Thanks Mary's

We had an AWESOME turnout at Mary's last night for our first Dine and Donate of the year. West Park made approximately $650, which is very exciting. We had lots of families enjoy a great night out. We even had one family win a party for 25 of their friends in Mary's Scratcher Game. Thanks again to Mary's Pizza Shack for helping West Park!

Movie Night is Back!

It's time for Movie Night at West Park. Drop your kids off or come as a family and enjoy a fun movie night in the MPR with Mrs. Herdell and the West Park Staff! The cost is $10 (Cash Only please) and includes movie, snack and drinks.

Date: Friday, October 2nd

Time: 6:30-8:30pm

Place: MPR

Brian's Back to School BBQ

Come and enjoy a fun filled Sunday afternoon on October 11th! There is a BBQ from 1-4pm at Napa Valley Marriott Hotel & Spa. All net proceeds will go to support NVUSD student programs. All funds raised will be matched by the Napa Valley Vitners. For reservations, call 253-8600

Dine & Donate at Mary's

Tuesday, September 29th is our first Dine and Donate of the 2009-2010 school year! We are so excited to be having it at Mary's Pizza Shack. Bring your families, friends and neighbors for lunch or dinner or both! Take-out or dine in and West Park will receive 20% of the proceeds. It's also a great time to buy giftcards. Mark your calendars and don't forget to bring the flyer. They will be coming home in your Wednesday envelopes on Sept. 16th and 23rd, or you can ask for one in the office. We hope to see everyone there and have the biggest turn out yet!

Lucky's S.H.A.R.E.S.

We are participating in the Lucky's S.H.A.R.E.S. program this year. Lucky's will give 3% of qualified purchased to West Park. All you have to do is use a Lucky's S.H.A.R.E.S. card everytime you shop. If you didn't get your Lucky's card at Back to School night, you can get one in the office. You don't have to do anything to register the card. It's all been done for you. Just give it the Lucky's worker who checks you out so they can swipe your card, and West Park can get the credit. That's it! This really is an easy way to earn money for our school, so make sure you get and use your Lucky's S.H.A.R.E.S. card! (If you have any questions about the program, please contact Lisa Hiserman).

Summer Reading Celebration

We had our Summer Reading Celebration on August 26th. Our students read over 186,000 pages this summer. Way to go Eaglets!!!! I'm so amazed. The top readers in each class received a Copperfield's gift card and a "Hooray for Reading" hardback book. All of our readers received a $5.00 gift certificate to purchase a book at the Scholastic Book Fair and a frozen treat coupon. They were also entertained by the Magical Moonshine Puppet Theater. The puppet show was so great and I know all of the students had an awesome time watching it.

Congratulations to the top readers in each class:

Jessica Young, Rm.11 am; Hannah Musgrove, Rm. 11pm; Lyla Cosper & Lucia Rocha, Rm. 10; Sam Lee, Rm. 9; Jack Heitkemper, Rm. 8; Shane Sikes, Rm. 3; Otto Stahlecker Rm. 1; Chelsea Taylor, Rm. 2; Amanda Jue, Rm. 13; Rachel Chun, Rm. 14; Yoko Katahira-Ables, Rm. 6; Klarisa Montanez, Rm. 5; and Lori Sarsfield, Rm. 4.

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Thank you's and other Information!

We have a few people to thank that have been working to help West Park be an even better school. First, thanks to Jeff and Pam Taylor for taking over the Reader Board this year. Second, to Cindy Kobylka for organizing the Summer Reading party and for adding up all of the reading logs. And third, to Kathy Flynn for taking over the Box Tops for Education.

We would also like to let you know that
. All of the classroom teachers and Mrs. Moore took a class this summer for the new English-Language Arts Adoption – California Treasures, Macmillan/McGraw Hill
· 6 +1 Writing Traits Class – Laura Zinser, Pam Taylor, Cindy Kobylka, Chris Schuh and Renee Palagi
· Math Training – Cindy Kobylka and Pam Taylor

Thanks to all of the teachers who did all of this training this summer. We're so glad to know that our children are in such great hands at West Park!