It’s go time Westside!!! ❤️💪🏽🦓
Happy first day of school! 🎉
We are SO excited & ready to be back to school with our kids! See you soon, Westies! ✏️🍎
Important information regarding school hours, drop off & pick up below. 🚗 🚌
School hours, morning drop off & dismissal locations are shown in the map below.
The Big Loop doors will open at 7:25 for all car riders & walkers, PreK - 5th. The Small Loop will open doors at 7:45 for Pre-K & K drop off as well.
Big & Small Loop doors will close at 7:50 am. Any students arriving after this time will be checked in at the front office.
Please have your school issued car tag hanging in your vehicle to ensure a quick & smooth pick up. IDs will be checked if there is no visible car tag to ensure safety of students during dismissal. Additional car tags can be purchased in the office for $1.
Westside welcomes Mr. Cook to the Westie family! He will be working with 5th graders as a math and science teacher. ♥️🦓♥️
Mr. Cook graduated from Verdigris High School as a valedictorian. He then went on to RSU where he graduated with a bachelor's degree in business administration.
Welcome, Mr. Cook! You will do great things! 🦓
It's more than a meal! 6 Reasons to complete the educational benefits application! 1️⃣ Free or reduced breakfast, lunch, and technology fees 2️⃣ Additional funding for technology and internet access 3️⃣ Discounted fees for ACT & AP exams 4️⃣ Helps with the district's state aid funding 5️⃣ Discounted fees associated with college applications 6️⃣ Additional scholarship opportunities, both public and private Please note: You must re-enroll in this program each year! The application process is open now for the 24-25 school year.
Meet the Teacher Night - total success! 🙌🏽🍎
Meeting & greeting our new Westies was exactly what our hearts needed. What a turn out!
Bring on the new year, because it’s almost here & we are counting down the days until we are back at it. ❤️💪🏽🦓 Go Westside!
“We love it here!!” 💪🏽❤️🦓
Today, teachers & staff were officially back at it! The welcome back rally for CPS was a total success.
Westside staff was some breakfast eating, funky dancing, fight song singing, giveaway winning, hooping & hollering excited bunch of Zebras!
Thank you Claremore Public Schools Foundation for an awesome first day back!
Yep, she nailed it, “Westies are a sharp bunch!!” ✏️🦓❤️
We found our extraordinarily talented & creative counselor, Mrs. Lyons, working on something extra special to welcome students & families back to Westside for Meet the Teacher on August 15th.
Westside teachers & staff are working so hard across the whole building to have everything ready for our awesome students. See you soon Westies, we can’t wait! 📚📝🍎🖍️
Shout out to our Partners in Education, BancFirst, for providing Chick-fil-A for our staff during Back to School Night! We appreciate you big! 🏫📝📚
Finding/Paying Fees in the Parent Portal
Your fees will be assigned to your parent portal account and can be found on the home page.
1 - Click on the Fees box to see the Fee assigned to your student, then Click “Add to Cart” to pay
2 - Fee Added to Cart for payment.
3 - Click on the Cart Icon to pay the fee.
4 - Select Payment Method and Submit Payment
5 - Receipt/Payment Confirmation
6 - Fees Page - $0 Balance
Setting Up Payment Method
1 - On the Home Screen, Click on the Wallet Icon
2 - Click “Payment Methods”
3 - Click “New”
4 - Enter ALL Required Information and Click “Save”
NOTE: Checking and Savings Accounts will incur a $0.35 transaction fee, Credit Card/Debit Cards will incur a $0.35 transaction fee and a 4.8% service fee
For more detailed instructions ➡ https://5il.co/x5bd
The Technology Device Policy and Procedures form has been sent to your Parent Portal.
1 - You MUST have a parent portal set up.
2 - Only one Technology Device Policy and Procedures form per student needs to be filled out.
3 - Complete the Meals Benefits Form (also called the Educational Benefits Form) to determine if you qualify for a lower Protection Plan Fee.
