The Rebel Yell
Jay Lutt, Superintendent
Blink of an Eye
Monday will be our normal late start time of 9:15 a.m. Tuesday and Thursday we have 2:30 dismissals for Parent/Teacher Conferences. There is no school on Friday.
Standard Response Protocol and Standard Reunification Method
Last fall our administration started looking at areas to improve safety at the school. The Emergency Management Team attended professional development in June sponsored by the Northwest Area Education Agency. That training introduced the team to the I Love U Guys Foundation and their Standard Response Protocol and Reunification Plan.
The following link will open a folder with an English and Spanish version of a parent information on the Standard Response Protocol. A copy was sent home with each student in the elementary and was available in the high school. You can get a new copy with the link below.
We will continue drills throughout the school year. Please let us know if you have any questions.
New Entrance Security
Interior Classroom Screens
Iowa School Performance Profile "Report Card"
Westwood Elementary from Commendable to High Performing! This is a great achievement for our community and school to be proud about! The elementary is 6.75 points higher than the state average. We are 7.03 points higher than in 2019! Now, with our new reading program we strive to increase our score for next year's report card.
Westwood High School continues to be in above average category of Commendable but their score did increase by 0.74! Their score is 3.34 points higher than the state average and 4.43 higher than in 2019. Hard work in the classroom does pay off!
This shows the hard work our staff puts in and the great support we have from our families. We hope to see you this week for Parent-Teacher Conferences!
Girls Wrestling
Free Breakfast Will Start November 1 for the Remainder of the School Year!
If you paid towards breakfasts since the start of this school year, that money will be credited to your family account.
Please contact the office if you have any questions.
Negative Lunch Accounts
Negative Lunch Accounts
Negative Lunch Accounts have become an issue now that COVID funding does not provide free breakfasts and lunches. The district is able to pick up the breakfasts but parents are required to pay for lunch. The districts policy for negative accounts is still in effect. (See below.) If your account is negative, please communicate plans to deposit funds with Roni in the elementary office.
***The policy below is written before the new program for free breakfasts. Breakfast will be served free to all no matter the account balance until the end of the 22-23 school year.***
Administrative Policy for Negative Lunch Account Balances
Goal of the Policy:
The goal of the policy is to follow state guidelines for a positive balance in the nutrition program.
The Westwood Nutrition program is a self-operating program. In order to maintain financial stability and equality of all lunch paying students, policies regarding lunch accounts have been adopted. The State of Iowa Bureau of Nutrition and Health Services recommends that negative balances should not be acceptable. The district’s auditing firm has noted multiple family lunch account balances with excessive deficit balances.
Notification:
When a family’s account will become negative within five days our student management system will email the family twice in that week and a paper note will go home with elementary students. When the account is negative a phone call will be made to the primary caregiver of the child.
Insufficient Balances:
Individuals will not be allowed to charge into negative balance. Individuals with a negative balance of $10 or more will not be offered a hot breakfast/lunch. Alternative breakfast and lunch for students will comprise of three meal components being served that day. Payment for these items will be charged to the individual’s account at $0.50 for breakfast or $1.00 for lunch. Alternate meal will only be provided for five school days. Adults will not be given a meal.
Negative Balances:
Negative balances will be carried over to the following school year. These negative balances must be taken care of prior to the start of the school year as a part of the school registration process. Families with accounts in arrears will be asked to send a lunch from home until negative balances have been taken care of or a payment schedule arranged and adhered to.
Board Approved: October 17, 2018
Lightspeed Parent Portal
Westwood Administration
Jill Kerr, Elementary Principal
Matt Drees, Secondary Principal
Email: employ@wcsdrebels.com
Website: www.wwrebels.org
Location: 1000 Rebel Way, Sloan, IA, USA
Phone: 712 4283355
Facebook: facebook.com/WWRebels/
Twitter: @wcsdrebels