West Taylor Elementary School

🍿 Popcorn Thursday! For just $1, your child can enjoy a popcorn snack. All proceeds benefit the WTES PTO. Thank you for your support!

Reminder: Our LSIC meeting is tomorrow, Tuesday, January 20. Everyone is invited!

There is a lunch menu change for tomorrow, Friday, January 16.

All are invited to attend our upcoming planning meeting for our designer purse bingo! We’re ready to put our discussions from our past PTO meetings into effect & get this party started! If you’re interested in helping us with this event in any capacity, we hope to see you Tuesday evening at 4 in the WTES cafeteria after the school’s LSIC meeting!

🍿 Popcorn is back! For just $1, your child can enjoy a popcorn snack. All proceeds benefit the WTES PTO. Thank you for your support!

👜✨ SAVE THE DATE! ✨👜 Designer Purse Bingo is coming your way! Grab your lucky charms, your bingo dauber, and your best bingo crew—because fabulous bags and big fun are on the line! 📅 Saturday, April 18th… stay tuned!

We are having an Local School Improvement Council (LSIC) meeting on Tuesday, January 20 at 3:00 p.m. We hope to see you there!

Smile West Virginia Mobile Dentist Program will be returning to Taylor County Schools. Students will be bringing home permission forms this week. If you are interested in services for your student, please complete the form and return the form to the school.

Starting today, WTES PTO will be selling Smencil-grams for Valentine’s Day! Each smencil-gram is $2 and includes one Valentine themed smencil and you/your child’s handwritten note. Smencil-grams will be delivered on February 13th (February 12th for Pre-K). Send money (cash, check made out to WTES PTO, or PayPal - @WTESPTO with a note of child’s name/teacher and smencils) and handwritten notes back in your child’s folder. Orders are being accepted through February 6th. If you have any questions, reach out to Barbie!

We are holding a Local School Improvement Council (LSIC) meeting this month. Please join us!

The WTES PTO is now accepting applications for vendors, crafters, and food trucks for our annual Spring Craft Show! The event will be held on Saturday, March 21, 2026 from 10-3 at West Taylor. Interested in setting up? Contact WTES PTO via email (westtaylores.pto@gmail.com) or through this page, call President Barbie, or email Secretary Justine. Thank you SO much for helping us make this a successful & fun event! ** West Taylor Elementary School reserves the right to deny any person or product that goes against policies and procedures that are in accordance with the Taylor County Board of Education. Any items such as weapons, alcohol, tobacco, and CBD products will not be allowed.

Congratulations to our December students of the month!

Just a reminder - the January PTO meeting is this Thursday! We hope to see you there!

As a reminder, you can find the lunch menu in two places on the TCS app. First, under "Taylor County Schools", click "more", "documents", departments", "child nutrition", then "school menus". Second, go under "West Taylor Elementary School", click "more", and then "dining".

Welcome Back! Check out our January newsletter here or under "Documents" in the TCS App.

For their Christmas Party, students in Mrs. Himes’s second grade class collected gently used books to donate to the Taylor County Public Library Bookmobile.  Thank you to everyone that donated!

Congratulations to Our Patriot’s Pen Essay Winners!

During Tuesday’s board meeting, we were proud to recognize our Patriot’s Pen essay winners for their outstanding writing, thoughtful perspectives, and dedication to civic reflection. Their hard work and creativity truly stood out.

Please join us in celebrating these students and their achievements!

Congratulations, Charity Kasraoui!

At Tuesday’s board meeting, we proudly recognized Charity Kasraoui for achieving National Board Certification—a tremendous professional accomplishment that reflects dedication, expertise, and a deep commitment to students.

Please join us in celebrating this well-deserved achievement!