Getting to know our students means learning their personality type, their learning style, and believe it or not, their love language. Dr. Gary Chapman initially outlined the five love languages for couples, but they also apply to the relationships we building with our students. Check out the five love languages and see where you child(ren) fits, then pay close attention to them the next time they're showing you how much they care through their dominant language. You'll also want to know that this is the way they like to be shown love as well.

1. Acts of Service - These students want, even need, to be your helper. That's how they show they care about you.
2. Receiving Gifts - These students draw you pictures, bring you flowers, give you small gifts to show they care.
3. Quality time - These students need your time and attention and they might even give up recess to be close to you!
4. Words of Affirmation - These students give you compliments and tell you how pretty you look, even on bad hair days.
5. Physical touch - These students crave those hugs, handshakes, and high fives and are always willing to give them out.

Westwood is once again making the puzzle-piece character t-shirt available to our students to wear midweek to our Wednesday Warbles community gathering. Order forms for the mustang-blue shirts, which cost $10.00, will be sent home in our first Friday folder and are due back by Friday, September 5, 2008. Since we anticipate the order taking three weeks, the shirts ought to be back before September ends and will be delivered to your child's classroom. Please make your check payable to Westwood Elementary and send it with the order form to your child's teacher or to our counselor, Mrs. Gruener.