Hello Westside Village Families!
Here are a few things to look out for this week:
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
Mar 16 BTA Madness, Registration Ends 2/14!
Mar 25-29 NO SCHOOL, Spring Break
Girls Basketball (all games @ 5pm)
Feb 21 @ Cascade Middle School
Feb 27 @ 7 Peaks
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. 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. 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!
BTA Madness Middle School Basketball Tournament, Registration Ends 2/14
Registration ends tomorrow, February 14th. Don’t forget to sign up if you are interested!
Elder Dance, Friday Feb 16th
February 16th, from 4-6 pm, is the Elder Friendship Dance. The theme is “A Night in Paris.” This is a social for our middle school students only. There will be music, a dance party, snacks, games and lots of fun! Ms. Alice, Ms. J. and Ms. Lovely are chaperoning the event. Elders are allowed to invite a guest that does not attend Westside Village. We are asking for $3 from Westside Village students and $5 if there is a guest from another school. Elders are also invited to bring a snack or treat to share.
Elders are invited to “dress up” or come in as they are in casual clothes. We have been reminding them that this is celebrating friendship and we are not asking each other to go as “dates.”
NO SCHOOL Monday, Feb 19th
3rd Six Week Celebration, Thursday Feb 22nd
Join us Thursday, February 22nd from 4:00pm-6:00pm for our 3rd Six Week Celebration. Catch up with staff and families, enjoy a snack and a quick performance.
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 let us know. Bonus points if you have accounting experience!
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].