COMMITTED TO EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE
Nestled on 10 acres off Route 130 in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, West Point
Elementary School, which was renovated in 2001, is brimming with outstanding
classes, activities, teachers, and volunteer parents. Committed to
educational excellence, West Point serves approximately 410 students in
grades kindergarten through fifth.
BUILDING A FOUNDATION
FOR THE FUTURE
- Average class size at
West Point is 23.
- West Point operates on
a 5 day cycle
- Curriculum provides
for 40-minute lessons in the itinerant services of art, library
music, physical education, and world language (French).
- One and a half
learning support classes
- Guidance
- Hempfield Enrichment
Program
- Speech Therapy
- Instructional Support
- Instrumental Music
(for grades fourth and fifth)
- ESL – English as a
Second Language
- Full-time health room
coverage provided
- Breakfast and lunch
programs
- Elaborate computer
lab, an auxiliary computer lab located in the library, a new library, a
new kitchen, a new full-size gymnasium, completely renovated offices,
small meeting rooms and classrooms.
- The library offers ten computers with CD Rom capability and access to the internet.
- Technology lab with 30
computers
FULFILLING
OUR MISSION
Our mission at West Point
Elementary is to educate every child to be an academically successful
student, a socially responsible citizen, and a life-long learner.
By teaching the necessary knowledge and skills, and the appreciation of
socio-economic and cultural diversity within a school that fosters mutual
respect, creativity, and the joy of learning we are "Committed to
Educational Excellence." In addition, the effective, caring, innovative
staff in partnership with home and community provide our students with a
safe, secure and supportive environment necessary to help meet the needs of
all our students.
ACTIVITIES AND ORGANIZATIONS AT WEST POINT
- Parent Teacher
Student Organization (PTS)
We are
fortunate to have a Parent Teacher Organization (PTS), which takes a very
active part in supporting school programs and provides many items, events
and services to enrich our students' school experiences.
- Partners in
Education (P.I.E.)
Our successful parent volunteer program, Partners In Education (P.I.E.),
offers parents the opportunity to be more actively involved in their
child's education.
- Bully-Free School
All schools, regardless of socioeconomic status, diversity and location,
are working to confront the issue of conflict and bullying in our society,
and help students cope with the aftermath. West Point Elementary, the program
has been developed to deter school conflict and
violence and bring about a bully-free environment in the hearts
and minds of our students.
- A Bully-Free School works to reduce conflict and violence
at West Point Elementary by teaching students how to discuss and mediate
disagreements peacefully. It empowers students, who are still in their
formative years, with the important life-skills that promote constructive
communication, problem solving, critical-thinking and self-esteem. Through
regular classroom meetings, students become active participants in
governing behavior in their classrooms. Others take on the role of
mediator and are trained in using the mediation process. With the help of
neutral peer mediators, conflicts can be settled in a positive manner,
benefiting the school climate as a whole. Adults handle all
bullying behavior as soon as it is discovered or reported.
- Scouting
Opportunities
Boys and
girls at West Point Elementary can choose from several scouting groups some
of whom use our building for their meetings and activities.
- Additional Programs
The YMCA
offers morning childcare from 7:00 – 8:30 AM and afternoon childcare from
3:30 –
6:00 PM in the West Point Elementary building. Please call 724.834.0150 for
more information.
- Hempfield Parks and
Recreation
Hempfield Parks and Recreation offer a wide range of evening activities
for students. For more information, please call 724.836.7900.
DIRECTIONS
From PA Turnpike, take Irwin
Exit 67 (old exit 7) onto Rte. 30 East. About 8 miles from the Turnpike,
take the Mt. Pleasant Rd. Exit. At the stop sign, turn right. You will
travel for approximately 2 miles on Mt. Pleasant Rd. You will past the
University of Pittsburgh campus and bear left at the sharp "Y" intersection
just beyond the campus. Proceed over the crest of the hill and turn left
onto Westland Dr. (at the brick entry wall into the Wendover Plan). Go
straight on Westland Dr. At the third stop sign turn right onto Salisbury
Dr. The school is at the end of the road.
MORE
INFORMATION
We
encourage parent involvement and work hand-in-hand to provide the best
learning opportunities for our children. To learn more about West Point
Elementary School, please call 724.850.2270 during our operating hours
Monday through Friday from 8:30 AM – 4:00 PM, or email Mrs. Rose Duda at
dudar@hempfieldarea.k12.pa.us
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