Westran will be closed March 18-April 3. With that being said, sport & activity schedules have been adjusted. This will be an ongoing project. Attached is a more detailed look at how to access the most recent schedule of events moving forward.
Prom has been postponed at this time. We will work on a new date when we return to school. Stay safe!
Please look at the news section to see details about the extension of our school closure.
Parent please see the letter on the news section of our APP. Thank you Mike Nagel
Westran RI School District will be closed from March 18 - April 3. Please read the letter that went home with all students today. I have attached the letter to the news section of the App
After meeting with Randolph County Health Department we will remain in school until we hear something from them otherwise. I know that DESE and Governor Mike Parsons both recommend we stay in school. I will keep you updated as soon as anymore information comes out.
WMS St Patrick's Day Dance
I was serenaded in my office by our sixth grade music appreciation class. “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star”, that they taught themselves (with a little help from Miss Johnson)!!
Senior portrait retakes will be Monday at approximately 2:30pm. Spring sport pictures will be immediately after.
4th grade STEM math centers are fun!
Learning about the Sun and Shadows in 5B
3A Ecosystems
3A Exploring perimeter
TOMORROW (3/10/20):
-Preliminary voting taking place in the HS Gym all day. Please do not park on the east side of the building.
-Winter sports banquet will be held in the music room at 6:00pm. Boys please bring a side dish, girls please bring desserts.
Green Eggs and Ham in Kindergarten today!
Popping balloons after reading ‘Hop on Pop’.
Measuring ourselves with clown feet after reading ‘The Foot Book’.
Dr. Seuss Week fun in 2C!
4A is experimenting with germ surfaces (day 1)
3A ecosystem boxes
3A researching ecosystem
3A Dr Seuss reading week
Congratulations to these classes for winning the Reading Counts Traveling Trophy for having the most book points for February!
Winners of the water challenge!
The winter sports banquet will be next Tuesday, March 10th at 6:00pm.
2C sharing Dr. Seuss books with our preschool buddies!
2C Loving the Green Eggs and Ham on Reading Day!
Eighth Graders have been working all semester on these awesome literary theme park book projects.
Buddy Reading with 4th grade.
Stacking our hats from ‘The Cat in the Hat’.
Seventh graders have been presenting there "Not Your Grandma's Book Project." They had the opportunity to chose their own project and show off their creativity!
READING DAY - BUDDY ROOM READING 4B gets the opportunity to read with 1B.
Green eggs and ham!
If you can't make it to the game today, the Livestream link will be up and running around 3PM. Click the link!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHFFnu2whR0
PEP RALLY LIVE!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkWmVT4SCyE
3rd grade teachers PBS celebration snowball fight
3rd grade PBS celebration snow ball fight
3rd PBS celebration snow ball fight
Westran FFA Community Appreciation Breakfast will be tomorrow morning 2/29/2020 at the Westran High School cafeteria. Sausage Gravy and Biscuit Breakfast will be served from 7 am until 10 am. The members look forward to seeing you there.
First grade PBS celebration snowball fight
First grade PBS celebration snowball fight
VB District Basketball Bracket-Updated!
HS Highlight's by Joe Aull (103.9) interviews Westran on their Thursday evening programs. A number of student-athletes have been selected to interview. All archived podcasts can be heard below or under the "NEWS" tab on the school website!
http://www.krli.com/podcasts/
Top Dojo points in their class!! Way to go!!
VB Districts vs Salisbury - RD 2
Writing Rock Cycle Stories in 5B
Adding a solid to a liquid to make a gas.
Enjoying root beer floats while learning about the 3 forms of matter.
No Fit Club Friday, 2/21/20. We will be back at it on Monday, and hope to see more faces!
4B became the government today. They have to discuss and make decisions for 4th grade.
4A - We divided into the 3 branches of government. Each group has a special job! We are all important!
There will be a Chili Supper on Senior Night tomorrow (2/20) at the JVB+VG+VB Basketball games!
Tonight's Courtwarming LiveStream link can be found under WESTRAN NEWS tab!
Jessica Owens and Mallory Brown participated in the Northeast Junior High District Band on Saturday.
Valentine’s Day party.
2C Valentine Party
Valentine's Day Fun!
4A Valentine Party!
4A learning about the 3 branches of government!
No school February 13, 2020 at Westran RI.
Westran elementary and high school will dismiss at noon today and Westran middle school will dismiss at 11:45
3B 100th day photos
2C had fun celebrating the 100th Day of School!
100th day escape room activity 3A
100th Day Escape Room!
100th Day Celebration
4A Celebrating 100th day!
Happy 100th Day of School!
Searching for 100 stickers
4A Two-Digit Multiplication Escape Room
5A is practicing ordered pairs with some small games of Battleship this morning!
Making constellations with marshmallows and toothpicks.
