Spring is Here! Baseball is Back!

Opening day of major league baseball is surely a sign that Spring is finally here. The West School Community celebrated with a Baseball Spirit Day on April 4th. Staff and students wore their favorite baseball apparel.

We started the day with "Baseball" music playing throughout the building. It was a fun day for all!

Community Reader Day

Community Reader Day took place on May 7th. It was a special opportunity for members of the Stoughton Community to join the students of the West Elementary School in celebrating the enjoyment of reading and promoting awareness of the importance of reading in everyone’s lives!

The twenty community readers read Each Kindness by Jacqueline Woodson to one classroom. Following the reading, they shared the importance of kindness in their daily lives/jobs.

Mr. McNamara, Stoughton Fire Department

Mr. Pazyra, Veterans Affairs

In preparation for this day, Ms. Pearl, guidance counselor, lead the classrooms in an activity called Crinkled Heart to promote the concept of kindness and how our actions impact others. 

Many activities took place following the Community Reading Day in support of the continued message of "Kindness". 


All students completed a bulletin board, under the direction of Ms. Murphy, Art teacher, that shows their understandings from the story.  They wrote a kind act on a stone to be “thrown into the pond.” 



Ms. Murphy, Art Teacher

   

 

Grade 1 and 5 celebrate Dr. Seuss Day!

 

We all remember the story, Green Eggs and Ham, and the author who wrote it. To celebrate Dr. Seuss's birthday, students from grades 1 and 5 from the West Elementary School joined together to share in reading his books to each other.  Fifth graders were able to step back in time and remember the excitement that came with learning to read and the first graders were able to demonstrate their own reading skills.  Ms. Banis

 

Valentine's Day Poems for Marines:

After sending greetings to Captain Naughton and the Marines in Afghanistan, Grade 2 students from Room 11 were so excited to receive a letter in return! The marines were especially thankful for our words of encouragement. Thank you to room 11 for reminding the marines that they work together as a team, just like room 11!!!

The second graders in room 11 have written acrostic poems to send to the marines for Valentine's day! The students wrote about kindness, friendship, working together, staying healthy, and being safe. In addition, the students wrote letters to accompany their poems, and decorated the cards with illustrations and stickers!

Wonderful Wildcat Work!

When you are at the West, check out the Wonderful Wildcat Work located in the display case in front of the nurse’s office. Throughout this school year, the new habitat of Wildcat “Willie” features monthly exemplars of grade level student work.

Grade 1 News: Maps and Globes

Grade 1 has talked and wrote about places we have traveled to and places we would like to visit around the world.

Grade 2 News: 
 Arctic Habitats & Penguin Fest 

There is a lot to learn about animals and their habitats. Good scientists take notes on their habitats. Throughout the month of December, second graders have been taking notes on books that they have read and videos they have viewed about polar bears and penguins. Students compared habitats of the Arctic and Antarctica using a Venn diagram. Students have written paragraphs summarizing the information they learned.