¡Gracias a la Sra. Nelly por su visita a Westside!

¡Gracias a la Sra. Bartholomew por organizar la visita!

¡Gracias a la Sra. Nielsen por apoyar actividades culturales en nuestra escuela!

¡Gracias a todos que asistieron! Era una noche divertida y educativa.

Thank you Mrs. Nelly for visiting Westside!

Thank you Mrs. Bartholomew for organizing the visit!

Thank you Mrs. Nielsen for supporting cultural activities in our school!

Thank you to everyone who attended! It was a fun and educational evening.

My class learned about how unfair taxation without representation was for the colonists. Although the colonists all started out with 10 pieces of candy, by the time King Sam kept taxing them for ridiculous things, (Oh, you have a pet? That will cost you. You have blue eyes? Pay up!), his tax collectors had just about emptied most of their pockets. Poor colonists. But the King made out great!

Happy Thanksgiving from our to school you!

We are grateful for our wonderful Westside community.

Photos from Mrs. Wafford's "Thankful Tree."

First grade Dual Immersion finished their Spanish Literacy unit by making some piñatas to go along with a Birthday story. They learned a song sung in Mexico when a kid swings to hit the piñata.  

Here are a few of the new books in our library.  Come "CHECK" them out!

The Magic of Reading!

A special presentation in Spanish by Nelly Maria Rodriguez Orrostieta from Puebla, Mexico!
Everyone welcome!

These second graders read a tender and affectionate tale that reminded them of the comforting power of friendship, and the joy of helping others.

The story sparked them to be creative using math, science, procedural writing, drama, and art.  After drawing, measuring, and writing their procedures, they made a nest for a baby crow (a character in the story).  They figured out how to make it 3-D and added a baby crow so they could hang them on the wall.