Westwood Updates
December 7th - 11th, 2015
This Week's Happenings - WEEK OF CODE
** Jackie will be off campus until Dec.8th. Kathy Rodrigo will be here to help**
Monday- 12/7/15
7:30 am **Safety Team meeting postponed
Tuesday-12/8/15
2:20 Leadership Studio 21
Wednesday-12/9/15
1:10 5th grade Band and Orchestra concert
Thursday-12/10/15
Friday-12/11/15
8:00 Friday Flag - Spellathon Awards
Upcoming Dates to Know:
January 30th 2016
Design Camp see below for details
February 25th
Screening of Most Likely to Succeed- based on the work of Creating Innovators
The Hour of Code is HERE
All around the world from December 7th - December 11th kids in kindergarten through 12th grade will be participating in the hour of code. Learning how to code is a critical 21st century skills.
Please find at least one hour during this week to let your students get their code on. No experience necessary.
Visit the these sites to get started:
https://hourofcode.com/us (read about this National Movement)
Concerned About A Student?
First, use the following form to collect data, document, notes, and track the outcomes of interventions.
Secondly, meet with Shaylene to calendar the parent meeting.
Westwood Way WEEKLY Lesson: Perseverance
Thank you for sharing these lessons with your Roadrunners-
Our Chrome Books Are Lonely!
We have three CARTS...Sign up using this google form and specify the # and time the CBs will be used along with the cart.
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Why Passion & Purpose Matter!
Student Recognition- Second Trimester
Superhero Phone Calls- on a rotating basis, teachers have the opportunity to recognize a student for meeting a personal goal, illustrating the Westwood Way lessons, and showing character traits. Phone calls are made on Fridays.
Good Citizens- two students per class each month that demonstrate pillar of the month and Westwood Way lessons will be recognized the first Friday of the month.
About the Holidays- From LSS
Culturally Responsive Resources
https://poway.instructure.com/courses/13724/pages/culturally-responsive-guidelines
Common Core Resources
Understand. Create. Deliver. Connect.
Design Camp, San Diego 2016 is a FREE, participant driven deep dive into all things related to design thinking: school culture, leadership, curriculum integration, engineering, humanities, collaborative problem solving, project based learning and more! We will host this event and educators (novice to expert, educators to engineers) will be here at Westwood!. It’s a great way to learn, right here in our back yard! Alt eval: Check! Flex time: Check! This event was created by Design39Campus, Vista Innovation Design Academy, and Westwood. Click here for more details!http://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e0d49afa82ba5fa7-design