School District of River Falls

Due to the COVID-19 Safer At Home Order, Westside School is currently closed.  We are providing distance learning for our students until we can resume face to face teaching again.  The Office is also closed so if you have any questions, or need to reach someone, the school secretary, Mrs. Jarocki is working remotely and can be reached at sarah.jarocki@rfsd.k12.wi.us.

Due to the COVID-19 Safer at Home Order, Kindergarten Registration, originally scheduled for Thursday April 2nd, is cancelled. Families will be made aware of new plans once they are available. 

Welcome to Westside Elementary!

We are a neighborhood school that serves approximately 450 students in kindergarten through fifth grade.  We are committed to providing opportunities that will personalize each child's learning so they can excel in their world in the future.  We are ready to serve the academic, physical, social, and emotional needs of all students who attend Westside.

To close up distance learning, we will need to gather school materials your child has at home and return to you any personal belongings your student has at school. We will do this in a similar fashion as when you picked up your initial distance learning plans, but this time we won’t have families come into the building, rather we will use a drive through approach. The date for this event is Friday, June 5th. 

We ask that you please follow these guidelines:

• Make every effort to follow the schedule below.  We recognize this schedule is not set up to be efficient as families with more than one student would need to come multiple times.  The reason for this schedule is to allow students to see their teacher while still following the state guidelines.  If you cannot come back let us know as we can get the materials for your other children.  

• Drive your vehicle through the WS parking lot off of W. Pine St. as if picking up or dropping off a child. 

• Stay in your car and pull ahead as far as you are able 

• Show a sign with student first and last name, grade level, and teacher name in the passenger window

• When you come to a stop, open trunk or back end of vehicle

• Have materials to return to the school boxed/bagged and labeled with the student’s name, grade level, and teacher in the trunk/rear of the vehicle. These materials should include:

  • Chromebook (unless you’ve communicated the desire to keep your chromebook over the summer for parent led summer learning)

  • Text books, Recorders (only if borrowed from Mr. McReynolds), Library books

  • Classroom Novels, Dry Erase Boards, Safety Patrol Belts

  • Other materials that belong to the school

• A staff member will place student belongings in the trunk and grab materials being returned to school.

  • In order to limit physical contact we will be using limited staff to support this process but will work as quickly as possible.

June 5th, Pick up schedule:

9-10am Kindergarten

10-11am 1st Grade

11am-12pm 2nd Grade

1-2pm 3rd Grade

2-3pm 4th Grade

 3-4pm 5th Grade