Weekly Update
10/30/20
Family
Families,
Last year when I sat through our School Improvement External Visit as the instructional facilitator, the word FAMILY was mentioned. Often. Staff, students, and community members talked about the togetherness and the family that was the strength of West Dodge.
I witnessed that family this week. Every situation, every challenge, every change....the staff, students, and community responded as a family. This week helped me really know that WE can accomplish anything this year.
Together we can.
Together we will.
Mrs. Brittany Sidders
West Dodge Station Principal
Screening Children
School Breakfast Hours
Water bottles
Please remember to send your students with water bottles that can be refilled at school. The water fountains remain closed at WDS for student and staff safety. But, we do have bottle fillers a way students can get water throughout the day.
Pick-Up, Drop-Off, and Traffic Tips
Please wear a mask if you are going to be within 6 feet of students, staff, or other families at pick-up or drop-off.
Important Dates
November 3rd - NO SCHOOL (calendar change)
November 6th - Yearbook cover contest entries due
November 9th - PTO Meeting (6:30)
November 13th - Remote Learner Supply Pick-Up (9:00-11:00)
November 24th - Mid-Quarter Reports
Remote Learner Supply Pick-Up (9:00-11:00)
November 25th - NO SCHOOL Teacher Inservice (calendar change)
November 26th-27th - NO SCHOOL Thanksgiving Break
November 30t -December 4th - Remote Learning Week
Yearbook Cover Contest
Counselor Corner
The holiday and winter seasons are fast approaching, and Womenade of Elkhorn is sponsoring the Celebration of Giving Project for Elkhorn Public School District families. This program provides holiday gifts for families with children birth-18 who have limited financial abilities and would like assistance in providing gifts for their children.
In order to participate in this project, we ask that you completely fill out the attached paperwork and return it to school before November 5, 2020. It may be returned in person, by mail or electronically. Unfortunately if the paperwork is not returned by the deadline, Womenade will not have time to process your requests. If you are not interested in the program for your family, do not return the forms.
Further information about pick up dates and locations will be shared at a later time. If you have any questions, please contact me using the information below.
Mrs. Jean Herold
402.289.2773
District Information
PTO News
Please visit our new website to create your families account and review your directory information and publish preferences. Once you have created an account, you will have full access to our new website and the ability to purchase access to the online directory, spirit store and much more. If you haven’t yet created an account, please take just a few minutes to do so at this link: https://westdodgestationpto.membershiptoolkit.com/home.
Purchase Your WDS Yearbook:
Yearbook Prices:
$20- Early bird pricing through 11/1/2020
$25- Purchases made 11/2/2020 - 2/226/2021
Place Your Order Here: http://jostensyearbooks.com/?REF=A01122087.
November Nurse Newsletter
As the cold and flu season begins, please continue to make sure that you and your children are practicing healthy habits like getting plenty of rest, eating healthy foods, good hand washing/sanitizing techniques, social distancing, and wearing a clean face mask. Thank you for screening your children daily and keeping them home when they don’t feel well. Here is the link to the updated screening tool from the Douglas County Health Department for symptomatic students: https://www.douglascountyhealth.com/images/COVID-19/Screening_and_Exclusion_and_re-Admittance_DCHD.pdf
Here is a great link with some tips on how to have a safe and healthy Thanksgiving:
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/daily-life-coping/holidays.html#thanksgiving
We were given the green light to begin doing annual health screens. The health screens done are height, weight, vision, hearing, and dental. VNA nurses will do these screens at West Dodge Station on Monday, October 26th and Thursday, October 29th. Parents will be notified of any concerns.
Sara Bird, RN, BSN
Contact Information
Please feel free to contact me any time if you have questions, concerns, feedback, or want to share your great news. ~Mrs. Sidders
Email: bsidders@epsne.org
Website: https://www.elkhornweb.org/westdodgestation/
Location: 18480 California Street, Elkhorn, NE, USA
Phone: 402-289-2773
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ElkhornPSWD
Twitter: @ElkhornPS_WD