Congratulations to the following FFA members who competed at the Central Arkansas Subarea Leadership contest:
Logan Fife - Job Interview 2nd place
Madison Gomez - Discussion Meet 4th place
Haygen Smith - Extemporaneous Speaking 5th place
Abigail Gomez - FFA Creed 7th place

February 11 will be spring picture day at West Side! Student will receive fliers to bring home either today or early next week. In addition to spring pictures, high school's spring sports photos will also be this day. This includes baseball, softball, track, and tennis makeups.

FAFSA Night- drop in at your convenience.

The following students competed in BETA state competitions yesterday in Hot Springs. If you see them, tell them good job!
Academics- Creative Writing - Mallory Smith
Academics- Poetry- Jenah Ramsey
Visual Arts Drawing- Deuce Whillock
Visual Arts- Black&White Photography- Addie Overturff
Visual Arts- Color Photography- Haven Ashlock
Visual Arts- Digitally Enhanced Photography- Deeanna Carlton
Visual Arts- Fibers Art- Nadia Willis
Speech- Lacy Tutor
Engineering- Grayson Inzer, Bryant Brown, Jaiden Bible and Leo Stark
- Mallory finished in 4th place and Jenah finished in 5th. We believe with these finishes, they both qualify for BETA Nationals in June in Orlando, FL.
Congratulations to all who competed. I am very proud of them!
Go Eagles!










Mrs. Traci's 1st graders have started their Arkansas animal research project that will end with publishing a class book!
It's another Book Vending Friday! Here are this week's winners! Luke McCarty, Holden Smith, Carter Bigham, Jeinely Ruiz, Brooklyn Stephenson, and Cooper Stevens! Way to go Eagles!









West Side Elementary participated in their first ever Beta competition this week, and they did a fantastic job of representing our school! The following students won awards in their competitions: Summerlee Wells, Maci Strayer, Chloe Galeazzi, Anna Oplinger, Micah Ubelhor, Jeinely Ruiz, Sam McCarty, Peyton Lisenbee, and Dirk Hiatt.



Let’s Go Eagles!🦅

6th grade had a lot of fun trying their hand at Chinese calligraphy! This project concludes the study of ancient China.
West Side took the Special Olympics group to their competition last week!
Gold - Lindzey Bailey, Kohen Meser, Brooklyn Stephenson, Tristan Hewett, & Ramon Hernandez
Silver - Keyara Massey & Evan Davis
Bronze - Alex Ott & Caylee Rodgers
Young Athlete Ribbon - Tanzie Wright
Ms. Jesie's 4th graders investigated the properties of waves this week by modeling water waves, waves on a string, and sound waves!







The West Side 5-8 grade spelling bee will be held this Friday, January 24, at 1:30 PM, in the elementary multipurpose room. If you have a student participating in the bee, you are welcome to join us to watch the competition!

ATTENTION WEST SIDE ALUMNI!
We would love for you to fill out this simple form for us to create a timeline of West Side Schools!
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf10vGpEf5fD9wyVGwfGuleXiRzfK5vpn5DQQwhOnpRFHZ07g/viewform?usp=header

STAR STUDENT: KYLEE NEEL
Congratulations to Mrs. Renee's Star Student, Kylee Neel!


Congratulations to Mr. Caleb & Mrs. Layne's 5th graders for having the best overall attendance for the 2nd nine weeks!

Congratulations Max Gipson for breaking the school record of three-pointers in a game by hitting 11. He’s also tied for second overall in the AAA record book.🏀🦅

Logan Fife is enrolled in the West Side Veterinary Science Certificate Program which provides students with the knowledge and skills necessary to become a veterinary assistant. Logan has taken the Survey of Agriculture, Animal Science and Vet Science classes at the high school as well as completed 300 hours of apprenticeship at the Cadron Creek Vet clinic in Greenbrier. He will continue to work at the vet clinic and will be taking a certification test, through the agriculture program at West Side, to become a certified vet assistant before graduating from high school.

Game Day!!🏀🦅

STAR STUDENT: AUTUMN VAN BENTHUYSEN
Congratulations to Autumn Van Benthuysen for being chosen as Mrs. Starkey's 4th grade Star Student!


More pictures from the Energy Busy Pep Rally last week.






