{"id":1931,"date":"2025-12-05T00:43:23","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T00:43:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/westside.village\/?p=1931"},"modified":"2026-04-30T17:21:44","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T17:21:44","slug":"newsletter-december-4-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/westside.village\/2025\/12\/05\/newsletter-december-4-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsletter: December 4, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Hello Westside Vil<\/em><\/strong>lage Families!
Here are a few things to look out for this week:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Important Dates:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Dec 6: WVMS Winter Bazaar, 9:00-2:00<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dec 8: Session 3 Extended Care and Clubs Begin- sign up below!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dec 17: WVMS Night at Red Robin<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dec 18: 2nd Six Week & Winter Solstice Celebration, 4:30-6:30<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dec 22-Jan 2: NO SCHOOL, Winter Break<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jan 5: Choice Options Lottery and ACR Opens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jan 19: NO SCHOOL, MLK, Jr. Holiday<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jan 19: MLK Day of Service<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jan 30: NO SCHOOL, Teacher Work Day<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Click here for the full WVMS School Year Calendar<\/em><\/strong><\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Join Us for the Winter Bazaar this Saturday, Dec 6!<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Get ready for an exciting day as our school community comes together to host the Winter Bazaar! This event offers a unique opportunity for students to flex their entrepreneurial skills by setting up tables to showcase their projects, crafts, or items for sale. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We still have room for Community Vendors that want to purchase a professional table! If you\u2019re interested or know of someone interested in reserving a spot to share your products with our vibrant community, you can book a vendor table here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you purchased a table or want to work a shift at the Bazaar, make sure you turn in your permission slip!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you plan to have a table but haven\u2019t paid yet, please do so here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even if you don\u2019t have a table, come see what it\u2019s all about!  It\u2019s a great time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mark your calendar for December 6, and come support our young entrepreneurs and community vendors. We can\u2019t wait to see you there!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NO SCHOOL Days in December\/January<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Dec 22-Jan 2:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

NO SCHOOL for Winter Break. We hope you are able to enjoy some time with your loved ones, rest, and get outside in nature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Friends of WVMS is offering camp for these days (excluding Dec 25, 26, 31 and Jan 1).  Sign up through Bend Parks and Rec!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jan 19:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

NO SCHOOL for the MLK, Jr. holiday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Friends of WVMS is offering camp on this day. Sign up through Bend Parks and Rec!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jan 30:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

NO SCHOOL for Teacher Work Day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Friends of WVMS is offering camp on this day. Sign up through Bend Parks and Rec!
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The Village Voice Podcast<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Some of our very own Westside Elders have been hard at work making their own podcast!  Give it a listen and find out what student life is like at Westside Village! The Village Voice Podcast<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

WVMS Giving Tree<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Every holiday season the WVMS Community sets up a Giving Tree to help out and spread joy to our families that need some extra support and help during the holiday season. This year the WVMS Giving Tree is located in the office lobby at school. This is an awesome opportunity to show some WVMS families some love this holiday season. The Giving Tree has “holiday wishes” on the ornaments” to be filled.  The Giving Tree is updated frequently as we receive & fulfill holiday wishes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To participate: simply pick an ornament with a wish from the Giving Tree, let office staff know which wish you would like (they are numbered), fulfill the wish, and return the unwrapped wish items to the office (with the wish ornament attached or wish number clearly marked on the item\/s) no later than Wednesday, December 17th. If you are unable to come to school,  just give us a call and we will help you pick a wish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Please know that the WVMS community is amazing! Our community members are “all about” helping out other community members! If you need some help during the holiday season, please accept this invitation. The Giving Tree is anonymous & gives folks great joy in knowing they can make the holidays a little lighter and more magical for other folks in our special community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you are interested in having your family be a recipient of our giving tree and have their wishes put on the tree – please email felicia.anderson@bend.k12.or.us or marcie.gibson@bend.k12.or.us or call the office at 541-355-2000 ASAP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you took an ornament wish from the tree and did not let a staff person know what number, please let a staff member know what number wish you took.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact Felicia or Marcie or call the office at 541-355-2000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

News From Friends<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n
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3rd Six Weeks Extended Care & Club Sign Ups Are Open!<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

It’s time to sign up for 3rd Session of Extended Care & Clubs! Visit www.friendsofwestside.com<\/a> and sign up by Sunday, 12\/7.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hello Westside Village Families!Here are a few things to look out for this week: Important Dates: Dec 6: WVMS Winter Bazaar, 9:00-2:00 Dec 8: Session 3 Extended Care and Clubs Begin- sign up below! Dec 17: WVMS Night at Red Continue reading Newsletter: December 4, 2025<\/span>→<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":762,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newsletter-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/westside.village\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1931","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/westside.village\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/westside.village\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/westside.village\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/762"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/westside.village\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1931"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/westside.village\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1931\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2249,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/westside.village\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1931\/revisions\/2249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/westside.village\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/westside.village\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/westside.village\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}