Holiday Concert- Friday, 12/13 at UHS:
6:00-6:30= K-2, 7:00-7:30= 3-5
*K-2 families leaving afterward will pick up in the old gym & exit. 3-5 only families will wait in the commons until K-2 families leaving have cleared. Thank you!
Mrs. Smith running with 2S today!
Happy Holidays from the United West Staff!
Letter Hh is for HAT in KE today. Our kindergarten National Park countdown is in full swing!
The response to the food drive has been fantastic! Thank you for your support. We are on the way to our 200 item goal and the holiday cookie party. We’re adding another challenge. If we reach 300 items, we’ll have an all school pajama party on Thursday, 12/19, too!
4C- Counting down to break with a 10 Day Kindness Challenge. Today students made cards for a boy waiting for a heart transplant and wrote thank you notes to adults in the building.
Shared writing.
More writing shared!
New Red Storm Writers new format this year! All students from two grades share their writing one day each month.
Studying for the bone test!
Bone unit certificates!
“We didn’t successfully have an eruption, but we were able to simulate the plates shifting and an earthquake.” -4C
29 future Junior Rangers are headed to The Gateway Arch NP this school year! Thank you for supporting our dreams!!
If you’re missing a pie or have any questions about the pie sale, please contact the office. Thank you!
Students are beginning to learn about the human bone structure in PE!
The Holiday Concert is Friday, 12/13 at UHS. K-2=6:00-6:30 pm
3-5=7:00-7:30 pm
*K-2 students will be available for pick-up
in the old gym after their show.
Our annual food drive begins today. All items collected will benefit the Little Cedar Church food pantry. The drive ends on December 13. Students are working as a team to earn an all school cocoa party if we raise 200 items!
Thank you families and friends for attending Buddy Reading Tuesday afternoon!
Buddy Reading!
Some of the certificate winners that rolled a strike in P.E. on Monday!
Julie McVey Reading Hideaway dedication, 11/22. Thank you Cahill and McVey families for your support!
Buddy Reading!
Buddy Reading!
Buddy Reading!
Buddy Reading!
Buddy Reading!
Buddy Reading!
Thank you FFA!
Good times today!
FFA fun!
FFA trip this am!
Thank you UHS FFA for hosting our 1st/2nd grade for some gobble, gobble fun this morning!
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Great to see our beginning band kids feeling more confident. This young lady played a nice carol for me this morning.
Pie Pick-up is Monday, November 25 from 3:00-5:30 in the gym. Thank you!
Looking for a fun family outing? Come to West tomorrow night!
Lt. Bratcher from MPD visited to discuss harmful intruders with the students. We then conducted a lockdown drill.
There will be a police presence at West Campus on Tuesday for the purpose of conducting safety drills.
Pre-K Parents: The PAC group is meeting at West on Tuesday evening from 5-6:30. A meal will be served followed by a speaker on self-regulation. Childcare will be available.
Midterm grades will be posted on November 20.
Annual Food Drive 12/2-12/13 to benefit the Little Cedar Church food pantry.
This will be a fun family event!
Looking forward to this evening!
Pie Sale pick-up is Monday, 11/25 from 3:00-5:30.
Buddy Reading is Tuesday, 11/26 from 1:15-1:45. It’s a 2pm dismissal. RSVP forms are included in Thursday Notes again this week.
Red Storm’s Anne Gregory finishes her HS XC career strong! #teamsport #individualeffort #BeUnited
4C using Flipgrid to present their
collages!
United High School’s Gregory Head’s to state Cross Country! #BeUnited #fasterthanU
This is the pepper experiment Mrs. Shurtz is doing with classes this week to kick off our SEL friendship unit -- pepper represents the people around us, honey represents the kind things we do, and dish soap represents our unkind behaviors. The pepper ran towards the honey and away from the soap!
No school on Monday, 11/11 in observance of Veteran’s Day.
Mindfulness Night! November 21-5:30-6:30
1F Lightening Leader Champs for October!
Adding to our figurative language graffiti wall in 4C!
Halloween sensory activity used to add description to our writing in 4C!
HS Pre-K Parade last week!
The Hayden Losey memorial was delivered today. Thank you to the families who made it happen!
Thank you families for your support of the Halloween parade and parties this afternoon!
Time moves back 1 hr early Sunday morning!
Best of the West!
Best of the West for October!
1F enjoying the Bat Cave!
Bat Cave Science!
Bat Cave Learning!
Bat Cave Learning!
The Bat Cave!
5th grade Bat Cave fun!
3rd grade experiencing Fear Factor today working on their multiplication factors.
5H and KH spent learning time in the “bat 🦇 cave” today!
