Dear Parents,
On Tuesday, November 26th, we will be celebrating our annual Thanksgiving Day feast. All of our school-aged students will be served chicken, mashed potatoes, stuffing, corn, corn bread, apple pie, apple juice and water. Our pre-school students will enjoy chicken nuggets, French fries, juice and cupcakes. If you do not want your child to eat the lunch provided, please send him/her with lunch. Thank you and Happy Thanksgiving!
Queridos Padres,
El Martes 26 de Noviembre, estaremos celebrando nuestra fiesta annual del Dia de Accion de Gracias. A todos los estudiantes de edad escolar se les servira, pollo, Pure de papas, relleno, maiz, pan de maiz, pastel de manzana, jugo de manzana y agua. Nuestros estudiantes del pre-escolar disfrutaran de chicken nuggets, papas fritas, jugo y cupcakes. Si no quiere que su hijo coma esto, por favor envie su comida. Gracias y Feliz Dia de Accion de Gracias.
Room 2 is practicing tracing the letter F! This week has been full of Letter F activities. We love learning the alphabet.
Art Activities in room 15
Fall Leaf Collage
Room 5 working hard at their reading centers!
Memo from: The Child Study Team
Hello Parents and Guardians,
If you have not registered your child with OPWDD and need assistance, please reach out to The Child Study Team. You can contact: Diane Gaetano (ext 817) if you live in NYC or Elisa Pacewicz (ext 853) if you live in Westchester. If you live in Connecticut, contact Elisa Pacewicz for assistance registering with DDS.
Room 2 had such a great time painting their pumpkins!
Students from Room 13 had a great time shopping at COSTCO this morning!
Some of the Room 3 Students getting ready to go Trick or Treating on Halloween
Room 14 Veterans Day Cards
Happy Halloween from Room 8! Our class had a blast Trick or Treating with our friends! Then we got funky and spooky at the Halloween Bash!
Room 16 took a group photo before heading to the Halloween dance!
The popcorn has arrived! Orders will be going home as soon as possible. Thank you for helping to make our school fund raiser the most successful one in years!
Las palomitas de maiz han llegado! Las ordenes seran enviadas a casa lo mas pronto posible. Gracias por ayudarnos a hacer que nuestra recaudacion de fondos escolar haya sido un exito!
Thanks to the generous donation by board member Mike Grenadier, each one of our school-aged students went home with a pumpkin this week. Students in Room 18 had a blast making homemade pumpkin pie from their classroom pumpkin. Happy Halloween from the Westchester School!
Room 18 designed skulls for Halloween using only lines to color them in! Skulls designed by Naim, Kyle, and Eric
Thank you to all of the parents and family members that participated in Back to School Day today. Thanks to you, we had a record turn out! As always, thank you for entrusting us with your child's education each day.
Gracias a todos los Padres y Familiares que participaron en el Dia de Regreso a la Escuela hoy.
Gracias a todos, tuvimos un record de resultados! Como siempre, gracias por confiar en nostros con la educacion y seguridad de su hijo.
On Thursday, October 31st, the school will be celebrating Halloween with a pizza party for all students. Please send in a drink for your child, and a snack if you wish. If you do not want your child to eat pizza, please send in lunch. Have a fun and safe Halloween. Thank you!
The Westchester School and Room 8 welcomes Tommy the Bearded Dragon! Bearded Dragons are originally from the deserts of Australia. They enjoy basking in the sun, but will burrow if temperatures become too hot. Their diet includes crickets, mealworms, fruits and vegetables.
Learn more about The Westchester School!
The Westchester School loved Summer Reading Buddies so much, they sent three groups for Mornings of Service on Tuesday July 17th, Wednesday July 24th, and Wednesday July 31st
Congratulations to the graduates of the Westchester School For Special Children. Under the leadership of the Executive Director, Leonard Spano, and the fantastic staff, our students are starting a new chapter in their life, one I know they're prepared for. Continue to be the spark plugs each of you are and make Yonkers proud.
