 Orange you glad it's winter break?! - We are!
Note from Dr. Sheers
Winter break and the New Year are just around the corner. I share our thanks, gratitude and awe of the West Springfield staff as well as our community's support and engagement. 2021 has been a wild and unexpected ride for all of us and yet your support and encouragement has remained consistent. We are thrilled to have started this school year, five days a week in person and look forward to many more milestones in 2022.
We are fortunate to benefit from such a generous community and staff. We wish everyone a happy and healthy winter break.
*Please note that the school office will be closed over winter break.
News and Notes
Outstanding Employee Award
Congratulations to our 2021-22 winners! The following West Springfield staff will move on for consideration in our Region 4 Outstanding Employee Award process.
- Kelly Sheers – Outstanding Principal Award
- Patty Hibner – Outstanding Leader Award
- Julia Feil – Outstanding Teacher Award
- Amanda Houghton – Outstanding New Teacher Award
- Kimberly O’Connor – Outstanding Professional Employee Award
- Comfort Boasiako – Outstanding Operational Employee
Please contact Debbie Phillips, daphillips1@fcps.edu, to participate in building our wonderful nominees’ packets. Your contribution of a paragraph or letter of recommendation could be the difference to push them to the next level for FCPS County Awards!
Winter Break
FCPS Winter Break is from December 20, 2021 through Friday, December 31, 2021. WSES will resume classes on Monday, January 3, 2022. Enjoy your two-week break and we’ll see you next year! Office will be closed.
Donations - Thank you!
A HUGE Thank you to all that contributed to our food, toy and clothing drives!
FCPS Cares
FCPS CARES is an opportunity for staff, parents, students, and community members to recognize FCPS employees for going above and beyond to help others. Every month, a nominated employee from each region and Central Offices will be recognized as an FCPS CARES of the Month recipient. We’ll share their names in Employee News, and they will also have access to a new FCPS CARES banner for their profile photo in Outlook. Watch this video to learn more about FCPS CARES. We also encourage you to acknowledge a staff member who has gone above and beyond! We love our WSES staff members, let's tell them how you feel!
Contribute photos to the WSES Yearbook!
You are invited to share photos of your students with the HJ eShare app or in a mobile web browser. Photos you upload to eShare may be used in the yearbook. Using any web browser on your phone:
Mustang Support Network
Please reach out to Jen Lynch, School Social Worker (jblynch@fcps.edu) if your family is struggling financially and may need support. This information will be kept confidential and used by our Wellness Team to determine need when opportunities and programs are offered for our WSES families (for example: school supplies, food programs, holiday assistance, winter wear, etc.).
Lunch
All students will be offered no cost breakfast and lunch for the entire school year. Menus are available online.
Positivity Project Week of December 13
This week's character strength is Self-Control – You demonstrate this strength when you have the ability to control your emotions and behavior. You think before you act. Self-control is knowing you can but deciding you won’t. Self-control is a key factor in achieving success. We can’t control everything in life, but we can definitely control ourselves. You are always responsible for how you act. If you learn self-control, you can master anything. One’s greatest challenge is to control oneself. Find out more about Self-control by watching this video
Save the Date
Monday, December 20 - Winter Break begins
Monday, January 3 - School Resumes
Tuesday, January 11 - PTA Meeting 9:00 a.m.
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