Senior, Thomas (Tom Cat) Murphree participated in the October College Application Month day at West Side. He plans to start his college career at the University of Arkansas at Beebe. Congratulations, Thomas!
STAR STUDENT: The Star Student for Mrs. Sonjia's 2nd grade is James Hodges. The character word for the month was kindness, and James was chosen because he demonstrates kindness to others. Way to go, James!
West Side's boys golf team, in state tournament play for the first time since 2015, finished runner-up today and sent two players to the overall state golf championship. Max Gipson, who finished 3rd individually, and Travis Gentry were the overall championship qualifiers -- earning All-State honors. Gentry is now an all-state performer in five sports, golf, baseball, basketball, tennis, and cross country. #Soaring2NewHeights
And the winner is...OTIS. Otis is a 25 year old brown bear who is now a 4 time winner in Fat Bear Week. Thank you, Mrs. Franzen for bringing this fun week to our students!
STAR STUDENT: Mrs. Rachel's 3rd grader, Emmett Brown, was recognized as the Star Student for the month of September. Emmett shows kindness to all he sees! Thanks for your example, Emmett!
Mrs. Polly and Mrs.Peggy’s first grade class is learning about suffixes.
The annual flu shot clinic for students and staff will be held Oct. 15. Students received take-home packets this week; they must be returned no later than Wednesday. A record number of flu vaccination doses were administered last year, when there were dramatically fewer flu illnesses and deaths.
Emma Johnson, who last week finished as the state’s No. 2 golfer in Class 1A when the Lady Eagles captured a third straight Class 1A Golf Championship, signed a college letter of intent to continue her career at Lyon College in Batesville.
Miss Johnson, daughter of Emma and Jacky Johnson, earned All-State and All-Conference honors for the second time.
She signed the letter of intent today at Brady-Hipp Arena, with students, family, and coaches present, including Lyon coach Matt Sullivan and high school coach Shane Davis, who said, “Emma has always been a hard worker, and it paid off in a big way today!”
In addition to being medalist runner-up, Miss Johnson was part of Lady Eagle golf teams that finished as district tournament champions and Fairfield Bay champions 4 years, Cougar Invitational Champs and State Champs 3 years, state runner-up 1 year. The team was 31-2 during her 4-year tenure.
Lyon, https://www.lyon.edu/, is an NAIA member of the American Midwest Conference.
Lake Area Sports provided a video of the signing at https://bit.ly/3lb5g4A.
Mrs. Jessica Franzen has caused a bear craze in her science classes with her lessons about Fat Bear Week! Students researched the bears from the Katmai National Park in Alaska to determine which bear would gain the most weight in preparation for hibernation. Pictured here are 10th grade biology students working on a gummy bear lab!
October is College Application Month and West Side Seniors along with Career Coach Melissa Ritter, School Counselor Amanda Gentry, and Class Sponsors Holly Shaw and Randy Carr kicked off this celebration by discussing the importance of applying early and considering the various options. The goal of College Application Month is to provide a forum for all seniors to complete and file college applications. 24 West Side seniors completed college applications during this event!
STAR STUDENT: West Side Elementary Star Student for Mrs. Renee Smith's 3rd grade is Sage Schopp. The September word was kindness, and Sage does a wonderful job of showing kindness to everyone! Way to go, Sage!
More bear fun in Mrs. Franzen's room! Students completed Fat Bear Week brackets to see if they could choose the bear who will gain the most weight prior to hibernation! 7th grader, Sophie Brandmeyer is checking out her bracket!
Tomorrow’s District Tennis Schedule on the West Side courts:
Girls Singles Final was played today (CCvsCC)
7:30-7:45am warmup
Order:
8:00am start
Girls Singles 3/4
Boys Singles Final
Boys Singles 3/4
Girls Doubles 3/4
Order:
9:30-10 (Approx.)
Girls Doubles Final
Boys Doubles 3/4
Boys Doubles Final
11-12:00 (Approx.)
Awards at the brackets after the last match is played.
West Side’s girls doubles teams (Sam Corpier/Sidney Severns & Kelby Smith/Sarah Carlton advance to day day of the 2A-5 Tennis District Tournament to play each other in the finals of girls doubles. West Side’s boys doubles Travis Gentry/Asa Carr will play in the boys doubles final & Zack Birmingham/Channer Smith will play for 3rd/4th tomorrow.
Kendra Harness, who two days ago led the Lady Eagle in capturing a third straight Class 1A Golf Championship, signed a college letter of intent to continue her career at Williams Baptist University in Walnut Ridge.
Miss Harness, daughter of John & Brandis Harness, also earned medalist honors at the state golf match as the top golfer in Class 1A — for the third consecutive year.
She signed the letter of intent today at Brady-Hipp Arena, with students, family, and coaches present, including Williams Baptist coach Zane Wright and high school coach Shane Davis, who said, “She is without a doubt, the most decorated golfer in the history of West Side.”
In addition to being a three-time medalist, she was named all-conference and all-state three times, and last year was an All Arkansas Prep performer in golf, finishing in the Top 10 in the overall golf championship among the state’s best athletes.
Williams Baptist, http://www.wbcoll.edu/, is an NAIA member of the American Midwest Conference.
Lake Area Sports provided a video of the signing at https://bit.ly/3mfIIiw
The tennis district tournament previously planned for today at Fairfield Bay has been rescheduled for Monday and Tuesday on the West Side campus.
#Soaring2NewHeights
West Side NEST (PTO) will have their next meeting on Monday October 4th at 5:30. It will be held at the City Park.
Reminder ... West Side dismisses school at 2 p.m. Friday, Oct. 1. Bus routes and pickup times for car riders will be 1 hour 10 minutes early. Questions? Please contact the school at (501) 825-6258. #Soaring2NewHeights
The honors come in three’s for the West Side girls golf team, which captured its third straight state championship today — the third year to have the Top 3 individual high scorers who were earned All-State honors.
Kendra Harness made it her third year year in a row as the state’s top Class 1A golfer, known as the medalist, who shot better than all others in state tournament play.
Emma Johnson was medalist runner-up, Kortnee Finch finished third — her third time in the Top 3 — and all three qualified individually and as a team for the overall state golf championship in October. Lollie Parker will also join the team against the state’s elite women golfers October 14 at Pleasant Valley Country Club in Little Rock.
This is also the third year that three Lady Eagles qualified individually for the overall state golf match.
West Side’s team score of 270 was 83 strokes better than state runner-up Viola. Bradford finished third.
Due to weather concerns, the tennis district tournament previously scheduled for this Thursday 9/30 @FFB has been rescheduled for Monday 10/4.