At Westover we celebrate reading on Halloween!
Happy National Principals Month from the Henderson County School District! A big thank you to Mrs. Maynard and all the amazing Henderson County School Principals who work hard and inspire our students daily. Your impact is truly important, and your dedication to creating a positive school environment makes a difference in many lives. #ThankAPrincipal #NationalPrincipalsMonth
Mrs. Renee Maynard holds a BS in Elementary Education with an emphasis on Early Childhood Education and an MAED in Educational Leadership from Bethel University, bringing 31 years of experience to the field. Her journey began with volunteering in church activities and leading the children's choir and VBS. She has evolved through roles as a classroom teacher, academic coach, assistant principal, and, currently, principal. Students might be surprised to learn she was the first fast-pitch pitcher for Lexington Softball (pic in the comments). She believes that a good day at school is when there is evidence of learning and a spirit of camaraderie up and down the halls, along with Mrs. Carolyn bringing no-bake chocolate oatmeal cookies or Mr. Roberto bringing his homemade salsa! Inspired by a quote from her father, she emphasizes the importance of kindness: "Some people will disagree with and even dislike you, but live your life so they will respect you," and advises new teachers to breathe, build relationships, and learn from their mistakes.
On Tuesday Westover hosted its first Literacy Night of the school year. We had local author Makenzie Van Nes come to share her book "Dodger and Ofi" with our students and talk to them about the process of writing a book. Farmer Frank and his dogs were even here too. We had touch a tractor, a craft table, snacks, and much more. It was a great night at Westover!
Pre-K Has been Rockin' the first 50 Days of School!
Reminder: Red Ribbon Week is NEXT WEEK!
We are gearing up for our Book Character Pumpkin Contest. A note is coming home today. A few details are listed below. We cannot wait to see the creative pumpkins this year!
We hope to see you tomorrow night for Literacy Night "On The Farm" at Westover! Meet & greet a local author! (She will have books available for purchase!) 🤠🐮🚜
Red Ribbon week is coming up soon! Please prepare for a great week celebrating being Drug Free at Westover!
Congratulations to our Westover Readers who met their AR goal for Quarter 1!
5th-8th grade-Christians on Campus is back! For now we plan to meet every other Tuesday in the library. Our first meeting is Tuesday October 22nd. We are looking forward to a great turn out.
Lots of great things happening in our school because of the work that our PTO does behind the scenes! Please read carefully and make sure to help support our PTO!
HCN Baseball tryout makeups information below.
2nd grade is collection socks for their "Soctober" sock drive. Please send in new socks of any size. Your donations are greatly appreciated!!
Basketball starts tonight! Come join us for the fun of our first home game of the season!
The Henderson County Youth Basketball League's information is in the Google Doc linked to this post. If you have questions, contact Harlan Fesmire at 731-695-5058 or harlan.fesmire@yahoo.com. School personnel will not have any information other than what is posted in this link.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/164hwN3rLdlYCtOIAA_HN_cl7jR2NMGQXKpc7T5y0q6o/edit?usp=sharing
We have gotten a little behind on recognizing our be kind challenge winners! Week 2's winner was Kiley Burton and week 3's winner was Presley White. The winner of this week's be kind challenge is Hollis Helms. We are building a culture of kindness! Thank you to these bears for going the extra mile to show kindness to our bear family.
We are so proud of Westover Reader, Mia Blackburn, for reading one million words and being the first member of the million word club! Mia has been a top reader for the past couple of school years and is only in the 6th grade. We are so proud of you Mia, keep up the great work!
Congratulations to our Top AR Readers for Quarter 1! Readers are leaders and we take pride in our students' love of reading. Way to go bear readers! We are PROUD of each of you.
1st Grade-Sawyer Hafley
2nd Grade-Sutton Crownover, Charlie Jo Dunivan, Judson Ross
3rd Grade-Maddie Inmon, Asher Hart, Cody Wells
4th Grade-Adalynn Hurt, Kaylynn Brooks, Riley Inmon
5th grade-Brennan Wallace, Alexander Wade, Madelyn Matheny
6th grade-Mia Blackburn, Emily Meng, Steevie Yandell
7th grade-Emma Usery, Sazsori Molina, Izzy Taylor
8th grade-Dixie Blackwell, Wylie Evans, Nyjah Purvis
Congratulations to our September staff member and students of the month! Your bear family is so proud of each of you and appreciate all that you do to make Westover a great place to be!
Thank you to everyone who shared out the info about our water drive and big thanks to those who donated! Your generosity loaded up Mrs. Natalie's truck with over 1200 bottles of water to be dropped off this afternoon!! It definitely is a great day to be a Bear!!