Buddy Reading is on Tuesday, November 26 from 1:15-1:45. This is a 2:00 dismissal for Thanksgiving. An RSVP flyer will be coming home soon:
The K-5 Holiday Concert is Friday, December 13. K-2 is 6:00-6:30 and 3-5 is 7:00-7:30 at UHS. Like last year, there will be time for K-2 parents staying for the second concert to get their children and for others to exit in between programs.
Pie Sale Pick up is November 25 from 3:00-5:30 in the Gym. Thank you!
Mrs. Higbee’s father and uncle stopped by to teach the kids about the flag, and how we honor it.
With the installation of a new heating system , the need to wear coats, jackets inside the school isn’t necessary. Students should dress in long sleeves or sweatshirts during the fall and winter seasons. This will help with safety, minimize disruptions and decrease the amount of lost items, too. Thank you!
Families-
Please contact the office of you have costume questions before Friday.
1:55-Costume/room prep
2:10-Parade
*Parties until 2:45
*Students that are signed out may leave with an adult at 2:45
Thanks again to our Fall Festival sponsors!
Mrs. Bertelsen and Ms. Fry got Danny books started in first grade on Thursday.
Friday, 11/1 is the Halloween Parade and Party day. The parade begins at 2:10. Room/costume support begins at 1:55. Parties to begin right after the parade and will end at 2:45. Please sign out your child if you’re taking them home in the cafeteria. Thank you!
Pumpkin investigation!
No Pre-K in United on Wednesday, October 30 due to staff training.
KH’s distance learning today with Ranger Joe from Devils Tower National Monument!
Frisbee golf action today!
K at the Pumpkin Patch today!
Pre-K at the Pumpkin Patch today!
P.E. action this week!
3G-
We’re using what we have learned from our Code and Go Mouse with the Bee Bots from Mrs, Witherell. We did multiplication facts and coded our Bee to go to the product. Also coded a witch to collect candy and get to the haunted house.
Thank you, United West community, for your support of the PTO Pie Sale! You managed to raise a few dollars shy of $3,000 that will be used to provide computer programs for students. We are grateful! Pick-up is 11/25, 3:00-5:30 in the gym.
Thank you, Avanced Plumbing and Mechanical, for donating your services to install the water fountain in the gym!
Hayrack live shots!
Thank you families, volunteers and donators for your support of the Fall Festival this evening! We are very grateful to you!
Fall Festival donations may be dropped off anytime this week!
PK/K- Saltine crackers or a roll of paper towels
1-3 A store bought dessert like Little Debbies’ or Oreos.
4-5 A box of crackers or cereal
Thank you!
We’ve added a 6 month YMCA youth membership and a Lakeside Recreation (next to Lake Storey) birthday package to the silent auction along with the baskets and quilt. Also, 4 Niabi Zoo passes and a $20 McD’s gift card have been added to the raffle prizes. Raffle tickets will be be sold at the door!
Please sign up to help during the Fall Festival!
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c044da5ad2aa7fc1-fall
Check out the Kindergarten quilt to be auctioned off this Friday night! Thank you, Karen Grant, for putting it together!
Friday, October 18 is a 2:00 Dismissal. Students may be picked up at 1:55. Please call by 1:00 with transportation changes. Thank you!
We’re in bed.
Volunteer and donation support!
Fall Festival this Friday!
Thank you parents for attending conferences and supporting the book fair!
Reminder - No School at United on Monday 10-14-19 for Columbus Day! #ShowU #Holiday #whatdoweknow
Fact family art in 2S this week!
Fall Festival (10/18) raffle tickets sold by 3rd-5th graders are an easy way to support the school since they are inexpensive, 3 for a $1 or .50 cents each. We have neat family-oriented prizes, such as bowling, zoo, skating, baseball and hockey tickets. Need not to be present to win. *Sellers-Tickets are due on 10/17. Thank you!
Pie fundraiser orders are due on Tuesday along with the money. Thank you!
Mrs. Horner, from 911 Dispatch, spoke with PK-1 today about calling 911!
United 304 will be holding Parent-Teacher Conferences on Thursday, 10/10 from 4-8 pm, 2pm dismissal. On Friday, 10/11, Conferences will occur between 8:30-11:30am. No school on Friday. Please contact the West Office with questions.
Mrs. Sharp, from the Farm Bureau, came in to talk to both first grade classes about agriculture and apples today!
Kindergarten is working on the quilt that will be auctioned during the FF on 10/18!
KH has a new puzzle table. Teamwork is in full swing!
Fall Festival, Friday 10/18, 5-7!
Parent-Teacher Conferences are October 10, 4:00-8:00 and October 11, 8:30-11:30. October 10 is a 2:00 dismissal. No School October 11 or October 14 (Columbus Day).
2C earned a Scooby Snack party for good behavior today!
Thank you to the Ben Corbin Memorial and Derek Clayton for delivering some neat
trucks and tractors for PK, K and Life Skills!