Making bear toast and honey tea after learning about hibernation
Blubber experiment
Chiefs Day
5B How to Survive a Landslide Engineering STEM
Making constellations out of marshmallows and toothpicks.
Westran Elementary Students of the Month for February
The Seventh Grade has been preparing for the trial of Jimmy Valentine from O. Henry's "The Retrieved Reformation."
The home V Basketball games vs Brookfield will be made up on Thursday, 2/13 with a tip-off of 6:00pm.
Westran schools will be on a delayed start tomorrow. We will start in all three buildings at 10:00. Thank you for your cooperation.
-Tonight's game vs Brookfield has been postponed.
-The V games vs Sweet Springs on 2/12 have been postponed.
+The JV game vs Hallsville on Wednesday, 2/12 will now begin @ 5:00pm
+The V games vs Fayette will be played following the JV game on Wednesday, 2/12.
Westran will dismiss the middle school at 11:45, the high school and elementary at 12:00 today.
Morning Fit Club getting work in this winter!
All,
Fayette has called and postponed tonight's game due to anticipated poor road conditions. The game will be played at a later date.
Trey Burton and Ethan Goff signed with Columbia College. Congrats to these young men, parents, and coaches.
Congratulations to these classes for having the most book points for January!
Class dojo point winners
Trenton took over as “teacher” for read aloud in 2C! He loves to entertain his class!
2C celebrated Red Friday today! Go Chiefs!
3B enjoying the PBS Super Bowl celebration!
The WMS Eighth Graders visited the Holocaust Museum and Learning Center in St. Louis. They met a survivor, 91-year-Old, Mendel Rosenberg.
2A is going crazy for the chiefs!
5A made some mountains today to see how rain flows and carries weathered rocks with it!
Arctic Animal Report Presentations in 2C
2C reviewed regrouping 3 digit add/sub with You Be The Teacher!
The JV Salisbury Classic has added a boys game for this Wednesday (1/29) vs Marceline at 6PM.
*Also, court-warming night will be on 2/5 vs Brookfield.
All basketball changes can be viewed in the "EVENTS" section of our school website or via the MSHSAA.org website.
MSHSAA SCHOLARSHIP
The MIAAA, in conjunction with the NIAAA, will offer two $1000 scholarships and two $500 runner-up scholarships for Missouri male and female student-athletes.
Link to Apply: https://members.niaaa.org/page/StudentScholarship
2b is learning all about solids, liquids, and gases!
4B working on timelines to show a change over time with communication and transportation.
5A has been furthering their knowledge on natural resources. This week they have planned, designed, and tested wind turbines that could produce energy!
5th Grade Honor Roll for 2nd Quarter
4th Grade Honor Roll for 2nd Quarter
These students were the latest 5th graders to reach 1000 Reading Counts book points! Way to go boys!
January Students of the Month
Mrs Gibson's 4th graders using their research skills on an internet scavenger hunt.
Congrats to these classes that had the most Reading Counts Book points for December and winning the traveling trophy!
This morning’s HS Fit Club group! We have room for plenty more!
This morning’s MS Fit Club group!
Congratulations to Emma Cruse and Andrea Morris on Gold recognition for their STAR event project. Good luck at state!
Thursday (1/16) we have added an additional JV Boys game against Centralia to be played prior to the Moberly games as shown below:
JVB (1) vs Centralia - 5:00PM
JVG vs Moberly Fr. - 6:15PM
JVB (2) vs Moberly Fr - 7:30 PM
Learning How Dinosaurs Went Extinct 5B ;)
2A using chopsticks while learning about the Chinese New Year
This morning 5A crushed Trashketball while reviewing multiplying and dividing decimals!
The tournament games at New Franklin have been adjusted to accommodate the predicted future forecast. The girls 7th place game for tomorrow has been canceled and will be replaced with all trophy games. Attached are the new brackets.
Upcoming dates to note:
*Court-warming - Friday, 1/17/20 between the varsity girls and varsity boys games.
*Winter Sport Photos - Wednesday, 1/29/20
*Senior Night - Thursday, 2/20/20 between the varsity girls and boys games.
4A Idiom Matching
Making pizzas while visiting Italy and learning about their Christmas traditions.
A snippet of our Christmas party. Thank you to Angie for donating the cute metal snowmen!
4A candy cane games!
4A candy cane games!
These kids had the most Dojo points in their class!! Way to go!!
Buddy the Elf payed us a visit today! He and Blake enjoyed a nice jug of syrup.
Santa and some Grinch games
Happy Holidays from 5B
3A Purchased new books thanks to Orscheln classroom money
Playing the Dreidel game while visiting Israel.
4B reading our narrative stories to Kindergarten. We wrote and illustrated our own stories.
Mrs. Webster with some of her former students (now 4th graders)!
4A reading their narrative stories to KA
4B exploring with fraction centers
Tonight's home MSBB games vs Marceline will be a 3 game night with the addition of B-Boys starting @ 5PM.
