Congratulations to Mr. Pranger who has accepted a position with the School Board’s Program Department as a Math Coach. Mr. Pranger will be deeply missed by both the students and staff at Westwood. We want to thank Mr. Pranger for his many contributions to the school in areas such as coaching, technology leadership and curriculum.

We welcome Mr. Josias to our staff for the month of June. Mr. Josias will be teaching the grade 7 class replacing Mr. Pranger. Mr. Josias is familiar to our students as he has been a occasional teacher at Westwood throughout the year.

The construction is well underway and on schedule. We are excited to see the addition taking shape. The cinder block walls will start going up this week.

[ View the June 2013 Newsletter (PDF) ]

Friday, May 31 at 7:15 pm*
Taylor Evans Public School
271 Stephanie Drive, Guelph, ON

The Wellington Early Learning Centre is pleased to present a public lecture by Dr. Debra Pepler, distinguished and award-winning researcher at York University and a leading world expert on bullying and aggression in children and youth.

[ View the Wellington Early Learning Centres Inc. Pamphlet (PDF) or Read the May 2013 Newsletter (PDF) ]

After a fulfilling 30 year career, Mr. Hicks has announced that he is retiring as of June 30th. Westwood will miss Mr. Hicks and his ongoing dedication to our students and their families. His sense of humour will be missed by all. We wish him the best as he embarks on this new era of his life. We look forward to him dropping by to visit in his retirement.

Our new Vice Principal is Mike Anderson. Mr. Anderson is a well known and respected Curriculum Leader with the School Board. He has been into Westwood many times to lead workshops for the staff. He will be a great addition to the Westwood community.

Construction is about to begin. Fencing should be in place in the near future as our school site becomes a construction zone. Our courtyard will be closed throughout the project and JK students will be on the yard with the other primary children.

[ View the May 2013 Newsletter (PDF) ]

Beginning in September, 2013, our school will be one of 20 in our Board that will be offering the Extended Day program. Guelph School- Age Day Care is the Third Party Operator that will be offering the program at our school. Contact information and fee schedules will be posted on the school and Board website by the beginning of May. Please direct any questions you may have about the program to the Operator at 519-836-9033.

We are looking forward to continuing to work together with Guelph School-Age Day Care.

Congratulations and a big thank you to the Westwood Community for supporting the Boogie-a-thon. Once again the Boogie-a-thon was a huge success and a great time was had by all. This year we raised $4200.00 in this important fund raiser. Monies raised help support our students use of technology at Westwood.

I would like to thank Ms Murray for her organization and enthusiasm for this event. Most likely the construction will begin toward the end of April. There will be some inconveniences during the period of construction due to various doors being un-accessible. Construction will include: 2 new kindergarten classrooms, retro-fitting an existing classroom, a new junior classroom, a seminar room, and a wheelchair accessible washroom. We are excited to have these improvements to our school.

[ View the April 2013 Newsletter ( PDF ) ]

The Boogie-A-Thon is here again!! It is our major fundraiser of the year with all funds going towards the purchase of technology for our students. Last year we raised over $4700 and all funds went toward the purchase of 20 iPad minis. This year the Boogie-a-thon theme is Just Dance. We will have black lights and a disco ball. Please wear light colours that will glow in the black lights. Please feel free to join your child's class on Friday, March 8th wearing your dance attire. The Boogie-a-thon dance schedule is as follows:

Primary classes

9:15-10:15 a.m.

Junior classes

11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Intermediate

classes 1:40-3:15 p.m.

Kindergarten children not attending school on Friday March 8th are welcome to come and dance with their parents or caregivers.

Cheques of $20 or more made out to the Upper Grand Learning Foundation will be issued a tax receipt. We appreciate any support you can provide. We look forward to Boogieing the day away.

From all the staff here at Westwood, we wish you and your family and safe and restful March Break.

[ View the March 2013 Newsletter ( PDF ) ]