Dine and Donate at Taqueria

Hi Everyone,

We are having a Dine and Donate

When: Wednesday, Oct 12th

Where: Taqueria Rosita. 

You can come for lunch or dinner.  Eat in or carry-out.  Hope to see you there! 

And, don't forget to bring your flyer.

Thanks Mary's Pizza and West Park Families

Just a quick and very heart felt thank you to all of the families who supported our first Dine and Donate of the year at Mary's Pizza Shack.  We raised $468.00!!!  That is so exciting.  Thank you also to Mary's who is so welcoming to all of our West Park families.

Our next dine and donate will be Wednesday, October 12 at Taqueria Rosita.  Remember that it is for lunch and dinner and take out orders are just fine too!  Hope to see you there.

Welcome Back!

It's so great to be back in school.  From what I hear from Mrs. Herdell, all of the kids have had a great first week of school and are really getting back into the swing of things.  It's going to be a great school year. 

Hopefully, all parents can make it to "VIP" night next Wednesday, Aug 31st so you can meet your child's teacher and learn about JiJi math.  There will also be yearbooks and spirit wear for sale and sign ups for lots of different ways you can volunteer to make West Park even better!  The night's events are as followed:

The Book fair will be open at 5:00pm. 

 JiJi presentations in the MPR 5:30 and 6:15pm. 

Mrs. Herdell will have important announcements in the MPR at 6:45pm. 

Grades 3-5 class presentations 6:00-6:40pm

Grades K-2 presentations 7:00-7:40pm

Dine and Donate

So as this great school year wraps up I am already thinking ahead to the next. I want to hear where you all think we should do a dine and donate next school year? Leave a comment below with your opinion!

Carnival time!!

As many of you are aware the West park carnival is the weekend! I am super excited to see what is in store for this year. My son can't wait for the cake walk and my daughter is excited for the nail painting booth. There seems to be something for everyone to enjoy! The fun will be going from 11 to 4 and I hear we still need volunteers for a 1 hour shift in the classroom booths, cakes for the cake walk and wine for the auction. All help goes to benefit our wonderful kids! I hope we have another great fundraiser, and hope to see you all there!

Meet Miss Napa County 2011

West Park is delighted to have Napa's newest celebrity, Miss Napa County 2011, Ashley Mendez attend the WPE school carnival, Saturday, May 21st.  Come on out and meet her in person, and get an autograph!  Ms. Mendez is 23 years old, and a Sonoma State University senior.  In addition to winning the crown in 2011 she received $550 in scholarship money and will compete for the title of Miss California this summer.  Her talent is singing the song "These Boots are Made for Walking", and her platform is Big Brothers Big Sisters: Advocating for Youth Through Mentoring.  Ms. Mendez's scholastic/career ambition is to obtain a PhD in clinical psychology and have her own practice as a psychologist.  Here are some other interesting facts: She has obtained three AA degrees in psychology, natural science & mathematics, social & behavioral sciences, acquired a certificate in integrative studies of women and gender, CNA, CPR is Heimlich maneuver certified, and...she doesn't know how to whistle!

Carnival Raffle Grand Prize

Participants in this year's raffle at the West Park Elementary School carnival on Saturday, May 21st have a chance to win a brand new mountain bike and a child's size helmet as the Grand Prize!  The mountain bike and helmet were generously donated by the Safe Routes to School program.  The Magna Excitor mountain bike features 21-speeds, with front and rear suspension, and a bright yellow paint job!

West Park Loves Chinese Jump Roping

West Park students received Chinese jump ropes thanks to our magazine drive this year.  All of our students are loving playing with them.  They have learned how to use them so well and can do some really cool tricks.  Check it out the next time you're around at recess!

Sipping & Supporting 2011

Our annual silent auction was few weeks ago and it was FABULOUS!!!  Everyone had a great time.  The food was delicious and company so much fun.  FYI~If you click on the collage, it will get bigger and if you click on a picture again, it will zoom even more.


A collage of the evening

One of West Park's Teachers in the Napa Register

Our very own Mrs. King is a local celebrity.  She has been cooking in her class for many years and now all of Napa knows what a great experience her 3rd graders receive in her class.  Way to go Mrs. King!  Press here to see a video of Mrs. Kings' class in the Napa Register. 

A HUGE THANKS!!!

We have to give a huge thanks to all of the amazing roomparents that helped get all of the classroom projects coordinated and put together.  You all did so much work and we wanted to thank all of you individually.  So, here are all of the people who worked so many hours to make our beautiful class projects...(if you see them around school, make sure you tell them what an awesome job they did)!

Sandra Calderon

Tina Chapman

Susie & David Cosper

Angela & Eric Daniel

Mrs. Denna

Jill Durfee

Matt Flint

Mrs. Herdell

Ben Hillyer

Jenny McCall

Amy Mills

Dennis Miller

Nikki O'Hara

Amy Patane

Donny Reeve

Carry Schweizer

Becky Sims

Danyel Solon

Darlene Young

Classroom Projects for Raffle

All of the classrooms have been hard at work making some amazing projects to raffle off at our upcoming silent auction. All of the projects are AMAZING!!! We have pictures of almost all of them and I will add the few remaining classes next week. You will be able to purchase raffle tickets everyday after school next week and also Saturday night at the auction. The raffle tickets are only $1 a piece. What a bargain. We want to thank all of the room parents who have worked so hard to make such beautiful projects.

(Sorry if the pictures aren't the best.  I'm not a photographer.)

Decorated mosaic tray on stand by Mrs. Schuh's kindergarten class

Decorated wine barrel planter by Ms. Mattei's kindergarten class

Decorated vase and floral arrangement by Mrs. Douma's 1st grade class

Antique framed cork and chalkboard by Mrs. Shields' 1st grade class

Decorated chair by Mrs. Taylor's 2nd grade class

Decorated tiled bench and watering can by Mrs. Kobylka's 2nd/3rd grade class

Origami mobile by Mrs. King's 3rd grade class

Quilt by Mrs. Keisling's 4th grade class

Lemon tree in decorated galvanized tub by Mrs. Palagi's 4th/5th grade class

Herb garden by Mrs. Palagi's 4th/5th grade class

Mosaic table by Mrs. Zinser's 5th grade class

Sipping and Supporting Joi De Vive

Sipping and supporting is right around the corner on March 19th! From what I hear we will have great food, wine and auction items. This will be my first year attending, I have heard great things from friends who have attended in the past and am looking forward to a great time. Tickets are still available to purchase from the office at $30 each or 2 for $25. I hope to see you all there to celebrate the 'Joy of Life' too!  They are also having some really great door prizes.  You can win something for just showing up.  How great is that!?!

Yearbook sales on now!

Our West Park Elementary yearbooks are now on sale. The price is $18.00 until March 24th after which there will be a limited amount and the price goes up to $25.00. You should have gotten a yearbook order form in your child's Wednesday envelope this week, if not forms are available in the office. Please remember to make your checks out to West Park Family Club.

Welcome Karla

Karla Coleman (Zachary's mom from Mrs. Schuh's class) is going to be helping with the blog. If you have any news that you would like her to add to the blog, just leave her a comment or find her at school. We are so excited that she has agreed to help! Now we should have more posts to read and an updated blog.