In this brief episode, we review The Feather Report (Volume 2, Issue 38) as Westlawn celebrates an incredible school milestone: a record-breaking 60 students in grades K-6 demonstrating English proficiency on the WIDA assessment! We also cheer on the success of the spring musical, JOUST!, which recently played to a standing-room-only crowd.

As the school year wraps up, we highlight essential end-of-year reminders, including the need to pick up student medications by the last day of school on June 17, donating outgrown Westlawn gear to the family clothing store, and submitting free and reduced-price meal applications to secure Title I funding and summer camp discounts, even though universal free meals are returning next year. Looking ahead, the final week of school is packed with excitement, featuring the Lower and Upper Grades Field Days on June 10 and 12, kindergarten and 6th-grade promotion ceremonies, Sports Night, and the final Zoom Community Conversation of the year on June 10.

Finally, our "Mind Matters" segment explores the success of the 2nd-grade Enrichment Clusters and their community action projects shared at the recent Share Fair. Meanwhile, "Tech Talk" offers great tips for "reading on the road" using audiobooks and podcasts during summer travels. We conclude with a special double Staff Spotlight getting to know specials teacher Kate Flegal and long-term substitute teacher Mikayla Bushner-White.