September 3, 2015
Meet the Administrators
Posted on our website!
I left my French horn on the bus.
Ask for a pass to the main office to see if the driver brought it into school or to call the
bus depot.
I left my lunch, soccer cleats, etc. at home and my parent will
bring the item to school.
If you do not need the item before your lunch period, we will call your name at the start of
your lunch to pick up your item.
I lost something at school.
Ask for a pass to retrace your steps through all of your classrooms. Most teachers will
leave the item there for you to retrieve it.
I still can’t find my lost item?
Ask for a pass to the main office for small items (glasses, keys, wallets, etc.) Check the
cafeteria for large items (coats, lunch boxes, etc.)
Someone stole something from me or my locker.
Ask for a pass to the security office to file a report with as much detail as possible.
Someone stole something from my locker but I only shared the
combination with my BFF.
DON’T SHARE LOCKER COMBINATIONS WITH ANYONE.
I want to go home on my friend’s bus.
Bring a note from your parent to main office before school. If there is space available, the
office will issue a bus pass to present to the driver. Some buses don’t have room for extra
passengers.
I have a doctor’s appointment during the school day.
Bring a note from home requesting an early release to the attendance secretary in the main
office. She will generate a pass for you to come down at the appointed time.
I want to attend Homework Club after school.
Ask one of your teachers for a homework club pass. You cannot attend without a pass and
without work to do.
I want to take the after school activity bus.
You may take the activity bus on Tu, Wed or Th if you attend an after school activity. Sign
up with your activity sponsor. You may NOT take the activity bus if you are not in a
supervised Westland activity.
• Automatic- Sunday Night Phone Call/Email
• Activate- Edline (to monitor grades)
• Sign Up- Westland Parent Teacher Association
(PTA) ListServ
• Sign Up- MCPS Quick Notes
• Parents new to Westland will receive an
activation code through the mail from MCPS
• If you have not received an activation code
by September 11th please contact
[email protected].
• Edline will go live on Monday.
• The homework assignment or “no
homework” should be posted every night
for every class.
• ALL students (grades 6 through 8 at Westland)
and 9 and 10 at BCC High School
• International mindedness
• Community service
• Interdisciplinary connections
• Real-world connections
• Studying/valuing multiple languages and
cultures
Thursday, Sept 17 from 7:00- 9:15 pm
Topic
Timing
Health Education/Family Life Curriculum Session
6:15 - 6:45 pm
(optional for families to learn about the curriculum)
Location
Media Center
PTA Welcome Expo
(PTA Info, Afterschool Activity Program, Edline,
etc.)
6:15 – 6:50 pm
Cafeteria
School Welcome and Overview
7:00 pm
STAR Classrooms
Teacher Presentations
7:00 – 9:15 pm
Classrooms
• Parking =
• Please carpool if possible.
• Park near Rite Aid and walk across our
fields.
• School photos- Mon, Sept 28th
during PE/health- ALL students
take photos for IDs and
yearbook. Students can OPT to
purchase a photo package but
it is not required.
October 8, 2015- 6:00 to 8:00 pm
October 28, 2015- 6:30 to 8:00 pm
• Bilingual Coffee at Barrington Community Room,
Silver Spring- September 22- 9:00-10:30 am
• Parent/Admin Coffees at Le Madeleine (7607
Old Georgetown Road, Bethesda)
• September 25- 6th
• October 1- 7th
• October 9- 8th
• Use Sign Up Genius for three, 10 minute
appointments
• Purpose/limitations of conferences
• Daily from 8:15 to
8:43
• Mondays- school-wide
lessons
• Tuesdays thru
Thursdaysappointments
• Fridays- Wake Up
Westland TV Show
• 8th Grade End-of-Year Party- Friday, June
10th from 7:00-10:00 at Westland
• 8th Grade Promotion CeremonyWednesday, June 16th from 7:00-9:00 pm
at B-CC HS
• 7th and 8th graders only
• Fall- boys’ softball, girls’ softball and coed cross country
• Winter- boys’ basketball and girls’
basketball
• Spring- boys’ soccer and girls’ soccer
• Forms due
• Morning procedure: If your child’s bus is more
than 15 minutes late to the stop and there is not a
likely weather delay, please call the transportation
depot at 301-469-1070.
• Afternoon procedure: Buses will depart at 3:07
PM.
• Overcrowded buses are being addressed as we
speak.
• Choice of seats
• Board Games
• Media Center
• Time to be outside
• Snacks
• If a parent brings an item to the main office for a
student, we will deliver it to him/her at lunch or at
his/her class if lunch occurs too late.
• If a child forgets lunch money, they can borrow up to
$10.00 from the cafeteria and should repay as soon
as possible.
• Homework will consist of 20 minutes per class for a typical
night. (Students should stop if homework for one class is taking
more than 30 minutes on a consistent basis. The student or
parent should inform the teacher.)
• Sixth grade- 45 to 75* minutes
• Seventh grade- 60 to 90* minutes
• Eighth grade- 75 to 120* minutes
• (*This will be longer based on the number of high school level
courses in which a student is enrolled.)
• Personal articles found in the school building or on school
property should be turned in to the main office.
• Glasses, keys, wallets/purses, electronic devices, etc. are stored
in the main office.
• Books and notebooks are returned to the appropriate teacher.
• Clothing and lunch bags are placed in the cafeteria.
• Students should look in these locations to retrieve their items and
then leave a note for the security assistants in the main office
describing the item.
• Students take 3 marking periods of PE and 1 marking period of
health each year.
• The class meets daily. Students are expected to actively participate.
• For PE students must change their clothing
• shorts (Westland shorts, dark blue shorts or black shorts) or sweatpants
• shirts (Westland shirts, solid gray shirts, or solid white shirts) or sweatshirts
• athletic shoes
• If a student is injured and unable to participate, a note from a doctor
and/or parent/guardian is required on the day excused and an
alternate activity will be provided. Injuries needing more than five
days to rehabilitate must be verified by a doctor.