The B-CC Cluster made the headlines this week with the issuance of Superintendant Weast's recommendations regarding the creation of a new middle school. Please click here to read the full text of his report. From Westland's standpoint, there are both short-term and long-term ramnifications of this recommendation, which is not anticipated to materialize until 2015 at the earliest.  Your PTA respresentatives and Principal Danny Vogelman will be attending a B-CC Cluster Summit on Wednesday at which this will, no doubt, be a hot topic of discussion. We will, as always, keep the Westland community informed of developments.

Thanks are in order for a terrific Columbus Day Open House. Approximately 400 parents came and visited their children's classes. Many thanks to Sarah Farnsworth and her team of outstanding volunteers for providing food & drink, directions, and staffing the PTA table. 

  

Many of you stop me and say you wish you could do more at Westland. I have the perfect solution for you. Register your Giant and Safeway cards!!!!! By doing this one simple thing, you help raise money for Westland every time you shop. As of Sunday evening, 111 people had registered their Giant cards. I thank every one of you, but you are only 1/10 of the entire Westland population. What about the other 900+ families??? Surely some of you shop at Giant or Safeway and can take this one small step that has such a great impact. Please see below for how to sign up - honestly, it couldn't be easier.

This is an exciting week for me personally as we are handing out the Westland Student Directories at lunch today. I  feel that the Directory is one of the most important (and useful!) things the PTA does, but I cannot tell you how many hours I put into getting it produced. Just a reminder, I'm not going to be here next year, so if you have any directory expertise and/or interest, please let me know so I can pass along all my trade secrets!

And I will close with a plea to all to come to the Second Time 'Round Sale on Saturday! It's going to be bigger and better than ever, so don't miss it!