Today's Westfield Weekly

November 21, 2019

Hello Westfield families!

Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good. His love endures forever. Psalm 136:1

As we enter the season of Thanksgiving, our students are giving thanks and serving their community by participating in KidsGive, volunteering at Mistletoe Market, writing thank you notes to faculty/staff, and visiting a local nursing home to make cards with residents, while our chorus students are singing at Mistletoe Market and our first graders are performing "The First Thanksgiving." Our Pre-K and kindergarten students are planning their own Thanksgiving feasts, learning about the friendships that the pilgrims and Indians made and their thankfulness to God and to each other. We are thankful for these teachable moments to help our students learn that God calls us to have thankful hearts. We pray that you and your family have a wonderful, safe, and restful Thanksgiving holiday. As a reminder, our Thanksgiving holidays are Monday, November 25th through Friday, November 29th. We look forward to seeing everyone back on campus on Monday, December 2.

Don't forget students may wear spirit wear (Westfield t-shirt) every day during the month of December for reaching our 50th Anniversary Campaign participation goal. Thank you to all supported the campaign. If you have not yet contributed, we hope you will consider making a donation. Donate online at http://www.westfieldschool.org/alumni-and-giving/annual-fund.cfm

Help Make Christmas Merrier for

Children in Our Community!

Bring in Your KidsGive Gift by 12/4

Thank you all for selecting one of the KidsGive gift tags and purchasing the item listed on the tag for a child in our community. We ask that your gift be returned to Westfield no later than December 4th so that we may present these gifts to Perry Volunteer Outreach at our school-wide KidsGive assembly on Friday, December 6th.

Just a reminder of the KidsGive gift guidelines:

1) Please purchase only the item(s) that is listed on the gift tag per request from PVO

2) Gift(s) must be returned to Westfield by Wednesday, December 4th

3) Gift(s) must be unwrapped - please do not wrap your gift

Please note that if the gift item is more than one item (i.e. the item is socks and you purchase more than one pair), you may put all items in a large Ziploc bag with the KidsGive attached to the bag

4) Gift(s) must have the KidsGive tag attached

We hope that you will use this opportunity as a "teachable moment" to help students realize the importance of helping others, showing kindness, and serving our community. #kidsgive

Today’s post is a salute to Westfield first grade's presentation of The First Thanksgiving . This special tradition began in the early 1970’s when the first grade class, dressed as pilgrims and Indians, shared a Thanksgiving poem and enjoyed a delicious feast with their families. In 1985, first grade teacher Rita Parks turned the small performance into a full performance about the history of the first Thanksgiving at Plymouth Rock, complete with speaking parts, music, and costumes. Over the year, the first grade's program has evolved to include patriotic songs, classic hymns, and guest performances from members of the Westfield community. This week, a new generation of first graders shared this sweet program and once again reminded us to always give thanks with a grateful heart.

#throwbackthursday #50yearsofwestfield #honoringourpastandbuildingourfuture #educationofmindandheart

Trim Your Tree with a Westfield Ornament

These special ornaments commemorating Westfield's fiftieth anniversary are here just in time for Christmas! The ornaments are $20 each and feature a hand-painted scene of the Quad on a 4 x 6" wooden plaque. Deadline to order is tomorrow.

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Don't miss your chance to gobble up your 2020 tax credit! Visit https://www.goalscholarship.org/for_donors/ to submit your application today. You have to pay taxes, why not have a say in how your tax dollars are spent? GOAL provides an incredible opportunity for you to support Westfield, while receiving a dollar for dollar state tax credit. Contact [email protected] for more information.

Congratulations to senior Elizabeth Gentry who has been named a 2020 National Merit Scholarship program Commended Scholar! Commended Scholar students place among the top 50,000 scorers of more than 1.5 million students who entered the 2020 competition by taking the 2018 PSAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test. Congratulations, Elizabeth! #westfieldproud

Congratulations to Cristian Rodriguez, who won fourth place in Informative Speaking at the Carrollton High School Debate Tournament on Saturday. This qualifies him for the GFCA State Championship Tournament. Cristian also was a semifinalist in Impromptu Speaking. Congratulations also to Donnie Layne, who placed tenth in Informative Speaking. Great job, Hornet debaters!

Kindergarten students in Mrs. Suzy and Ms. Angie's classes are learning about the first Thanksgiving through journaling and art. Today, they celebrated Indian Day, making their own headdresses and necklaces.

Attention Senior Class of 2020...

Spillers Orthodontics scholarship applications are now available outside Mrs. Jackie's office for seniors who are either current or former patients of Spillers'. The application deadline is March 1, 2020. Additional information can be found at https://www.drspillers.com/patient-resources/contests-scholarships/spillers-orthodontics-scholarship .

Our Middle and Upper School choruses performed this morning at the GAPPS State Chorus Competition hosted by Wesleyan College! Great job! #westfieldchorus

Congratulations to third grade students Ellie Claire Davis and Braden Roland! Ellie Claire was the overall winner of the City of Perry Fire Department's fire safety coloring contest, and Braden Roland was the overall runner up winner! One hundred and thirteen third graders representing three elementary schools in Perry participated in the contest sponsored for the first time by the Fire Department. We are Westfield proud!

Choosing to live extraordinary lives as extraordinary people created by God was the message that Mr. Jerry Perkins, an insurance executive in Opelika, Alabama, and former high school coach, shared with our Middle and Upper School students during this morning's assembly. Mr. Perkins encouraged the students to be followers, not fans, of Christ and to be heroes in other people's lives. Be sure to ask your Middle or Upper School student about the five chapters of Mr. Perkins' handbook! #educationofmindandheart #faithandvalues #wednesdayassembly

Good luck to our JV and varsity clay target shooting teams! The teams are competing today and tomorrow in the GISA state meet in Savannah! Go Hornets! #westfieldclaytarget

Winter sports are here! Swimming is underway, basketball begins tonight, and wrestling starts soon! Click here for our Hornet winter sports schedules!