January 23rd Newsletter

You’re invited for the January PTO meeting!

PTO meeting will be held on Monday, January 26th at 1 pm. If you are interested to attend, please check in at the ZWest front office and they will let you know where to go.

Coming up soon -3rd Annual ZEF Trivia Night - Feb 27th

• A few tickets remain! Grab your clever team of 8 for an awesome night on Friday, February 27, 2026 at the 3rd annual ZEF Trivia Night at The Zionsville Underground!
• Look forward to a fun evening with Hambone’s Trivia while you enjoy desserts and a cash bar. Team registration is $400, this don't miss event is an enjoyable night of friendly competition with ZEF.
• Spice up the evening with a team theme and/or bring some snacks to fuel your crew to victory! 🏆
• Awards will be given to the winning trivia team and to the table with the best theme.
• Doors open at 6:45pm with trivia starting at 7:30pm. Event ends at 9:30pm.
• Visit ZionsvilleEducationFoundation.org to buy your ZEF Trivia Night ticket.

ZWMS Scheduling 2026-2027

• Grade level counselors will host classroom lessons during the first week of February with our current 5th, 6th and 7th grade students.
• Families are encouraged to review the scheduling tools prior to the classroom lessons so students can confidently enter course requests.
• Counselors will send additional communication through Canvas and ParentSquare over the next few weeks!
• The ZWMS course request window in PowerSchool will be open to students and families February 2nd-6th.
• If you have any questions regarding this process, please contact your student’s grade level counselor.

Attention 8th Grade Parents!

• Zionsville Community High School offers honors level courses in English and math. These courses provide opportunity for accelerated, in-depth, rigorous study. Students who are successful in these courses typically demonstrate previous school success, have a strong content background, possess an earnest desire to succeed, and possess effective organizational skills.
• Placement is determined based upon this criteria. Students who qualify to enroll in Geometry Honors will be notified personally via parent email on January 23rd.
• Enrollment is always a parent/student decision, however, and parents/students may choose not to enroll in the honors course.
• Students who do not receive notice of qualification to enroll by this date may request a form from their middle school counselor to complete and submit to the high school department chair for review of their placement qualifications. The deadline for the review submission is February 6th.
• Here is the link to Cohort 2030 HS Scheduling Resources.

If you have any questions regarding this process, please contact your middle school counselor.

Battle Bots Club: For grades 5th - 8th

• Battle Bots Club gives students the opportunity to explore engineering, teamwork, and computer science through hands-on experiences using VEX IQ Robotics.
• Members will design, build, test, and refine robots while strengthening problem-solving, collaboration, and critical-thinking skills.
• This club also helps students gain valuable experience and preparation for future robotics competition tryouts.
• This Club is perfect for students who enjoy building, creating, coding, and working as part of a team to solve exciting challenges.
• Through structured challenges and open-ended design tasks, students will: --->Build and test Battle Bots and make iterations ---> Program robots to navigate and escape a maze ---> Apply the Engineering Design Process ---> Learn foundational robotics coding concepts.

ZWest Students' Hot Cocoa Day - Feb 6th ☕

• The ZWest Student Hot Cocoa Day is on Friday, February 6th.
• ZWest PTO Student Servies is hosting this for us.
• This is free to all students and will take place during their respective grade lunches.
• We are looking for volunteers to help during the event, along with some donations to make this event EXTRA sweet!
• Please use the link above to sign up for a volunteer slot or donate supplies.