WELCOME
The West Lafayette Elementary Parent Council is a nonprofit 501 (c) (3) organization made up of parents, guardians and West Lafayette community members interested in the education of students, the activities and functions of the school, teacher and staff appreciation, and assisting in various ways throughout the school year. The West Lafayette Elementary Parent Council works alongside West Lafayette Elementary and the West Lafayette School Corporation.
We support our mission statement in many ways, but our biggest focus is the Fast Grant Program. The WLES Parent Council has funded over $3,500 this past school year to help our teachers and staff have the supplies, learning tools and life skills tools to help our students thrive. Thank you to every family and business that has donated to our Parent Council!
These learning tools are used with Kindergarteners all the way through 3rd grade. Many of the materials can be differentiated based on skills.
1st grade manipulative for small reading groups funded by Fast Grants.
Food group bean bag game for PE classes funded by Fast Grants.
Several new EL Teacher Manuals were bought by Fast Grants.
Working with small groups is important. This is a way to really focus on the specific needs of each student. These items were purchased thanks to monetary donations.
Fast Grants help staff utilize their WIN time. WIN (What I Need) is a short block of time during the day when students work on things based on their needs. Fast Grants can fund all sorts of items for daily classroom use.
One of the ways we can make our curriculum more engaging, individualized, and hands-on, is through creating centers for different musical concepts and skills. These centers were partly funded with Fast Grants.
We can use a variety of the games to work on letter/sound ID in Kindergarten and more advanced phonics skills with the older students. The robot has been a huge hit with all grade levels.
Alongside our Fast Grant focus, we like to honor the hard working, dedicated teachers and the outstanding support staff with monthly appreciation activities. If you are interested in sponsoring a monthly staff appreciation activity please contact us at wlesparentcouncil@gmail.com
Provided staff favorite food items as well as favorite writing utensils.
Lunch and speciality teas for all staff.
Delivered speciality sodas to each staff member.
Each staff member recieved a $20 gift card!
QUESTIONS? PLEASE EMAIL US AT WLESPARENTCOUNCIL@GMAIL.COM