We want to give our students an opportunity to drop off all their school books, pick up personal items, clean out their lockers, and say goodbye to their teachers.

Each student will have their own scheduled time slot. If you have a student in first grade and find it necessary, one parent may accompany their child. Teachers will be in their classrooms to help students pack up all their personal belongings.  **Sign Up for a Time via the Button Below**

Scheduled Dates & Times:

• Elementary students are welcome to come on Tuesday, May 26th between 9:00 – 3:40.
• Secondary students (grades 7-11)  are invited to come on Friday, May 29th between 11:00 – 3:00.  
• Preschool & PreK families may come on either day (no need to sign up for a time slot).  Our PreS & PreK teachers will have already collected all student items for you.  Your child’s personal items will be  in the main hallway on the benches.
• Our Senior class will get their own day and time on Friday, May 22nd from 4:00 – 5:30 pm and do not need to use the attached sign up form.

Specific Details for All Students:

• Please have your child enter through the front door and exit through the gymnasium. Faculty & Staff will direct students through the building.
• Please ensure your child is wearing a mask.
• We will supply a white garbage bag for your child to carry all their personal belongings home.
• We will have hand sanitizer throughout the building.
• As students are exiting the building, they will be encouraged to look through Lost and Found in the gymnasium.
• Please make sure your child understands this is not a time to move slowly or talk with everyone they see.

Specific Details for Elementary Students:

• Go straight upstairs to your classroom via the front stairwell.
• Drop off all textbooks and school materials to your classroom.
• Empty your desk and then locker as quickly as possible.
• Go down the back stairs (by 5th grade) and go to the gym.
• Stop by Lost & Found before exiting the building through the gym doors.

Specific Details for Parents:

• We ask that you drop off your student at the front door using our normal drop off route.
• Please then pull out of the parking lot and head around the block to line up along Slusser to pick up your child (following normal elementary pick up protocol).
• When you pull into the back lot of the school, please follow the rainy-day protocol where cars make a “U” shape along the left side of the lot.
• *****First grade students may have one parent accompany them into the building, if needed. ***** In that case, park in the main parking lot, walk your child in, and when you are done, walk around the building after exiting through the gym door.

Specific Details for Secondary Students:

• Enter through the front door and go directly to the gym to drop off all textbooks and materials.
• Next go to your locker to retrieve belongings. We will provide bags for you. If you have items in other places around the building, please collect them as quickly as possible.
• Exit through the gym door and check out Lost & Found on your way out.
• Parents who are driving:  after dropping off your child, drive around the block and enter the playground from Slusser Street. Park and wait for your child there. Exit through the main parking lot (as usual).
• Students who are driving themselves:  Park in the front lot, enter through the front door. Once you’ve gathered all your personal belongings, exit through the gym door and walk around the back of the building to your car.

ALL STUDENTS MUST SIGN UP BELOW TO OBTAIN A TIME SLOT TO ENTER THE BUILDING.

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We are excited to announce Westlake’s upcoming International Arts and Culture Day, March 19, 2020!  This year’s theme is focused on countries around the world and their arts, including music, dance, crafts, and food.

We are looking for volunteers to provide either time or food for sampling. Please sign up below by March 9th if you are able to help with either of these!

Thank you for helping make this a successful International and Arts and Culture day at Westlake! We look forward to partnering with you to make this a memorable event.

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We need volunteers to assist in three ways:

1. helping to supervise our 20-minute activity sessions

2. providing small ethnic food samples, or

3. helping distribute ethnic food samples during lunch.

Helping to supervise activity sessions

Each of the grades is creating an activity for our International Arts and Culture Day. Activities might consist of doing a craft, learning a traditional dance, participating in role-playing, learning about a non-traditional musical instrument, playing a game, etc. Because we want all of our students to be able to experience all of the activities, we need parent volunteers who will partner with a teacher to supervise the activity 20 minutes at a time, for six sessions. The volunteer will not need to create or plan the activity. The activity will already be planned and materials will be in place. The volunteer will just assist the teacher in “running” the activity. If you volunteer to help supervise, a teacher will reach out to you and brief you on the activity and your role in it prior to the International Arts and Culture Day. You will be asked to commit to helping either in the morning, from 8:20 until 11:30, or in the afternoon, from noon until 3:20.

Providing ethnic food samples

We also need volunteers to prepare samples of various ethnic foods to enhance our lunch. The students will bring their lunches, but we would like to have them have the opportunity to choose up to two small samples of a food from another culture. If you are able to help us with this, we would ask you to prepare enough to be divided into three dozen sample cups. Students will be issued two tickets each to use to “buy” the samples.

Distributing ethnic food samples

We would like different volunteers (not the ones providing the samples) to help serve the food samples during our lunchtime. Each volunteer will be placed at one of several stations in the lunch area (gym), exchanging the samples for the tickets. If you volunteer for this, you will need to be present from 11 AM until about 12:30 PM, as we will also need your help setting up the stations and taking them down.

Thank you for helping to make International Arts & Culture Day a success!

Every year we have an all-school meeting where our principal gives a “state of the union” type of address. Two years ago, because of the weather, we chose to make the event virtual. It was so successful that we decided to hold this meeting online again last year and this year.

All families will receive a special email on Wednesday, January 27th with a link to watch the video. 

This video will contain important information for everyone to know. Please make it a priority to watch What’s Up @ Westlake Digital sometime between now and Sunday, January 31 at midnight to qualify for dress down passes and a special treat for the class with the most parents in attendance.

Here is some of the information that will be in the video:

• Why Christian Education is so important and why you should continue to invest in it for your child
• A stakeholder survey will shortly come to your inbox that is required for our accreditation renewal
• Our revised calendar for the second semester with updated events and information
• Coffee with Mrs. DeReus, which is an opportunity for you to give feedback, ask questions, share concerns, and connect not only with Mrs. DeReus but other parents
• Opportunities for you to help promote Westlake

We’ve created a booklet for you to peruse while you watch the event. You should have received one either in your child’s homework bag which was sent home last Sunday or via the mail with your child’s report card. If you don’t hapeen to have it handy, you may download it here.

How do I get a free dress down day?

There will also be an incentive for every family to watch the video:  a free dress down pass for each student whose parent watches as well as a special treat for the class which has the most parent representation. There will be a link posted in the chat on 1/27 for you to register for your child’s dress down pass. If you’re unable to watch it that night, it can be found in the description of the video on our YouTube page.