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, 4/1-Monday, 5/4: No
sc
hool due to school closure
Tuesday, 5/5: Students return to school
SKUSD Student Independent Study Packet Information Packet
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If for some reason you have not picked up the current 10 Day Student Independent Study Packet that was sent home prior to Spring Break, it is available for pick up in our school office between 7:30 AM and 1:30 PM on April 1st-3rd. All students are required to complete their Independent Student Packet, so please make sure that your child is working on the packet and will have it ready for turn-in by Monday, April 14th. Information regarding how the current 10 Day Student Independent Study Packet are to be turned in will be sent out during the week of April 6th, along with information on how to pick-up the next Independent Study Packet. We ask that all of our wonderful Westpark Families are patient with us as we work our way through all of this. This is not a situation that we have had experience with or had to work through before.
Teacher Communication Opportunities:
Your Child's Teacher is available via their school district email during regular school hours to assist with any questions or concerns regarding their work packets or your student's progress.
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f you are unsure of your child's teacher's email address, it is available on our Westpark Website in the staff directory tab which can be found by clicking:
https://www.skusd.k12.ca.us/Page/119
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If your child's teacher uses ClassDojo or Remind, you may also communicate with he or she through these options.
Please stay safe! We look forward to when our students are able to return to school. We miss you!
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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, March 2nd.
Due to the school closure, we are unsure of when our next Student of the Month Awards Assembly will be scheduled. Information will be provided at a later date.
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Student of the Month Award Winner Names for the students honored in March
(Shown in the picture)
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Zayden Alton, Violet Alvarado-Hernandez, Aaron Alvarez, Sophia Colindre, Alondra Colmenares, Sylis Croft, Jeffrey DeLeon-Lopez, Holley Debry, Deegan Farnsworth, Juliette Galvan, Larry Gee, Bailey Goit, Deserey Gonzales, Bella Gonzalez, Kinsley Huffman, Cedric Hughey, Hannah Hutchinson, Kylie Iannalfo, Danielle James, Helena Junker, Jonathan King, AnnaBelle Lett, Kali Lomeli, Hector Martinez, Jack Martinez, Alonzo Muro-Garcia, True Peedan, Giovani Portillo-Daniel, Pippa Rendon, Tera Ruiz, Maddison Rupe, Avery Santiago, Kurtis Scott, Reghan Shevlin, Kayleen St Germain, Jake Vreeland, Gunner Wolf, and Daphney Yates
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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 February Perfect Attendance Reward winners were: Luna Cruz, Jack Paiz, Alexander King, Averi McNeil, Bella Medina, Alex Martinez, Mason Gray, and Christopher Romero Cayeros.
They were able to have their lunch Friday, March 13th.
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Dr. Seuss Week/RIF Assembly
March 6, 2020
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During the first week of March we celebrated Dr. Seuss with fun dress up activities each day. At the end of the week , all of our Westpark students were able to enjoy an amazing performance by our Rosamond High School Drama students. The RHS Drama students put several Dr. Seuss books into live action for our students and what an amazing job they did!
A huge shout out to the RHS Drama students and to Mrs. Schmidt for organizing this for our school!
After the performance all of our Wildcats were able to choose their very own free Reading is Fundamental (RIF) book.
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Here are a bunch of snapshots of events that happened here at Westpark in March.
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I hope Miss Eubank's 1st grade class' amazing ideas of how to spend their pot of gold come true!
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Miss Eubank's 1st grade class on the last day of Dr. Seuss week.
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Ms. Wiggin's TK Class made fun
St. Patrick's Day edible rainbows with gold oreos.
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Ms. Wiggin's TK during their animal education unit. These pictures are of the desert habitat theme-bearded dragon presentations-
Thank you Mrs. Torres and Mr. Ricky for sharing your animals with us.
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Ms. Wiggin's TK Class with learned about the ocean habitat. Thank you Ms. Juana for bringing in ocean animals for hands-on experiences.
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Mrs. Valenzuela's Class with their beautiful Spring flowers.
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1st grade had a special pajama day. Mrs. C. Jones' class had a book party where they got to bring blankets and pillows. They spent time laying around the classroom enjoying reading!
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Look at our "Wildcats" and other animals excited about the Scholastic Book Fair!
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Mrs. Hendrickson's 2nd grade students made rainbows.
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Ms. Collins Kindergarten class worked to design and make casts during Project Lead the Way.
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Mrs. Paul's Class: Multiplication Movie Challenge. The first picture has the students who mastered all the way through their 12s. The second picture is of the class enjoying a Dr. Seuss movie with the snack packs they "built" by mastering facts.
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Mrs. C. Jones' 1st Grade Class having fun with graphing Lucky Charms and interpreting data. I bet they also enjoyed eating the Lucky Charms.!
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RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT THE NECESSITY OF UNSTRUCTURED PLAY
February 4, 2015, was the first annual Global School Play Day for students in schools around the world. In year one, over 65,000 students participated! Over 177,000 students took part in 2016. In 2017, over 283,000 kids celebrated Global School Play Day. In 2018, over 385,000 students from 58 nations participated. In 2019, just the 5th year of the event, 535,690 from 72 nations played. In 2020, 563,283 students from 75 Nations.
Westpark was part of that 563,283.
In his
TEDx lecture
, Peter Gray clearly argues the case that today's kids do not grow up playing and this has negatively impacted them in many ways. It's time we return the gift of play to this generation.
Below are some pictures of our 3rd grade students participating in Global School Play Day.
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Westpark After School Program
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Ms. Garrett's 1st grade After School Program class enjoyed St. Patrick's Day activities!
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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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STOP BULLYING NOW...
Stand up & Speak out!
Southern Kern Unified School District has a policy to prevent bullying! Our goal is to provide a quick and easy way for students and parents to report bullying or safety concerns anonymously to their school. In March SKUSD began implementing a new app, STOPit, for students to use for reporting bullying incidents. The app is available for students to use on their Chromebooks in grades 4th and 5th grade. Parents and students can also download the app on their personal electronic device using Google Play or the Apple App Store. We recommend that parents of students in grade K-3 get the app and assist their child in reporting.
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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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