BB games @ Paris have been rescheduled for Thursday, Dec 19th. A Girls & A Boys only beginning @ 4 pm
4A reading their narrative stories to KA
3A Gingerbread houses
Tonight’s MSBB games @ Paris have been rescheduled to Thursday night with a 4PM start. The games will be in the Paris Elementary Gym.
There will be no school today-Monday, 12/16/19.
2nd Grade concluded our Christmas Around the World Unit with a festival!
Christmas Around the World
Making edible Yule logs while learning about Christmas in France.
Santa Store Prep Underway
4B is publishing and illustrating original Narrative stories for Kindergarten.
3B Gingerbread Houses
2C did a great job presenting a play about the 7 Continents and 5 Oceans.
CORRECTION, the MSBB games @ Hallsville are Saturday, not tomorrow. My apologies.
Tonight's Home HSBB games vs Glasgow begin at 5PM and will use the following format: JVG(2Q), JVB(2Q), VG, VB.
Tonight's 3 game MSBB @ Schuyler will be in the HS gym starting at 5PM.
Tomorrow @ Hallsville, B&A Boys will be in the old gym.
Girls will be in the new gym. Games start at 10AM.
2C had fun playing Reindeer Games in math!
1st grade learned about Christmas in Germany, so we made gingerbread houses.
November Reading Counts Traveling Trophy Winners - these classes had the most book points for their grade in November!
Reminder: Tonight will be JV boys only starting at 6pm at Home. Paris does not have a JV girls team.
Way to donate over 1,000 items to the families at Safe Passage Westran Elementary! Ms. Roth's class brought in the most items and they get a "Donuts and Dodgeball" party!
December Students of the Month
Celebrating Christmas in Sweden.
Making gingerbread houses
4B is exploring with balanced and unbalanced forces.
4A successful rollercoaster!
FFA Fundraising Product arrived today, Delivery will start this evening, Thank you for those that were able to support the chapter through this years fundraiser.
4A teamwork!
4A constructing a roller coaster!
4B exploring motion by working as a team to design a roller coaster.
Playing dreidel game
Toy Drive on Dec. 9th
The MS Boys basketball game scheduled for Wednesday 12/4 @ Moberly MS has a new start time of 6:15pm. Also, the final MS basketball games vs Marceline on 12/18 here at Westran, will now be a 3 game night, beginning with B-Team Boys @ 5:00pm, followed by A-Girls then A-Boys.
4A testing speed and friction!
1B is hard at work writing about there favorite part of school.
Top Dojo point earners in each class!! We're proud of you!!
3A Missouri Compromise presentations
STEM: Building a tower with toothpicks and cranberries
2C played a wild game of subtraction scoot to kick off Thanksgiving break! Trenton was our #1 fan!
Thanksgiving feast
Trying a new recipe for Thanksgiving Turkey!!
5th grade students reading to kindergarten
2C Balloons on Depot Street
4B Revolutionary War Biographies. They loved researching information about their person!
4A - Electromagnet!
2b us building stories
Safe passage!
4A building electromagnets!
4A math wars!
Students teaching students today! We're on day 6 of long division.
Preschool and library work together to encourage early reading! See full article here
https://www.moberlymonitor.com/news/20191107/preschool-library-working-together-to-encourage-early-reading
4A working together to make an electric circuit!
After reading Big Bushy Mustache this week, 2C tried eating with our own big bushy mustaches!
Teepees, Totems and Turkeys in 2C!
4A attempting to make an electric circuit!
3A Missouri compromise presentations
4A eventually had success building an electric circuit!!!
MSBB: The game scheduled vs Sturgeon this Friday (11/15) has been canceled due to the L&C Tournament being pushed back a day.
2C celebrated National Kindness Day by giving out bookmarks to special people in the elementary.
Middle School FCCLA
5A is visiting the Safari Restaurant this morning and practicing adding and subtracting their decimals. They were pretty disappointed when I told them they were not actually getting ribeye for lunch!
Tonights MSBB games @ Paris have been canceled. The games are being rescheduled for tomorrow night at the same times.
4A Static Electricity Race!
Congratulations to these students who have read 1000 book points and received their 1000 book point shirts!
1st Quarter 4th and 5th Grade A Honor Roll
1st Quarter 4th and 5th Grade A/B Honor Roll
1st Quarter 4th and 5th Grade Hornet Achievers
Elementary Veterans Day Assembly
November Students of the Month
Congrats to these classes that had the most book points for the month of October and won the Reading Counts Traveling Trophy for the month!
Tomorrow is Veteran's Day. The assembly will be in the gym. Dress as nice as you can.
FFA student's, remember to wear official dress attire.
How tall can you build a tower?
2A investigating pumpkins and then making pumpkin slime!
STEM tipis
4A STEM challenge - take 2!
