Its National Paraprofessional Day and Westside has some of the best ones! This group plays such a huge role in our school. From supporting teachers in the classroom to providing one-on-one help, they fill the gaps that make learning more accessible for everyone! 🌟💪❤🦓
Plant Life Cycle 🌱🌱
Ms. Taber's 4th grade class each planted a lima bean seed in a damp paper towel/bag and hung them on the window for the sun to help them germinate. Her class learned about the life cycle of a plant and get to see it grow firsthand!
April Menus! ☔️🌈
Due to weather and forecasted conditions for this Wednesday 4/2, there will be no running club this week.
Another group of volunteers that made our Family Fun Night a success was JROTC. This group of individuals stepped in and helped around the building with games & fun. Thank you JROTC for your leadership & time!
What a night! Thank you to our beloved community for showing UP for Westside's biggest fundraiser of the year! 🦓 ❤️
From face painting to ring toss, we had a blast and hope you did too!
Thank you to our amazing, dedicated, PTO who invests time and money to lead and pull off a successful family fun night! 🦓❤️
Thank you to our staff and volunteers who worked so hard to make the night a success & thank you to the families, students and community to came to support our students
We're down to just a few days until Family Fun Night! This event is a huge fundraiser for Westside Elementary and is hosted by our PTO team. There will also be concession stands available, the menu is shown here.
A few reminders for our families:
‼ Wristbands- send money with your student in an envelope noted "FFN wristband" with the quantity you would like to purchase. They are $15 now or $20 at the door.
‼ Pop for pizza- pre-k through second grade, send canned soda. 3rd-5th, send 2 liters. The grade with the most will win a pizza party!
‼ Raffle Tickets- sell, sell, sell! The top students will win a prize (Nintendo Switch, Crazy Cart, or a Drone)
Ice Cream Wednesday's are back next week (4/2)!
A couple reminders: for the rest of the year, they will be every other Wednesday & ice cream is $1. Students can pay $1 cash or choose to use their lunch account.
Future teacher, future leader. 🍎 💪
One of Westside's student teachers, Mrs. Webster lead a lesson on writing biographies. 📝
Students were given guided questions & suggestions for their partners, then they wrote a mini biography about their 5th grade partner.
Westside Running Club 🏃♂️
Reaching goals & working hard! 💪💪
Mrs. Eckert’s kindergarten class read The Butter Battle Book by Dr. suess in celebration of Read Across America week!
Students got to create their own butter using heaving whipping cream & shaking it. They then added it to their bread to enjoy a delicious treat they made! 🍞
Wristbands are on sale! Send money with your child to purchase before Friday. They are $15 now and $20 at the door!
The JOM parent meeting scheduled for Thursday, March 27, at 5:45 p.m. has been rescheduled for April 3rd at 5:45 p.m.
Channel 6 had another special guest for students during Read Across America Week. Meteorologist Stacia Night, invited by Westside's librarian, Ms. Lang, read to 5th graders about weather!
Pop for Pizza! 🍕🍕
It is that time of year again- students will be competing for a pizza party and all they have to do is bring soda. The grade that brings the most soda will win a pizza party! All contributions will go to our upcoming family fun night.
Starting March 14th, students in grades Pre-K to 2nd bring cases of canned soda & 3rd-5th grades bring 2-liter bottles!
Happy National Pi Day! Check out how Mrs. Ramsey's 5th graders celebrated!
"Today we went on a hunt for circles! We went around out entire school to measure the circles' diameters & used pi to find their circumference! Happy Pi Day!"
5th grade students had the opportunity to go to the Link Up Concert at the Owasso Performing Arts Center with the Tulsa Symphony Orchestra! They had a great time performing and dancing to swing music! 🎶🎶🎶
It's Twinning Tuesday!
Recess- one of the most fun parts of school! 🏫
Friends & great weather….doesn’t get much better than this!
