West Cypress Hills Elementary is fortunate to have a great team whose focus is on providing our Tigers with the support and learning opportunities that they richly deserve.

And, we know that our "tools" in our toolboxes have been, and continue to be, greatly enhanced by the support of our Tiger families. We are thankful for you, and our many supporters. We are grateful for our fabulous PTO, our WatchDOGS, our many volunteers, our mentors, our LTHS PALS, the LTHS Cavalier football team, our Literacy Partners, and our other community partners.

West Cypress Hills Elementary is closed for the holiday November 25 through November 29, and we look forward to seeing our Tigers in school again at 7:40 am on Monday, December 2.

On behalf of all of the West Cypress staff, I wish you and your family a happy Thanksgiving holiday.

With warmest regards,

Melanie Beninga, Principal

We have procedures we ask all to follow to ensure the safety of our students. PLEASE do not drop off students in our parking lot or in lanes of traffic, so that students would be crossing through traffic to reach your vehicle or our doors. If dropping off a student by car, you must use the car line unless you park and escort the student into the office.

As we continue to grow, our car lines grow. An option to consider to avoid a long wait in traffic is our convenient LTISD school bus services.

The tardy bell rings at 7:40 am, and all staff and safety patrol Tigers must be in their classrooms at the bell. As a result there are no staff members at the entrances as of 7:40 am.

So that we can assist students as they step out of the cars, please pull up to the curb to drop off students before 7:40 am. Our car rider lines are moving very quickly and efficiently now, and we find the lines move even faster when:

• Cars with Kindergarten and/or 1st Grade Students drop off Tigers only at the side entrance in the mornings.
• Cars without Kindergarten/1st Graders drop off Tigers at the main, front entrance.
• And when parents give Tigers their kisses and say "goodbyes" before we open your vehicle's door so that our Tigers can hop out and be on their way to class quickly.

Please help us to keep our Tigers safe.

Our winter holiday classroom parties are scheduled as shown below for Wednesday, December 18. RSVP here for any of our holiday events.

Kindergarten..........12:10 pm

1st Grade.................1:15 pm

2nd Grade................2:05 pm

3rd Grade.................1:40 pm

4th Grade................10:00 am

5th Grade..................2:00 pm

On Thursday, December 19, we'll host our Holiday Singalong in the Gym at 7:40 am at an all-school assembly. This is also an early release day, and school will be dismissed at noon. There is no Extended Care on Thursday, December 19. If your Tiger(s) usually reports to Extended Care at the end of the day, please be sure to update School Dismissal Manager with the updated dismissal arrangements.

There is no school December 20 through January 6. School is back in session at 7:40 am on Tuesday, January 7, 2020.

Happy holidays!

Our school-wide reading program this year is formatted as a BINGO board. Each student received one board to take home in his/her folder the week of September 9. The Book BINGO program runs through Thursday, December 19. All students completing a Blackout will be invited to a special school-wide BINGO party!

For more information, please visit the library Book Bingo website.

Volunteering at West Cypress Hills Elementary is the best way to get involved, meet new people, and directly impact your child's school experience!

Check out the exciting volunteer opportunities and sign up for the areas that interest you. Once you have signed up, the Volunteer Liaison will contact you with specific information regarding times, dates, etc.

If you have any questions, please contact Sherry Whitsitt, volunteer@wchpto.org

Thank You for Volunteering!!!