Pumpkin slime stem
4A STEM challenge!
Animal Adaptation STEM in 5B - Love this animal made with sharp claws to cut through all the vegetation in the tropical rainforest and to protect it from predators.
5A took on a STEM challenge of creating a new animal that has developed adaptations to survive in its environment!
In 4B once the connecting devices were handed out it was much easier the build a creation. We will tie this activity in with responding to questions.
In 4B we tried to build something with toothpicks only. We found that was very hard unless we add a connecting device.
Middle School and High School students learned about CYBERSECURITY Thursday. Detective Towels from Morgan County presented.
The CYBERSECURITY and Youth Sex Trafficking parent night went well.
Marshmallow catapults
2b learning about pumpkins
3B - Farmer Fred broke his leg and needs to figure out how to feed his turkeys from the house.
3B Success!
Clothing and textile class using the new sewing machines purchased by the grant.
Tonight Westran will host a presentation about CYBER-SECURITY and YOUTH TRAFFICKING. It is at the High School in the band room at 6. This is a great opportunity for our parents and community. Anyone interested is invited.
Halloween party
Tomorrow (11/6-19) is picture retake day.
4A experiment on conductors & insulators
Building igloos after learning about the Inuit tribe.
MSBB: Tonight at 5PM @ Harrisburg MS Gym (all games in one gym). Girls will play first, followed by B-Boys then A-Boys.
The Fall Sports Banquet will be Tuesday, November 12th at 7:00PM. Male athletes, please provide a side dish. Female athletes, please provide a dessert.
Book information and order form for students/parents wanting to order Mary Casanova books. Order form is being sent home today. Due back on Friday, Nov. 8th.
Happy Halloween 4B
Happy Halloween 4B
Halloween Party cookie making
Pumpkin carving
4A Halloween party!
4A Halloween party!
District Student Council!
Thanks for showing the Hornet Way!
Great job showing the Hornet Way!
4th grade stacks cup! Thanks for showing the Hornet Way!
1st and 2nd graders stack cups! Congratulations on showing the Hornet Way and earning a reward!
2C had fun with some Halloween STEM! We grew some Frankenworms and made parachutes for spiders!
3B students enjoying "Math or Treat."
4A pumpkin decorating contest!
4A pumpkin decorating contest!
Middle School Life!
4th grade GoNoodle for recess!
HS Basketball practice begins Monday November 4th. HS boys are in the morning 6:30am-7:45am. HS girls are in the afternoon 3:20pm-5pm.
Some SPOOKTACULAR Halloween spelling stories in 5B!!!!
These students had the most Dojo points in their class!!! Great job!!
Trick-or-Treating in Pre-K
Author Mary Casanova visited the elementary today and talked about the writing process, how she gets ideas for books, and acted out one of her books with help from some of our students.
Twin day at the Middle School for Red Ribbon Week!! Tomorrow is wacky workout clothes!
Friday Night's first round district game is @ South Callaway with a 7:00pm kickoff. Admission is $3 for adults and $2 for student's who present a pass.
4A setting up our experiment for Heat Energy
2C enjoyed popcorn for our descriptive writing unit!
5A is breaking through 7 locked doors this morning using all of their 5th grade math knowledge! Will they get out? Will they be stuck forever?
4A Playing Math Scoot while listening to Halloween music!
2C worked super hard on place value this week!
Juniors & Parents: College/Career & Cupcakes is TONIGHT at 6pm in the WHS Library.
Distracted driving simulator and presentation.
Westran Senior Recognition tonight for Football, Girls Golf, Cheer, and Band. Parents and students meet in the north endzone at 6:30. Recognition will start at 6:45.
Reminder: Parent Teacher Conferences are tonight from 2-7pm and Friday from 8am to noon.
For the high school, an appointment time is not needed. It is an open house setup for parents and their student to come when they are able during those times. We hope to see you!
WHS FAFSA Frenzy is TONIGHT from 6:30-8:00pm in the WHS Library Computer Lab for seniors and parents.
Westran HS STUCO and National Art Honor Society are sponsoring a blood drive on Monday, October 28th from 1-6pm. Sign up at the following link: t.ly/v9ZkY
This Cyber Security informational meeting will be held on November 7th at 5 pm in the High School Band room.
Westran School District would like to invite
ALL PARENTS and COMMUNITY MEMBERS
to attend an informational meeting focused on internet safety and youth sex trafficking.
These 2C smiling faces made great progress on their SRI scores!
Digestion Comics in 5B
Learning about Fall
3A multiplication mania week
The Great Shake Out!!
2B is molting!!
2A enjoyed watching the play today!
3A multiplication mania week
5A has been learning about the body systems! We did a fun activity to focus on the bones in our fingers and how our muscles allow us to move our bones!
3B Multiplication Mania
2B is ready for the play!!
