
West Side Elementary and High School will wrap up our last week before Christmas break with some Christmas Cheer! December 12-16, students and staff are encouraged to show your Christmas spirit. We are adding an Ugly Christmas Sweater choice to Friday's attire if you would like to join us.


Congratulations to Ricki Stevens! Mrs. Stevens is our High School November Teacher of the Month. She is very active in all parts of our school and is willing to help any student that needs it. She is going to do everything she can to make sure her students succeed! Thank you!


WSHS is having a little Christmas fun with our own version of Elf on the Shelf! Each day, a JH elf and a SH elf is placed in common places around campus for students to look for. The students email when they have located them. The winners each day receive a Christmas goodie bag. So far this week, Cally Dodson and Lily Stevens have been our JH winners and Madelynn Turner and Lorelei Buster have been our SH winners. Congratulations!



It's great to see the post-graduation success of our WSHS graduates! We are proud of you, Josh Embrey!
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Basketball Schedule Change:
The junior boys game against Guy Perkins this Friday, December 9th has been cancelled. There will only be two senior games still starting time of 5:00 p.m.
at Guy Perkins High School.
There will be 7th grade and junior games against Clinton next Thursday, December 15th starting at 4:00 p.m. This is a correction from the original schedule that listed the Clinton games as 1/23.


In this month's Talon, the West Side's Family & Community Newsletter ... Activities During the Final Week of December, Cookies with Santa, EAST and Eagle Choir update, and a Wish List for the mother of teenagers
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The 5/6 Eagle Choir and our SOAR kids will present a music concert and "A Christmas Crisis" play on Thursday, Dec. 8! Both events will take place in the new cafeteria with the Eagle Choir concert starting at 6:30 and the SOAR play starting about 7 pm. Everyone is invited to enjoy some holiday music and drama!


West Side students in grades 3-6 will be taking MAP Growth Tests next week. Please help make sure yours kids get a good night's sleep, a healthy breakfast, and arrive on time if at all possible.

Jamboree correction: There are NO Junior boys games tonight. The last game at 6:30 is a 7th grade boys game.

Tonight’s Jamboree Schedule at Brady Hipp Arena:
4:30 - WS vs Concord 7th grade boys
5:00- WS vs Concord 7th grade girls
5:30-Concord vs Midland B boys
6:00- WS vs Concord Jr. girls B
6:30- WS vs Midland Jr. boys B

West Side Elementary's after school SOAR students had lots of fun playing Crazy 8's Math!




We celebrated our November Teacher, Staff Member and Students of the Month today. Our junior high Student of the Month is Emma Murphree, 7th grade. Our senior high Student of the Month is David Lankford, 11th grade. These students consistently display a hard work ethic in class and a friendly and responsible attitude everywhere they go. Thank you!


We celebrated our November Teacher, Staff Member and Students of the Month today. Our Staff Member of the Month is Tammy Carlton! Ms. Tammy works very hard to help students and teachers. She is one of the most dependable members of our high school staff. Thank you for all you do and your dedication to our students at WSHS!


Please fill out this form to tell us about your nomination for Teacher of the Month for December!
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West Side Elementary is getting in the Christmas spirit this week with some Christmas logic puzzles and Gingerbread activities in Mrs. Teresa's enrichment classes.





The 5/6 EAGLE CHOIR and our SOAR kids will present a music concert and "A Christmas Crisis" play on Thursday Dec. 8! Both events will take place in the new cafeteria with the Eagle Choir concert starting at 6:30 and the SOAR play starting about 7 P.M. Everyone is invited to enjoy some holiday music and drama!


More pictures from the 5th & 6th grade field trip to Crystal Bridges Museum.





West Side 5th & 6th graders enjoyed their trip to Crystal Bridges Museum to see the We The People exhibit. Original prints of the Declaration of Independence, the proposed Bill of Rights, and the Articles of Confederation were just part of the what was on display.





The high school and elementary art clubs teamed up to create a Veterans Day memorial with ceramic poppies. Each poppy is dedicated to a Veteran of our West Side Family.



Congratulations to Kevin Parks for being "Caught Being Kind in Mrs. Renee's 3rd grade!
