This past Monday, WG FFA members had to opportunity to learn from and connect with 2 PA FFA State Officers! Thank you Maddie and Grace for all you do!
October 2023 WG School Board Committee Meeting
Oct. 12, 2023
6:00 pm (Initial Exec. Session for Interview)
WG Admin Board Conference Room
Zoom: https://iu1-org.zoom.us/j/93225711882?pwd=WkNaU3dqRWZLODdNdkhLbmdZZXhmQT09
Our Classroom Champions lessons for the first month of school have been about goal setting. Mrs. Renner's class set a classroom goal to collect 50 items to be donated to Blue Star Moms. This is an organization who sends care packages to our service members. We exceeded our goal by collecting 124 items to be donated. Awesome job and keep setting those goals! We can accomplish anything with determination and hard work.
Members of the Student Government attending the first Student Forum today, where they met with class leaders from 15 other school districts. The students discussed the various topics, including the different in completing service projects and providing direct service through projects. A project was chosen by the group to perform direct service for. Stayed tuned for the details!! The team is looking forward the activities that are planned for the remainder of the school year.
There will be no school for students on Friday, October 13th for an Act 80 day. Please enjoy your long weekend.
Mrs. Booze’s class teamed up with Mrs. Ullom’s Dual Enrollment Speech and Debate class for a dramatic reading activity. Junior, Payton Gilbert, read The Frustrating Book by Mo Willems to her second grade students. It was a book about emotions. Payton was a former kindergarten student of Mrs. Booze, and she was excited to welcome her back. Thank you to Mrs. Ullom for arranging this collaboration, and to Payton for sharing her love of reading with many of the second grade students. We enjoyed having you!
Parents and Students,
West Greene School District allows students to drive to campus with the required permissions. All students who wish to drive to school must complete a student driver permit form. This form is available in the Junior-Senior High School office. Once the form is approved the student can then begin driving to school. Only registered students will be permitted to drive to campus.
Please have your driving-aged student get a permit form in the office if they will be requesting permission to drive to campus.
The Smokin' BBQ Truck will be at West Greene High School on Wednesday, October 11, 4-7, to raise money for a West Greene Scholarship. Please come out and enjoy some great food and support this wonderful scholarship opportunity.
4th Graders went on a virtual field trip to Hershey, PA! They discussed the production process and the importance of consistency. It was a fun way to explore their vocabulary words!
The Junior High and Senior High Academic League members took their show on the road, to Penn State Fayette Campus, to compete in the first week of the annual Quiz Bowl competitions. These were the first matches of the season and everyone did a great job representing the Pioneers!
Mrs. Renner's class had the privilege of collaborating with Mrs Ullom's Dual Enrollment Speech and Debate class. Junior, Payton Gilbert, read The Frustrating Book to 2nd grade students. She also made all the students a treat bag with items represented in the book. Thank you Mrs. Ullom and Payton!
Attention West Greene families,
Information regarding today's emergency medical lockdown: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-3Njr61ejpMotddmzixvAw0HeBjha3kt/view?usp=sharing
Today, Friday, Oct. 6th, Bus 2 will be departing campus at 2:25 PM due to a temporary driver shortage.
Mrs. Haines' kindergarten reading intervention groups have been starting out the school year with lots of fun hands-on alphabet activities! Letter blocks, sand trays, alphabet rainbows, and bubble bricks are just a few of the fun resources they've been using. These kindergartners are starting to soar with their alphabet knowledge!
Today high school junior, Aubrey Lesnett, read to Ms. Shultz's kindergarten class. Aubrey chose the book The Couch Potato and had a Mr. Potato Head coloring page for the kindergarteners.
Big thank you to Aubrey for a fun afternoon!! 🥔
Bus 2 morning pick up will be delayed 30 minutes tomorrow, Friday, October 6th. Parents who elect may bring their children to school and drop them off in the parent drop off line between 7:55 and 8:30 AM. Students who ride bus 2 will not be counted as "tardy".
Good afternoon. Today, Thursday, October 5th, Bus 2 will leave campus for dismissal at approx. 2:25 p.m. due to a temporary shortage of bus drivers.
Freshmen students participated in this years PA FFA Fall Leadership Conference in Altoona, PA. It's always a good day to see 6 new students zip up that Blue Jacket for the first time!
Mrs. Moore's kiddos definitely had a fun Friday!
Today the learned all about Johnny Appleseed. They celebrated by making hats and a book, singing songs, cutting up apples for applesauce, and painting/stamping with apples.
If you ask the kids what was the best part they'd say getting to eat the applesauce! 🍎🍏
Mrs. Riffle's Place Value Pumpkin Patch is growing quickly! As students finished their second assessment of the year they were able to work on a fun review craft to display in the classroom. They are so proud of their pumpkins while they show that their hard work is paying off!