2nd grade fall field trip to the Maples Theatre in Macon to see Grimm Pajamas. Thanks to PTSO for making it possible!
4A planning our Native American dioramas
4A learning a fun STEM activity: coding with 4H game changers!
These students had the most Dojo points in their class!! Great job!!
4A - Peer Proofreading
4th Grade does the Macarena for recess when it’s rainy!
A few of our finished fire stations.
Creating our own fire stations.
2B is thankful for the Fire Department
The MS Softball game scheduled tonight @ Paris has been canceled. This game will not be made up.
4th Grade RTI Math Scoot Stations
2C really enjoyed our visit from the Westran Fire Department! Thanks Chief Tony!
Visit from the fire department.
Third grade Fire Prevention Week
A visit from the fire department.
Learning about fire safety
Fire Department visit elementary
The JV Football game scheduled to play at Harrisburg Monday, has been moved to Westran beginning at 6 PM. This will be 2 quarters only against Paris JV.
2C welcomed grandparents with some awesome family pictures!
Making apple trappers
Apple science
4th grade math and exercising combined!
1C with applecopters
2019-2020 Westran Elementary Student Council
October Students of the Month for Westran Elementary
4th grade RTI groups working on place value tasks.
4th grade RTI - reading with a pencil.
5th Grade led the Character Ed Assembly today and taught the school about the word RESPECT
3A sharing family quilts
4A using technology for math
5A kiddos love playing Kahoot to review before a test day!
The softball games tonight have been postponed due to wet conditions. The HS will make up their game at Paris Monday (10/7). The MS will make up their game at Paris Thursday (10/10), both starting at 5:00 PM.
Ag power class is currently working on learning to install household and agricultural electrical circuits
Information for the MS Softball L&C Conference Tournament this Saturday (10/5/19).
Apple volcanoes
Top Dojo points in their class! So proud of them!!
Creating and floating our apple boats.
Tonight, the HS Softball games @ Macon will be played with JV playing first and Varsity following.
3B Word Nerds!
4A redesigning in the engineering process
Grandparents Day celebration!
Hiking today at Pinnacles
Softball games today have been pushed back to 11:20 and 4:00. Both games to be played in Atlanta.
2C Grandparents Day
2C Grandparents Day
Grandparents day
4B Grandparent's Day
Tonight’s HS football game at Fayette has been moved up to a 6:00 PM kickoff due to potential sever weather.
6th graders were detectives yesterday! #makinginferences
5 senses study
1C learning five senses with popcorn
4B Save Your Egg project. Design a safety device to keep your egg from cracking when dropped 2 meters high.
4A “Save Your Egg” experiment
4A “Save Your Egg” experiment is in the planning process!
3A toothpick tower challenge
3A Designing an ant keeper
3A Designing race cars
Traveling Reading Counts winner for September 2B!!!
Reading Counts winners for September!
Walk to school day!! 2B
Engineering in 5B
Solving scientific problems with a group in 4B.
Homecoming Parade
Old Settlers Parade
Partner reading in 4A
4B Regions of US Presentations
4B Regions of US Presentations
3A Maggie’s wheelchair activity
3A final pasta bridges
3A Maggie’s wheelchair activity
2A is learning about communities
4A US Regions Presentations
5A is starting the morning with some review math stations!
4A US Regions Presentations
4A US Regions Presentations
4A US Regions Presentations
Trenton did a great job manning the flashlight for Flashlight Friday!
3rd graders enjoying the homecoming parade.
Area time is a favorite in KC
2A at walk to school day and the parade!
Busy week
Pasta Bridge building 3A
Homecoming parade 2019!
Planning bridge building
Researching bridges for activity
Homecoming Parade 2019 2C is cheering on the Hornets!!!
We had so much fun walking to school this morning and at the parade this afternoon!
Testing our handles for Jack and Jill’s bucket.
Group work in 4B. Working on reading, math, writing, and technology on Fridays.
Twinning is Winning in 2C!
Magic e practice!
4A researching the US regions
Congrats to the students who earned the most Dojo points in their class for being respectful, responsible, and safe!
We are working on creating our own tuffets after reading ‘Little Miss Muffet’.
Westran Seniors taking part in Digital Citizenship day at MACC.
GoNoodle to wake up our brains!
Number explorations in kindergarten!
Meet our WMS Hornet SWAT Team!(Student Wellness Action Team)
Loving the 80s!
We catapulted our cows over the moon after reading ‘Hey Diddle Diddle’
We jumped over the candlestick after reading Jack Be Nimble.
Parade time
5B STUCO Officer Candidate Presentations Today
In Guidance this week, kids learned yoga as part of the Take Five mindfulness program!
Learning about Controlled Experiments in 5B
Regions Project
Graffiti walls with sentences
The JV Football game scheduled for Monday, 9/16 against Salisbury, has been cancelled due to players/quarters.
