Please click the headline to read Mr. Salemi's December newsletter.

Teachers will take attendance for ALL students regardless of synchronous learning assignment on each Half School Improvement Day. This day will allow all students in each homeroom to do a morning meeting and SEL activities. On School Improvement days, ALL students must log in to their Google Meets by the start of the school day listed below. We understand that this is a change of time for PM students but we believe this unique opportunity will allow students the time to build relationships with their classmates in the hopes that we will return to full classes at some point in the school year.
Start Times:

AM EC/Pre-K – 8:40 a.m.

No PM-EC/Pre-K


All Kindergarten through 5th grade students Google Meets with Teacher at 8:40 a.m.

Dismissal Times:

AM EC/Pre-K - 11:15

All Kindergarten through 5th grade dismissal is 11:15 a.m.

Sign up information was shared this morning in an email from the district. Please visit the district website https://www.sd925.org/ to sign up for a conference. We value your partnership in your child's learning!

The District is hosting a food drive to support the Westchester Food Pantry. Items can be dropped off to any school office during office hours. The pantry is specifically looking for Thanksgiving items such as: cranberry sauce, corn bread mix, cream of mushroom soup, french fried onions, turkey gravy packets or jars, pasta, pasta sauce, jelly, rice/potato sides, crackers, and oatmeal packets.

WPS will be decorating a tree for the Westchester's Trim-a-Tree project again this year. This is a wonderful tradition for the community to celebrate the holidays. This year the trees and jugs along the path of the Community Center will be illuminated. If you would like to donate an ornament or make an ornament for our WPS tree, please bring them to the WPS office and place them into the ornament box by November 30. Please note that ornaments will not be returned. If you would like to try making your own ornament, you can visit these links for ideas: Salt Dough Ornaments, Popsicle Stick Ornaments, and Ten DIY Ornament Ideas. We are excited to have a tree to represent our WPS family!