Thank you so much to Terrace Books for sponsoring a 'Blind Date with a Book' shopping day with proceeds going to West Park. After a wonderful turnout, we were given a $1,000 donation! Terrace Books is a little gem in Columbus. Go check them out!
Wednesday, January 8, 2025 -- 2:15 p.m. Early Dismissal
🎄❄️ 🚂 "All ABOARD!" 🚂 ❄️🎄
Our Mustangs, decked out in their best jammies, sprawled across the gym yesterday afternoon to watch "The Polar Express" complete with hot chocolate and popcorn!
Happy Holidays from all of us at West Park!
Important reminders for students and parents:
12/19/24 - No Preschool, 12:00 pm (noon dismissal) K-12.
12/20/24- Holiday break begins. No school for preK-12.
1/7/25- First day of 3rd quarter or 2nd semester.
Check out Part 2 of Jay Martin's Parent Academy Series: Digital Wisdom Framework Synthetic Media. https://youtu.be/GX1eF78DvlA?si=F7gYWA0CVBIEEQ1S
Today is world kindness day. Spread kindness like confetti. It costs nothing and mean everything. Happy World Kindness Day!
Thank you for your service. Veterans Day 2024.
Last Tuesday Jay Martin the DIrector of School Safety & Security for NDE was here in Columbus talking to students and parents about building a better digital culture. He has put together an online 4 part Digital Parent Academy. Follow this link to view Part 1 Digital Wisdom Framework - Platform Pressures. https://youtu.be/rnxR8NF1JNE?si=2o04-kKVDCFK05wT
Wednesday, November 6, 2024 -- 2:15 p.m. Early Dismissal
West Park had a 'Spook-tacular' Halloween parade! A big THANK YOU to Officer French who came to talk to our kids about Trick-or-Treat safety!
Our West Park Families enjoyed a night of fun at Fall Festival! Our staff served hot dogs and chips. Families then walked around to different stations that included games, pumpkin decorating and dessert making. One of the favorite stations was the Snack Walk! We got to enjoy some fun Halloween music as we walked and then we had tons of snacks to choose from when we won the game! Students wrapped up their evening with trick-or-treating from classroom to classroom.
Thank you to everyone who helped to make our Fall Festival a HUGE success: Our CHS student volunteers for running the different games around the school, our teachers who set up, served food, and passed out treats, and our West Park PTO for sponsoring Fall Festival.
3rd Grade visited City Hall to learn about how the choices of people impact the community. Mayor Bulkley took our students on a tour of the Columbus Public Library as well as City Hall on the 3rd Floor of our Community Building!
West Park 2nd Graders celebrated their last week with their Rockin’ Readers. Our Rockin' Readers have come to read to us every Monday and we have loved getting to have them!
We will be cheering our Rockin' Readers on the rest of their season!
Go Discoverers!!
In the library today, our 3rd and 4th graders got to play "musical chairs" to preview our brand new books that are ready for the shelves. When the music played, they walked around (and danced). When the music stopped, they sat down and previewed the book at their chair. What a fun way to show off our new books and get kids interested.
Thank you, Ms. Lawrence for all that you do for West Park Elementary!
Please join us for an insightful presentation by Jay Martin, Nebraska Department of Education's School Safety & Security Director! Jay will share his expertise on the challenges that digital platforms, apps, and social media bring to schools and homes. With a wealth of experience - from national presentations and publications to real world insights from his time in law enforcement - Jay offers valuable guidance on how parents and students can cultivate digital wisdom for better mental, emotional, and behavioral well-being. Let's come together to create a safer, more positive digital environment in our school community!
Phone lines are now back up and all buildings can receive phone calls again. Thank you for your patience while this issue was being resolved. Thank you to our district technology department for getting us back up and running!
Columbus Public Schools is currently experiencing phone issues and cannot receive incoming calls. The technology department is working with the carrier to get this issue resolved.
Please join us for our next PTO meeting
Tuesday, October 8, 2024 -- 5:30 p.m.
Help us plan all the fun for our upcoming Fall Festival!
VIRTUAL PARENTING SERIES
