Kona Ice will be at West End during students' recess TOMORROW (10/30). Prices are $3-$5.
Santa will be at West End next Thursday, Nov. 7th to take pictures with students, and all proceeds benefit our PTO. Click here for the order form: https://tinyurl.com/WEEsanta24
Congratulations to Dr. Sam Simon for winning yet another grant to benefit West End's music department. Dr. Simon has been awarded numerous grants each year to increase student access to a variety of instruments and other musical equipment. This Chiaha Arts Education grant will be used to purchase new podcasting equipment.
We are excited the Race Way gas station near West End has added a "spirit pump" to donate 2 cents per gallon to our school. If you are in the neighborhood and need a fill up, remember to use pump 16!
We were very proud to see so many students wearing red hats on Friday showing they have met their first reading goal of recording 750 minutes of reading in their nightly reading logs! Keep up the great work! #GrowingReadersOutWest
West End fourth graders visited Tigers for Tomorrow in Attalla, AL. They met several rescue animals that have forever homes here. They learned about animal behaviors, instincts and the differences between carnivores, herbivores and omnivores. They discussed the different roles these organisms play and talked about the flow of energy within an ecosystem. They also learned how ecosystems are greatly affected by various predators, producers, and consumers (especially humans). Some of the animals they saw were lions, tigers, ligers, bears, foxes, emu, turtles, wolves and goats!
Students are invited to participate in these fun dress-up days next week as we recognize Red Ribbon Week reminding us to Be Drug Free! Wear your "RED" on Monday (10/28).
Our West End family is humbled and honored to be voted "Best Public Elementary School" in Rome/ Floyd County again this year! We appreciate the support of our amazing families and community stakeholders! Thank you for voting for us year after year! #GrowingReadersOutWest
Fall Picture Day is TOMORROW (10/24)! This is the picture that will be used for this year's yearbook and new ID cards coming soon. Please ensure your child is present and on time.
Our first and second grade gifted students read a Scholastic article entitled Firefighter Gear where they discussed compound words, dove deeper into the gear firefighters use, and discussed many fire safety tools. They learned many new vocabulary words such as stabilizer and turnout gear. The students learned that firefighters have turnout gear that keeps them safe (they have to put on in 60 seconds) and looked at the fire truck with all of its equipment. They learned that fire safety education has decreased the number of fire-related incidents and injuries. Lastly, they talked about and practiced the STOP-DROP-and ROLL procedures. Our students enjoyed our time with these community heroes. They answered MANY questions from our very inquisitive students. #firesafety
We had a huge turnout for our annual STEM night! Thank you to our STEM Teacher, Tiffany Abbott Fuller, and WEE Parent Engagement Coordinator, Maribeth Futral, for coordinating this amazing event! Special shoutout to all of our amazing community partners who made this event successful! Rome Middle School GNTC Shorter University Berry College RCS College and Career Academy Georgia Highlands College Children’s Museum of Rome Bee City USA-Rome, GA Georgia Agricultural Education Jandy's Frozen Yogurt Rome High School ECE Class Rome High FFA West End Math Department #STEM
The WEE performers at the Hispanic Heritage Celebration.
The RCS Hispanic Heritage Celebration was a huge success! We are so proud of our students who performed. Great job to Ms. Reyes and Ms. Cisneros for choreographing their dance. It was fantastic! Bravo! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Please join us tonight for our Hispanic Heritage Month Fair at Ridge Ferry Park between 4:00-6:30 pm. West End students will be performing at 5:15!
Next week is Red Ribbon Week, a reminder to students to Be Drug-Free! Check out our fun dress-up days.
Reminder...CFA cookie orders are due TOMORROW (10/21) with $3. Cookies will be delivered by PTO this Friday (10/25).
We had so much fun giving out free books and candy at this year’s RCS Howl-o-ween Literacy Festival! #GrowingReadersOutWest
Third grade students are learning about how Favio Chavez Moran created instruments made from trash to start the Recycled Orchestra in Paraguay.
Mrs. Hooten enjoyed Saturday morning with Fredy Perez and his family at Taekwondo. Great job Fredy!
Come out this morning from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM and join us for our RCS Howl-o-Ween Literacy Festival at the Parent Resource Center (200 Hardy Avenue). We have fun for the entire family!
