Join us on Tuesday, September 1st at 8:30 am for a fundraising meeting via Zoom! If you have ideas on ways to raise money for our school, this is a meeting you’ll want to attend. Click here to join. We hope to see you there! Meeting ID: 874 3061 2314 Passcode: Wes2021

Broward County Public Schools has partnered with Hazel Telehealth Services to provide “at home” telehealth services to students. Students will be provided healthcare services such as urgent care visits, health screening, patient/family education, follow-up care and consultation, coordination with family physician, prescription sent to preferred pharmacy, over-the-counter medication and school & community resource referrals by a physician or advanced registered nurse practitioner. If you would like your child to receive these services, you will need to sign up on their website at my.hazel.co/broward. If you have any questions, please contact Gail Adams at (754) 321-1575.

Join us Wednesday, August 26th at Vito’s Gourmet Pizza to Support the PTA! When you order, let them know you’re supporting Westchester Elementary. You can also join our PTA using cash or check at Vito’s on Wednesday Night from 5:00 – 8:00 pm. See you there!

PTA offers parents, guardians and members of the community an opportunity to help make Westchester Elementary the best school for our children. We are excited to announce that you can join the PTA online. Please click here to join today! While you’re there, check out the masks we have for sale!

BCPS is focused on providing students and families the tools, resources, and support they need to succeed in the eLearning environment. To facilitate eLearning, these resources are available for students and parents: Computer devices are available to any student who needs one. Please contact your school to schedule a time to pick up a device. Affordable high-speed internet connections plans for $10 or less are available from Comcast by visiting internetessentials.com and from AT&T at att.com/access. Technology support is available starting on Monday, August 24th with district micro-techs answering your questions Monday through Friday between 8:00 am and 4:00 pm. Call the Technical Support Li

Please be sure to join us for our virtual Open House on Monday, August 24th! Kindergarten – 2nd grades:  6:00 – 6:50 pm 3rd – 5th grades:  7:00 – 7:50 pm Open House is conducted via Microsoft Teams. You can access Open House through your child’s class on Canvas.

Join us! Our first PTA meeting of the new school year will be this Friday, August 21st at 8:30 am via Zoom. Join Zoom Meeting here. Meeting ID: 815 6645 6883 Passcode: WESPTA2021 You do not need to be a member to attend this meeting. Please take a moment of your time to review the minutes from the last meeting and the agenda for this meeting. June Meeting Minutes August 2020 Agenda August 2020 Budget

Time to Power Up! Check out the details about meal distribution below.

With the school year looking a bit different, we want to keep up the tradition of documenting the various events that occur throughout the school year. Please send us a photo of your child during their first-day of school! Include photos of them in their 1st day outfit, sitting at their desks or working on an activity. Photos may get chosen for the school’s social media or even the yearbook. Email all photos to westchesteryearbookpics@gmail.com. We can’t wait to see and share your pictures! Be on the look out for more information about how you will help us make this year’s yearbook a success!!

We know that you’ve had questions. Our principal and PTA president have been conducting Facebook Live sessions to answer some of these for you. To view them, please go to the videos on our Facebook page. If you have questions that you’d like answered, please email us at westchesterpta.main@gmail.com.

Hello Wildcats! On behalf of the entire PTA Board, I would like to welcome your family to the 2020-2021 school year! Though this school year may not begin as previous years, we join you in the anticipation of an innovative and productive year. I am so proud to be returning as the PTA president, and I look forward to continue serving your family and our school. I am eager to share with you some of the plans as we start off this year via eLearning. This year, our main goal is to encourage and foster a strong Westchester community. Our students will not begin in our school building, but we want all of our wildcats to feel connected and be an integral part of our school family. We also hope t

The Canvas app is a great resource for parents to monitor their child’s classwork and progress. See below for instructions on how to set this up.