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Wednesday Warbles The Westwood family gathers every Wednesday morning in the gym for a special community meeting to encourage camaraderie within the school body. Fondly known as Wednesday Warbles, this gathering gives us a chance to pledge the flags together, say the Westwood Pledge to one another, and take our moment of reflective silence as a group. We recognize birthdays, make morning announcements, and select a character card or two from the box to read aloud and honor our role models who are making character choices. Our music teacher, Mrs. Rachita, then leads us in a character or special-occasion song. Our administration uses this opportunity to celebrate weekly attendance. When five or more classes have met our perfect-attendance (with no more than one tardy) goal, they stand up to be recognized because they've earned the Chicken Dance, performed by Mrs. Hobratschk and Mr. Whitlock. What fun it is to watch that attenDANCE celebration! Donned in our CHARACTER COUNTS! at Westwood t-shirts, students and staff add a touch of blue and white to Wedneday Warbles, which serves to enhance our mid-week unity. We close our morning gathering with a spirited-version of the Westwod Elementary School Song, setting the tone for a wonderful Wednesday at Westwood.

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