The Principal's Nest
November- Parent Edition
Emphasis on Reading
As you know, we had a great year with student growth last year. We have seen a direct correlation with student achievement and reading stamina. We are asking that parents join our school in reinforcing reading each night. We will be doing a few reading challenges throughout the year, but we hope to make reading a passion for our students. Allow your child to explore books and read what they like. 20 minutes of reading at night will help your child's vocabulary, conversation, and performance in the classroom. We ask that you not see this as "homework" rather a way to assist your child's progress and life long learning experience.
AP for a day Wise Owl Student Andreia, had a great time being the Assistant Principal for the day! | Staff Leadership Retreat The school leadership team went for it's the second retreat to Camp Carraway. The team discussed recent school growth, schoolwide academic goals, school improvements, and responded to school data. The leadership team consists of School Improvement team members, grade level chairs, MTSS Coordinators, and Administration. | Costume Party Fun Some of our Pre-K teachers are pictured here as M&M's, matching with a wonderful group of students. |
Staff Leadership Retreat
Apex Leadership WOW! What an awesome time we had during our Fun Run weeks. The students are still buzzing about the lessons they learned and teachers are still making comments about the difference in companies. Our raised a total school profit of $46,000!!!! I want to thank all the parents that helped with the Fun Run by throwing color, setting up water, and marking shirts. We appreciate each of you. We also appreciate our PTA for organizing all of these events for our students. The decision to move from Boosterthon was not easy, but you all made it easy. Thank you for doing what's best for our students. | Lunch Buddies Took a brief break for a lunch with 2 awesome first graders in Mrs. Langdon's class., Elliot and Ashlyn! | Silent Auction Winners We have enjoyed rewarding all the silent auction winners. There were so many creative things that our staff offered for students and families, such as lunch with a favorite teacher, making personalized tutus, manicure with a teacher, and so much more. Our Silent Auction was a huge hit! |
Apex Leadership
Lunch Buddies
Silent Auction Winners
AP for the Day Ava enjoyed stepping into Mrs. McDuffie's shoes and being the Assistant Principal for the Day. | Blood Drive at West View Our Girls on the Run team have chosen a community project this season and they have decided to host a blood drive. The blood drive will be at west View on December 18th from 1:30-6 pm with the American Red Cross. |
AP for the Day
Book Fair Success The Book Fair was a success! Thank you to all of our parent volunteers and teachers who helped ensure our kids were presented with every opportunity to shop for books. | Buster the Bus Buster the Bus came to West View to talk to our PreK, Kinders and 1st graders about bus safety. | Principal for the day Jordyn had an excellent day being principal for the day! We got to do a lot of classroom observations, lunch duty, and monitoring recess. |
Book Fair Success
Buster the Bus
TSI School Letter - Being sent home today.
by the North Carolina State Board of Education. As stated in ESSA Section 1111(d)(2), North Carolina had to identify schools for targeted support and improvement. TSI-AT schools in North Carolina are those that have a subgroup that is under-performing. TSI-CU schools in North Carolina are those schools that have a subgroup that is consistently under-performing over an extended period of time. The intent of this opportunity is to improve educational outcomes for all students, close achievement gaps, increase equity, and improve the quality of instruction.
Luckily, this last year, was one of the best years we've had in terms of student performance and growth. All subgroups within our school met growth standards. For us to be removed from the TSI list, we must meet this goal for 3 years straight. So, we are well on our way to removing this label from our school.
If you have questions about which subgroups were underperforming, please email me or call me, as it would be best to not isolate any students. All information can be found online on our school report card.
Important Information and Reminders
Please write your child's name in their belongings. We are experiencing a high volume of lost and found items each day. It will help us to determine how to get the item back to the student.
2. Carpool AM Drop off:
Please do not begin dropping off students in the morning before 8:20. We want to make sure that staff is in place, as safety is a priority. We also ask that you not send students to cross the street from the middle lane in morning carpool. The middle loop is not for drop off. It is for those who wish to park and walk their children up to the office area or into the school foyer.
3. Holiday parties and giving:
Remember, as you bring in items for holiday parties, please remember that food brought in from home should be prepackaged/prepared in a sanitary environment such a food facility. Please check with the classroom teacher to find out if there are any dietary restrictions for students in the class.
If you are looking for ideas to give your classroom teacher, there is a book in the office with every teacher's "likes and loves". Please feel free to ask our office assistants about it and look through it.
4. Parent/Teacher Communication:
As we get deeper into our school year, please keep communication open with your child's teacher. Find out whether your teacher prefers communication through Dojo, email, text, remind or other communication methods. If you're not getting enough communication, let the teacher know or notify the grade level administrator (K-2 Mrs. McDuffie/ Counselor is Mr. Tyndall and 3-5 Mr. McNeill/ Counselor is McDonough)
Upcoming Dates
All Pro Dad's Meeting- 7:30 am in the cafeteria
Progress Reports come home
November 20th:
Fall Picture Make Up Day
November 27-29th
Thanksgiving Break
December 9th:
PTA Holiday Meeting and Singing Owls Concert
December 18th:
Girls on the Run is sponsoring a Blood Drive: 1-6 pm (Gym)
December 20th:
Early Dismissal- All students and staff released by 1:50
December 23rd- January 3rd, 2020
Christmas Holiday Break: