Reminder: No School for Students on Wednesday, April 24, 2024. This is a professional learning day for staff.
Please take a minute to read and talk to your child about this important information.
STEAM Full Ahead with Families is an innovative learning event for Taylor County Schools families and youth! Join us for an evening of fun hands-on STEAM activities lead by TCS Staff, as well as collaboration from the WVU Taylor Co. Extension Office. Food will be provided thanks to the donation from LEER Mine! Monday, May 6th, 2024 from 5:00-6:30pm at the Taylor County Fairgrounds. Registration Required: https://forms.office.com/r/T8JuSW1DUq
If you have unsold raffle tickets and do not plan to sell them, please return them to the school as soon as possible. All tickets sold and unsold need to be returned by Thursday, April 25th.
Mark your calendars!
Silent Auction baskets for our Spring Carnival. More to come…..
Join us this Saturday April 27th 12-4.
West Taylor Parents and Guardians, we still need lots of help to make this year’s carnival a success. The PTO wouldn’t be successful without the help of its amazing volunteers.
The carnival is our biggest fundraiser of the year this helps us with all of the things we do around the school each year such as buying jingle gifts for EVERY student as
well as a spirit shirts, providing our family events for FREE, helping with school improvements, stocking our new book vending machine, 4th grade reception, paying for field trips for every student, as well as a huge FUN DAY at the end of the year for all the students and so much more I can’t mention them all.
Any time you can provide us with on April 27th is greatly appreciated and will help out tremendously!
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Fun Tip Friday for Families:
This week's Fun Tip Friday for Families continues to focus on developing strong reading comprehension. Use the links below to access fun and easy reading comprehension strategies to try at home that are appropriate for ALL readers regardless of the grade level.
Comprehension Activities:
https://www.readingrockets.org/literacy-home/reading-101-guide-parents/your-kindergartener/comprehension-activities
https://www.readingrockets.org/literacy-home/reading-101-guide-parents/your-first-grader
https://www.readingrockets.org/literacy-home/reading-101-guide-parents/your-second-grader/comprehension-activities
Cell Phone Sally visited West Taylor’s third grade! Harrison-Taylor 9-1-1 presented a program on how to call 9-1-1 in an emergency for the third grade classes. They even brought along a backpack with goodies for each child. Thank you!
The Taylor County Schools 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.
STEAM Full Ahead with Families is an innovative learning event for Taylor County Schools families and youth!
Join us for an evening of fun hands-on STEAM activities lead by TCS Staff, as well as collaboration from the WVU Taylor Co. Extension Office.
Food will be provided thanks to the donation from LEER Mine!
Monday, May 6th, 2024 from 5:00-6:30pm at the Taylor County Fairgrounds.
Registration Required: https://forms.office.com/r/T8JuSW1DUq
Thank you to the Spanish Honor Society from GHS for coming to our school on Monday! Students rotated in 5 different stations where they learned about Spanish greetings, the book Brown Bear, Brown Bear, Hispanic countries, and a salsa band. They also were able to taste homemade tortillas and Maria cookies. Our students loved it! It was also nice to see so many former WTES students!
REMINDER: Tomorrow is Popcorn Thursday! $1 for a popcorn snack for your child. All proceeds benefit West Taylor PTO. 🍿
Taylor County Schools PreK Child Event on April 18th & 19th at the Good Shepherd Church in Grafton. Child Find is an event for all Taylor County students entering preschool for the 2024-2025 school year. We will conduct required preschool screenings to get your child ready to start PreK in the fall.
Not registered for PreK? Registration is available at Child Find.
Please bring your child's Birth Certificate, Social Security card, Shot/Immunization records, Dental exam, and Physical/Well-Child Exam.
Please call 304.265.2497 x 1126.
Get those throwing arms ready! It’s that time again West Taylor PTO’s spring carnival will be bringing back the pie throwing this year. Below you will find the times and names of those involved. We will try to keep this updated as they sign up.
12-1 Cindy Knotts
Kathy Cochran
Dawson Evans
1-2. Savanah Varner
Jason McDaniel for Board of Education
2-3 Darren Wolfe
Clark Sinclair for Sheriff
David Poston for Sheriff
3-4 Angela McDaniel
Amy Halstead
Bethany McQuain
West Taylor Elementary Family and Friends,
It's that time of year again - the annual Spring Carnival - and the West Taylor Elementary PTO Needs Your Help!
The Spring Carnival is THE largest fundraiser of the year for the West Taylor Elementary PTO and when volunteers, such as yourself, is needed the most.
Volunteer slots are in one-hour incriments, but volunteers are needed all day. Please sign up for 2 or more hours, if possible. All time is appreciated!
Remember those who volunteer will have first chance of Fun Day sign ups.
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The lunch menu for Wednesday (4/17) and Thursday (4/18) will be swapped.
HUGE shout out to JR Toothman and Toothman Ford for allowing us to sell raffle tickets from your location today!!! We appreciate you greatly! Thank you for your unwavering support for our West Taylor Family ❤️
COME SEE ME!!!!! Raffle tickets sales at Toothman Ford from 12pm-2pm. Come on down, see my smiling face, and buy a few chances on our fantastic raffles!!!!
