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📚☀️ Summer Reading Check-In, Bears! ☀️📚

How is your summer reading challenge going so far? 👀🐻
Have you started your 20 Book Challenge, 600 Minute Challenge, or 3 Book Challenge yet?

We want to hear all about the books you’re reading this summer! 📖✨
Are you reading by the pool? On vacation? Before bed? At grandma’s house? Tell us in the comments what book you’re reading right now! ⬇️

Don’t forget to keep tracking your reading and logging those minutes/books. Every page you read helps your brain stay strong and ready for another great year at Westover! 💙💛

Keep reading, Bears! 🐻

#WestoverReads #SummerReadingChallenge #WestoverBears #ReadersAreLeaders

💙🐻 Happy Father’s Day to all of our amazing Westover dads, grandfathers, stepdads, uncles, and father figures! 🐻💙

Thank you for the love, support, encouragement, and laughter you bring to your families each and every day. From helping with homework and cheering from the sidelines to giving hugs, advice, and high fives — you make a difference in the lives of our students in so many ways.

Today we celebrate YOU and all the ways you help our Bears grow strong, confident, and loved. ❤️

We hope your day is filled with family, fun, and lots of appreciation. Happy Father’s Day from all of us at Westover Elementary!

#WestoverBears #FathersDay #GoBears

💉 Free Vaccine Clinic The Henderson County Health Department will be providing a free vaccine clinic for our students. This is a great opportunity to make sure your child is up to date on immunizations before the new school year. See the graphic below for details and important information.

The Westover Lady Bears wrapped up their summer camp at Gibson County High School with a split on the final day. They dropped a hard-fought, close game to South Gibson but bounced back with a decisive win over Union City in the nightcap. That concludes the Lady Bears’ summer schedule as they head into the dead period. The team has worked hard all summer, and we look forward to watching them continue to grow and compete this fall. Go Lady Bears! 💙💛🏀

🏀 Lady Bears Basketball 🏀

We had two great days of tryouts and were so impressed by the effort, attitude, and talent shown by all of our athletes. Congratulations to this year's Lady Bears! We are excited to get started with practice and camps and look forward to a great season together.

📅 Upcoming Dates:

🏀 Open Gym
Wednesday, June 3
12:00–2:00 PM

🍽️ Parent Meeting
Thursday, June 4
5:30 PM
Supper will be provided.

🏀 First Official Practice
Friday, June 5
11:00 AM–1:00 PM
(For 5th–8th Grade Players)

We can't wait to begin building, growing, and competing together. Go Lady Bears! 💙💛🐻.

Henderson County North Elementary XCountry Practice

📚☀️ TODAY’S THE DAY, BEARS! ☀️📚

Our Westover Summer Reading Challenge officially begins TODAY — and we can’t wait to see our Bears reading all summer long! 🐻💙💛

Whether you’re taking the:
📖 20 Book Challenge
⏰ 600 Minute Challenge
📚 or our 3 Book Challenge for older readers…

…every page you read helps your brain grow stronger! 💡✨

Scan the QR code below to access all reading logs, challenges, and tracking sheets. Keep those books close this summer and don’t forget to share your reading adventures with us!

☀️ Read at the pool
🚗 Read on vacation
🏡 Read at home
📚 Just KEEP READING!

Let’s make this a summer full of stories, imagination, and learning. ❤️

#WestoverBears #WestoverReads #SummerReadingChallenge #KeepReadingBears

Another summer food program opportunity...

🏀🐻 Westover Lady Bears Basketball Tryouts for the 2026-2027 season are coming up! We are excited to see our athletes compete and grow both on and off the court. Please see the flyer below for all tryout dates, times, and important information. All players must have a current physical to participate. Go Bears! 💙💛

🏀 Westover Elementary is excited to announce the hiring of Coach Rachel Savage as the new Girls Basketball Coach! 🐻💙💛 Coach Savage brings a strong background in both playing and coaching, along with a passion for developing young athletes on and off the court. A graduate of Lexington High School, she continued her basketball career at Jackson State Community College before spending three years competing in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada. The experiences and relationships built through athletics helped shape her commitment to mentorship, servant leadership, and investing in the next generation. For the past eight years, Coach Savage has worked with student-athletes with an emphasis on fundamental skill development, confidence-building, mental toughness, and character growth. She believes athletics provide an opportunity to teach discipline, teamwork, accountability, perseverance, and a genuine love for the game. Coach Savage and her fiancée are proud parents of four children—three boys and one girl—and family remains at the center of everything they do. As she begins this new chapter with Westover, Coach Savage looks forward to serving the students, athletes, families, and community while building a program that challenges young people to grow, believe in themselves, and succeed both on and off the court. Please join us in welcoming Coach Rachel Savage to the Westover Bears family! 💙💛🏀

Today, we pause to remember and honor the brave men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice for our country. Their courage, service, and dedication to protecting our freedoms will never be forgotten.