The MS football game tonight vs OLOL has been moved to Harrisburg and will begin at 6:30pm.
Graffiti walls with addition properties
GOLD CARDS DUE WEDNESDAY
@ 3:30pm!!!
Please help support your Westran Hornet football program by buy helping pay for meals, drinks, senior retreats and more!
#BleedGreen #HornetPride
Learning the Scientific Method with Oobleck in 5B
Making rainbow toast after reviewing our colors.
Math and reading centers 3A
Bubble activity 3A
4A Researching the 50 States
The HS Softball games against Harrisburg on Tuesday, 9/17/19 have been pushed back one day to Wednesday, 9/18/19. However, the MS softball game against Harrisburg on Tuesday, 9/17/19 will continue as scheduled.
4A Discussing Idioms
Working in groups to build things
Time and temperature data and bar graphs 3A
This week the high school has started the afternoon snack break between 7th hour and focus time. Students can take an item off the cart as they head to Focus Time.
These students had the most Dojo points in their class for following The Hornet Way! Way to go!
The Middle School softball team had a fun filled swim party. The girls had a great time! Thank you to the Hayes family for hosting!
4A Subject/Predicate Matching Game
Using measuring tools 3A
4B practicing our idioms
Model airplanes and variables 3A
FIT CLUB has started back up in the mornings. All students grades 7-12 are encouraged to join!
6:45am - 7:45am
Westran Football T-Shirts are in! $15/ea. A schedule is on the back. They are located in the HS office. Email Coach O. to confirm an order! (aolaughlin@westran.k12.mo.us)
National President visit to the Westran Middle School
National FFA President visits the Westran FFA chapter
Human Place Value was a hit in 5A! Creating numbers all the way to the hundred millions place!
Mrs Morris’s mystery box investigators
Saving Fred activity 3A
Find someone who...3A
4A learning teamwork
The MS Football game scheduled for 9/10/19 vs OLLIS has been moved to Fr. Tolton HS in Columbia, MO with a 6:00pm start time.
Mrs. Glasgow and Mrs. Payton received a grant from Wal-Mart. Tablets and apps will be purchased. Thank you Wal-Mart!!
MS softball practice for 8/21/19 will be held inside at the High School from 3:45-4:30. We will meet outside the band/weight room doors.
Thank you Farm Bureau for your generosity!
Itenerary pertaining to the Jamboree this Saturday 8/20/19 @ Knox Co.
Today’s softball scrimmage has been canceled due to wet conditions and forecast.
Pictures will still be at 3:30pm. The football scrimmage is currently still on for 6:00pm.
MS Football practice will begin Monday from 3:00-5:00pm at the HS.
Practice will be from 3:00-5:00pm
Tomorrow:
HS Softball & Football will host their annual Green & White scrimmages:
Softball- 5:00pm (softball field)
Football-6:00pm (practice field)
7th and 8th Grade Open House Registration will be held at the Middle School located in Clifton Hill on Thursday, August 15th and Friday, August 16th from 8:30am - 3pm.
6th Grade Orientation will be held on Tuesday, August 20th at the Middle School located in Clifton Hill beginning at 6:30pm.
Coach O and a couple high school athletes teaching lineman!
Coach Baxley teaching linebacker stance at Elementary Football Camp!
Reminder to all VO-Tech students. You will need to report to the High School on Wednesday August 14th at 11:00. We will have a bus to transport students to Vo-Tech. This will be the first day as Moberly starts school that day. See you then!
Player & Parent Sports Meeting is Sunday @ 4:00PM. The meeting will be in the HS Music Room.
This meeting will cover ALL sports. Please bring any physicals that have been completed.
Westran High School Registration Information:
Please register at the WHS counselor's office from 8:30-11:30am and from 1:00-3:00pm on your designated day.
Seniors: Monday, August 12
Juniors/Sophomores: Tuesday, August 13
Freshmen: Wednesday, August 14
New Students: Wednesday, August 14 or by appointment.
New Students: Please go to our central office building to sign a registration form before August 14 so we can receive your school records before meeting with you.
We look forward to seeing you next week!
ALL students interested in participating in extra-curricular activities must have a completed Physical AND Participation form in order to participate the first day of scheduled practices. These forms are in the HS office and on:
https://mshsaa.org/SportsMedicine/
Corn hole tournament Saturday July 13 at 6:00 p.m. on the high school band field. The cost is 15 dollars a player and all proceeds will go to the Westran baseball team.
4-5 Supply List 2019-20
K-3 Supply Lists 2019-20
Last Recess Ever in 5B
I am going to MISS this group so much! I am looking forward to seeing their growth next year.
Having a refreshing treat at Summer School today!
Mrs. Margie teaching the kids Healthy Nutrition!
Mrs. Margie teaching the kids Healthy Nutrition!
5th grade flying their rockets at summer school.
