Westside Elementary

The CPS District offices are closed Monday. Have a safe Memorial Day. It's important to tell the stories of those who are not here to tell their story. Join us in remembering and honoring those who have sacrificed their lives for this country. Who are you honoring today? #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

✨Summer STEM camp opportunity for students✨ This camp is for students completing 4th - 7th grade. (It’s free too!) The flyers below tell you more information! Fill your students summer with fun! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

⚠ WARNING - be prepared to smile, laugh, and get all the feels. What did you want to be when you were a kindergartner? Some of our Zebra Kindergarten Graduates share their future goals with us. #CPSZEBRAPRIDE ▶ https://youtu.be/hgH8B174gGo Video credits - CPS Communications Intern, @Hailey Pickup.

Mrs. Collins had eight 2nd grade students earn Math Timed Test trophies! Seven students earned for multiplication timed tests and one student earned their trophy for division fact timed tests. They passed all addition and subtraction tests to make it to multiplication then onto division after multiplication. Love the hard work, Mrs. Collins and friends! ❤ #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Our third grade is 💥EXPLODING💥 with knowledge and creativity! Check out the incredible way they finished their volcano unit! They built some fantastic volcanoes that they tested out as a group! It was so fun to see them finish their projects with a boom! Great job, third grade! ❤ #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Our top-selling ladies got their prizes today!! ✨Congratulations to the top-selling student for Pre-K-2nd grade, Harlee Caffey!✨ ✨Congratulations to the top-selling student for 3rd-5th grade, Halle Campbell!✨ Harlee received a brand new bike and Halle received a new hoverboard! We are so proud of you both and all of your hard work! Way to show dedication, ladies! ❤ #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Westside is so proud of Ms. Hannah Barlow! We would like to congratulate her on all her accomplishments. She recently graduated with honors from Northeastern State University with a Master of Education. She involved her students in her success and they were very excited to see pictures of her and her graduation happenings! Once again, we are so incredibly proud of you, Ms. Barlow! ❤ #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

#ZebraTravelDiaries - SUMMER BREAK 2022 As you head out on vacations, staycations, day trips, camp, zoo, playdates, or any other summer fun, send us your pictures in your ZEBRA GEAR and tell us where you are and we'll share them with our community. You don't have to be going far, you just have to show your #CPSZEBRAPRIDE (sporting your ZEBRA logo) when you are there. Stay safe, have fun, and email photos to jbrace@claremore.k12.ok.us.

It's time to make sure all your school-issued technology devices are returned to school. Remember to bring in the device, power cord, and cover. If you have not already returned your device to your child's school of record, please do so ASAP. The deadline is May 18, 2022. #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

The Board of Education approved a new 22-23 academic calendar on Monday. There are a few changes you might want to note. 📅 Fall Break was moved up a week to Oct. 13 & 14, 2022 📅 Graduation was set for May 21, 2023 #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Family Fun Night 2022 was a HUGE success! With your help, we raised $18,007 😱😍 for our PTO which will greatly, and directly, benefit our students! We had a great time with our students and their families! Thank you to all who came out and showed their support of Westside! Our community's involvement means so much to us! It was a great day to be a Zebra! ❤ #CPSZEBRAPRIDE #FAMILYFUNNIGHT22

Yesterday our district celebrated our collaboration between Grand Lake Mental Health Center and Claremore Publics Schools. They discussed the history of this collaboration and the beginning of BISSS (Behavior Interventions In a School Setting) in the schools. They also discussed how this started 4 year ago with our very own Mrs. Angy Bains being the first Behavioral Health Coach in the district and Westside was the pilot school site for this program. It has now grown substantially with a Behavioral Health Coach in every CPS school. Today, May is Mental Health Awareness month and today, May 10th, is Mental Health Worker Appreciation Day! We are so grateful for our Mental Health Workers here at Westside! "I am so fortunate to have been able to see this program develop over the years. I love being a WESTSIDE zebra!" -Angy Bains #CPSZEBRAPRIDE #MentalHealthAwareness #MentalHealthWorkerAppreciation Day

