Book fair

Scholastic Book Fair Dec. 9-12

 The Book Fair will kick off at 8:45 a.m. Tues., Dec. 9 and stay open late until 6 p.m. Tuesday evening. It will open at 8:45 a.m. before school Tues.-Thursday. It will also be open during lunch recesses Tues., Thurs., and Friday, plus after school until 4 p.m. Wed. and 4:30 p.m. Thurs.; closed after school on Friday for takedown.

For Grownups & Donuts, the fair will open at 8:30 a.m. Friday, Dec. 12 (the event begins at 9 a.m., but early shoppers can beat the rush!) for students with adults only.

 Please note that Scholastic no longer provides bags, so please bring your favorite reusable bag. To sign up for a cashless eWallet account, please visit the book fair homepage at https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bf/westhillelementaryschool1. Family members can also shop online.

About a third of the profit goes to the library for new books. Thank you for your support of the Westhill Library!

Schedule 

Tues., Dec. 9 - Fri., Dec. 12

Before school:  8:45 a.m. Tues-Thurs. Grownups & Donuts book fair 8:30 a.m. Fri., Dec. 12 (event starts 9 a.m.) — students accompanied by parents only.

Lunch recesses: Tues, Thurs., and Friday (not Wednesday)

After school: open until 6 p.m. Tues., Dec. 9; until 4 p.m. Wed. and 4:30 p.m. Thurs. (closed after school Friday for takedown)

Environmental research

As a culminating project for fifth grade (after learning about keyword search strategies and website evaluation), students researched an environmental nonprofit and created a persuasive presentation to convince classmates to "vote" for their charity. Students took notes while listening to the presentations and then used pretend $100 bills to "donate" to the organization of their choice. Students did a great job and there were some hard decisions! The top nonprofit from each class received a $100 donation from Ms. Dunnewind:  Oceana (Mrs. Edson and Mrs. Riach's classes) and the World Resources Institute (Mrs. Edson's class). Please see the presentations below for more information about the great work these nonprofits are doing!