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2023 5th Grade Winter Concert

11/30/2023

Elmwood and West Elementary Schools will have their Winter Band and Orchestra Concert on Tuesday, December 5, from 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM in the Zion Central Middle School gymnasium. Please join us for an evening of music!

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The two Education+ students pose with flowers.

Two New Education+ Leaders

Two West Elementary students were selected to participate in the Education+ Youth Ambassador Council.

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Students sit together, sharing their work.

Looking Through the Right Lenses

Fourth-grade students in Mrs. Wiltse’s classroom put on their “writing lenses” to review peers’ papers.

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Students present the weather outside of West.

Predicting the Weekly Weather

West students record a weekly weather bit in front of the school sign with Ms. Cutlan. Students record different segments for an internal Friday video announcement throughout the week.

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Students stand at their booth to explain it.

Smashing Pumpkins to Raise Awareness

The ZESD 6 Youth Leadership Team worked with Zion-Benton’s National Honor Society on the ZBNHS Pumpkin Smash Community event.

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Students work around a table on their project.

mPOWERu Leadership Academy

ZESD 6’s Youth Leadership Team and Zion-Benton High School’s National Honor Society continued working together at the first mPOWERu Leadership Academy of the year

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Students work in a pair to decipher words.

Building Vocabulary One Word at a Time

Mrs. Wiltse’s 4th grade classroom students continue to build their vocabulary by using dictionaries and thesauruses with partners.

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Students Participate in Local Music Festival

Students Participate in Local Music Festival

On Saturday, October 14, students from West, Elmwood, and SPMS attended an ILMEA District Elementary Music Festival.

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The speaker asks a student a question.

Author Speaks at West

Fourth-grade students at West Elementary enjoyed listening to published author Lindsey Frank on Friday, October 13.

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A group of students get together to work on signs.

West YLT Demonstrates Leadership

The West Wildcat’s YLT meeting, held in the school library, was standing room only.

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West students look at the internal components of a computer.

Hands On With Technology

West students enjoyed breaking down and looking at the parts of computer systems during their Tech classes.

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October 2022

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