We have a goal of 100% immunization compliance.  Please see the goal tracker in the main lobby.  We are currently looking for 17% of West students to come into compliance for 2011/12.  Information was sent (US mail or backpack mail) home if your student needs to receive immunizations.  As always, contact the nurses with any questions like:  Where can I get vaccines?  Why do I keep seeing the same vaccine listed?  If my student doesn't have the required vaccine, will they not be able to attend school?

Cleaning out your closet to make space for the winter clothes?  Kids just go through a growth spurt?  Consider donating gently used uniforms to the West Uniform Closet.  Set up to help families in need and those on a tight budget the closet is open to all families at West.

Mrs. Roseboro "Grandma Jeanne" manages the closet so just let her, the front office staff or your child's teacher know your needs and they will help you with uniforms from the closet.

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The closet is stocked with donations from the community.  We need:

1. Detergent - all the clothes are washed before they go into the closet.  If you have a spare bottle or two just drop them by the office.

2. Donations of larger sized uniforms for kids in the elementary and middle school.  These are much harder to come by so if you have any to donate please bring them in.  Young women sizes 12, 14, 16 and young men waist 30/32 appreciated!

About Me:  This is my sixth year of working as a professional educator here at West Education Campus.  It is a true pleasure to work with all of our students and families.  I enjoy inspiring others to reach their goals and to believe in themselves. 

Education: B.S., Education; M.S., School Counseling:  College:  Michigan State University; License in School Counseling.

I love participating in all outdoor sports--especially bike riding and 5k runs.   

I have many favorite books, some of which are 'A Mind at a Time', by Mel Levine, M.D; 'The Childhood Roots of Adult Happiness', by Edward Hallowell, M.D., 'Respect', by Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot; and one of my old time favorites' Endangered Minds', by Jane Healy, PH.D.

Best Way to be contacted: West School: 202-576-6226.

Hope and Dreams for the School Year:  My hope is that West will strive towards creating a climate of wonder and curiosity for our students.

About Me

I'm the mother of three bilingual adult children in their 20s. Two of them live with me and one is even a teacher like me! I love languages and speak fluent French and Spanish. I've studied several other languages including Russian, Portuguese and Hebrew and have worked at West EC for 14 years. Previously, I taught English to adult immigrants at a community-based adult education center. I love animals and have three cats, two from the pound and one who found our back yard.

Education

I majored in Spanish and Latin American Studies at the University of Maryland, got an MS in linguistics at Georgetown University and an MA in Bilingual Special Education at George Washington University.

Favorite Book or Related Interest

There are too many to list but One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez and James McBride's The Color Of Water are favorites.

Best Way To Be Contacted

karin.schach_@_dc.gov

Hopes and Dreams For SY 2010-2011

That all the children I work with become fluent readers with excellent comprehension and develop a love of reading and learning.