Get Moving for Healthy Kids 5K Run/Walk

The Get Moving for Healthy Kids 5K Run/Walk Race will be this Sunday, August 29 at 8:00 a.m. The event takes place at the West High School Track. There will be a 5K, youth mile, other races and activities with the Hawkeye Women’s Basketball team. Register on-line after July 9th at: www.communityfoundationofjohnsoncounty.org. Registration forms will also be available in the community.

First Friday Assembly

We had our first Friday all school assembly at the Council Ring on Friday. The purpose of this tradition is to celebrate the first week of school as an entire learning community, introduce new staff members, and a put faces with our entire staff. We celebrated the end of the first assembly by eating popsicles with our teams. Thank you to our PTA for providing and handing out the popsicles!

Our new staff members include:
Kristy Heffner, assistant principal
Amy Poague, paraeducator
Dennis Newell, math teacher
Kara Avis, paraeducator
Nicole Weaver, paraeducator
Jake Mangold, paraeducator

Welcome!

A warm, Weber welcome goes out to all new and returning families! We are so excited about the 2010-2011 school year and can not wait to see you on Tuesday at our 6:00 p.m. Ice Cream Social. Class lists will be posted at approximately 5:00 p.m. on Monday, August 16th. See you soon!

Weber Registration

Weber's registration process will look a bit different this year, due to the huge expense of mailing the registration materials. Instead of mailing all paperwork to you, we will have a packet ready on your child's desk at Ice Cream Social. You can fill out the very important paperwork at home and then send to school with your child on the first or second day of school. You should be recieving a welcome back letter with important dates and information in a few days. Less than a month and we will be back together to continue learning! :) I am excited for a new year! Hope you are too!

Congratulations Mr. Walthart!

Our assistant principal, Mr. Brian Walthart, recently got news that he will be the new principal at Washington Elementary in Muscatine, Iowa. Although we will miss his work at Weber, we are thrilled for this exciting opportunity for him. Congratulations!

See you on Tuesday, August 17 at 6:00 p.m. for our Ice Cream Social! New families will meet at 5:30 in the library right before we have ice cream and meet the staff.

Our first day of school will be on Thursday, August 19 with a 1:55 p.m. dismissal.

Hope you are enjoying summer!

Everyday Mathematics Journals

Your child's math journal from this year will be coming home with them. The journal serves as a source for learning concepts from the daily lessons, as well as for practicing previously taught skills. There are various ways that we used the journals in class. Often students worked together with their peers while a teacher walked around the classroom to help. Sometimes we completed problems as a class and other times students worked independently so that we could check their progress. Therefore some pages are not completed or corrected.
You may use these journals for reviewing skills over the summer. If a page seems confusing or too difficult, skip it and choose one your student understands. The pages with Math Boxes are the best ones for students if they are looking for some extra practice. You could even make up new problems on a separate sheet of paper based on the ones in the journal.

Your child's math journal from this year will be coming home with them. The journal serves as a source for learning concepts from the daily lessons, as well as for practicing previously taught skills. There are various ways that we used the journals in class. Often students worked together with their peers while a teacher walked around the classroom to help. Sometimes we completed problems as a class and other times students worked independently so that we could check their progress. Therefore some pages are not completed or corrected.
You may use these journals for reviewing skills over the summer. If a page seems confusing or too difficult, skip it and choose one your student understands. The pages with Math Boxes are the best ones for students if they are looking for some extra practice. You could even make up new problems on a separate sheet of paper based on the ones in the journal.