This week is Teacher Appreciation Week! Join us each day as we celebrate our teachers! Today, drop a comment on why you appreciate their hard work and dedication to helping our students succeed! #ThankATeacher
Congratulations to our elementary winners of the 2023 Pickaway County Soil and Water Conservation District's poster contest! Brooklyn Steward (3rd grade) placed 1st in the 2nd-3rd grade category, and Kinsley Steward (Kindergarten) placed 2nd in the K-1st grade category!
Their winning artwork will be displayed at the Pickaway County Main Library in Circleville, on placemats at local Bob Evans restaurants, and the PCSWCD website at http://www.pickawayswcd.org/. Brooklyn and Kinsley are pictured with Pickaway SWCD Education and Outreach Coordinator Katerina Sharp.
Summer is right around the corner! Sign up for the Mustangs Girls Basketball Youth Camp! Pre-registration forms are available on our website at https://5il.co/1aa0m. Additional copies will also be available WES & WMS.
Contact with any questions: joseph.patete@westfallschools.com
SAVE THE DATE! Preschool Graduation is coming up on Thursday, May 25, from 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM. Join us to celebrate the development of these young learners!
Westfall Elementary is celebrating the promotion of our 5th-grade class with a "Parade Down Memory Lane" on Thursday, May 18, at 6:00 PM.
Parents/Guardians are asked to decorate their vehicles to celebrate their student's accomplishments, park in the high school parking lot between 5:15 PM and 5:45 PM, and remain in their vehicles until Pickaway County Resource Officers begin to direct vehicles to their parade positions. The 5th-Grade DARE officer will lead the parade of cars from the high school parking lot, behind the football stadium, and weave through to the elementary lot.
Each student will receive an individualized yard sign, a 5th-grade memory book, and a "Westfall Memory Keepsake" bag to hold gifts received from each grade level (PK-5) as they drive through the parade in the front area parking lot. In addition, they will each have their name individually celebrated with a certificate of promotion at the end of the parade line.
After the parade, families are welcome to visit the memory station in the front parking lot of the Elementary School (Bus parking lot) to socialize and take photos with their students.
We look forward to celebrating the class of 2030 with you!
UPDATE: Frontier Communications has resolved the technical issues, and the phone lines at Westfall Local Schools are back up and running.
Congratulations to our April REAL Mustangs!!
Gerty Horton, Steele Neff, Raven Carpenter, Ellie Persinger, Naomi Davis, Liam Miller, Mya Rapp-Dickey
Currently, the phone lines at Westfall Local Schools are down. However, our technology department is aware of the situation and is working with Frontier Communications to get us back up and running. In the meantime, if you need to contact one of our offices, please use the following phone numbers:
District Office number (740) 831-0410
High School number (740) 831-0411
Middle School number (740) 831-0412
Elementary School (740) 831-0413
We apologize for the inconvenience and will post again when service is restored.
Congratulations to our April Staff Members of the Month!
Candy Webb, Educational Aide
Janet Adams, Administrative Assistant
Andrew Waters, 5th-Grade Teacher
Chris Shockley, Educational Aide
Mindy Stonerock, Kindergarten Teacher
Rachel Whaley, Preschool
Talea McGinnis, Preschool Teacher/Coordinator
We proudly recognize your outstanding contributions and commitment to success!
Access to high-speed internet is critical to learning for today’s students, and the State of Ohio is working to ensure every Ohioan has access to it. But, to make this a reality, #BroadbandOhio needs your help.
Participate in this BroadbandOhio Internet Access Survey. Your responses will help ensure those in the Westfall district have access to affordable high-speed internet. The survey closes on Thursday, May 3.
https://www.surveys.online/jfe/form/SV_89bsk2XxKNdkKuG
Parents/Guardians - Please view and pay your student's current lunch balance online at http://MySchoolBucks.com. If you have any questions or wish to discuss your student's balance, please contact our Food Service Director at becky.shaw@westfallschools.com or 740-986-8805.
Do you know a teacher deserving of recognition? If so, nominate them for the Westfall Education Foundation's Teacher Appreciation Grants! Follow the link below to nominate. Deadline April 28.
https://forms.gle/f3VPH2yoVBPtcXPr5
Are you afraid of thunderstorms? Author Patricia Polacco was until her grandma taught her how to bake Thundercake! Who knew literacy could taste so good? Miss Stage's second-grade students got to bite into a good book by baking their very own Thundercake!
Mrs. Woods' second-grade students recently completed a Goldilocks STEM project, which included comparing stories, measurements, and the engineering and design process. First, students had to design a bed for Goldilocks using certain materials (cardboard rolls, index cards, pipe cleaners, popsicle sticks, cotton balls, glue, and tape). Next, they built their design, tested it to see if it was big enough and strong enough for Goldilocks, and made improvements if not. Then, they tried to see if it was big and strong enough for a mama or a papa bear. Finally, students measured the length, height, and width of the bed they built.
March Math-ness! Throughout the month of March, Mrs. Woods' second-grade class played two weekly basketball-themed math games. At the end of the month, they filled out a bracket with the activities and voted to see which activities moved to the final four, final two, and finally, the champion! Math skills included addition, subtraction, place value, money, time, fractions, comparing, and graphing. The students then wrote about their favorite game!
As a testing incentive, Mrs. Kemp and Mrs. Rader's fifth-grade classes enjoyed an outdoor obstacle course organized by our occupational therapists, Mrs. Conley and Miss Minor! Working as teams, the classes competed with activities using strength, stability, and endurance.
The Easter Bunny made a stop at Westfall Elementary last week! Our students had an egg-cellent time hunting eggs in the beautiful weather, and several lucky winners found golden eggs to win prizes! Thank you to our incredible Student Council for sponsoring this event!
Open enrollment applications and guidelines for the 2023-2024 school year are now available on our district website at https://www.westfall.k12.oh.us/page/enrollment.
Applications are now being accepted and must be returned to the district office by May 15, 2023, and must include two forms of proof of residency. A separate application must be filled out for each student applying for open enrollment.
At this time, please mail your application(s) with your proofs of residency to:
Westfall Local Schools
Attn: Open Enrollment
19463 Pherson Pike
Williamsport, OH 43164
Decisions on open enrollment acceptance will be made as quickly as possible after May 15, 2023, and families will be notified in a timely manner of their status for the 2023-2024 school year. If you have any questions, please email Paula Dumm at paula.dumm@westfallschools.com or call the Westfall District Office at (740) 986-3671.
WES Field Day is Thursday, May 25!
Permission slips are going home next week with students. We are also excited to have parent volunteers this year! Please note: Parents are only permitted if volunteering at a station. If you wish to volunteer for any part of the day, please return the volunteer form that will also be sent home.
We are looking forward to this fun day!
Do you know a teacher deserving of recognition? If so, nominate them for the Westfall Education Foundation's Teacher Appreciation Grants! Follow the link below to nominate. Deadline April 28.
https://forms.gle/f3VPH2yoVBPtcXPr5
