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Student Health Forms - Medical exams are required for the following:
Medical forms can be downloaded from the Student Health Forms page. Attention all incoming 6th and 7th grade students! - Let’s brush up on your math skills this summer before you enter 6th grade! If you are entering 7th grade, refresh the math skills you have already mastered in 6th grade! Download the extra math practice sheets. There are two different levels, so pick the one that’s right for you: Math Practice - Level 1 Math Practice - Level 2 All incoming 6th grade students MUST have their math facts mastered. Think numbers, and come back ready to compute! (Answer keys can be requested from the district office or Westfield Middle School!) Erickson Soaring Eagle - Click here to read the 2009 Spring edition of The Soaring Eagle - "Fabulous February". The Soaring Eagle is Erickson's student generated literary magazine. Unpredictable Poetry Podcasts - Click here to listen to the Poetry Podcasts created by the students in Mrs. Mirante's fifth grade class. To create these podcasts, the DuJardin students wrote their own poems, then chose music that fit the mood of their poems. With the help of Mrs. Mirante, Mrs. Gruzynski, and student Vishal P., the poems and music were combined into individual student podcasts. Westfield Student's Artwork Chosen for Art Gallery - A special Congratulations goes out to Dena G, from 7th grade who had her art in the "Landscape for the 21st Century" Art Gallery, A Celebration of Minnesota! In partnership with Artsonia and NAEA, hundreds of art teachers throughout the U.S. created exhibits on Artsonia celebrating the state of Minnesota, the host-state for the 2009 National Art Education Assoc. National Convention where thousands of art teachers share ideas, experiences and educational goals. From the Artsonia galleries, various forms of art were selected to be on display at the conference. The artwork selected represents the nature and beauty of Minnesota's great outdoors. Teachers were to submit artwork they considered relative to the Minnesota theme, which included Fishing, Forestry, Landscapes, Western European Ancestry, or animals such as Timber Wolves, Moose or Black Bears. Dena's work of art included a comical Moose enjoying the outdoors. Congrats again Dena! Just Jazz - On April 22, 2009, the Westfield Middle School Jazz Band took part in Just Jazz at Lake Park High School. Click here to view pictures from this event. Summer Basketball Camp - Attention basketball lovers. Westfield basketball coach, Mr. Gabriel. is having summer basketball camp again this summer. These camps are for students who are going to be in grades 1st - 6th. The camps will be one week long, and students will get a chance to learn and improve their fundamentals. Please click here for more information and the registration form. If you have any questions, please email Mr. Gabriel at jgabriel@sd13.org. District 13 Dashboard - Click here to view District 13's "Dashboard" indicators on system success and progress towards district goals. There are 3 dashboard gauges, each linked to tables with additional data on district student achievement, climate indicators (stakeholder survey results) and resource indicators (budget-related). We welcome your feedback on this new web site feature. Send your comments to DashboardFeedback@sd13.org. 2009 - 2010 Calendar - Click here to view the School Calendar for the 2009 - 2010 school year. District 13 is Recognized for Achievements - School District 13 has been recognized by ISBE for the 6th consecutive year for fiscal responsibility for having a Comprehensive Annual Financial Rating of 4.00 (on a 4-point scale). This score is based upon five factors: fund balance to revenue ratio (67%), expenditures to revenue ratio (97%), days cash on hand (249.69), percent of short-term borrowing maximum remaining (100%), and percent of long-term debt margin remaining (93.32%). District 13 has also been named as a winner of the SchoolSearch Bright Red Apple Award, also for the 6th consecutive year. Only 10% of Illinois schools have received this distinction. This award, too, has five criteria: level of student achievement, percent of teachers holding advanced degrees, average teacher salary, pupil/teacher ratio, and per pupil expenditure / operating cost. Erickson Elementary School has been named by ISBE and the Illinois Interactive Report Card at NIU as a 2008 Illinois Honor Roll School for Academic Excellence. Erickson is one of 288 Illinois schools to earn this distinction for having at least 90% of its students meet or exceed state standards on the ISAT each of the last three years. Current Events 2008 - Click here to view a video highlighting events that took place in 2008 created by Mrs. Lepore's sixth grade Language Arts class. Westfield Music Department Fund-Raiser - Please help the Westfield Music Department raise money to help cover the costs of future trips. Go to 2Clickfundraising.com before you do your on-line shopping at over 100 sites including Amazon.com, Shutterfly.com, Peapod, KBtoys, 1-800 Flowers, Gap.com, iTunes, Barnes & Noble. The Westfield Music Department will earn a percentage of your final sale. Thank you for your support of the Music Department. Click here for more information. 2008 State School Report Cards - The 2008 state report cards have been released and are available for viewing. Click here to access the report cards. Information from the DuPage County Health Department - Please read an important letter from the DuPage County Health Department regarding the increase in the number of reported case of measles in DuPage County and across the U.S. Measles Letter - English | Measles Letter - Spanish. PowerSchool Parent Access - PowerSchool Parent Access is now available to all Westfield parents. PowerSchool Parent Access provides online access to student grades and attendance. Click here to learn how to use PowerSchool Parent Access. Late Bus Information - District 13 has a late bus that runs on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, beginning the second week of school. It arrives for pick up at Erickson at 4:35, at DuJardin at 4:50, and at Westfield at 5:05. This one bus covers most of the district bus territory, makes fewer stops, and can take an hour or more to complete its run, depending on the number of students. The late bus service is only available for regular bus riders. 5 Years of Drama at Westfield! - Come reminisce from drama/talent productions from year's past. King Midas, The Invisible Princess, Willie Wonka, Cinderella, Alice in Wonderland, Grease, Robin Hood, and all of the talent shows. Click here to access the links for viewing PhotoStory presentations of drama past! School Closing Announcements - Click here to read important school closing information. |
July 4, 2009 No events scheduled |