As we enjoy time with family and friends this Memorial Day, may we also take a moment to reflect with gratitude for those who gave so much for us all. ❤️🤍💙

From all of us at Westover Elementary, we wish our families a safe and meaningful Memorial Day.

#MemorialDay #HonorAndRemember #WestoverBears

Lady Lions Basketball Summer Skills Clinics

Today we had the honor of celebrating three incredible ladies as they begin a new chapter in retirement. ❤️ Mrs. Shelia Pearson, Mrs. Regina Reeves, and Mrs. Janet Mays have each made a lasting impact on the students, staff, and families of our school. Their years of dedication, kindness, hard work, and love for children have helped shape countless lives. Mrs. Pearson and Mrs. Reeves have faithfully served as teachers, pouring their hearts into the classroom and investing in generations of students. Mrs. Mays has served our cafeteria with a smile and caring spirit, making sure students were always welcomed and cared for each day. Today’s retirement lunch was a small way to show our appreciation for all they have done over the years. While they will certainly be missed, we are so excited for them as they begin this well-earned season of retirement. Thank you, ladies, for your service, your love for kids, and the difference you have made. Once part of our school family, always part of our school family. 💙 Please help us congratulate these amazing ladies and wish them the very best in retirement!

After weeks of reading, listening, and voting in our Battle of the Books competition, we officially have a champion! 🐻📚🏆

Congratulations to Not Fair, Bear! by for being crowned Westover’s Book Battle Winner!

Our students loved following the adventures of Bear and Squirrel, and the fun was made even better thanks to our very own Officer Vineyard, who brought the story to life as one of our special guest readers. 💙

From 16 amazing picture books down to one final winner, our Bears have spent the year building a love for reading, sharing opinions, and cheering on their favorite stories. Thank you to all of our staff, guest readers, and students who made Battle of the Books such a fun experience at Westover!

And remember… even when things seem “not fair,” books always bring us together. 📖✨

Congratulations to Asher!

📚☀️ WESTOVER SUMMER READING CHALLENGE ☀️📚

The school year may be ending, but the reading fun is just getting started! Mrs. Susan and the Westover Library are challenging ALL Bears to keep reading this summer with our Westover Summer Reading Program! 🐻❤️

📖 3 Book Challenge (Grades 6-8)
Designed especially for our older students! We challenge you to step outside your comfort zone and read THREE great chapter books this summer — maybe an award winner, a popular series, or a book genre you’ve never tried before. Discover new characters, new adventures, and maybe even a new favorite book!

⏱️ 600 Minute Challenge (Grades 3-5)
Read all summer long and track your reading minutes!

🏆 20 Book Challenge (Grades 1-2)
For our little readers ready to go all in this summer!

Whether you read at the pool, on vacation, before bedtime, or curled up on the couch, every page counts! Summer reading helps our students stay sharp, grow their imagination, and be ready to start the new school year strong.

✨ Parents — we would LOVE to see our Bears reading this summer! Share your reading pictures and adventures using our summer reading hashtag:
#WestoverReads

Reading logs will be sent home with report cards and shared online. We can’t wait to celebrate all of our summer readers in August!

Tonight we celebrate a very special group of Bears. 🐻🎓

Please join us as we honor the Westover 8th Grade Class of 2026 at graduation tonight at 6:00 PM in the Nancy Tyler Wilson Memorial Gymnasium.

This class has brought leadership, laughter, school spirit, kindness, and unforgettable memories to our halls, and we are so proud of each and every one of them. Their futures are bright, and we can’t wait to see where the journey ahead takes them.

Help us pack the gym and celebrate an incredible group of students as they take their next big step.
#OnceABearAlwaysABear #ClassOf2026 #NoPlaceLikeWestover

Parents and Guardians,
Please read this important information from our school nurses and make arrangements to take care of these things if you haven't already!
We appreciate your continued support.

We are so proud of our students! Austin Stone, Sazsori Molina, and Riley Inmon all participated in the district spelling bee today and represented Westover well. Austin placed 1st overall and Sazsori placed 3rd overall. Be sure to congratulate these three when you see them! 🐝