Weekly Wildcat: April 21st, 2025
April 21st, 2025
Hello Westridge Parents! Please see the messages below from our librarian and our lunch clerk. Library Information Please remind your children to turn in their library books every week! You...
At the November 12, 2024 school board meeting, the Provo City School District Board of Education approved a new Policy 4200: Fostering Ideal Learning Environments: Electronic Device Restrictions. This new policy will be implemented January 7, 2025.
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The goal of this new policy is to help students have a healthy relationship with their electronic devices by clearly establishing time and place for device use in our schools to provide:
This policy addresses the use of electronic devices including cell phones, smart watches, and earbuds/headphones.
All students will receive a daily reminder to put away their electronic devices.
For this policy to be successful in creating learning environments that are free from distractions, teachers must create engaging learning environments and teach bell to bell, enforcing the policy as written. Teachers should also model appropriate cell phone use and not use their devices during instructional time, except in emergency situations or in cases where they are using it to support instruction (i.e. timers).
Hello Westridge Parents! Please see the messages below from our librarian and our lunch clerk. Library Information Please remind your children to turn in their library books every week! You...
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