Back to School Newsletter

2024-2025 School Year

Welcome back, students and parents! We're excited to see you on Wednesday, August 7th, at 8:00 AM for the first day of school. Let's make this year an amazing and successful one together! Here is our Back to School Newsletter: 

IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER 

Tuesday, August 6, 2024 @ 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM - TK & Kinder - Meet the Teacher 

Tuesday, August 6, 2024 @ 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM - Middle School Open Tour 

First Day of School - Wednesday, August 7, 2024 @ 8:00 AM

Wednesday, August 14, 2024 @ 2:15 PM - First Day of Early Release Wednesday 

Tuesday, August 20, 2024 @ 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM - Middle Schools Back to School Night 

Thursday, August 22, 2024 @ 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM - Elementary Schools Back to School Night 

Monday, September 2, 2024 - Holiday – Labor Day 

DISTRICT CALENDARS & OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION

District Calendars Landing Page

2024-2025 WUESD Instructional Calendar - English 

2024-2025 WUESD Instructional Calendar - Spanish  

2024-2025 Assessment Calendar

2024-2025 PLC Calendar

Bell Schedules - Overview

Bus Transportation Schedule

STUDENT SAFETY

In order for every student to learn and grow we believe creating and providing a safe and welcoming learning environment is crucial. For this reason, WUESD will be implementing the following starting the first day of school.  

• All school sites will minimize campus access and limit nonessential visitors, facility use permits, and volunteers.  Parents/Guardians will NOT be allowed on campus for the first day of school. 

• All school sites will check-in all ‘visitors’ using the Raptor Visitor Management System. This system checks all visitors against the national database for registered sexual offenders.  We ask that you bring a valid identification card (ID) with you every time you need to enter a school campus. 

• All school sites will require all ‘parents/guardians’ to show a valid identification card (ID) when needing to “check-out” their student from school early.  We ask that you bring a valid identification card (ID) with you every time you need to ‘check-out’ your student early from school.   

Valid Identification (ID) includes:

• Driver’s License

• State‐Issued ID

• U.S. Military ID

• U.S. Passport

• Permanent Resident Card

HEALTH & IMMUNIZATIONS

As part of our efforts to ensure health and wellness, all students entering our schools MUST show proof of immunizations required by California Law. California schools are required to check immunization records for all new student admissions in TK-12th grade and all students advancing to 7th grade before entry.  

Refer to: California Immunization Requirements for TK/K–12th Grade (or visit: ShotsForSchool.org)

Your student’s record must include a date for the immunizations administered and the doctor’s/clinic’s name. Proof of immunization records can be provided to the school in two forms: 

• Child’s personal immunization record (e.g., "yellow card")  OR

• Printed documentation (not a photograph) 

All students entering 7th Grade are required to have: Tdap-1 dose of a pertussis-containing vaccine on or after their 7th birthday and 2 doses of varicella vaccine. (Proof of disease for chickenpox DOES NOT meet the immunization requirement.) 

California Law requires that schools exclude students until a parent/guardian provides documentation of compliance with the requirements. If you have an updated immunization record, please bring it to the appropriate school site. If you have any questions about immunizations please contact our district’s Health Services Department at 661-758-7190.

STATE TESTING

State Testing 2023–24 Student Score Reports (SSRs) are now available.

Student Score Reports can now be accessed electronically through the Aeries Parent Portal. If you already have an Aeries Parent account or need to create a new account, use the link below:

https://wascouesd.aeries.net/student/LoginParent.aspx 

NEW STAFF TO WUESD

Karl F. Clemens Elementary School

Nathalie Villanueva - TK Teacher

John L. Prueitt Elementary School 

Kassandra Martin - Art Teacher

Anselmo Arellano - PE Teacher 

Ashley Montano - SDC Teacher 

Erandy Villanueva - SDC Teacher 

Teresa Burke Elementary School

Jan Hummel - Principal 

Maria Maldonado - Assistant Principal 

Bradley Taber - Music Teacher 

James A. Forrest Elementary School

Vanessa Vickers - Art Teacher 

Cynthia Rojas - SDC Teacher 

Thomas Jefferson Middle School 

Skie Mayo - SDC Teacher 

Palm Avenue Middle School 

Morgan Myers - English Teacher 

Victor Perez - Math Teacher 

Andrea Castro - Music Teacher 

Vladimir Mendoza - Social Sciences Teacher 

Lauren Turner - Speech-Language Pathologists

District Office 

Tess O'rourke-Lepine - Special Education Director 

MISSION 

To provide all students an education which promotes lifelong learning, an appreciation for diversity, and responsible citizenship.

VISION

Excellence For All

GOALS

GOAL #1  |  Academic Achievement - Accelerating student learning with high expectations for all

1. Deliver impactful Tier-1 instruction with fidelity to ensure that all students receive high-quality, evidence-based education.
2. Professional Learning Community (PLC) teams to be capable of making data-informed decisions about instructional strategies, continuously monitor student progress, and flexibly adapt their teaching methods to better address the diverse needs of all learners.
3. Analyze and act upon assessment data to guide instructional planning and personalized learning so all students reach proficiency.
4. Institute comprehensive systems to monitor classroom instruction and provide reflection and feedback to improve practice.

GOAL #2  |  Multi-Tiered Systems of Support - Provide a comprehensive framework that delivers multi-tiered systems of support to address students' diverse academic, behavioral, and social-emotional needs, while ensuring equitable access to resources and interventions

1. Utilize MTSS Tier 2 and 3 meetings to establish interventions, monitor student progress, and leverage data-driven approaches to support the academic, behavioral, and social-emotional learning growth of students.
2. Leverage social-emotional learning screening tools to assess students' needs and facilitate targeted interventions. 
3. Integrate social-emotional learning instruction and provide effective, evidence-based curricula to support social development.
4. Conduct focused, school-by-school data review meetings to drive continuous improvement at the school and district level.

GOAL #3  |  Culture & Safety - Create a school culture that fosters a safe and supportive environment, conducive to learning, and cultivates a sense of connection and belonging for all students and staff

1. Increase effective family engagement in student achievement. 
2. Build capacity of all adults on campus on the use of Behavior Interventions and Supports to promote a positive school culture. 
3. Develop behavior expectations explicitly defined, taught, reinforced, and monitored. 
4. Identify root causes for absences and offer comprehensive and schoolwide child welfare and attendance services to students, including tiered and differentiated absence prevention and intervention supports.

WHO TO CONTACT @ WUESD