The Rockbrook Read-A-Thon Begins Monday!
The Rockbrook Community Club invites you to participate in our Annual Read-A-Thon: Love is in the air... a love for good books!
Our goal is to have 100% student participation. Funds from the Read- A-Thon will be used for Community Club projects like playground improvements, school clubs, and teacher wish lists.
Packets will be coming home Monday (2/8) and students will be asked to collect Pledges/Sponsors between February 8-February 19th. Students will keep track of their reading minutes with the attached Calendar. Starting the 8th of February, students should contact their Sponsors and collect their Pledge money. All Pledge money is due on Monday, February 22nd.
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WE-SIDE Contests in February
One of the primary goals of Westside Community Schools is to be open and honest about doing all we can to make sure every student, staff member, and visitor feels welcome, appreciated, and supported throughout our school district. WE-SIDE has a staff advisory council that has been established to help work on this important initiative.
We look forward to getting past COVID-19 and being able to engage many others, including students, more staff, parents, and community. We look forward to various committees working on a curriculum audit to ensure cultural awareness and fairness, more professional development, more inclusive practices, more grade level programming for students about the importance of respect of all others, and much more as we plan for our exciting future. With that, we encourage you and your family to take a look at the flyer included below with details on some great contests taking place throughout our District in February!
We are sponsoring poetry, photography, and creative video contests with prizes for winners!
Bottom line, we want EVERYONE within our organization, regardless of age, skin color, religion, home address, socio-economic status, gender, beliefs, etc., to feel great about being part of Westside Community Schools.
A mindset of “WE” is the key!
Dismissal Traffic
We need your help to make sure our dismissal time is safe for all. We know that especially in the winter months the traffic can back up and take a while to clear. We ask for your patience, and when at all possible, to remain in the pick-up lane and in your car. While we do have a limited number of parking spaces available during dismissal, crossing traffic on foot can cause our line to move slowly. Teachers will help make sure students get to the vehicles quickly. We also want to remind families not to pass in the traffic line. Cars should stay in line until they pass the dumpsters where we do have a lane to exit and a lane to loop.
For parents of older students not wanting to drive through the north lot, many families have found it a successful approach to designate a spot to park in the neighborhood and have your child walk to meet you there. These can be on the north side of the field or along Martha and Castelar streets.
When using these strategies we have often found it possible for all students at our school to safely dismiss in 15 minutes, often less. Thank you for your help to make our end of day dismissal safe for all.
Sincerely,
Garret Higginbotham, Principal
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iPad Chargers and Cables
As we move to Yellow Status, please help us out with iPad chargers and cables. Westside had to purchase more than 600 chargers and cables following last spring due to loss and damage. If you already have an Apple (lightning) style charger and cable at home, please have your child use this to charge their iPad. We will request that families pay for lost or damaged hardware, with chargers costing $20 and cables costing $10.
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The mission of Rockbrook Elementary School, a diverse community of learners, is to foster learning by providing a quality educational experience within a secure and challenging environment.