Panther Weekly Update

March

16 Parent/Teacher Conferences - No School

17 No School

20 Outdoor Ed Parent Meeting, WHS 6:00 pm

20 WestFest Strings Festival, WHS 7:00 pm

21 District Band-O-Rama Concert, WHS 7:00 pm

27-31 ALL Staff Appreciation

28 Spring Picture Day

28 PL Community Club Meeting 6:30 pm

Calendar Change: Art Fair and Ice Cream Social will be held April 27th

You can link to the calendar at https://calendar.google.com/calendar/r/month?tab=mc.

Back by popular demand, yearbook sales are reopened through Sunday, March 19, 2023.

Hurry, this is your LAST CHANCE TO ORDER.

The cost is $15.00.

Use the QR Code or follow this link to "Yearbook Sales."

https://jostensyearbooks.com/?REF=A09872618.

During this busy time of year it is easy to forget about lunch monies. We have many students with outstanding balances. Please check your emails for negative notices. We require all student accounts to be paid in full at all times. Thank you for your help in this matter!

Do you - or does someone you know - have a child ready for kindergarten? Now is the time to Register!

Call The Janis at the office or the ABC Center for details!

• Kindergarten Parent Meeting - April 20, 2023 6:00 -7:00 pm

• Kindergarten RoundUp - May 5, 2023 9:00 - 11:00 am

Our next meeting is February 28th at 6:30 PM.

Suggestions or comments can be directed to president.plcc@gmail.com

Hello Prairie Lane Families!!

We will be celebrating all staff, the week of March 27-31, here at Prairie Lane!! There is something planned each day and we need your help to pull it together. Please sign up below so we can show our staff how much we recognize and appreciate everything they do for our students!

Thanks for your help!

Staff Appreciation Week Committee

Fifth and Sixth grade Band and String students will be participating in district wide Instrumental music festivals. These concerts will feature students from fifth grade, sixth grade, Westside Middle School and Westside High School. Detailed information about our rehearsals and performances will be sent out through students, please mark you family calendar for the following events:

Westfest String Festival

5th and 6th grade String Students: violin, viola, cello and bass)

Monday, March 20, Westside High School, 7:00 pm*

*sixth grade parents will be able to attend the Outdoor Ed Meeting prior to the concert

Band-o-rama Extravaganza

5th and 6th grade Band Students: flute, clarinet, saxophone, trumpet, french horn, trombone, baritone and percussion

Tuesday, March 21, Westside High School, 7:00 pm

Gail R. Carpenter-Johnson

Westside Community Schools

Department Chair: Elementary Instrumental Music

Nebraska Music Education Association Executive Board:

Director of Middle Level/Junior High Affairs