Hello Westside Village Families!
Here are a few things to look out for this week:
Feb 5 Session 4 Clubs Begin (Spots Still Available!)
Feb 6-13 Winter Conferences
Feb 6-13 Art & Engineering Camp (during school day)
Feb 7 VRB Committee Meeting, 8:15
Feb 14 Friendship Day at School, See Below
Feb 15 Ice Skating Field Trip, Centers/Elders
Feb 16 Elder Dance, 4:00-6:00
Feb 19 NO SCHOOL, Presidents Day Holiday
Feb 20 Ice Skating Field Trip, Youngers/Olders
Feb 22 3rd Six Week Celebration, 4:00-6:00
Girls Basketball (all games @ 5pm)
Feb 7 Home Game – High Desert Middle School @ WVMS
Feb 12 @ Bend Int’l School
Feb 21 @ Cascade Middle School
Feb 27 @ 7 Peaks
Schedule Your Winter Conference
It’s time to sign up for Winter Conferences! Conferences will be Feb 6th – Feb 13th. We have availability before, during and after school- call the office at 541-355-2000 to schedule a time. These are student-led conferences, so students should attend. Please remember to bring your ID to sign in if you are scheduled for a time during the school day.
Session 4 Clubs Begin Feb 5th- Sign Up with our New Website!
We are SO excited to share with you our brand new website through which club, care and camp sign-ups will happen. Please visit www.friendsofwestside.com to sign up for session 4- it’s not too late!
Friends of WVMS Board Position Open
Have any interest in volunteering on our wonderful Friends Board? Friends of Westside Village is looking for a Co-Treasurer. If you are interested, please call the office to let us know. Bonus points if you have accounting experience!
Save the Date! Village Rhythm & Bingo is April 25th
Thursday, April 25th will be our annual FUNraiser at the Unitarian Church, 5:30-8:30! Let’s play bingo, win cool raffles and connect to our Vibrant Community! More info to come.
Friendship Day Activities
Valentine’s Day is celebrated at WVMS by celebrating healthy friendships and kindness. This is always an emotional time for students. Some children have unrealistic expectations with relationships. We really try to help everyone build relationships, reach out to those that they do not know as well, and have fun with friends. We DO NOT promote this as a romantic adult event.
Friendship Day at School, Wednesday, February 14th
-We remind our community that this day is about healthy friendships, not romantic love or the commercialism around the day. It’s about having fun, being a great friend, and enjoying festivities.
-Please do not feel pressured to send Valentine cards. If you do, please do not put names on the cards. Students will make bags at school to collect any treats being passed out.
-If your child has a special gift for someone, please try to do it outside of school. In school, this can make other students feel excluded.
-Students can make big posters to share with communities, buy a small treat for their community (something that has at least 50 for each upstairs community, 40 for Centers, and 80 for Elders), write quotes to put in bags, pencils, erasers, (preferably something that is not single use plastic).
Centers & Elders Ice Skating Thursday, February 15th
Centers and Elders will be Ice Skating on Thursday, Feb 15th to celebrate friendship! Permission slips are going home this week, or find it attached here. The cost is $5 per student (can be paid with cash, check or card in the office or with this PayPal Link). We will have an early lunch and walk to the Pavilion, leaving school around 12:30/12:45. We will arrive back at school around 3:15/3:30. Please make sure your student knows their shoe size or write it on their hand so that skate fitting will go smoothly and quickly and we can get more skating in!
Youngers & Olders Ice Skating Tuesday, February 20th
Youngers and Olders will be Ice Skating on Tuesday, Feb 20th to celebrate friendship! Permission slips are going home this week, or find it attached here. The cost is $5 per student (can be paid with cash, check or card in the office or with this PayPal Link). We will have an early lunch and walk to the Pavilion, leaving school around 12:30/12:45. We will arrive back at school around 3:15/3:30. Please make sure your student knows their shoe size or write it on their hand so that skate fitting will go smoothly and quickly and we can get more skating in!
2023-24 Oregon Statewide Tests (OSAS)
This school year our 3rd through 8th grade students will take the Oregon Statewide Tests. Parents have the right to opt their child out of the English Language Arts and/or the Math tests. We have made it a mission to be creative and smart about how we administer the OR Statewide Tests. We are not going to make students sit for hours at a time testing; we are going to offer them fun snacks, breaks when needed, and all the support we can give. We would like to take this opportunity to turn this challenge into a fun and meaningful experience.
Here are links to the Annual Notice for Statewide Testing – this contains information about the testing and the Opt-Out Form.
OSAS Annual Notice and Opt-Out Form English 23-24
OSAS Annual Notice and Opt-Out Form español 23-24
If you have any questions about the test, please email Felicia at: [email protected].
Naglieri Test
Every year, the Bend La Pine School District administers the Naglieri Test to all 2nd grade students as well as 3rd – 5th grade students new to the district. The Naglieri Nonverbal Test of Ability is a brief, nonverbal measure of general ability. We will be testing our students this Spring.