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Griffin Gazette

May 2025


🌼Hey West Hills Families!👋 May has arrived, and with it comes energy, sunshine, and LOTS of learning! ☀️📚 Our Griffins are diving into projects, practicing problem-solving, and showing off just how much they've grown this year 🌱. We’re also starting to look ahead, talking about transitions, celebrations, and setting goals for a strong finish 💫. Be sure to check backpacks and messages for updates on events and ways you can join the fun! 📨🎉 Thank you for being part of our team, we truly couldn’t do it without you 💙🦅


Warm regards,
Principal Powell and Principal Potis
West Hills STEM Academy Principals


Community Connections

We L💙V E our Community Partners!

Fleet Reserve Branch 29

Branch 29 of the Fleet Reserve Association donated a flag and stand for our Family Assemblies. Thank you so much!

We L💙V E our Community Partners!



We Are Learning...

 

  • ELA: Fluent reading and answering comprehension questions.

  • Writing: Writing a complete opinion sentence without a sentence stem and illustrating it.

  • Math: represent add to and take away in story problems by using drawings and numbers.

  • SEL: Being unique and creative.

 

  • Phonics/Foundational Skills: long vowels, r-controlled vowels and diphthongs. 

  • ELA: Long vowels including CVCe and vowel teams. Reading sight words. Reading passages with fluency. 

  • Writing: Legibly writing sentences with proper capitalization and punctuation. Writing explanatory paragraphs 

  • Math: Using multiple strategies to complete mixed addition and subtraction word problems through 20, including story problems with math drawings. 

  • SEL - Creativity using Problem Solving STEPS

 

  • Phonics/Foundational Skills: Sight words, digraphs, vowel teams

  • ELA: Main idea and key ideas about pollinators

  • Writing: Writing an informational paragraph

  • Math: Addition and subtraction with regrouping, word problems

  • SEL: Creativity

 

  • Phonics/Foundational Skills: review digraphs and r-controlled vowels

  • ELA: Ask and Answer questions

  • Writing: Narrative writing

  • Math: Multiplication and Area

  • SEL: Creativity

 

  • Social Studies: Continuing to explore the tribes of the Pacific Northwest.

  • ELA: Summarizing fictional stories and explaining themes through a book study.

  • Math: Decimal place value and word problems.

  • SEL: Using STEP to solve peer problems independently.

 

  • Social Studies: Continuing our exploration of Colonial Boston leading up to the American Revolution.

  • ELA: Summarizing fictional stories and explaining themes through a book study.

  • Math: Finding the volume rectangular prisms and plotting points on coordinate planes.

  • SEL: Using STEP to solve peer problems independently.
 

  • Phonics/Foundational Skills: Read multisyllabic words

  • ELA: Determine the meaning of words in a text

  • Writing: Using text evidence and supporting details

  • Math: Solve word problems and explain the solution

  • SEL: Creativity as a problem solving skill

 

Proposed Vision

We listened to your input to shape a new vision, and now we’d love to hear what you think about what we’ve created! 😊📢 Your feedback will help us fine-tune and strengthen our vision for our students and community! 🏫✨


English Feedback

Spanish Feedback


5th Grade Celebration


Title 1 Survey INFORMATION

Title I Parent & Family Feedback Survey

We value your voice!

Our District receives funding through Title I, Part A, a federal program that provides extra support to help students succeed in school. This program helps us offer additional instruction and resources so all students can meet challenging state academic standards and close learning gaps.

Here’s how we currently support students through Title I:

  • Small group instruction and interventions

  • Targeted, specialized teaching

  • Ongoing progress monitoring

  • Teacher-student conferences focused on academic goals

  • Activities that engage parents and families

As we begin planning for next school year, we want your input. Your feedback helps us ensure our Title I program meets the needs of your student and your family in meaningful ways.

 Please take a few minutes to complete the survey and share your thoughts.

Thank you for being a valued partner in your child’s education!

English survey: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfLWE3GkDLtLE_Iy8LZO8FICEYlL-kJDUPEeKhG-I9-14TbZw/viewform?usp=sf_link 


Spanish survey: 

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScMvJ5vHj1VRAVcvDcmZntDPjyqPgZtk_pAyIM8t6PgTPji9w/viewform


Kindergarten Registration is now open for 2025-2026 school year


Upcoming Events

6/6 College and Career Day

6/11 4th Grade Pinewood Derby & 5th Arcade Night

6/17 5th Grade Celebration/Field Day

6/18 Kinder Picnic

6/20 Last Day of School and Move-Up Day


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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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