Upcoming Dates:
Monday, April 18, 2016
- SBAC Testing Begins
Tuesday, April 19, 2016
- Scholastic Book Fair – Del Paso Library – 2:45-4:00 pm
Wednesday, April 20, 2016
- Walking Wednesday – Del Paso
- Scholastic Book Fair – Del Paso Library – 12:45-5:00 pm
- Love and Logic Class – Del Paso Cafeteria – 6:00 pm
Thursday, April 21, 2016
- CST Science Testing – 5th and 8th grades
Friday, April 22, 2016
- Footloose Friday – Del Paso
- CST Science Testing – 5th and 8th grades
Celebrations:
| Dr. Sue Heredia, from the NUSD Board, brought 4 international graduate students from the Education Department at Sacramento State to visit our school last week. Three teachers from Korea and one from China, visited our classrooms and were incredibly impressed with what they witnessed: student engagement, well designed learning environments, 21st Century skills and smartly crafted unit designs. During our debrief, our visitors commented that they had visited many American schools and the practices at Westlake looked the most like what they are learning about in their Masters Classes. |  |
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This past Monday we held a Blood Drive on the Pebblewood campus. This blood drive was a culmination of learning that 7th grade students completed on the human body and how blood disease can affect lives. During the drive, 23 donors registered, 17 pints of blood were donated and 51 potential lives were saved! Thank you 7th grade science team Amber Sutton, Cori Williams, and Sarah Gately for organizing this awesome event. |
| We are very excited about our new check in and check out iPad at the Del Paso campus. This new system will allow for a quicker access to student attendance and volunteer recording in case of an emergency at school. Thank you to Ms. Cajigas for coming up with a great solution to a campus safety need! |  |
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Mrs. Connelley rocked the Del Paso Morning Line Up with Fitness Friday! The students and adults on the blacktop were pumped and ready to have a great Friday after Mrs. Connelly leading Morning Line Up! Thank you, Mrs. Connelley. |
| Ms. Jackson’s 4th graders completed a Mandala project that not only taught students about working collaboratively through art, but they developed an appreciation for this Tibetan tradition from Nepal. |  |
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In Mrs. Rojo’s 2nd Grade Classroom, personalization is enhanced by the use of 21st Century tools like the Read & Write App on the Chromebook. Students us this electronic extension to help stretch their reading and writing growth! |
Announcements:
For the Whole School
Webstore – A big thank you and a shout out to the WAVE Team for our brand new online Spirit Store! Our website will now host an online spirit store where students, staff and parents can order Explorer Spirit Gear, pay online, and have their items delivered right to their classroom! The spirit store will be open year round. Items ordered and paid for online will be shipped once per trimester throughout the school year! Shop now!
Scholastic Book Fair: Our Spring Scholastic Book Fair began yesterday at the International Festival. You still have two days left to shop! The Book Fair will be open in our Del Paso Library this Tuesday and Wednesday. Please see the schedule below.
| Sat- 4/16/16- International Festival | 3:00pm – 7:00pm |
| Tues- 4/19/16 | 2:45pm – 4:00pm |
| Weds- 4/20/16 | 12:45pm – 5:00pm |
Clubs: We are excited about the response to our new Clubs! The deadline to apply is this Friday, April 22nd.
Programs will start: Week of May 2nd, 2016
Programs will end: Week of June 6th, 2016
Programs will cost: Nothing. They’re free!
In order to ensure that each student who is interested in a Club has an equitable opportunity to participate, if there are more students who are interested in a Club than there is space available, the Clubs will be filled through a random lottery. The lottery will take place in the Del Paso BASE room on April 25th, 2016 at 6:15pm. You are welcome to attend. All families that have a child drawn from the lottery will receive an email notification.
Available Clubs
Club #1: Soccer with Mr. Brandon (WCS Staff Member)
When: Fridays from 3:45-4:45pm at Del Paso
Club #2: Prodigy Math with Mrs. Browne and Mrs. Joe
When: Mondays from 3:45-4:45pm at Del Paso
Club #3: Basketball with Mr. Vitaich, Mr. Browne and Mr. Schumacher
When: Thursdays from 3:45-4:45pm at Del Paso
Club #4: Game On! With Mr.Kris
When: Thursdays from 3:00-4:00pm at Pebblewood
For Del Paso
Math Monday: Click HERE to participate in Math Monday.
For Pebblewood
OPTIONAL Spring Picture Day on Friday, April 29th: Spring picture day will be optional this year. All Pebblewood students will have free dress on April 29th, but only students who have filled out this form AND prepaid online or have their picture packet will be sent to the photographer to have their picture taken. If you would like to have your student’s spring picture taken by Lifetouch, please fill out this form AND prepay online or send payment in the packet with your student. Picture packets will go home next week or you can view the e-flyer HERE.
Open House: We are excited for our showcase event on May 18th from 6:00-7:00PM. We hope all families and students can join us for this showcase of student learning. Our middle school students will be presenting their PBL projects they are currently working in on their elective courses. These PBL projects focus on our Core Value, Global Perspective. If your student can not attend this showcase event please reach out to your child’s Advisory teacher. We look forward to seeing all families in attendance. Please mark your calendars!
SBAC Dates: Our students will participate in various testing for three weeks. Testing days and times will vary each week depending on the tests being administered.
The following is the testing schedule:
| Dates | Grade Levels | Tests |
| 4/18-4/22 | 5th and 8th grades only | CST Science |
| 4/25-4/29 | 5th – 8th grades | SBAC Reading |
| 5/2-5/6 | 5th – 8th grades | SBAC Math |