Heart of Gold Nomination

This year Westgate again nominated Dave Flanagan for the Arlington Heights Heart of Gold award for "volunteer of the year."  Fingers crossed for a win.  This is Dave's 11th year volunteering at Westgate School!!

Walk to school day

Wednesday October 10th was National "Walk to School" day and the Westgate community came out in style!  We had hundred of people walk to school and we even had celebrity walkers on 4 separate routes all converge on Westgate right before school began!

Soccer skills

For the last few weeks we have been working on soccer skills including passing, shooting, and dribbling the ball.  Unfortunately we have had temps form 84 degrees to 38 degrees and getting outside was a chore.  On top of that, battling wet grass and such proved difficult....so we moved inside for some dodgeball soccer....multiball soccer with 2 goals at each end!  How cool is that?

Sight Words

1st and 2nd grade kiddos have been working on their sight words in PE class by finding the word, saying it....then running around the gym finding all the letters and spelling out the words.  Here are some pics of the kids finding the words and running out the letters.

Track and Field

Well, actually, just track, no jumping and discus events!  This year kids are working on setting goals, trying to beat their previous times in the 50,100 relays and mile.  K-2 students run the 3/5 of a mile while 3,4,5 run the whole mile.  The field was a bit torn up, and new sod was laid down, so trying to navigate was a bit difficult.  I also had to mark out a new course for the mile, but in the end...it all worked out!

Orange ruler

This year the PTA is doing the Orange ruler running event to raise $ for the PTA funds!  Check out the assembly in the gym!  How cool is that?  Students learn that they always "measure up!"

Rolling Meadows Westgate night

What a great time at the Westgate School night at Rolling Meadows High school.  The kids had a blast running through the "Mustang" and....like last year,  ran all the way to the end zone....lol.  Dave Flanagan was on hand along with a BUNCH of Westgate students!