Thanks to the Huntsville Fire Department for making Summer School so much fun today!
High School Classroom Awards
High School 4th Quarter A Honor Roll
High School 4th Quarter A/B Honor Roll
Moving on Up to Middle School Celebration- Thank you High Hopes and Minutewomen Family and Community Education Clubs of Randolph County
We are HEALTHY HORNETS!!!
Cup Stacking 2 minute group challenge. Field Day was so much fun! Thank you Coach Baxley.
Mrs. Diane Cooper (AKA Mrs. Emmerich's sister) led the elementary in a 20 minute fun, energizing workout this afternoon!
Field Day
Field Day
2C finished Wishtree this week. It was our favorite read aloud of the year and everyone passed the RC test! We put our wishes on the tree outside our window.
More Flat Stanley adventures
Flat Stanley adventures
The Spring sports banquet will be held at 6pm on May 21st in the High School Music room. Booster club is providing pulled pork and drinks. Golf, baseball, and girls track bring chips or side item. Boys track bring desert.
So proud of our Modern Woodmen Speech Contest contestants and winners!!!
Basketball Camp for grades 1-5 starts tomorrow May 20th at the Elementary Gym. Grades 3-5 is 3:30-4:30 while grades 1-2 is 4:30-5:30. Remember these grades are for the 2019-2020 school year.
6th grade had a BLAST at the St. Louis Zoo today!! They represented Westran well!
WHS Students enjoying 5th-7th hours today outside for making the requirements for the 4th Quarter PBS Celebration.
5th graders read their letters from 6th grade! They're getting a lot of great advice for next year!!
First grade enjoying their PBS celebration.
We're proud of our students who were caught being POSITIVE at school this month!! Way to go!!
7th Grade Field Trip to Missouri State Penitentiary in Jeff City.
Field trip to Bethel Park
Field trip to airport
4th Grade presenting our Famous Missourians to the Elementary School today. Tomorrow we will present again at 9 and it's open to the community.
MAP testing is finished at the Middle School! Yay! Students who were caught “giving it their all” got to put a ticket into the incentive drawing. Way to go students AND teachers! Thank you to all who supported and helped fund our MAP incentive program!
Lunch at Bethel Park
2C completed our butterfly life cycle unit. Today we released 4 butterflies in the elementary garden.
Bridge building STEM project in 2C
May Students of the Month for Westran Elementary
MAP Rewards Week Fun in 5th - GOATS
First graders dancing to ‘Baby Shark’ after making shark fins.
These classes had the highest average of book points for April and won the Reading Counts Traveling Trophy for the month! Way to Go!
Best of show Dylan Perry WMS Art Show
Middle school art show 2018-2019. Come check it out tonight!
Middle school art show 2018-2019. Come out tonight!
Creativity at it's best. Kiddos made tops during centers.
Lily enjoying lettuce from our garden.
The Westran School District was on lockdown this afternoon for approximately forty-five minutes. We would like to thank law enforcement for keeping our students and patrons safe and for outstanding communication between them and the Westran School District. The safety of our students is our number one priority and want to thank everybody for their patience and understanding. Have a great evening.
4B success with seed germination.
The Westran Elementary proudly raised $400 for Kidney Disease Awareness through our annual Penny War fundraiser❤️❤️❤️
Winners in the annual Healthy Body Healthy Mind poster contest. Emmalee Kertz & Kiyah Massey 1st place. Ryann Derboven & Kyle Smith 3rd place! Way to go!
The baseball game scheduled to be played tonight in Atlanta has been cancelled due to wet conditions.
Rain forest snack
2C used Cheeze-Its to explore area and perimeter.
The students ROCKED the first day of MAP testing today! The teachers encouraged them with chalk before they ever walked in the doors! Our awesome Middle School parents even encouraged our teachers!
First graders enjoying ‘Monkey Sandwiches’ after learning about the rainforest.
3B students reviewing fractions. Would you rather have 1/2 or 1/12?
These kindergarten and 1st graders were recognized for being RESPECTFUL at school!! Great job!!
Emmalee Kertz (2nd grade), Kiyah Massey (5th grade), and Ryann Derboven (6th grade) won the Healthy Body Healthy Mind poster contest in Moberly last night! Congrats!
Choir trip to Worlds of Fun!
Counting down the days & reminiscing on our “SWEET” school year! 🍍
The baseball game scheduled today vs. Pilot Grove has been cancelled due to wet conditions.
Sophomores using their new headphones for the listening part of the Language II EOC Testing
Composite Shapes
This is a reminder that state testing is taking place this week at the high school. Please get enough rest and make every effort to be at school. Thanks!
The baseball game scheduled today vs. Fayette has been cancelled due to wet conditions.
The Paris MS Track Relays have been cancelled for this afternoon due to wet conditions.
District champs!
The baseball game vs. New Franklin scheduled for today has been cancelled due to wet conditions.