4 - A fee will be assigned to your parent portal within 24 hours of completing the Meals Benefits Form (also called the Educational Benefits Form) or if you indicate you are not completing a Meal Benefit Form within 24 hours of completing the Technology Device Policy and Procedures Form.
For more details, you can download these step-by-step instructions.
➡ https://5il.co/jwcf
SCHOOL STARTS AUGUST 20th!!! 🥳
As you label those supplies, set out those clothes, and put those tissues in your pocket, REMEMBER to download and print that FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL SIGN for those photos!
We've got them for every grade level - https://www.claremore.k12.ok.us/documents/first-day-signs-(grade%2Fclass-of)/479582
All Things Back To School Webpage: https://www.claremore.k12.ok.us/page/back-to-school
#CPSZEBRAPRIDE
NEW DATE SET: Tuesday, August 13th, 4pm-7pm. This is the last day to pick up JOM supplies. If you are new to the district, you must have a copy of the student’s tribal membership card and Certificate of Degree of Indian Blood (CDIB) card to receive school supplies provided through JOM.
Back to School Checklist for PARENT/GUARDIANS
✔️REGISTER YOUR KIDS FOR SCHOOL (class size and scheduling depends on it)
✔️Download the Claremore Public School App (turn on notifications)
✔️ Accept the email/text invite to ROOMS
✔️ Access your Infinite Campus Parent Portal
✔️ Register your bus rider & find the closest bus stop
✔️Complete the Educational Benefits Form
✔️Complete the Technology Acceptable Use Agreement (Technology Protection Plan) ✔️Add funds to your child's child nutrition account
✔️Download your First Day of School signs
More info on all these is on our Back-to-School webpage for all of these items: https://www.claremore.k12.ok.us/page/back-to-school
The latest CLAREMORE ZEBRA CONNECTION Newsletter has been sent out by Claremore Public Schools to the email addresses in our database. If you haven't received it, please check your parent portal and update your contact information.
In the meantime, you can access the newsletter through this link: ⬇️
https://claremorenewsletter.edurooms.com/engage/claremore-public-schools/newsletters/claremore-zebra-connection-district-august-2024
We are blue without you, but we will see you soon! 💙🦓💙
We can't wait to see our Westies smiling faces in the halls. The countdown for back-to-school is ON! 📝🎒🖇️📄
It's more than a meal! 6 Reasons to complete the educational benefits application! 1️⃣ Free or reduced breakfast, lunch, and technology fees 2️⃣ Additional funding for technology and internet access 3️⃣ Discounted fees for ACT & AP exams 4️⃣ Helps with the district's state aid funding 5️⃣ Discounted fees associated with college applications 6️⃣ Additional scholarship opportunities, both public and private Please note: You must re-enroll in this program each year! The application process is open now for the 24-25 school year.
Summer Check-In featuring Mrs. Williams! 🦓♥️🦓
Mrs. Williams has been spending time with her husband Sean, going to baseball games! ⚾️ 🧢
Summer Cool Down: Staff Edition 😎🌞🌊
This week features Mrs. James, on the Disney Wonder Cruise in Alaska! 🚢
We want to see how you are cooling down in the summer heat! Drop your pictures below ⬇️
EVENING ENROLLMENT EVENT TONIGHT
The Enrollment Center will be open twice in August to help anyone register for enrollment. We have computers, scanners, interpreters, and people to help you! Registering your children early will help us plan for appropriate staffing, class sizes, and schedules.
📅 August 1st and August 8th
⏲5:00pm - 7:00pm
📍101 W 11th Street (look for circle drive)
💭Interpreters available
📃Bring the required document - https://5il.co/coae
Enrollment webpage: https://www.claremore.k12.ok.us/page/enrollment-center
We're more than halfway through summer break, and Westside Elementary hopes that you are having a "RAINBOW-TASTIC" summer! 🌈🌈😎
