Westwood Elementary "The Ranch"

Good morning parents, unfortunately Westwood Elementary is without power. The campus is closed today. Hopefully classes will resume tomorrow. We will notify you as soon as this has been confirmed. Thank you, and please stay safe.

Congratulations to all of our amazing scholars who danced their hearts away this weekend in the Shreveport Metropolitan Ballet's first performance of" Coppelia". You are to be celebrated, and we look forward to doing just that on campus this week. Thank you to all the teachers and staff members who were present at Friday and Saturday's performances to cheer them on. What an amazing weekend!!!
#wearecaddo

Sending a special shout out to Braxton McReynolds on his Dance Scholarship award after yesterday's amazing performance in "Coppelia". Our scholars were absolutely amazing and we are super Westwood proud of all of you!!!!
#WeAreCaddo

At the conclusion of our first performance of "Coppélia" this afternoon we were so excited and proud to award the inaugural Marion Mills Memorial Chance to Dance Scholarship to Braxton McReynolds! Braxton is a 4th grader at Westwood Elementary School in Shreveport and has brought his amazing smile and energy to the Chance to Dance program this year. The scholarship - named for our founding artistic director - will allow Braxton to continue his dance training next year at a studio of his choice. Congratulations to Braxton and to all of our dancers for a beautiful show today!

(P.S. Tickets are still on sale for Sunday's performance at 2:30pm! shreveportmetroballet.org/events.)

Join us in celebrating our very own Mr. Franklin....Happy Assistant Principal's Week Mr. Franklin. We love you and appreciate all that you do for the staff, students, and entire Westwood community!!

And the fun continues.....Daddy Daughter Dance 2022

Daddy Daughter Dance 2022 still loading....definitely a fairytale night for these beautiful scholars and their dads.

Westwood Daddy Daughter Dance 2022 was one for the books! What a special night for these princesses and their dads. Enjoy the memories. Stay tuned for more pics.

Check out a few snippets from our culminating Black History Celebration today. Scholars, you did an amazing job and we are so proud of you!!!

Meet future LSU graduate and future Caddo teacher Ms. Rayla Moesch. Rayla along with members from the Sycamore Life Church have been volunteering and supporting Westwood since 2017. We hope that you enjoyed your time on campus this morning and we'll see you soon.

A special performance at Walmart's Black History program, a class door decorating contest, a delicious soul food luncheon.....Friday, February 25th was one for the books. Thank you scholars, teachers, and staff for continuing to pursue and share excellence during our Black History Month celebrations. Thank you to our special guest and contest judges, Mr. and Mrs. Garrett Sudds, Mr. Korey Barry, Mrs. Sabrina Anderson, Pastor Charles Gardner, and Mrs. Cheri Clark. The celebration will continue on Monday with our Black History Program. Stay tuned!

Special Delivery- Roses and a Sweet Treat for the sweetest staff ever! Happy Valentine's Day Team Westwood from Principal Gardner!!

SATURDAY CAMP- We are welll on the way, and it's not too late to join in on the learning and fun!

Thank you Coach Pearce for working so hard with the CHALLENGE OF THE CHAMPION students on their technology challenge!!! All the students did a great job!! We loved hearing about the African American inventors and the inventions they made!! Super proud of these students!!🤗

Lower grades enjoyed "Unlovable" by Dan Yaccarino and joined an art tutorial with the author/illustrator himself! They also wrote about what they would tell a friend who felt unloved! 🥰📚🤓

How does a staff close out Counselor's Appreciation Week for the best counselor ever....... by showing up in her favorite colors (Pink and Green). We truly hope that you felt all the love this week Mrs. Walls. Happy Counselor's Appreciation Week again from Team Westwood!!!!

So much fun today celebrating 101 Days of School! What an amazing celebration for our scholars and staff!!! Onward and upward we go.....let the journey continue!!!!!!!
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Congratulations to the top 4 Challenge of the Champions finalist…Kennedy Ealy, Janya Brown, Kierstion Jackson, and Laiyla Ward.

What a way to celebrate 101 days of school!!!🤗 These young ladies did an excellent job presenting young African American Inventors for the Technology challenge!! So proud of you!! AWESOME JOB COACHES!!!Congratulations again!!

We love you Mrs. Walls!!!

Say hello to our 2022 Chance to Dance dancers from Westwood Elementary! After a long pause due to COVID, we are thrilled to bring back our Chance to Dance partnership with the Volunteers of America of North Louisiana this spring. These 4th and 5th grade dancers will perform with SMB in our Saturday, April 9, production of "Coppelia" and we can't wait to see them on stage! Thank you to the Community Foundation of North Louisiana for its generous support of this program.

Celebrating African American History, let's meet Mr. Jerry Lawson!

Congratulations to Laiyla W., Noah C., Kierstion J., Janya B., Keyshauna J., and Kennedy E., for making it to the next round in the Challenge of the Champion Competition. There are only 3 more rounds left!! 😀 We are excited to see who will be the Ultimate Champion!!!

Students got to participate in Louisiana Young Reader’s Choice & vote on an absentee voting machine for their favorite book! We celebrated with awards & a pizza party!!

Timeline photos

And then there was December 17th, the day before Holiday Break.....nothing but smiles, laughter, gifts for every scholar, hearts filled with joy, and best of all being able to give back as a school to the Providence House. We'll see you all in 2022. Happy Holidays everyone and many blessings!!!

Bikes, Bikes, and more bikes.......thank you Mr. James Lemon for always being a beacon of light in our community. We appreciate you and look forward to seeing a few more little smiles from scholars this week because of your generosity! Thank you and Happy Holidays!!!!!!

It was all about an amazing experience today as scholars ventured off on a field trip to see "The Nutcracker". Oh the smiles!!!!!!

Our scholars enjoyed sharing what they were learning this morning with school board member Mr. Darrin Dixon for Caddo Parish School Board District 7. Thanks for all that you do Mr. Dixon!

To our sweet friends at Sycamore Life Church, thank you for showing up today and always in such an incredible way! You have joined in with us for the past 5 years to make sure all of our scholars go home with a gift during this season of giving. Your kindness, thoughtfulness, and generosity are beyond appreciated and we can't wait to see you all back on campus!!!