| Westfield Middle
School
149 Fairfield Way
Bloomingdale, IL 60108
Phone: 630-529-6211
Fax: 630-893-9336
School Hours: 8:20 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Answering Machine: 630-529-6211
(In use between 4:00 p.m. - 8:00 a.m.)
Westfield Office Staff
Dr. Deborah Kling,
Principal - Website
Mary Ann Fennell,
Associate Principal
Susan Wruck,
Secretary
Laurie Spejcher,
Secretary

Located at 149 Fairfield Way in Bloomingdale, Westfield School
opened in 1975, receiving its moniker from the names of two bordering
subdivisions, Westlake and Fairfield. Attended by 435 students,
Westfield School's staff includes Dr. Deborah Kling, principal,
and Mary Ann Fennell, associate principal, and approximately 60
teachers and instructional aides.
Westfield School Announcements
Homework Lab Schedule
2010 - 2011 Supply List
Westfield PTO Membership
Form
Student Created Book Trailers - The students
in Miss Fischer's 6th Grade Literature Class want to know... ARE
YOU IN NEED OF A GOOD READ? We know you have watched movie trailers...
BUT, what about a book trailer? Our book trailers are sure to lead
you to a good start! You can find them on the Westfield
Language Arts OWL page. ENJOY!
Current Events Videos - The students
in Mrs. Lepore's sixth grade social studies classes created videos
summarizing the events of 2009. Click on the links below to view
these videos.
Second Period Class
Third Period Class
Seventh Period Class
Click here to view
the video created by Mrs. Lepore's 2008-2009 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.
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.
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!
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!
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**Magazine
Drive - Important Information**
There was an error in the
information that went home with students regarding Westfield's
Magazine Drive. All checks should be made payable to Westfield
PTO, not to Westfield Middle School. We apologize for the
confusion.
6th Grade Math Practice Sheets
Language Arts and Literature
Now Called: ELA1 and ELA2
What’s in a name?
Westfield changes a course title to reflect philosophy and best
practices
After years of dividing literacy instruction into two separate
components, literature and language arts, Westfield will combine
these two areas into one entity: English/Language Arts (ELA).
The changed course title reflects Westfield Middle School’s
philosophy of Balanced Literacy, which views reading and writing
as “interdependent processes that are essential to each other
and mutually beneficial” (Holt & Vacca). Westfield staff
believes that reading and writing activities are critical to students’
literacy development. The strategies used to teach and learn reading
and writing are intertwined and involve similar thinking processes.
Current research also supports the reading-writing connection, although
it is recognized in other districts that reading and writing are
often taught in different classes by different teachers. This has
never been the case at Westfield, and it was felt that artificially
dividing literacy into two disciplines was contrary to best practice
research.
Students will now receive one grade for ELA, and this grade will
receive double weight, since ELA is a double period class. It will
be listed on the grade sheets as ELA1 and ELA2.
Westfield Middle School Reading, Literature and Language Arts teachers
are confident this research-based change reflects the national moniker
most commonly used by teachers along with best practices in education
and provides students and parents with the “big picture”
of each child’s literacy development.
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Middle School Summer Reading Program - Research clearly
shows that children who read the most make the most progress.
Summer is an important time to keep children reading as many
students lose ground in the summer months.
For Westfield’s summer reading program,
students need to read just one book. Students at each grade
level have at least 4 books to choose from, including nonfiction
titles. The books are centered around a different theme for
each grade level:
Grade
6 Theme: Change
Grade 7 Theme:
Challenge
Grade 8 Theme:
The Future
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VIRTUAL BACKPACK
Check out the District
13 Virtual Backpack for information from local non-profit
organizations, intergovernmental agencies and business partners. |
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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. |
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PTO VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
Several volunteer positions will be available next year.
Click here to find out
more about these positions |
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VIDEO SURVEILLANCE
In an effort to improve safety, security and supervision of
the Westfield Campus, D13 has installed video surveillance cameras
throughout the school building. The cameras will be used in
common areas of the school for the primary purpose of promoting
a safe and secure environment for students and staff. Video
recordings will only be viewed by students, parents and/or staff
with an administrator present. Disciplinary action may be taken
with students based on video documentation. |
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LATE BUS
Westfield has a late bus that leaves school at approximately
5:05 p.m. on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, beginning
the second week of school. This one bus covers most of our district
bus territory, makes fewer stops, and takes an
hour or more to complete its run. |
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