Fall weather is upon us! It will be in the low 40’s this morning. Students will need jackets/sweatshirts in order to go outside for recess today. Thank you!
A terrific message for the kids at school and home!
Please contact the office if you still need to sign up for P/T Conferences on October 10 and 11.
West Elementary Driving Range today
Thank you families for the generous donations of used board games for our new check out program! We are no longer in need of donations.
Golfing has begun in P.E.!
Golfing had begun in P.E.!
Pie orders will be due with cash and checks (made out to West) on Tuesday, 10/15!
The annual Fall Pie Sale begins tomorrow, 10/1. Students will be bringing home the flyer and envelopes. These are delicious pies that will be delivered in time for Thanksgiving on 11/25. All proceeds go to the PTO who will use the funds to buy student programs. Thank you!
The Fall Festival is coming on October 18 from 5:00-7:00: hayrack, carnival, basket auction, family-oriented raffle prizes, chili and hotdogs! Too much fun to count!
There will be a police presence at West Campus on Wednesday, October2 in order for both schools to practice lock down and evacuation procedures.
Spirit Week!
To celebrate UHS Homecoming week West will have these spirit days:
9/30- Favorite Color
10/1- Clash (Wear mismatched clothes)
10/2- Hat
10/3- Hero (movie, tv, sports, book, real-life)
10/4- Red Storm (red /black, spirit wear)
Springfield!
More from Springfield!
5th grade in Springfield!
Mrs. Pakosz’s class made apple sauce as a way to help learn about sequencing details today!
More Best of the West and Mrs’s Smith’s class who were our Lightening Leader winners for September!
Best of the West for September!
Mrs. Wood, UHS, golf coach visited 4th/5th P.E. today! Thank you, Coach Wood!
1L visiting the newly remodeled library today!
Heated P.E. action this week!
Friday’s lunch will be: meatball sandwich, sweet potato fries, baked beans, apple, milk.
3G Monster class pics!
More Monster Multiplication in 3rd today!
Rock Your School Day - Multiplication Monsters in Third. Started with STEM monster building and continued by solving 7 stations of multiplication problems. Students filled their scream tanks with each task completed.
3S Monster Multiplication University!
Mrs. Smith challenged her class to be as quiet as a bearded dragon. They earned getting to meet Yadi this morning. Good pics for post
Midterm grades for 2nd-5th grade are available on Skyward. Please contact the office if you need assistance logging in. Parents are encouraged to contact teachers with their questions. Thank you!
3G started researching an animal life cycle of their choice, today. We used EPIC and Britannica Online. They will create 3D representations of their life cycles and share them with the class.
20 meter pacer test for FitnessGram in P.E. today.
United North News - Starting the Day a Whole New Way
https://www.u304.org/article/136039?org=une
Friday, September 20 is a 1:00 p.m. dismissal for school improvement. Students may be picked up at 12:55. Please call for transportation changes by noon.
Another cube speller. Plus one student that read ALL these sight word/letter/number sticks independently!
Students manipulated phonetic cubes to create words with Mrs. Baker yesterday!
2C’s Drop Everything and Read Lantern Reading on Friday!
Mrs. Sims and Shurtz designed a sensory hallway for students to address emotions and expend energy. Classes,like 4C, are visiting so the kids are aware of it.
P.E. today!
All students will have their pictures taken on Friday, August 30 even if parents choose not to pay in advance. Those who don’t pay in advance will receive proofs and can order online or by calling Lifetouch at a later date. Ordering online also gives more options for purchase, such as single pictures.
Practicing emergency exit procedures today in P.E.
United West will be in session on Friday, 8/30!
The Junior High ONLY is dismissing early due to water issues at 10:30. All other buildings will be in session for the day.
Pre-K is not in session on Wednesday for area-wide staff training!
3-5 Students are learning about heat stroke and exhaustion in P.E.
Regular schedule begins on Monday, 8/26. Students may be picked up at 2:50. Please call the office to request transportation changes by 1:00.
2nd Grade Families: Please return your therapy dog permission form tomorrow first thing in order for them to visit with our special guests..
Thank you, families, for the terrific turn out on Backpack Night last evening! We’re looking forward to a great year. Please contact the office with any questions. Thank you!
Thank you families for the fantastic response to registration thus far; online and onsite yesterday! Please contact the school to make an appointment to register if you’re unable to do so from home. 734-8513
Orthopedic Clini-8/13
Welcome to the New United CUSD 304 App and Website. Work is still in progress so changes to navigation and appearance may occur over the next few weeks.
New Communications Room location: We are excited that this classroom will have a larger area to support the students. All students will have access to the sensory supportive resources. Fresh paint and new tiling are underway this summer.
myOn Reading... Remember that we are awarding a $25 gift card to the 1st and 2nd highest users over the summer ending on August 16. Outgoing 5th graders are eligible. https://www.myon.com/index.html