Cleaning up the school for Earth Day.
Tristin Prewitt participated in the MSHSAA State Music Festival today and received a “Gold” Rating, the highest rating possible on her Vocal Solo.
The Junior class invites you to the grand march on 4-27-19 in the high school gymnasium at 7pm.
Using our measuring skills to make our own city in 2B!
Why does a paper clip act like a magnet when it is touching a magnet?
Last week the freshmen and sophomores toured MACC, then did some community service and helped clean up the Huntsville Cemetery.
Mixtures and solutions
Guest Reader today - Autism Awareness book
4B Easter Party - Minute to Win It egg stacking
Easter Egg Hunt
2C celebrated Easter with Peeps Day!!
Mastodon State Park first Grade field trip
Thanks to Valentine Insurance for their support of our MAP Incentive program!!
First grade is loving Mastodon State Park!
Bison hide and mastodon tooth
First touching and looking at artifacts.
Juniors participate in Reality Simulation today.
First grade field trip fun.
The L and C conference baseball games have been moved up one hour tonight due to impending rain. The Hornets will play Scotland Co tonight at 6 pm on Red field #2
Congrats to the students who have been recognized for being RESPECTFUL in April!
Caitlyn Guffey, Maddie Burton, and Kyra Wales attended FBLA State Leadership Conference in Springfield, MO 4/14-4/16/2019.
Rabbit house STEM projects in 2C.
Easter STEM project in 2C.
Thanks to AECI for their DONATION to our WMS MAP incentives program!! Whoot whoot!!
First grade extracting fossils.
Mixtures & Solutions
Second grade had a great field trip to Mark Twain Park today!
Students enjoyed a Movie at Macon Cinema this morning for their perfect attendance 3rd Quarter.
Our student athletes are working hard in Morning Fit Club! Would love to see more of them in here!
Sophomore Tristin Prewitt participated in Central Methodist University’s State Coaching Day to help prepare her for State Music Festival on her Vocal Solo.
5B Learning how the position of the sun changes shadow direction and length☀️
Kindergarten enjoyed the day by practicing their writing skills outside with sidewalk chalk!
First graders are being paleontologists and extracting bones (chocolate chips) from rock (the cookie).
Michael Haynie and Treyton Black posing with Trooper Gipson in front of the Barrel Bob Poster as part of the Buckle Up Phone Down Campaign happening this week at Westran High School to promote driving safety.
Creating dinosaur prints
5B Shadow Experiments
Making and eating a dinosaur snack.
Alexa Summers, from Burrell, presented on Mental Health to our Middle School students. They learned different ways to cope, self care and how outside influences affect mental health.
First grade learned about plants. We can eat all parts of a plant.
We are learning about Dinosaurs in first.
Cozy up and read!
Measuring dinosaurs
8 6th Grade Students participating in NEMO 6th Grade Honor Choir in Troy, MO
Congratulations to these classes for having the most Reading Counts book points in the month of March and winning the Traveling Trophy!
Ms Stephanie and Mrs Conway are promoting autism awareness this month
These 4th and 5th graders were recognized for being RESPONSIBLE at school!! Congrats!!
The Westran Baseball Classic scheduled for tomorrow has been cancelled due to wet conditions
Westran 4th and 5th grade students who scored Proficient or Advanced on the Math and English/Language Arts MAP Test last year. Way to go Hornets!
Westran Elementary 3rd Quarter A Honor Roll
Westran Elementary 3rd Quarter A/B Honor Roll
Westran Elementary 3rd Quarter Hornet Achievers
The MS track meet at Salisbury scheduled for this afternoon has been cancelled due to wet conditions
April Students of the Month
Congrats to these 2nd and 3rd graders for making it on the Character Board for being RESPONSIBLE!!
The HS track meet scheduled for today @ Moberly has been canceled and will not be made up.
These kindergarten and 1st grade students were on the character wall for March for being RESPONSIBLE!!
MS Students of the Month!
The kindergarten telling time using our play dough mats!
Measuring Mass of Matter in 5B
2C making edible sedimentary rocks!
2C Exploring rocks!
Mixture and Solution fun in 5B
Everyone worked hard on their party planning in 2C but I love how Conner thought about hosting a party for people who work hard in our community!
Stuco
More Student Council pictures
Making peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for our How To writing unit.
Student Council having fun at Sky Zone!
The HS track meet for today (4/1) in Fayette has been canceled and will not be made up.
We were ‘busy’ creating our own web after reading The Very Busy Spider.
Working on our own Grouchy Ladybugs.
Westran Middle School would like to shout a big THANK YOU so PK Weis Agency for their donation to our MAP incentive program!
https://www.pkweis.com/
Optimist Pee Wee baseball sign ups are tonight, March 26th at 6:30pm in Elem cafeteria. This is for Huntsville children to play on Huntsville teams.