New Teacher Spotlight: SARA ALLEN
West Side’s boys and girls golf teams won two matches this week. In today’s match, the boys won by 9 strokes over Maumelle Charter, and the girls won by 46 strokes over Mount Vernon-Enola. Eagle Bryant Brown and Lady Eagle Lainee Gentry were medalists. On Monday, the boys won by 25 strokes over Clinton with Eagle Max Gipson was medalist. The girls beat Quitman, with Lainee Gentry as medalist.
New Employee Spotlight: Faith Gray
New Employee Spotlight: JAMIE BROWN
The 19th annual Eagle/Lady Eagle Golf Benefit Tournament at Tannenbaum will be held at 9 am Sat 9/14. Sponsorships available at various levels. $200/team. Contact Keith Brown or Shane Davis @ (501) 825-7241 for information.
The clothes closet in Gathright Gym will be open during Thursday's open house from 5 to 7 pm. .
New Employee Spotlight: JANNA BELL ALE
Student-led prayer vigil at 6 pm Sunday in Brady-Hipp Arena to start the new school year! Everyone is welcome!
West Side Elementary & Preschool Open House will be this Thursday, August 15th from
5-7pm!
Orientation for 7th graders and parents will be from 5:30-6:15 pm Tue 8/13. Students will pick up schedules, and receive a key card and locker assignment.
NEW COURSE ANNOUNCEMENT
Mr. Josh Ballard will be teaching a new PE credit this year called Outdoor Adventure where students will not only earn a PE credit, but they will also learn important life skills such as CPR, Hunter Education, Orienteering, and lots more! The curriculum will use an integrated curriculum of science, math, writing, critical thinking, computer technology, social and emotional learning.
Ms. Jamie Brown, the new elementary counselor, has the new edition of the The Talon up and ready!
Are you missing out on Summer EBT benefits? Please visit https://ar.gov/sebtapply to determine if you are eligible to receive an EBT card. The deadline to apply is Aug. 26.
Open House
West Side FFA officers met last week for FFA Officer Training and planned community service activities, meeting dates, fundraisers, recruitment ideas, and much more! Mrs. Amanda Brogdon, the new high school principal, stopped by to visit with the kids.
After viewing the petroglyphs at Indian Rock Cave, F.L.I.G.H.T. students utilized petroglyphs to tell stories,
F.L.I.G.H.T. students visited Indian Rock Cave where they went to the museum, hiked to the cave, and enjoyed walking the trail.
Several West Side Grade 9 and 10 students traveled to Washington, D.C., this week with World Classrooms. Their visits include the Gettysburg, Mount Vernon, and Arlington National Cemetery to see the Memorial Amphitheater and Changing of the Guard -- video @ https://bit.ly/3AjjmuE
F.L.I.G.H.T. students enjoyed a visit from the staff at Cleburne County Extension office who talked to them about healthy eating, showed them how to make tortillas in a bag and quesadillas, and let them grind their own wheat. They finished up the program by making living necklaces using pinto beans.
West Side will supply students with everything they need for school ... pens, notebook, paper, highlighters, crayons, calculator, etc. About the only thing families might consider is a back pack, which is not required.
