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Sunday, April 27, 2014

Please help keep our parking lot safe

Please do not park and leave your vehicle unattended along any red curb at Whitehead School. If you are dropping off or picking up along the red curb the driver must remain in the vehicle. Since our red curb identifies the fire lane this rule is to be followed at all times, before, during and after school. There is parking along the plain curbs on Waterfall Dr. and Shadow Ln.

The yellow curbs in the front of the school are for the school bus loading and unloading zone . This is a friendly reminder that drivers may not pass any school bus while it has it's stop sign out and it's red lights flashing to let other drivers know that students are loading and unloading.

Thank you for working together to make our school parking lot and Waterfall Dr. a safe place for everyone.

Thursday, April 24, 2014

April Student of the month

April students of the month will be treated to a pizza luncheon in our cafeteria. Way to go !

Sunday, March 30, 2014

JWES reading winners during reading week

Thanks to our Whitehead PFA (Parent Faculty Assoc) 19 students won $15 gift certificates to our June Grassroots bookfair. One student from each homeroom was chosen by reading and recording the most minutes read this week in and out of school. Each Whitehead student was given a bookmark at the start of Reading Week and was encouraged to keep track of all the reading he/she did this week outside of school and inside school during the daily DEAR time (Drop Everything and Read time.) each student received a Reading Award and the gift certificate.

Canned food contest this week

Granite construction challenges the students at Whitehead to collect canned foods this week for the local food bank in a classroom contest. The class who brings in the highest percentage of cans per student wins. This year our students collected 867 cans of food. Mrs.Cameron's 5th/6th homeroom won this year with an average of 5.82 cans per student. Thanks to Granite Construction each student in her homeroom wins a $15.00 gift certificate to spend at our Grassroots bookfair that will be held the last week of school in our JWES school library.

Students collecting the cans each morning and tallying up the numbers.

Each student in the winning homeroom received a certificate which is also good for $15 at our bookfair in June.

14th annual Granite Day at Whitehead

Granite Construction of Sparks brought Granite Day to the students of Whitehead for the 14th year in a row. With hard hats on , the K-6th grade students spent the day moving from learning station to learning station.

Outside they learn about the big equipment used and get to sit in the driver's seat for a different view.

Inside students learned about air quality, water conservation, safety equipment, building materials and some got to learn how a complete project goes from start to finish. The Students hear how many things they learn in their school classrooms, like math and science , are being used everyday at Granite Construction to make our community a great place.