great and meaningful way to spend a lunch hour with your friends from Westview.

As always, thank you from the bottom of our hearts for your support and all you do for the children of The Westview School.

Questions? Email Roger Browning, Director of Development.

CHESS WIZARDS

Join Chess Wizards in the new year for challenging chess lessons, exciting tournaments, fun, team activities, and more! If you’re brand-new to chess, you will learn the basics and get playing right away. If you’re a seasoned checkmate artist, you will learn new ways to let your creativity show on the chessboard. Classes will be Tuesdays from 3:30 PM to 4:30 PM for 8 sessions beginning on January 31. The cost is $168 per student. Chess Wizards enrollment is for Upper Elementary and Middle School students only.  Register at www.chesswizards.com. See the flyer for more details.

JANUARY MEETING MINUTES

Thank you to everyone who attended today's January POW meeting. We chatted about upcoming Spring events. We loved having Candi Pettit share her Westview beginnings with the group. Thank you so much to everyone who made time to join in on today's meeting.

If you couldn't make the meeting but are still interested in getting the info on what POW discussed, you can find the minutes from today's meeting here.

We look forward to seeing everyone in the new year at the next meeting scheduled for February 16!

POW Meetings are held once a month, typically on the second Thursday. Dates will be added to our digital calendar, posted in the Calendar at a Glance, and in the Westview Weekly each month. A reminder and ZOOM link will be sent the week before the meeting.

VESTS FOR SALE IN POW SCHOOL STORE

Thank you for your support of the POW School Store. Overflow of the POW holiday teacher gift - Westview vests are now available for purchase in the POW School Store for $65. Supply is limited, so order yours today.

You can also purchase your 2022-2023 yearbook ($50) in the school store. Pre-order now, and books will be delivered MAY 2023!

YEARBOOK DEDICATION DEADLINE SOON

The deadline to order your dedication page for the 2022-2023 Westview Yearbook is January 27, 2023. The link to purchase can be found on the Balfour website. Below are some easy-to-follow instructions for reserving your copy and dedication space today. Dedications are due January 2023.

1. Click on the Balfour School Store link
2. Scroll down to Yearbook Products & ADS
3. Enter student info & click "shop for this student"
4. Then choose yearbook and what size dedication you would like.