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Griffin Gazette

November 2024


Dear Families,

We have some exciting news to share with you about our schools' vision. This core statement guides our educational journey and sets the tone for our school's identity and direction.


To make our vision even more relevant and reflective of our school community, we've embarked on a rewrite project. We believe this is a crucial step in ensuring that our goals and aspirations align with the changing needs and expectations of our students, parents, staff, and community.


We want to invite you to be a part of this exciting process. Your input and feedback are invaluable in shaping the future of our school. We believe that involving all stakeholders will result in a vision statement that truly represents our collective aspirations for our students and the school.


Please take a moment to fill out this quick Mentimeter Survey (Click Here) asking the question below.


"When you dream about what your child's future will look like at West Hills, what three values/skills do you hope they will have when they leave?"



We will collect and analyze the information to serve as a starting point in creating the foundational pieces of our rewrite! Once we receive input from all stakeholder groups, the West Hills STEM Academy LEadER team will begin drafting a new vision. In late winter, early spring we will reach out again asking for your thoughts on the draft.


Your involvement is an essential part of this journey, and we genuinely appreciate your dedication and passion for our school. Thank you for being a part of our school community, and we can't wait to embark on this exciting vision rewrite adventure with you!


Warmest Wishes,


Kimberly Powell and Carre Potis

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Changes to Dismissal and Pick Up

Due to safety concerns, we will be implementing a new pick-up procedure following conference week. Starting then, all students will be released from their classrooms rather than the playground, which will help keep them dry during the winter months.

Parents and guardians will need to use designated pick-up passes for both carline pick-up and gate pick-up. If you are in the carline simply put the pass in your window. If you are picking up from the back gate walk up to the person at the gate and show them the pass.


To receive your family's passes, please stop by the office during conferences and present a valid ID.


Thank you for your cooperation in helping us ensure the safety and comfort of all students.



PTA Fall Book Fair

Scholastic Book Fair this week!

Thursday 9AM-6PM

Friday 9AM-5PM


Federal Impact Aid forms

Have you completed your Federal Impact Aid form?

It only takes a few minutes and can help secure funding for the District - funding that benefits ALL students! 


You can complete the form online by logging into Skyward, or contact the West Hills STEM Academy office to request a copy in writing (we can send it home with your student if helpful!). 


If you have more questions, contact Michael Alford at 360-473-1076 or Michael.Alford@BremertonSchools.org


Resources for Holidays

Holiday Resources can be found here.


Community Connections

We L💙V E our Community Partners!

Peninsula Ballet Theater performed "The Land of Many Colors" a beautiful ballet based on the book.

We L💙V E our Community Partners!



We Are Learning...

 
  • Phonics: Alliteration, rhyming and Initial sound fluency
  • ELA: letter names, letter sounds and high frequency words
  • Writing: Draw a picture to answer an 2 choice opinion question
  • Math: Decomposition of Numbers to 5
  • SEL: Kindness, Being assertive and what it looks and feels like to be happy or sad.

 
  • Phonics/Foundational Skills: Blending CVC words, Digraphs and Blends, letter names and sounds

  • ELA: Small groups based on individual student needs to help with the phonics skills.

  • Writing: Legibly writing sentences from models with capitalization and punctuation.

  • Math: Addition and Subtraction

  • SEL: Gratitude; Empathy - understanding what someone else is feeling.


 
  • Phonics/Foundational Skills: short and long vowels

  • ELA: Main Idea / prefixes

  • Writing: complete sentences / short paragraph

  • Math: place value

  • SEL: Gratitude

 
  • Phonics/Foundational Skills: Long O

  • ELA: Ask and Answer Questions, Main idea and Key details 

  • Writing: Informational writing 

  • Math: Using the distributive property to break apart multiplication problems. Continue to practice multiplication fluency facts

  • SEL: Gratitude


 

  • Phonics/Foundational Skills: Reading literature fluently

  • ELA: Finding theme in literature 

  • Writing: Starting our first 5 paragraph narrative essay!

  • Math: Multiplying 4 digit by 1 digit numbers using standard algorithm

  • SEL: Accepting and understanding similarities and differences



 
  • Phonics/Foundational Skills: Reading literature fluently

  • ELAFinding theme in literature

  • Writing: Starting our first 5 paragraph narrative essay!

  • Math: Adding and Subtracting fractions

  • SEL: Accepting and understanding similarities and differences

 
  • Phonics/Foundational Skills: Students are working on mastering vowel team sounds in both spelling and reading.

  • ELA/Writing: Students are working on writing complete sentences in response to reading comprehension questions and when appropriate including evidence from the text to support their answers. 

  • Math: Students are learning about fractions as a number, and that it represents part of the whole. They are learning how to add and subtract fractions.

  • SEL: Students are learning about building community in the classroom and having respect, responsibility, and kindness be the ideals that drive their actions and words.


 

Upcoming Events

11/7-11/8 Student Led Conferences and Fall Book Fair

11/11 Veteran's Day-No School

11/12 Veteran's Day Assembly 9 am (If you are a veteran, please join us!)

11/12 New Pick Up Procedure Begins

11/13 You are invited to meet with the School Board at West Hills, please RSVP to 360.473.4606 if you would like to join us! 

11/15 Picture Retakes

11/19 PTA Meeting 5:30

11/28-11/29 Thanksgiving-No School


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The Bremerton School District does not discriminate in any programs or activities on the basis of sex, race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, veteran or military status, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, disability, or the use of a trained dog guide or service animal and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups. The following employee(s) has been designated to handle questions and complaints of alleged discrimination: Carol Bailie at 360.473.1026, or the Section 504 Coordinator, Mark Mayfield at 360.473.4702. Mailing address: 134 Marion Avenue North, Bremerton, WA 98312.

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