West Greene School District

March 2024 School Board Meeting Date: March 21, 2024 Time: Pre-Board - 6 PM / Board Meeting - Immediately Follows Location: West Greene Administrative Board Room Zoom: https://iu1-org.zoom.us/j/91437916781?pwd=L0pZb3BsNlRDaUtQNVF2c1hrSjFEZz09

Congratulations to West Greene’s 2023-2024 Winter Sports GCADA Award Recipients! Boys Basketball: Darren Knight, Parker Burns, Matthew Wassil, Patrick Durbin, and Lane Allison Girls Basketball: Kylee Davis, Kasie Meek, Kendra Tharp and Marissa Tharp Rifle: JLin Scott, MacKenzie Whipkey, Kameron Tedrow, Dylan Hughes, and Allexis Berdine Wrestling: Seth Burns, Colin Whyte, and Noah Collins

Reminder, 3rd-6th graders don't forget to sign up by April 4th for West Greene's 1st Annual STEAM night! A evening of hands-on experiences relating to Science, Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Art and Math from 5-7pm on April 18th in our High School STEAM wing. Please register using the QR code on the attached flyer. Come join us for a night of food and fun!

Congratulations to the West Greene 2024 Prom Court. First row: Jayceea Melodia (Senior), Kasie Meek (Senior) & Allexis Berdine (Senior) Second row: Kameron Tedrow (Senior), Jacob Patterson (Senior) & Cooper Chambers (Senior). Third row: BreAnna McDiffit (Freshman), Sean Campion (Sophomore), Mya Smith (Junior) & Pieper Whipkey (Junior). Fourth row: Mason Ansell (Freshman), Colin Whyte (Sophomore), Parker Burns (Junior), Levi Meek (Junior). The Prom will be held on April 27, 2024.

Shout out to Sean Campion for winning this year's Chemistry Polyhedron Element Project. Our chemistry students were tasks with creating a themed polyhedron ball(20 sided structure) that represented one of the elements on the Periodic Table. Sean selected Mercury allowing her to create an Alice In Wonderland themed project. The character the "Mad Hatter" was based on the history of Mercury. You see, top hats use to be covered in Mercury to help support their shape. However, the people that wore these hats ended up going mad due to their direct contact with this poison on their heads. Unfortunately, trial and error has been a very common practice throughout history with most of our elements. Sometimes good characteristics about an element came to light, but most of the time negative side effects from exposure/ use of our elements were discovered this way. Very creative project, great work Sean!

Congratulations to the student who earned the VIP E-Sports Pass. These students were chosen by their teachers and given their passes to enter the E-Sports arena during the lunch period. This is part of the incentive program for the 7th and 8th grade students.

West Greene Rocket League HS team will play Gateway HS at 3:30 p.m. in the E-sports Arena. Watch the match at The Esports Company Twitch broadcast. https://www.twitch.tv/TECHighSchoolGroup2

West Greene is going crazy for Down Syndrome Awareness Day.......Are you???

West Greene Valorant team will play Greater Altoona CTC at 3:45 p.m. in the E-sports Arena. Watch the match at The Esports Company Twitch broadcast. https://www.twitch.tv/TECHighSchoolGroup4

Middle students were able to experience the greenhouse in a unique way today as they were mentored by the high school professionals as we completed planting our hanging baskets for our spring greenhouse season! #planting #teamwork #inventory #business

Middle and high school students took the opportunity today to learn some Floral Design skills! A growing need in our communities. We did a workshop where students learned about floral tools, some flower ID and then made their own boutonnière. We also had some students making an order for a community member at the same time.

West Greene High School Prom 2024 will be held on Saturday, April 27, 2024, at the Meadows Casino Triple Crown Banquet Suites at 210 Racetrack Road, Washington, PA, 4:30pm - 9:00pm, 9:30pm for senior class attendees and their guests. Tickets can be purchased April 3 - April 16 in the cafeteria during lunch periods. Tickets can also be purchased in Mrs. Fedak’s room during homeroom, the first lunch period and period 9. Ticket are $50 per person and includes dinner. Contact Ms. Garlick with questions at garlicks@wgsd.org

The Student Government Association members attended the Student Forum Banquet at Nemacolin County Club. This event was the culmination of the 2023-2024 IU Student Forum year. As a group, we raised over $1100 for CASA, as our service project. Thank you to the SGA members and Student Forum for a great year of building relationships with other area schools and being of service to the community!

The annual WG Spelling Bee was conducted on February 2nd with 50 students from grades 4-8 competing. The winner was (8th Grader) Steven Kelley, with (6th Grader) Katelyn Soles in second place, and (4th Grader) Beckett Blouir in third place. Steven completed an online Spelling Test last week. There were over 70+ schools that participated in the Western PA Spelling Bee this year. Mr. Polander, Spelling Bee Coordinator, was notified that Steven was in the top 16 that advanced to the in person Bee to compete at Point Park University on March 24th.This is quite an accomplishment. Congratulations Steven and GOOD LUCK!

Topic: March 2024 School Board Committee Meeting Time: 6 PM Location: West Greene Administration Board Conference Room Zoom Information: https://iu1-org.zoom.us/j/93225711882?pwd=WkNaU3dqRWZLODdNdkhLbmdZZXhmQT09 Meeting ID: 932 2571 1882 Passcode: 5RGK0h

West Greene is now making appointments for Kindergarten Registration for the upcoming 2024-25 school year. Dates for registration are Tuesday, April 16 and Wednesday, April 17. If you live in West Greene and have a child who will be 5 years of age by September 1st, please call (724)499-5183 x2310 to schedule an appointment.

West Greene Valorant team will play Richland High School at 3:00 p.m. in the E-sports Arena. Watch the match at The Esports Company Twitch broadcast. https://www.twitch.tv/TECHighSchoolGroup

West Greene School District is accepting applications for the following positions: 12-Month Custodian 5-Hour Cafeteria Worker Submit clearances, resume with three references to: Brian R. Jackson, Superintendent West Greene School District 1352 Hargus Creek Road, Suite D100 Waynesburg, PA 15370 Application deadline March 19, 2024

Authors Diane Toothman and Susan Aul captivated 2nd-grade students with their book "Suzy and Maggie Go to the Beach." Smiles lit up the room as the students immersed themselves in the tale of two mice embarking on a special beach adventure. The authors shared their journey of creative writing, from the origin of an idea to the final publication, leaving the students feeling inspired to embark on their own book-writing endeavors!

West Greene MS Rocket League D1 team will play Brownsville Middle School at 3:20 p.m. in the E-sports Arena. Watch the match at The Esports Company Twitch broadcast. https://www.twitch.tv/TheEsportCompany