💙👩⚕️ Happy Nurse Appreciation Day! 👨⚕️💙
Today, we celebrate the incredible school nurses who care for our students with compassion, dedication, and calm in every situation.
Thank you for being a steady presence, a healing hand, and a vital part of our school family! 🩺🍎
🚨 No School Reminder 🚨 There will be no school on Friday, April 18th! See everyone back on Monday, April 21st after the long weekend!
📢 Registration is NOW OPEN for ALL PK-12 Students! 🎉
Knoxville Community School District is ready to welcome students for the upcoming school year! Whether you're enrolling a first-time Panther or returning for another great year, now is the time to complete your registration.
🖥️ Visit Knoxville.k12.ia.us for more details and to register today!
Don't wait—secure your spot and get ready for an amazing year ahead! 🐾
Reminder to come out tonight for Literacy Night with Coach Sloth. Food trucks are already here at West!
🌟📚 **Join Us for Literacy Night with Coach Sloth!** 📚🌟
West Elementary is excited to host a fantastic Literacy Night featuring the incredible Coach Sloth from 5-8 PM**! 🎉
Coach Sloth, a former football player for Iowa State and a coach with a wealth of experience, will be sharing his passion for literacy and you can purchase his books. He has appearances in movies like *We Are Marshall* and *The Dark Knight Rises*, “Touchback” and more. Coach Sloth brings an inspiring presence to our event. For more about him, visit
https://coachsloth.com/about-coach.php
🌮 **PTO Vendor Fair** 🌮
In addition to our Literacy Night, we’re hosting a Vendor Fair in the cafeteria, complete with food trucks out front! This is a great opportunity for local businesses to showcase their products and services.
📢 Preschool & Kindergarten Registration is OPEN! 🎉
The 2025-2026 school year is just around the corner, and we’re excited to welcome our newest Little Panthers! 🐾 📚 Give your child a great start with engaging learning experiences, caring teachers, and a strong foundation for success. Scan the QR codes in the graphic or visit Knoxville.k12.ia.us for more information and to register today!
Tag a friend who needs this info! ⬇️
March's Character Strong focus was Cooperation! West Elementary celebrated students chosen for Cooperation at the monthly Positive Panthers Assembly. Way to be a team player, Panthers! We are proud of you! 💛🐾🖤
This afternoon, Chasing Postivity invited speaker Brian Williams to come in and energize our students about how they can change the world with kindness! He challenged our students to completed 5,000 random acts of kindness over the next 15 days!! Let's encourage all of our students to make our schools and community a better place than yesterday!
📢 Kindergarten Round-Up is May 8! 🎉
📅 AM Session: 8:20-10:45
📅 PM Session: 12:20-2:45
✅ If your child attends KCSD preschool, they’ll follow their usual AM or PM schedule.
✅ If your child does not attend KCSD preschool, email holly.burkhart@kcsd.k12.ia.us or call 641-891-2185 to be assigned a session.
📍 Parents & guardians—join us in the cafeteria for a special info session!
🔗 Register now: https://www.knoxville.k12.ia.us/o/kcsd/page/enrollment-registration
🎥 See what Kindergarten is like at West! https://youtu.be/jzS1yLUVoXw
West has been working on filling a giant heart for being bucket fillers. We filled it this past week, so Friday we got to have a school wide celebration of doing different "snowy" centers.
If you haven't already, mark your calendars and share with all your friends!!
🎒✨ Join Us for Preschool Information Night! ✨🎒
Are you ready to learn more about preschool opportunities at KCSD? We're excited to invite all families to our Preschool Information Night!
📅 Date: Thursday, February 27
⏰ Time: 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
📍 Location: West Cafeteria
Come meet our amazing preschool team, ask questions, and discover how we can support your little one’s learning journey!
🌟 We can't wait to see you there! 🐾
No school for Knoxville Schools on Thursday, February 6, 2025 due to road conditions.
KCSD will have a 2-hour delay Thursday, Feb 6, 2025.
KCSD will be dismissing at noon today, Wed. Feb 5, 2025 due to predicted ice accumulation.
🎒✨ Join Us for Preschool Information Night! ✨🎒
Are you ready to learn more about preschool opportunities at KCSD? We're excited to invite all families to our Preschool Information Night!
📅 Date: Thursday, February 27
⏰ Time: 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
📍 Location: West Cafeteria
Come meet our amazing preschool team, ask questions, and discover how we can support your little one’s learning journey! 🌟
We can't wait to see you there! 🐾
Drum roll please..... 🥁🥁🥁
Congratulations to Mrs. Loeding (1st Place), Mrs. Jordan (2nd Place), and Mrs. Leedom (3rd Place)!! Their 3 doors were the top three "like getters" on our Deck the Doors post from Friday. Mrs. Loeding's class will receive a Pizza Party with our Principal Mr. Houser!
Last Tuesday, West students were celebrated for showing Gratitude this last month. Congratulations to these students for their Gratitude Award.
Yesterday, all 2nd graders at West Elementary received the book "Just Like Caitlin" from the Caitlin Clark Foundation! Students across the state of Iowa all received the same book. Thanks so much Caitlin Clark, and the Caitlin Clark Foundation!
More pictures from Nov 1st.
Friday Nov 1st was a busy day for West! Lots to celebrate. Below are some pictures from the day. The outside/gym event was to celebrate our building PBIS goal. Great job West students! The students rotated to various games with their classmates.
📣 REMINDER 📣
There will be 2-Hour early outs the next two days (Nov. 6th and 7th)!
Then No School Friday, November 8th or Monday, November 11th!
