A 4th grade student I spoke to in reading intervention this morning just asked me if he could read to me sometime and my heart melted. The answer is yes young man! A million times yes! And thank you for reminding me what is truly important. It is easy to forget sometimes.

Fried chicken, chocolate cake, and mountain dew. Best pre-birthday meal ever. Thank you so much Westside family and my apologies to those of you on a diet!

Loving our new signage at #WestsideBestSide.

5th grade students trying to solve “The Mystery of the Missing Bubble Yum” by using their inference skills and looking for clues in Ms. McGowan's class. #WestsideBestside

Kristan Formella's number sense strategies at Westside ELCs are making me smile. #MathIsGoodForTheSoul

Please join me in congratulating Mrs. Rachel Batts as Westside's Teacher of the Year! You make a difference every day and we are lucky to have you as part of the Eagle family.

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My formal twist on pajama day. #WestsideBestSide

Come out this Wednesday evening at 6:00 to enjoy the musical stylings of our 4th, 5th, an 6th grade Chorus in their annual Holiday Concert! #WestsideBestside

Great time visiting Westside Elementary this morning. Classrooms did a nice job with many hands on activities!! I even had an opportunity to play chess with a very bright young man. Isle of Wight County Schools

WSES class with students presenting their work! Great deeper learning activity!!!

Jackson played a very competitive game of chess!! He demonstrated great strategy and deep thinking. Can’t wait to play again!!! ⁦Isle of Wight County Schools⁩

WSES believes independent reading is best in comfortable settings! Exercising while reading is a great way to enjoy a story. Isle of Wight County Schools

Building spaceships and international space stations using legos in science class to discover the relationships between Earth and space is always a good time! 🌏 🚀 #criticalthinking #STEM #WestsideBestside Westside Elementary

They almost missed the bus, but after negotiating extra STEM time, this team did it! They didn’t realize 4ft was such a long distance😁(shout out to all their teammates not pictured) #WestsideBestside Westside Elementary Isle of Wight County Schools KEVA® Planks

Please enjoy the following video from #WestsideBestSide. Hang in there everybody!

I know we aren't quite to teacher appreciation week yet but I want to let everyone know how proud I am of the hard work and dedication that the amazing Westside staff has shown during this unprecedented time. I love you all and appreciate you every second of every day!

Below is but one example of the creativity and out-of-the box thinking that our students and staff are displaying. I hope this broadcast brings a smile to your faces. I know it did for me. Is it possible that dad jokes got even funnier since I became one?! drive.google.com/a/iwcs.k12.va.…

Great Teacher Appreciation ideas for next week. #WestsideBestside

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