When a delivery of 54 pairs of new shoes arrived at her school this year, Palos West Principal Jennifer Peloquin thought about the best way to utilize the unexpected donation. Palos West 118 Tradehome Shoes district153 patch.com/illinois/palos…

Thanks to our Palos 118 PFA, students and staff had a blast at the Color Run!

Thank you to the PFA for organizing the Color Run and for all those that came out to support 118! It was a beautiful, fun and “colorful” day! 🌈

In a sign that fall has officially arrived, preschool students in Ms. Harwig’s class at Palos West created jack-o-lanterns this week with the help of Ms. Lee’s father, Ron. #halloween

Students hearing about trusted hero’s in Erin’s Law presentations today.

Kudos to our choir students and Mrs.Wetle for an amazing Nutcracker performance last night! 🎵

There is still time to donate mittens to our annual Mitten Drive! 🧤

Our 2 week “Countdown to Winter Break” starts on Monday! ⛄️

When you make the most of the snowy weather during recess!

Just a reminder that Palos West’s “Souper Bowl of Caring” food collection starts tomorrow! 🥣 ❤️

Palos 118 receives approximately $900 per student from the state compared to North Palos 117 that receives more than $6,000 per student. More information about the referendum can be found at palos118.org/referendum. #lowspendinghighachieving

Happy 101st Day of School! ⚫️ ⚪️ ❤️

Thank you to all the West families for supporting our “Souper”Bowl food drive! We had a grand total of 4,718 items! Congrats to our 4th grade students for winning a“tailgate” for the most items brought in!

Palos West 118 students collected 4,718 food items for their annual Souperbowl of Caring fundraiser this month. All of the donations benefit the Palos Township Food Pantry. Great job to the students, families, and staff at West! patch.com/illinois/palos…

Keep Smiling 🙂 Finish Strong West!

As we reflect on the start of the school year, it is hard to believe we are now almost 3 weeks away from the first days of school! We are happy to report that we continue to see smiling faces just like these first few days! 😃

Congrats to Noor for being the lucky winner of the Palos West summer reading raffle! She is excited to pick out her new bike!! 🚲 📚

On Friday, we had our first Pride Assembly! We had a lot of fun celebrating the start of the school year with our students!

We are going to have a ROCKIN’ year with our ROCKSTAR staff and students! 🎸 🎶

This week we are participating in Start with Hello! Wear green today, and remember that just a simple “hello” can be powerful. 💚