Western Primary School News
March 2024
Dear Parents/Guardians,
This week we are celebrating Read Across America week! To celebrate, every student in the building will be getting a book. This year's book is Pierre the Penguin by Jean Marzollo. Classes will be reading the book together and each student will bring home a book to keep. Your student will also bring home a paper today with activities that you can do at home as well to join in the fun.
We are participating in the Masked Reader (our own spin on the show the Masked Singer) in which 6 staff members have recorded a video of themselves reading a book in a mask and classes will guess the identity of each reader. Thursday we will be unveiling our six Masked Readers. Friday will be a special dress-up day in which students are invited to dress up like their favorite book character or a penguin. I encourage you to listen to your child read at home and take the time to read to your child and ask questions about the story you are reading. It is not only quality time well spent, but helps them be successful readers as well!
Kindergarten Round-Up is this Wednesday, March 6th. If you know of anyone who has a child that is ready to attend Kindergarten this fall, please have them call us at 765-883-5528 to make an appointment. We are looking forward to meeting our newest Panthers!
March 22nd is the last day to order yearbooks. To order online, visit inter-state.com/order and enter this code: 81992Q.
As always, don't hesitate to reach out if you have any questions. Thank you for partnering with us to provide the best education possible for our Panthers!
All the best,
Melissa DeWeese
WPS Principal
News from Mrs. Hollingsworth, Reading Specialist
Young Author's Conference
Young Author's is BACK at IUK this year and we are excited to be participating! Join us in celebrating our students on April 26th from 5:00-7:00pm at Kelly Student Center. Drop in to see your child's published book on display, attend the presentation by children's book author, Kim Howard, and shop the Scholastic Book Fair. This year Western's theme is Starbooks Cafe! There will be photo ops available for your child to visit and get pictures taken with their family and their book. Hope to see you there!
Wrapping Up Book It this Month!
March is the FINAL month for our building-wide reading incentive program, Book-It! Make sure your child is reading at home every night. Participating classrooms send home reading goals for your child, check with your child's teacher to see what this month's goal is. Students earn prizes each month for participating and for the students who participate three months in a row they earn a special experience at our Book It Bonanzas! Check out some photos from Book It Bonanza during the first semester.
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Western Primary School
Email: mdeweese@western.k12.in.us
Website: wps.western.k12.in.us
Location: 2671 South 600 West, Russiaville, IN, USA
Phone: 765-883-5528