Portsmouth West Elementary School

"Beyond the Bell" After-School Program The “Beyond the Bell” after-school program will begin on January 24th, 2022. “Beyond the Bell” is a program designed to help all students in the areas of Language Arts and Math. Teachers will also help students who need homework assistance or are struggling in other subject areas. The students will also be participating in fun activities daily and once a month field trips (either on-site or off-site). There will be bus drop-off locations for students who need transportation home. The drop off locations are as follows: *Lett Terrace *St. Rt. 125- Turkey Creek Church * Buena Vista Fire Department *Washington Township Fire Department * West Side IGA This program is Monday-Thursday during the following times: Portsmouth West Elementary School- 3:30p.m.-5:30p.m. Portsmouth West Middle School- 2:30p.m.-4:30p.m. Portsmouth West High School- 2:30p.m.-4:30p.m. If you would like to sign your child up for this program, please go to our website or you may pick up the forms at either the elementary or middle school buildings. For questions regarding this program, please contact Cameron Hoover at 740-858-6668 or by email at cameron.hoover@westsenators.org

The First Grade Christmas Program will, begin at 5:30 pm this evening, December 13th. The Second Grade Program will begin at 7:00 pm. Students should arrive no more than 15 minutes early. Thank you and Merry Christmas!

Good afternoon! Tonight at 5:30 pm is the 3rd Grade Christmas Program and at 7:00 pm is the 4th Grade Christmas Program. Please do not arrive more than 15 minutes early for your performance. We hope to see you this evening, Merry Christmas!

Students may wear a Christmas hat to school tomorrow for a $1.00 donation. #WeAreWest!

The PWHS Girls' Basketball Team will be giving out complete Thanksgiving Day meals (a turkey and all the side dish ingredients) on Wednesday, November 24th from 10:00 am to 1:00pm at the High School. First come, first served until all have been given out. Happy Thanksgiving! #WeAreWest!

https://forms.gle/h78UK24d93SnYb38A Please fill out this survey if you attended Math and Literacy Night. Thank you!

Math and Literacy Night is this evening, from 5:30 to 7:00 here at the elementary. Students MAY wear costumes. We have so many fun activities planned and we will be giving out candy and other prizes! Also, the Book Fair will be open to parents (a few at a time) inside the building. Come join in all of the excitement!

If your child sold Century Resources Fundraiser items they will be available for pickup in the PWES cafeteria tomorrow, Tuesday, October 19 from 3:15-4:00. Money is due on Monday, October 25.

PWES will be paving the bus lot on Monday, October 18th. Due to this paving, the buses will be using the back parking lot of the school between PWES and the Middle School. Third grade, fourth grade and preschool parent pickups will be at Door 10 for this one day only. Please do not park in the lot behind PWES. Thank you in advance for your help!

Spirit Week continues tomorrow! Thursday - Color Wars! Preschool- blue Kindergarten- red 1st Grade- green 2nd Grade- yellow 3rd Grade - pink 4th Grade - purple Friday- Spirit Day #WeAreWest Let’s cheer loud for our players and coaches next week🧡🖤

Spirit Week Day #2 - Tuesday is Twin Tuesday - dress like a friend, teacher or principal You can still turn in your child's Century Resource Fundraiser Packet!

Spirit Week starts tomorrow! We will celebrate our first day with "School Spirit". Lets show everyone our West Side Pride!

Good evening! Don't forget our PTC Century Resource Fundraiser is due tomorrow! The cheesecake, chocolate and cookies are the perfect addition to your upcoming holiday dinner! Please send in the order form with your child. Thank your for supporting PWES PTC.

Just a reminder that PWES has picture day tomorrow for preschool, 1st grade and 4th grade. Friday is picture day for kindergarten, 2nd grade and 3rd grade. If you have any questions please call the office. Also, the Century Fundraiser that was sent home on Friday is due on Monday, September 27. All proceeds from this fundraiser will be used for student field trips, holiday parties and end of year celebrations. Have a great evening!

Fundraiser at PWES

OPEN TO ALL KIDDOS IN PIKE, SCIOTO AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES. The team will be coached by Kim Keaton, a Physical Education teacher at Portsmouth West Elementary School. Kim was also the original swim coach for the Piranhas Summer Swim Program (10 years ago). Our other coach is Eric Nichols, current Swim Coach for Portsmouth West High School. Both coaches are professional educators and have completed all Red Cross Swim Coach certifications. We need swimmers of all ages and parent volunteer positions are available. Please help the YMCA make this a success.

Just to clarify: Monday, September 6th is our Labor Day holiday, and Tuesday, September 7th is a staff Waiver (Professional Development) Day. Students will be interacting with their teachers Wednesday-Friday of next week via Google Classroom.

Due to the significant increase in COVID cases, quarantine notifications, symptomatic students and absences, Washington Nile Schools will be learning virtually for the week of September 6-10. We will be back on a regular schedule beginning September 13th. Students should log in to their google classroom to retrieve assignments. Extracurricular activities, with the exception of varsity athletics, will be suspended during this period to include both practices and contests. Buses will not perform home pick-ups but will continue to operate from the high school to the CTC and other off campus locations. Upon returning to in person instruction we will continue to require masking while indoors. Per Ohio Department of Health guidelines, by requiring masks in school, maintaining social distancing and following sanitation protocols, students will not have to quarantine due to a close contact unless they become symptomatic or test positive. In order for students to return and remain in school and to participate in extracurricular activities, we ask that our families follow recommendations from the Center for Disease Control and Ohio Department of Health including avoiding large gatherings, maintaining social distancing and masking. Our goal is to keep students healthy as well as keep them in school. We will continue to monitor the COVID data for our district as well as information from our local health department and continue to make needed adjustments in our return plan. Again, thank you for your continued support. Have a safe and enjoyable weekend.

Due to the significant increase in COVID cases and quarantine notifications this fall, we have adjusted our return plan. Our goal is to keep students healthy as well as reduce the number of quarantines. Per Ohio Department of Health guidelines, by requiring masks in school, maintaining social distancing and following sanitation protocols, students will not have to quarantine due to a close contact unless they become symptomatic or test positive. Beginning Friday – August 27, 2021 It is REQUIRED that all staff and students wear masks when indoors and when using school transportation. ODH and the CDC assert that masks have been proven to be extremely effective in slowing the spread of the virus. We will continue to monitor the COVID data for our district as well as information from our local health department and continue to make needed adjustments in our return plan. Again, thank you for your continued support. Please continue to follow CDC and health department recommendations so that we are able to return to a more normal school setting as soon as possible.

Parents and Guardians, Please remember that the drop-off time for the Elementary School is no earlier than 8:05. Students may be dropped off at Door #10. The buses will be picking up 15-25 minutes earlier this year due to our schedule changes. Thank you for being patient with us as we navigate though these changes-all made in order to gain additional instructional time for our students. We have had a FANTASTIC first day so far! #WeAreWest!