Southwestern Elementary School

Good Evening Mustangs!!

🐎 We hope you have kicked off your summer vacation strong and that your days are filled with so much fun and love.!

💜 Thank you for the votes that made your 26-27 board.! Please reach out to us if there is anything you need.! We still have some board positions open for grabs.!

🏫 Here is a recap on how we were successful this year in supporting our Mustangs.!

😁 We can't wait to see you and work together next year.! Let's keep pouring into our students, our school and our community! Together, we can do ANYTHING! 💜🐎🏫

Students in Mrs. Westfall's 3rd grade class took part in a creative writing activity where they were given a few lines of an image and had to complete a picture using as much creativity as they could. Students then had to trade papers and author a story based on the drawing they received.

💜Mark Your Calendars, Future Mustangs! 💜

Southwestern Elementary School is excited to welcome our newest Mustangs to our Little Mustang Round-Up: Early Start & Kindergarten Meet-Up!

Beginning Monday, June 8 - Friday, August 7, 2026, all schools and departments will transition to a four-day work week. Summer office hours will be Monday through Thursday, 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. with the following exceptions:

Facilities Department: 6:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Technology Department 7:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

The Juneteenth Holiday will be observed on Thursday, June 18th and Independence Day will be observed on Thursday, July 2nd. Therefore, all schools and departments will be closed on June 18th, June 19th, July 2nd and July 3rd.

Normal office hours will resume on Monday, August 10th.

We had a fantastic day with our Mustangs. We wish everyone a wonderful and safe summer break.

Mrs. Bryant's 3rd graders finished the year learning about the Nansemond River Watershed with hands on activities including map skills, measuring pictures of oysters, and placing animal stickers in the correct habitat.

Mrs. Brown's class undertook a Pringles Challenge, and we are pleased to announce the winners of this engaging activity.

Mrs. Brown's students are concluding the school year with a hands-on activity, crafting salt dough maps to recap their knowledge of Virginia Studies.