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Subject: West Wing School News Message
Date: February 10th 2016

WEST WING SCHOOL NEWS!!

PARENT/TEACHER CONFERENCES: THIS Week!! Please contact your child’s teacher if you have not scheduled a time to meet with them.

EARLY RELEASE: Thursday, February 11^th AND Friday, February 12^th for parent / teacher conferences. All grades will be release at 12:05pm.

NO SCHOOL: Monday, February 15^th in observance of President’s Day

SPRING BOOK FAIR: Monday, February 22^nd – Friday, February 26^th in our library.

Monday – Wednesday: 8:30am – 4:00pm

Thursday: 8:30am – 7:00pm

Friday: 8:30am – 1:00pm

Our library gets to keep a percentage of all sales and this is what we use purchase new books, replace lost or damaged books and supplies to repair them. Please come visit and support our library. If you’d like to volunteer for one or more of the shifts please click on the link: http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0e4eabaf29a0fc1-volunteer

Thank you!!

ALL FOR BOOKS!: During our book fairs we try to help our teachers build their classroom libraries. Your child’s teacher will choose books and put them in their designated bucket for you to pick out and purchase for them while you are at the fair. Another way to help them is by donating any dollar amount in their name. At the end of the week they will come and choose books for their classroom. This method of donation is done through Scholastic’s “All for Books” program and Scholastic will donate one book for every dollar spent!! The teacher’s will be given the donation slips so they can thank your child for their new book.

LITERACY NIGHT: Thursday, February 25^th 5:00pm – 6:30pm in our MPR room. West Wing will have lots of fun planned to encourage reading. Please contact Christina Riccitelli if you are interested in volunteering: Christina.riccitelli@dvusd.org or 623-376-5053.

SHOWCASE FOR LEARNING NIGHT: Thursday, February 25^th 5:00pm – 6:30pm. This is an evening the community will have an opportunity to see firsthand the wonderfully effective academics that we provide at West Wing School. Invite your neighbors and friends and come see why West Wing is an “A-Excelling” school! In all grade level classrooms.

KINDER SNEAK PEEK NIGHT: If you have a kinder or you know of a friend or neighbor who will have a kinder starting next school year this is a great time to bring them to meet our kinder teachers and see what West Wing has planned for those students. You can also have them registered for next year!!! This will take place in our kinder classrooms starting at 5:00pm – 6:30pm.

CLOTHING DONATION DRIVE: Our PTSA is holding a clothing drive on Thursday, February 25^th from 5:00pm – 6:30pm. You know the rule: If you haven’t worn it in over a year you’re not going to!! This is a good time to clean out those closets and bring in all those shirts, shoes, pants and skirts that someone else will get good use of!

DADDY/DAUGHTER DANCE: Friday, February 26^th from 6:00pm – 8:30pm in our MPR room. Western theme: Cowboys and Angels!!! Girls dress up as angels or cowgirls and dads put on your best cowboy gear! Tickets are being sold NOW on the PTSA website. Tickets will not be sold at the door. Please turn in order form with payment or purchase tickets online by February 17^th. PTSA is looking for volunteers to help with the dance: http://westwing.my-pta.org/

HARKIN’S MOVIE TICKETS: Our PTSA is selling Harkin’s Summer Movie Tickets! See 10 movies for only $7!!! That’s $.70 a ticket! Whoa!!! Visit: http://westwing.my-pta.org/content.asp?PageID=15 to purchase your tickets today!! The deadline is Friday, March 4^th.

AZ MERIT TESTING: Begins Tuesday, March 29^th and continues through Wednesday, April 20^th. While testing is underway we will not be able to allow volunteers on campus nor will we be able to have parent visits. Please refrain from scheduling doctor or dentist appointments on their testing days. It is important that all students arrive at school on time and are not taken early from school. To help with scheduling the following are the testing dates for your child’s grade level:

3^rd Grade: March 29^th, April 4^th, April 8^th, April 13^th

4^th Grade: March 30^th, April 5^th, April 14^th, April 18^th

5^th Grade: April 6^th, April 14^th

6^th Grade: April 7^th, April 15^th

7^th Grade: March 31^st, April 11^th, April 19^th

8^th Grade: April 1^st, April 12^th, April 14^th, April 20th

DONATIONS: PLEASE HELP!! We are looking for donations of Leap Pad Readers, books, and cartridges and/or Franklin Spell Checks for our younger students to use for reading, phonics and number fluency the classroom.

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If you have any used or new Leap Pad Readers or Franklin Spell Checks you are willing to donate, please send them in. Thank you for your continued support!

BATTLE OF THE BOOKS: Our next competition is Monday, March 14^th at 2:30 pm in the library. ALL teams will be in the library competing against each other! If you would like to attend the competition please RSVP to shari.mills-zumstein@dvusd.org asap. Thank you.

LINK YOUR LOYALTY CARDS:

Did you know you could help West Wing just by shopping at your favorite stores? Link your grocery cards to our school, and a portion of your shopping dollars spent will help support West Wing. Please encourage your friends and family to sign up also! Every little bit makes a big difference in helping us achieve our goals.

Link your Fry’s VIP Card to West Wing PTSA and our school will earn a percentage of your shopping dollars as of September 1^st. Enroll today at www.FrysCommunityRewards.com. Our organization number is 80148. You must reenroll every year.

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Target%20TCOE%20Logo We will receive a percentage of the amount of each purchase made using a Target Visa Card through the Take Charge of Education® program. It's easy. Just visit target.com/tcoe, or call 1-800-316-6142 to designate our school. If you prefer not to use a credit card consider setting up a Target Check Card. It is just like using your regular debit card. It links to your checking account but earns Target rewards and benefits West Wing!

To shop at AmazonSmile simply go to smile.amazon.com from the web browser on your computer or mobile device. You may also want to add a bookmark to AmazonSmile to make it even easier to return and start your shopping at AmazonSmile. You can use your existing Amazon.com with AmazonSmile. Your shopping cart, Wish List, wedding or baby registry, and other account settings are also the same. http://smile.amazon.com/ch/90-0242348

COMING IN FROM OUR CAFETERIA

Tell Us How We Are Doing!

The DVUSD Food & Nutrition Department’s parent survey is your chance to tell us how we are doing. Please take a few minutes to complete the survey to help us identify our strengths and areas for improvement so we can provide the best cafeteria experience possible!

You can access the survey by clicking the link below or copying the link and pasting it into your web browser. You can also access the link via Food & Nutrition Department website (from www.DVUSD.org click the white chef hat in the top right and look for “Parent Survey” on the left side of the page).

Survey Link: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/fnd1516

Elementary Lunch - $2.60

Adults - $3.50 (includes drink)

We are open for breakfast at 8:15-8:45 a.m.

February Menu: Alternative lunches: chef salad or 2 cheese quesadillas

Wednesday, February 10^th: Popcorn Chicken

Thursday, February 11^th: Krave Cereal, Yogurt & string cheese

Friday, February 12^th: Chicken & Rice burrito

Tuesday, February 16^th: Hand Tossed Pizza

Wednesday, February 17^th: Crunchy Chicken Tacos

Thursday, February 18^th: Turkey and Gravy

Friday, February 19^th: Cheeseburger