West Taylor Elementary School

Grafton High School Community Event:

Taylor County Schools Invest in Professional Learning
Today, Taylor County Schools staff and teachers engaged in meaningful professional learning centered on building strong relationships, empowering students, and implementing effective strategies to support diverse learner needs.
We're proud to continue growing together to ensure every student feels seen, supported, and equipped to succeed.

Today marks the first Math Monday!
We encourage all families to watch this short video on making sense of math and persevering to solve problems. It’s designed to support you in guiding your child when wrestling with challenging math — because sticking with a problem is where real growth happens.

Unite with Numeracy - Common Factor, Episode 1:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sM_4xF7no8U

Thank you so much to the Rotary Club of Grafton for their generous donation. This donation will be used to purchase shoes to support our students in need at West Taylor Elementary School.

Reminder

💰 Change Wars – Day 4 Totals! 💰 Only ONE day left and things are getting wild! 🔥 Every coin, bill, and PayPal donation counts — it’s anyone’s game! Here’s how the classes stack up after Day 4: Alexander $51.51 Barcus $68.31 Duckworth $92.08 Lemon $65.38 Nicholson $25.73 🥉 Kirkpatrick $223.33 Noble $198.27 Roberts $42.19 Parrish $56.90 Himes $82.36 🥈 Moats $234.11 🥇 Darrah $268.30 McDaniel $191.37 Halstead $88.02

🍿 Popcorn Thursday is tomorrow! Send in $1 for a popcorn treat! Popcorn money cut off is 9:00 a.m.

Day 3 is done! 💰 The pizza party race is tight! 🍕 Keep those jars shaking — tomorrow could change everything! Alexander $51.51 Barcus $54.31 Duckworth $85.61 Lemon $65.38 Nicholson $14.16 🥉 Kirkpatrick $172.52 Noble $166.97 Roberts $35.09 Parrish $32.65 Himes $50.14 Moats $158.12 🥈 Darrah $173.02 🥇 McDaniel $178.63 Halstead $79.49

Day 2 is in the books! 📚 The standings are shifting — who’s got the most change (and strategy)? Keep bringing that cash and PayPal sneak attacks 👀💥 (paypal @WTESPTO please Include student and teachers name) Alexander $51.51 Barcus $28.40 Duckworth $60.07 Lemon $65.38 Nicholson $2.13 Kirkpatrick $68.46 Noble $82.97 Roberts $12.79 Parrish $32.48 Himes $27.84 🥈 Moats $105.01 🥇 Darrah $126.11 🥉 McDaniel $98.95 Halstead $78.49

The start of change wars… Alexander $46 Barcus $0 Duckworth $15.51 Lemon $48.22 Nicholson $2.13 Kirkpatrick $6.48 🥇 Noble $74.47 Roberts $5.54 Parrish $5.99 Himes $22.84 🥉 Moats $56.07 🥈 Darrah $57 McDaniel $25.54 Halstead $31.08 The battle begins! 💰 Who will rise to the top and earn the pizza party crown? 🍕 Bring in your spare change or launch a surprise strike through PayPal (@WTESPTO)—just be sure to include the teacher’s and student’s names in the notes!

Don’t forget - tomorrow kicks off our annual Change Wars fundraiser! Gather up that loose change & send it in or make a sneak donation on PayPal! When donating on PayPal - @WTESPTO - please be sure to include Change Wars & Teacher and Student name in the description! The class who raises the most money will win a pizza party! Who will it be this year?! We can’t wait to find out!! ⭐️

🎉 Popcorn Thursday is tomorrow! 🎉 Bring $1 and grab your tasty popcorn treat! 🍿✨

Thank you to everyone who donated!

Here is our monthly newsletter for October! You can find it and past newsletters under Documents in the TCS App.

Save the Date! The October PTO meeting will be held next Thursday, October 9th! Join us as we finalize plans for our first Trunk or Treat and share other updates for the year! All families who attend will receive a homework pass! We hope to see you there!

October Lunch Menu

It’s time for our annual Change Wars fundraiser! Next Week - October 6-10!! Gather up your loose change & send it in OR sneak in a donation through the WTES PayPal! The class who raises the most will win a pizza party, courtesy of the PTO! Which class will be victorious? We will find our next week!

We are having a Pink Day on Wednesday, October 1, to raise money for Breast Cancer Awareness Month!

🎃👻 Trunk or Treat is Coming! 👻🎃 📅 October 23 | 🕔 5–7 PM ✨ We still have a few trunk spots left! 🍔 We’re also looking for food trucks to join the fun! Want to participate? 🚗🍭 👉 Reach out today and be part of the spooktacular night! (Hosted by the WTES PTO)

We would like to congratulate our September Students of the Month!