It is National Assistant Principal's Week and Westside has the best of the best. She is everyone's cheerleader, she's kind, silly, and is the glue that holds Westside together. She radiates positivity & her favorite color is rainbow 🌈
Mrs. Ratcliff, Westside loves you and we hope you feel celebrated this week! 🌈🦓❤
4th graders took a field trip to the Gathering Place! 🛝 🐟
These third graders paid Zebra Bucks to read to Mrs. Collins class.
Way to go on earning & spending those Zebra Bucks on encouraging younger grades to read! 🦓❤️
Lost & found is full of jackets, water bottles and coats! If your child is missing something, remind them to check lost and found. All items will be donated at the end of the year if not claimed.
5th graders are working on volleyball skills and shooting hoops with coach Campbell in PE! 🏐 🏀
📚 Happy National Librarian Day! 📚
Today we celebrate our librarian, Ms. Lang. Her passion for books & dedication to helping students how fun reading can be inspires a love for learning in all of us.
Thank you, Ms. Lang, for making our library a place where imaginations soar!🌟 📖
Westside's staff member of the month for January was announced this morning! Give a huge congratulations to Mrs. Brito (not to be confused with burrito) but you can call her that too! From pre-k to 5th grade, students all over the school love Mrs. Brito for her kind and warm spirit. She's always there to lend a hand or just to chat.
Westside loves you Mrs. Brito, congratulations!
Graphing with fruit loops 📊
Mrs. Woods’s second grade class collected, sorted and graphed data, then answered inquiry questions about the graph!
Hopefully you got a chance to stop in during Family Fun Night to see these in action!
Mrs. James and her 4th graders engineered, designed and constructed marble runs out of paper.
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.
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! 🍞
