Our 2nd graders enjoyed a field trip to Casey Jones Village and Museum yesterday as the culminating activity to their unit on tall tales. They learned about Casey Jones and trains and had a great time!
October 2nd is Custodian Appreciation Day, and Westover has 3 of the best! Please take a moment and comment on each person's slide and tell them how much we appreciate them at Westover. Thank you ALL for ALL you do for our school.
Student Ambassadors are collecting hygiene products, socks, and feminine products for the Henderson County Homeless Coalition and Westover Elementary from October 1 to November 15. Please contact Mrs. Campbell or Mrs. Abraham with any questions. Thank you!
Please help our 6th grade support the flood victims in East Tennessee and North Carolina by bringing water donations to the school by the end of the week.
Hey Bear Family!
Please make plans to join us for our first Family Literacy Night of the year. Meet a local author and participate in lots of other fun activities. Mark your calendars NOW!
Join us in congratulating the students chosen for the inaugural Westover Singers Ensemble! We are thrilled about this new venture and look forward to their performances as they showcase the talent of Westover and our remarkable students.
CAPS FOR CANCER! Friday, October 4th, we will raise money for our own Mrs. Lora Keen who was recently diagnosed with breast cancer. Bring a dollar and wear a cap at school all day. Mrs. Lora, your bear family loves you and is thinking of you as fight this awful disease.
The Henderson County Basketball Jamboree scheduled for tomorrow has been canceled. Stay tuned for more information about the rescheduling of this event.
HC North Baseball Tryouts will be held on Thursday, October 3rd. Please read the attachment for more information.
First grade had a blast today tie-dying t-shirts for our field trips and other important days this year! Mrs. Jamie, Mrs. Rachel's sister-in-law, came from Nashville to help us!! It was so much fun and the students are going to love wearing them! Thank you Mrs. Jamie!!!
Representing Henderson County at the Augustine Elementary XC Meet today, Brennan placed 7th out of 26 boys and ran a PR. We are so proud of you! 🏃♂️ 🐻
Did you know? ...Missing 2 days a month means a child is missing 10% of the school year.
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Meet the Bears is Tuesday, October 1st. Come out for a night of fun and support our Bear Family!
What a team, what a season! Way to go out with a bang, HCN Tigers! Congratulations to our 8th grade athletes, we can't wait to see what your futures hold! GBR! 💛💙🤍❤️
Mrs. Rachel's First Grade class wrapped up their Knowledge unit and completed their first Maker-space Activity for the year! Their challenge was to choose a fable they have read and build a story cube with any materials they chose. They worked hard to retell the story using pictures! They did a fantastic job and were very creative!
Tonight we will celebrate our 8th grade HCN football players and cheerleaders at their last home game of the season. This talented group had had an awesome season. Please come out to Tiger Stadium tonight and support our Westover family. We are so proud of you all! Ceremony starts at 6:00, the game will follow.
2nd grade has been learning about Casey Jones and all about trains. Mrs. Hannah's brother is a real life train engineer! Her class got to do a virtual field trip via FaceTime to see a tour of a train engine and ask an engineer questions about the job! Technology can be a great resource for learning and exploring the real world! They asked great questions about the horn, the speed, the engine other aspects of the train. 🚂
Our next PTO meeting is this Monday night, September 23rd at 5:30 in the library. We will be working on plans for our Fall LA LA LA festival and discussing a few other things. See you all on Monday!
Officer Vineyard recently started DARE classes with our 5th graders. They are loving learning from our SRO. Thank you to all the SROs across Henderson County who are pouring into our students, and especially officer Brian Vineyard who makes Westover a great place to grow and learn! School Resource Officers are assets to all of our schools.
Monday night was 8th grade night and the last home game for our HCN girls soccer team. They ended the season on a high note winning their game 8-0. Congratulations to our 8th graders, Anniston Bland and Lyla Diffee, on a successful soccer season. Westover is always well represented on the field and we are so proud of all these girls.
