Westside Elementary

JOIN OUR TEAM! Be the first smile our students see in the morning and the last smile they see as they head home. CPS is hiring bus drivers! We are looking for people who love kids, who value an opportunity to positively influence the lives of our students and see these young people as precious cargo. #CPSZEBRAPRIDE ▶ https://www.claremore.k12.ok.us/article/427405

Keep those reading skills engaged, inspire the imagination, travel the world with the Will Rogers Library Summer Reading program that begins TODAY! There are some awesome prizes too! Sign up here: https://www.claremorecity.com/550/Summer-Reading-Program #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

#ZebraTravelDiaries - Summer Series . As you head out on vacations, staycations, day trips, camp, or 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. Stay safe, have fun, and email photos to jbrace@claremore.k12.ok.us. #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Develop skills, make friends across the district, build a team and show your #CPSZEBRAPRIDE ! Lil Zebra Football Camp begins June 7th! More Info ▶https://5il.co/s2i8

ZEBRA Basketball Camp starts tomorrow, June 2nd! This camp is for 1st - 9th graders and hosted by CHS boys basketball coaches. https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/.../Camp_brochure_May... #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

𝙃𝙤𝙩𝙨𝙥𝙤𝙩 𝙍𝙀𝙏𝙐𝙍𝙉 𝙋𝙧𝙤𝙘𝙚𝙙𝙪𝙧𝙚𝙨 - Due by June 7th Appointment slots are available based on the following schedule: ⚫Thursday, June 3, 2021: 7:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. ⚫Friday, June 4, 2021: 7:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. ⚫Monday, June 7, 2021: 7:30 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Make an appointment by visiting our appointment calendar page. 📅https://calendly.com/claremoredevers/hotspot-return?month=2021-06 Read more here ▶ https://www.claremore.k12.ok.us/page/hotspot-return #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Happy birthday to those born in June! We might not get to celebrate you at school but we are celebrating you from a far! Have a great birthday and great birth month! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

The CPS District offices are closed today. Have a safe Memorial Day. Join us in remembering and honoring those who have sacrificed their lives for this country. Who are you honoring today? #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

The Cherokee Nation is receiving $1.8 billion in COVID-19 recovery funds as part of a historic investment in Indian Country. We at Claremore Public schools want to make sure that our students and families are aware of this. Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. and Deputy Chief Bryan Warner’s proposed spending plan for the funds will provide every Cherokee citizen with a total of $2,000 in direct relief assistance. This assistance is for EVERY Cherokee citizen with a blue tribal membership card. The Cherokee Nation will begin launching applications for its Respond, Recover and Rebuild COVID-19 assistance using FRF funds through the tribe’s online Gadugi Portal. Applications for direct assistance are expected to be online on June 1st or 2nd, but citizens are encouraged to register for the Gadugi Portal now to ease the sign-up process later. It is encouraged that everyone in the household creates a profile on the Gadugi Portal this means each citizen, yes children as well. Follow the link below to the Gadugi Portal. Please contact Jackie Boyd at jboyd@claremore.k12.ok.us if you need any assistance with this process. https://cherokee.org/about-the-nation/gadugi-portal/

We have added a Volleyball Camp to our summer options. Check out the details on our webpage. https://www.claremore.k12.ok.us/page/summer-camps-programs #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Yearbooks for sale! $25 per yearbook. Checks can be made out to Westside Elementary. If you send cash, please send exact change, and label it "yearbook". #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

🦩🦩❤🦩🦩 Send a stampede to a family member, a friend or a neighbor! You can send a gorgeous flock of Claremore Zebra colored flamingos for a one-time suggested donation of $30 to a yard within Claremore city limits or up to 5 miles out of city limits. Return this form and donation in an envelope labeled "Flamingo Fundraiser" to school by 5/27/2021 to get you or someone else's yard on our list of Summer 2021 flamingo stampedes. #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Sometimes we all need this reminder! Today as you go off to school or work....Remember.... 🦓Don't compare! 🦓Be grateful! 🦓Be present! and most of all... ❤Be yourself! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Do you have a child you want to enroll in Pre-K for the 2021-22 school year? OR Do you have a child you want to enroll in Kindergarten for the 2021-22 School year! Don't wait! Enroll them today! Spots are filling up! Save your spot now! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Reading helps children in a lot of ways. Make sure to keep reading every night and even read in Summer! It's so important to not lose what you have over the summer. #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Give yourself the same attention that you give to others and watch yourself bloom! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Parent & Family Leadership Series This month we are partnering with NCCEP to bring you a special series of FREE Parent & Family Leadership workshops. These virtual sessions are designed to give parents and family engagement professionals fresh tools for helping youth and families recover from challenges. Seeds will provide four engaging one hour sessions on SEL topics that cover brain-based learning, improving empathy, building better habits and turning adversity into opportunity. Now is the time to work with families, support parents and prepare youth for better times ahead. There are only 300 100 spots remaining so gather up some community members and join today. https://www.seedstraininghub.com/e/BAh7BjoWZW1haWxfZGVsaXZlcnlfaWRsKwexfZ%2Bj--530a7108571f6a27aaea2c01b656125cdb7d940b?skip_click_tracking=true #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

The second Friday in May is #schoolprday, also called National School Communicators Day. A day where schools recognize the work behind the scenes of those who tell our school's story, share celebrations, and keep us informed. Yesterday we celebrated the team behind the communications curtin. Our Communications Specialists or as some often refer to them, "the Facebook lady" or "the website lady" or because they play many roles at their site it could be the "front desk lady", the "library lady", the "camera lady"... you get the picture (see what I did there?). As a team, we want to thank all of our Claremore Public School staff, students, and community, for sharing their #CPSZEBRAPRIDE through excellent pictures, updates, and content. For without you, there wouldn't be a story to tell. 📷Jamie Brace - District / CHS 📷Vanessa Mudd - Roosa 📷Ashley Troyer - Claremont 📷Rachel Salcido - Catalayah 📷Sayre Whitaker - Westside (not pictured) 📷Melissa Jauquet - WRJH (not pictured) Thank you, ladies, for everything you do to connect, communicate, celebrate, and create a partnership with our CPS families and the community.

Congratulations to Westside's running club leaders for the 2020-2021 school year. It takes commitment and dedication to complete the miles these students did, and we could not be prouder. Just look at those grade level totals. Amazing! Join us in celebrating our top runners for the year! Our teachers and staff even joined in on the fun! Top Girl Runners: Finley Faulconer: 23 Miles Keigan Britto: 22 Miles Halle Campbell: 21 Miles Top Boy Runners: Josh Long: 19 Miles Zeke Hepler: 18 Miles Roman Martin: 11 Miles Teachers and Staff: Mrs. Britto: 22 Miles Mrs. Hopper: 21 Miles Ms. Palmer: 19 Miles Grade Level Totals: First Grade: 109 Miles Second Grade: 76 Miles Third Grade: 74 Miles Kindergarten: 73 Miles Fourth Grade: 73 Miles Fifth Grade: 11 Miles Way to go, Westside! 🏃‍♀️🏃❤️ #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Students at Westside created these stained glass hearts and I don’t know about you but I find them beautiful! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE