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Principal's Message

Dear Whittier Families,  

Happy 2024!  

Celebrations  

Thanks to Ms. Thomas, our school counselor, and Jamie, our PTA president, for putting together another successful Families 1st night regarding social media and how grown-ups can support their students.  

Thanks to Pannyun, in the PTA, for leading the science fair! We have pretty awesome scientists. All 6 of the 5th-6th grade projects will be able to go on to represent Whittier at the district fair since we had so many projects submitted overall this year!  
 

Announcements 

School Closures: The Salt Lake City School Board made the difficult decision to close 4 schools which will take effect school year 2024-2025. Whittier Elementary will not be closing. However, our boundaries will be expanding to include the families from Hawthorne Elementary. We want to acknowledge the heartache this brings to our Hawthorne families with their school closure and welcome them to Whittier. We are eager to get to know them at the open house on January 25 as well as at the rest of the school events we have planned for this year. We hope to see you all at these events as we build a new school community together. I look forward to building a new community where we can embrace the joy of coming together as one, blending the strengths of Hawthorne and Whittier communities to create a safe, inclusive, welcoming space where everyone can feel they belong.   

Math Tutoring Program: We started our math tutoring program last week. This program is for students who are invited to participate based on their math assessments. Our certified teachers provide this intervention twice a week after school.  

Report Cards: 2nd quarter ended on January 12. Report cards will go home on Friday, January 19.  

Attendance Goal: We have been in school 89 out of 180 days as of January 16! Please continue to have your children to school on time so we can keep going strong on our learning.     
School Bus Stop:  We are now doing pick up/drop off at: LC Fire house #8 -15 West 1300 South for families living west of State Street. The pickup time is 7:35 AM and PM drop off is scheduled for 2:37 Monday through Thursday and 1:20 PM on Friday.       

Reminders  

Please save the following dates and plan on coming with your families so we can get to know one another!  

Tuesday, January 16: SCC at 5:30 and PTA at 6:30 PM   

Friday, January 19: 5th & 6th grade maturation presentation at 10:30. Parents are welcome to attend with their student. 

Thursday, January 25: Expand our community: Wolfpack Welcome 5-7PM -opportunity to tour the school, meet our staff, interact with our families, and receive information about enrollment for school year 2024-25.

Wednesday, February 7: STEM Night  5:30-7:30 PM (Flyer coming soon) 

In solidarity, 

Dr. Deleon