We are excited to announce that Jory Houser will be the Principal at West Elementary! Here is an introductory statement from Mr. Houser:
"I am very honored and excited to join West Elementary as your new Principal. My passion has always been to assist as many students as possible. It led me to start my career in education in school counseling so that I could broaden my impact on students and work with students multiple years in a row to build relationships with them and their families. I have previously worked in elementary, middle, and high school. I have education experience in the USA, Turkey, Mexico and China that have helped me grow as an educator. I have experience in urban and rural school districts that assist me in bringing ideas to the table. I have also worked at court ordered institutions for youth. I hope these varied experiences will enhance my impact in this position."
Mr. Houser has served as the assistant principal at Crocker Elementary in Ankeny for the past four years, and he is returning home to Marion County. We are thrilled that he chose Knoxville and look forward to introducing him to our community!
With this new addition, we do want to also recognize and appreciate Mrs. Amy Taylor for her leadership of West Elementary over the last two years.
West celebrated our last Positive Panther Assembly today. We recognized our Creativity Creators! 🖤🐆💛
KCSD dismissing 2-hours early Tues. May 21 due to weather. KMS storm shelter will be open. Please use KMS entrance.
West will have it's annual Field Day on May 23rd. Due to construction we will not be able to use Randy Wilson Track. Please see the image below for parking and location information.
West wants to thank Officer Nichol for being a Courage Captain for all of KCSD
ONE WEEK AWAY!! We are so excited to see everyone for Kindergarten Round up NEXT WEEK!!
Are you ready for Kindergarten Round-Up??? May 15th we will be hosting our incoming Kindergarteners for Round-Up! They will come in either the AM/PM Sessions you are assigned.
Mrs. McDonald's class is incredibly thankful for our volunteers! 💛🐆🖤
KCSD Preschool teachers (Erin Clarke, Brooke Chrisman, Patrick Murphy and Stacey Trevillyan), AEA consultant (Barb Puffinbarger) and Special Education Director (Lindsay Rains) engaged in professional learning around Specially Designed Instruction for PreSchool with the Department of Education for the past three years. Today marked the completion as they shared about how this learning has impacted changes in their instruction to impact successful inclusion for all students.
We wanted to take some time during National Public School Volunteer Week we wanted to recognize the wonderful volunteers we have at West Elementary! Thank you all so much! If you are interested in being more involved at West Elementary or at KCSD, reach out to our offices.
We want to give a big shout out to some of our very generous local business partners who donated to support the West Elementary Track & Field Day! They helped raise over $5,000 to cover the costs of all student and staff tshirts, as well as add money into our student activity account. Thank you so much!!
Kindergarten Round-Up is coming up! Mark those 🗓 for May 15th!! We can't wait to have you!
Register today for the 2024-2025 School Year! Registration can be completed through the Infinite Campus Parent Portal. If you are having trouble registering or need to set up your Parent Portal, email ICHelp@kcsd.k12.ia.us .
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**Please note, Student Fees cannot be paid until July 1st**
Mrs. Cook's class class built shelters for their chicks using toothpicks and jellybeans. They made sure the chick could fit inside and the shelter stood upright. With some clever thinking they made it work! Looks like we could have some future engineers!😊
During National Nutrition Month, Miss Mary Strawberry made stops at both Northstar and West Elementary! She comes to each classroom and talks about different food groups and how they all play an essential role in our diet every day as our students grow up to be strong individuals! After her lesson, students have the opportunity to try some different foods from the food group she taught on.
📢📢Attention parents! We have several 🧥 & sweaters and a couple pairs of snow pants in our lost and found along with MANY stocking 🧢 and 🧤 UNCLAIMED items will be donated after conferences
🎈 TONIGHT!! Come out for Kindergarten Parent Orientation! 📚👶
📅 Time: 5:30-6:30
📍 Location: West Elementary Cafeteria
West🌟 recognized 🌟our Honest Honorees today at the monthly 🖤🐆Panther Best Assembly💛
🌟Join us in celebrating Rare Disease Day Feb. 29th! 🖤🦓💛
Candi's flowers has blessed West with a Milly Moment today! Every pk4-2 student and teacher has a gorgeous flower in memory of Milly.