Happy Mother's Day to all our "moms." Our birth moms, adoptive moms, step-moms, and bonus moms. To our Aunt moms, sister moms, Grandmoms, single Dad moms, and surrogate moms. To our work moms, cheer moms, dance moms, sports moms, PTO moms, homeroom moms, teacher moms, and school moms. Happy Mother's Day to whoever makes up your "mom"tourage, all of them play an essential role in nurturing, raising, and supporting the children in our community. We appreciate your commitment to the welfare and personal growth of your children - our students. #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Eleanor Roosevelt was able to convince the 81st Congress to create the first Teacher Appreciation Day. It was in 1944 that the first discussions of creating a national day to honor teachers began between politicians and education professionals. We now honor Teachers with a week long celebration to pay tribute to educators who empower students across the country with the knowledge and skills they need to reach their potential and achieve their dreams. Be sure to thank a teacher this week! We sure are grateful for the AMAZING teachers we have here at Westside! ❤ #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Westside would now like to introduce you to our Behavior Health Coach, Mrs. Angy Bains! "I have been the Behavior Health Coach (BHC) for Westside for the last 4 years. My role is to work with the school to advocate for students that exhibit behaviors that are preventing or limiting their success. BHC’s are centered around helping the student and will work closely with teachers, counselors, principals, and parents to best serve the needs of each student. My goal is to help the student stay in (or return to) the classroom setting. To accomplish this, I provide the student with life skills at home, at school, and in the community. My goal is to empower students and set them up for success." Favorite Things: Anything Chocolate, Dt. Dr. Pepper, Starbucks, reading on my Kindle, singing to students in the cafeteria, and seeing students set goals and achieve them. Fun Fact: I have performed in numerous musical theatre productions including Annie, Nunsense, and Oliver. Thank you for telling us a little about yourself and what you do for our students at Westside, Mrs. Bains! You are greatly appreciated! ❤️ #CPSZEBRAPRIDE #TEACHERFEATURE

Have you enrolled your kids for school next year??? If you're having trouble, please make sure you are signed into Wengage through GOOGLE CHROME on a computer. You can follow this link to get to the parent portal https://ok.wengage.com/Claremore If you need help or have any questions, please call the office at 918-923-4245. Pre-enrollment numbers are used to hire the appropriate number of staff members and create schedules. To ensure we have a full staff, please enroll your children by May 2nd.

We may not have posted our Hero Wall in a while, and due to some technical difficulties its not Wednesday 🤪, but that does not mean our students haven't been filling up that wall! We love seeing this wall so full (and we had to add more space!!!!) because it means our students are working hard in our building. Way to go, Westside students! We are so proud of you! #HeroWallWednesday#CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Mrs. Book's class had a cute little visitor in their classroom! Mr. Book brought in Mrs. Books' favorite hen, Helen! Helen visited the students during their chick hatching unit and proudly showed them how beautiful some of their chicks may grow to be someday 😉 #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Mrs. Sweet's 2nd-grade class had a great time prepping for Easter! They did a Math Egg hunt, experimented with some cookie coloring, and you can't forget the egg coloring fun! They even created their own traps to catch the Easter Bunny! (Talk about sharpening those creative and critical thinking skills 😉) They just missed him but he left them some cute bunnies with books for all that made a trap! Mrs. Sweet said her students did a fantastic job with the planning and creating, but the best part was seeing them join together to problem solve! They also had a blast! Great job, Mrs. Sweet, and class! ❤️ #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

The District Teacher of the Year Celebration will be tonight at 5pm. The dessert reception will recognize all our Site Teacher of the Year recipients and announce the 22-23 District Teacher of the Year. You can watch it live ▶https://youtu.be/XYDxRYj85eI. #CPSZEBRAPRIDE