Washington West Elementary

10/11/2026

10/09/2026

🎨🎸 Calling all creative Blue Jays! 💙🐦
Washington West students are invited to participate in the Washington Elks Lodge #1559 Essay & Poster Contests!
This year's theme is “A Healthy Me is Drug Free!” We encourage our students to get creative and share their ideas about making healthy, drug-free choices!
🖍️ Grades 3–5: Poster Contest
✏️ Grade 6: Essay Contest (250 words or less)
📅 Deadline: October 27

Students should follow the guidelines on the flyer and be sure to include all required information with their entries.

We can't wait to see the creativity and talent of our Blue Jays on display!
💙💛 Go Jays!

10/08/2026

🌎☀️ Our Solar System Is HUGE! 🪐✨

Today, our 6th graders got to model the size of our solar system during science! They quickly discovered just how much space is needed to represent the distances between the Sun and the planets. Even walking heel-to-toe, we almost ran out of room! 😲

This hands-on activity helped our students see just how incredibly LARGE our solar system really is. 🚶‍♀️🚶‍♂️🌎🪐

What a great way to bring science to life! 🔭✨

10/06/2026

Yes we can!

The message at Washington West Elementary School was loud and clear Friday morning: We “can” do it.

10/02/2026

Today first grade played headbands! They practiced fluency and sentence writing. They read a sentence and wrote their sentence on their whiteboards. Checking their spelling when they were done.

10/02/2026

We collected so many cans this week, it took all of third grade to get them to our big blue bin!

10/02/2026

The Million Can Challenge is BACK ON! ♻️💙
Last year, Washington West collected an incredible 82,390 aluminum cans—and our Blue Jays are already off to a huge start this year with 11,053 cans collected in just the first week!
We’re proud to be one of only two schools in Missouri participating and one of around 70 schools across the country taking part in the challenge.
Our recycling bin has officially been delivered, so start saving those cans and drop them off anytime. Every can counts!
🥫 Aluminum cans only, please!
♻️ Recycle. Compete. Make a difference.
💙 Go Blue Jays!
A big thank-you to Shapiro and The Recycling Society for supporting this opportunity for our students!

10/01/2026

The recycling contest is FINALLY HERE!

72 schools are competing to recycle the most aluminum cans. Not only that, these kids are learning the lifelong habit of recycling, which keeps valuable metal out of trash cans and back into your local economy.

These kids are saving our planet, one can at a time. 💚 We couldn't be more proud of these recycling superheroes. 🦸 ♻️ 🦸‍♀️

Support recycling education by donating today. 💗
We thank you for your generosity.

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Keep ROCKin Bluejays!