West Taylor Elementary School

Attention all students, families, staff, and administrators! Taylor County Schools is excited to announce nominations for the 2023-2024 Teacher of the Year are now open! If you know a teacher that goes above and beyond to support his/her students, then nominate the teacher today. Nominations will be accepted until 11:59 p.m. on March 22, 2024. Click below to nominate an exceptional teacher TODAY! https://forms.office.com/r/8j79KJgJBx

Attention all students, families, staff, and administrators! Taylor County Schools is excited to announce nominations for the 2023-2024 Service Staff of the Year are now open! If you know a cook, custodian, bus driver, secretary or aide that goes above and beyond to support his/her students, then nominate that service personnel today. Nominations will be accepted until 11:59 p.m. on March 22, 2024. Click below to nominate an exceptional teacher TODAY! https://forms.office.com/r/j5nUtQsGh0

Important Announcement! 🗳️ The upcoming Taylor County Schools Levy Renewal vote is on the horizon, and your voice matters! Stay tuned over the next few weeks for information on how the Levy Renewal supports many different aspects of our schools, students, staff, and community. Your vote matters! 🌟 #KnowThe Facts #LevyRenewal #CommunityVoice #EducationMatters 📚✏️🍎 Please help us in sharing the information.

PreK Registration will be held the last week of March 2024. We are excited to offer registration opportunities at each of the Elementary Schools, Blueville Little Feet PreK & Daycare, as well as the Taylor County Schools County Office.

We want to give a big shout out to all of our guest readers this week! Thank you for coming into our school to share the joy of reading with our students!

We are still accepting vendors for our PTO's Spring Craft Fair!

Please join us in congratulating our TCS “Students of the Month" for February. Each of these exceptional students was selected as an excellent ambassador for his or her school. Congratulations to each of these excellent individuals! Way to represent!

Fun Tip Friday for Families: We continue our focus on the importance of supporting the development of your child's reading and speaking vocabulary. Check out the link below for more tips and activities for building your child's vocabulary. Vocabulary Activities: http://homeliteracyblueprint.com/building-vocabulary/

Thank you to the WV Symphony Orchestra Brass Ensemble for performing at our school during Music in Our Schools Month! The students learned a lot about brass instruments, and they got to hear the quintet play several pieces of music.

We want to thank the FBI Read Aloud WV Group for coming to read to our students for Read Across America Week today!

The mobile dentist is coming to WTES! Use this link to sign your child up: https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.myschooldentist.com%2FWTTCWV_schsrm&data=05%7C02%7Cakirkpatrick%40k12.wv.us%7C4ba578c5c82f469fe4d508dc3d447a03%7Ce019b04b330c467a8bae09fb17374d6a%7C0%7C0%7C638452611519647801%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=vawrPFh1ewdsifjA65xRTOMj48GDzW1sP3d6zpniBw0%3D&reserved=0

Thank you to the Grafton High School National Honor Society for coming to read to our students today for Read Across America Week!

Mark your calendars!

Today, for a random attendance reward, we had the WVU Puppet Mobile come perform for our students. Their show used traditional marionettes to retell some traditional tales with a few new twists. A few of the tales they heard were: The Three Little Pigs, The Tortoise and the Hare, and The Lion and the Mice.

Thank you to Michelle Gallo, Taylor County Board of Education member, for reading to Mrs. Noble's first grade class.

Fun Tip Friday for Families: This week's tip continues to focus on the importance of supporting the development of your child's reading and speaking vocabulary. Check out the link below for more easy and fun activities appropriate for all ages. Vocabulary: Activities for Your Second Grader | Reading Rockets https://www.readingrockets.org/literacy-home/reading-101-guide-parents/your-second-grader/vocabulary-activities

First Grade was excited about Leap Year. They learned about the Earth orbiting the sun and why we have an extra day. They also enjoyed measuring how far their frogs would leap.

Bus Announcement: Bus # 73 will not run today, Thursday, Feb. 29th. Middle School and High School students who normally ride that bus will be transported home on Bus # 24 or #25. Flemington students from that bus will be transported by Bus #79. bus

March Lunch Menu:

Please read the important safety information regarding morning parent drop-off. Thank you!