14 miles west of Riverdale off Highway 145

Map to Westside Elementary

Program Descriptions

Regular School Year Objectives

The Westside School District is funded for the following services to the students: One Migrant clerk whose job is to keep accurate records of all Migrant students and one Migrant tutor/Liaison whose job is to make home visits and coordinate information with the Migrant clerk. The classroom teacher identifies migrant students during the regular school year that need the most help in Math, Language Arts and Reading and provides this information to the Migrant Tutor/Liaison who then compiles the information for analysis. The Migrant tutor also provides supplemental instruction to those migrant students in grade 7 and 8 identified as most at risk in the areas of Math, Language Arts and Reading.

Summer School Objectives

The Migrant Summer School program provides for a four-week summer school session Kindergarten thru Third grade. The program utilizes the regular school's curriculum. The district provides for a four-week mandatory summer school for all other students Fourth thru Seventh grade most at risk.

I & R Process

Identification & Recruitment

To recruit families we make telephone calls and or home visits. I & R recruiter works the regular school year-from August-June for two hours a day and during summer school June - July for four hours a day. There is only one I & R recruiter.

Assessment Tools

After receiving the test results from the different testing organizations the test coordinator and assistant input all test results into a database. The test results are compared to past years’ results and an educational plan for each migrant student is put in place.

Click Below to View Assessment Scores for Westside Elementary Migrant Education Students:

2006 CST Assessment Scores
CAHSEE: Westside Elementary has no high schools in its district.
2006 CELDT Assessment Scores

Parent Meeting & Program Involvement

The parents participate in a national program that provides supplemental educational services to eligible students. The meetings at Westside Elementary School are held at 6 p.m. on the second Wednesday of each month in the school cafeteria. There are no meetings in the months of December or January. The officers are President: Maria Esparza, Vice President: Maria Bolanoz, Secretary: Margarita Sapien (Margarita is also the Regional Representative), Treasurer: Cecilia Mares. There is no migrant mini conference, however our parents are invited to attend at other school districts.

Health Support Services & Health Clinics

The Migrant Health Clinic at Westside Elementary School will be held on Tuesday February 20th, 2007 during the school day. The Fresno County Health Mobile is stationed at the school site every 1st and 3rd Tuesday and Thursday of the month. The Migrant nurse for Westside is Kathleen Freemen.

The referral process for migrant health services is the following: Call the Migrant Clerk, Community aide or health aide at the school Then the child's name is given to the Migrant Nurse. The parents may also call the Migrant nurse if they wish.

Questions? Call (559) 884-2492

Professional Development

The Migrant Clerk and tutor/liaison attend all I & R and all other Migrant sponsored meetings or in-services on a regular basis.