so
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we are staying school which in our
Pace means we go from grades kindergarten to 8th
grade which is advantageous because
it eases the transitions of students as they
go from elementary school to middle school but
I'm in and
the counselors that I've known since I was 5 years old
the community at Westside is caring
and supportive and it's pretty
easy to make friends one of my favorite things about
the school is being close
to the beach I mean we get to use it as a backyard
today we're going to work on building a
human pyramid teaching physical education here's
a dream we take our students
across the street sometimes to play like beach volleyball
or do things on the beach and we need more
space or science class
walks around a biona creek here so
they can identify different animals or
you know vegetation things along those lines for us
a lot of opportunities to not just be on campus
or in a classroom we do a lot of movement outside
as well panda
learning was definitely Incorporated I remember we went out
to the canal we got like a sample of the water inside
of the canal and we were able to see
what kind of organisms were living inside of it is
lots of
learning disguise.
games and fun and it really makes
it a lot more enjoyable to
do and we're learning at the same time we want
to see them working in groups collaborating talking
disgusting and learning
great for the kids to see things that are
it's not on paper they actually get to
experiment with it so while we do have a lot of fun
exploring our local environment we never
lose sight of the importance of academics
we hold
students to a very high standard all of our
instruction is Guided by The Common Core
California standards for our grade
levels and subject at Westside
are amazing your supportive
and they're really easy to talk to
teachers are nice Nate really try hard helping
you out with your work and stuff so it's
pretty cool of
home because they show the same
type of care and concern that you would as a parent
we have teachers who have lots of experience
dance in the district and we currently have three
teachers who are National board-certified something
I love about west side is our focus
on global we have classes
like Korean and French where students
can explore different countries
culture and language
we
find it very valuable to partner with local organizations
and businesses that can support
our school with resources so in recent
years our partnership that included heal
Otis biona Wetlands Institute
in Washington Square Business Association
an elementary school we
did have a garden and we will learn about different
kind of plans you would actually fixed some
salad that we planted from the
garden and it was super cool so
because we are a magnet school in
the majority of our students are bus we
have to make the most of our school day including
our lunch time which is why we
have so many of our club offerings during
lunch time we have club we
have music club we have pure
Tutoring Club we also have leadership club
for the middle schoolers as well
as Pursuit it to stay on campus after school
we have a program called team prime
time and they offer homework
help as well as Recreation and vape
white with students by them being so
Hands-On and attended
to my children and it really helped prepare
them my daughter Marshawn is
a straight A student at a university and
I have to attribute her time
Westside Global awareness magnet to
be a part of that success what side
has shaped me into the person I am today it's
taught me to have integrity and to
be just a good person overall thank you aside
for it for me making friends
lifelong friends I feel like the school definitely
teaches students to be their best it
teaches you how to prepare yourself for high school
how to prepare yourself for even College really
giving me
the voice of stand up for the things that I believe
your students will feel welcome supported
care for
yet held to high standards