Westpark Eagle Announcements
December 15, 2016
MINIMUM DAY - FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16TH
We will be placing our lost and found items out front for parents' ease prior to the break. Please take a moment to claim anything you have been missing before we leave!
The Westpark staff would like to wish our families a wonderful, and restful break and the very happiest of holidays!
$3,682.14 Collected for Charity!!!!
Westpark Cares Club thanks you for all your tremendous support of our recent projects: the Families Forward Thanksgiving Food Drive and the Spirit of Giving.
We collected more than $3,682.14 for our four charities: St. Jude Research Children’s Hospital, Orangewood Children’s Home, Ronald McDonald House Care, and Pacific Marine Mammal Center. Thank you for your generosity during this holiday season.
Our next project, the Shoe Drive will take place the week of January 17-20. We would like to remind you to keep saving any gently used shoes that you don’t need anymore. All shoes for donation should be brought to school during that week.
Thank you to all who supported these community service projects. Thank you also to PTA for your support!
“No act of kindness no matter how small is ever wasted.” Aesop
2018-2019 Calendar Feedback Needed
IUSD teachers, classified staff, and administrators work together to develop school calendars for the years ahead, for both traditional and year-round schools. Instruction and learning are primary considerations; however, calendar committees consider many factors, including past history, tradition, and feedback from the community. Before we finalize the calendars for the 2018-19 school year, we would like your feedback. Below are the calendars for the 2018-19 school year. Once you have had a chance to review, please click here to provide your feedback by Tuesday, January 3 at 5 p.m. To email your comments, send them to hr@iusd.org.
To view the 2016-17 and 2017-18 calendars, which are finalized, click here.
2018-19 Traditional School Calendar
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2018-19 Year-Round School Calendar
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FREE Parenting Classes @ Westpark
This class teaches parents the tools for building life skills such as responsibility and self- motivation, while also encouraging self-respect, self- discipline, cooperation, good behavior, and problem solving. Learn positive discipline strategies that work better than punishment while you promote mutual respect for everyone in your home. Classes are free of cost and childcare is provided while you participate in the class. This seven week long course meets on Thursdays, 2:30p- 3:30p, or Fridays, 8:15a- 9:15a, and is provided on Westpark’s campus. Save your sanity on a daily basis and help your child become capable and resilient as they grow! Classes fill up quickly, so sign up today!
Next Session: Thursdays, January 19th – March 9th or Fridays, January 20th – March 10th
Classes are provided by Katie Aldama, M.S., P.P. S., Westpark counselor, Certified Positive Discipline Teacher
To register contact Katie Aldama, katiealdama@iusd.org or (949) 936- 6421, please include your name and class time you are interested in.
See you there!
Run with Westpark - Saturday, January 7th
Race Schedule:
5k race @ 8:00 - ½ Marathon race at 8:00 - Kids 1 mile race at 10:00
We would love to see many Westpark kids (and their families) run! If you are already a member of the 100 Mile Club, you will be able to count the race towards your overall mileage. Are you interested in joining the 100 Mile Club? Come check us out Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday mornings on the field.
If you write ‘Westpark Elementary’ on the bottom of your child’s form when you mail it, the 5K price will be $25 instead of $45. What a deal! In order to get the discount, mail in your paperwork by 12/31/2016.
Parents MUST accompany minors to the race. This is not a drop off event. While there will hopefully be many Westpark kids running, we need everyone to be supervised.
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Happy Running.
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Congrats Nurse Daniella
ACE WINTER 2017
The ACE Winter 2017 Session begins January 17th with a great lineup of classes right here after school at Westpark, and we are introducing a half year, January to June, Introductory Spanish class.
- Engineering with LEGO: Crazy Contraptions (Grades 1-3)
- S.T.E.A.M. – Based Engineering & Invention (Grades 4-6)
- Exploration Science (Grades 1-3)
- Public Speaking (Grades 3-6)
- Beginning Spanish Yearlong (grades 1-6)
- Moviemaker: Filmmaking I (Grades 4-6)
- Cooking (Grades 1-6)
- Fashion Camp (Grades 2-6)
Registration has already begun on December 5th and will end 2 days before each class’ start date. Be sure to go over the brochure that came home in your child’s conduit and have fun selecting the classes with your child.
Also, we cannot run these ACE classes without your help! If you'd like to be a monitor, please contact Joanna Su: ace.westpark@gmail.com. You will receive a discount code for registration or a partial refund to your method of payment for volunteering!
For more information and to register your child for classes, visit: https://www.ipsfacademy.org/ace
Box Top Update
The count is in for the Fall Box Top Challenge Collecting
5,483 Box Tops!!!!
Bravo to all of the students, and keep up the clipping.
Congratulations to the following:
Mrs.Cruz & Mrs. Goebels Class - #1 Class for collection Box Tops with a total of 517
#1 Student in Primary Grades - Sebastian Barboza
#1 Student in Upper Grades - Ashlee Warren
We received 939 Box Tops with No Name :(
Remember to put your Box Tops in a baggie with your name on it. Without your name we can't give you credit for the collection.
Enjoy your break and keep clipping!
Westpark PTA
Deanna Rutter, Principal
Email: deannarutter@iusd.org
Website: http://www.iusd.org/wp/
Location: 25 San Carlo, Irvine, CA, United States
Phone: 949.936.6400
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Westpark-Elementary-IUSD-808403539276802/
Twitter: @WPIUSD