Yonuel Galvan Mata from Mrs Stokes’ 2nd grade class guessed the closest to how many pieces of candy was in the jar. He won the jar of candy! Mrs. Malone was the closest teacher guess for the amount of candy in the jar. She won a prize for guessing one away from the actual number!
Make sure to get your forms in to Workaholics by February 20th if you plan to play.
Thursday's lunch will now be cheeseburgers. Yum, yum!
Second grade students went to U.S. Jones to meet Libby Liberty and learn what it means to be a citizen of the United States. Students also learned some U.S. history and will continue to learn more in their classrooms over the next several months through the Liberty Learning Foundation!
It was a busy day in Mrs. Stewart's room today! They graphed candy hearts and since they just wrapped up their knowledge 7 unit on the Earth, they enjoyed fun Earth activities.
Mrs. Malone’s class used snicker bars to demonstrate the 3 types of rock and how heat, pressure and time affect them.
Mrs.Reynolds’ class celebrated passing 200 iReady lessons today! They were treated to some delicious food from Batter Up!
A huge thank you goes to our awesome PTO and the many volunteers that came to WES today for duty free lunch! It is not often that teachers get to visit with coworkers during lunch and have a quiet lunch by themselves. We appreciate you helping to make this possible!
Pre-K classes participated in a family service project this week. Each Pre-K student was invited to create a valentine card with their family. These beautiful cards will be delivered to our local nursing homes. Our hope is that this small act of kindness will brighten someone’s day!❤️
Check backpacks tonight! You do not want to miss this special daddy/daughter event. Forms should come home today.
Save the date!
We would like to give a huge shoutout to Mrs. May as we celebrate School Counseling Week! We would be lost without you and appreciate all you do for the students and staff at Westside.
Parker Kirkland is our new “leader of the week”. He is a first grade student in Mrs. Dunn’s class. Parker has been very responsible and shown respect for his school. We are very proud of leaders like Parker at WES.
Mrs. Little’s class enjoyed using a Snickers to model types of rocks.
Due to wet field conditions, the DHS baseball camp has been moved to February 11th.
Kids Heart Challenge is officially kicking off TODAY!
We need your help to accomplish our goal of having 100% of our families to know Hands-Only CPR, and you can help us by registering your child and spreading the word.
You can register online and complete Finn’s Mission where you can watch a 2 minute video to know Hands-On CPR, spot the signs of a stroke and so much more.
Classes have the opportunity to win a gift card to use for their classroom or an ICE CREAM PARTY!!
Please click the link to register your child and raise lifesaving funds!
http://www2.heart.org/goto/WestsideElementarySchoolDemopolisAL
Thank you for helping our students lead healthy lives through this program!
Mrs. Malone’s class had fun experimenting with how heat changes a solid to a liquid then to a gas. 🌍 🔥 🧊 💧
Congratulations to these second graders in Mrs. Alston and Mrs. Thomasson’s classes on completing January’s Sight Word Challenge. They enjoyed an icy snow cone treat to celebrate. *Special thanks to the Demopolis PTO for letting them borrow their snow cone machine!*
We are so excited to see these leaders become great readers!
Important Dates to Finish the Year
Mrs. Basinger’s second graders were working on ones, tens, and hundreds during their counting collections today!
