Thank you, Wildcat family for your tremendous support of our students! Our parents and local businesses donated their time and resources to help celebrate our 6th - 8th grade students leading WES in academic growth during the 3rd Quarter. We are so proud of you, students!









Thank you, Artsbridge, for a wonderful STEAM field trip yesterday! #WErSTEM










Good afternoon, Wildcat family! Congrats to Mrs. Hysell-Strauss on being selected to attend Yellowstone Forever's STEAM Conference @ Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, this summer! We are proud of you & excited our students will learn so much from your experience. #WErSTEM

Congratulations to Maci Zimmer on finishing 5th at the Ohio JH Girls State Tournament!!!


Good morning, Wildcat family! Class picture day and make-ups are this Friday the 21st..

Good morning, Wildcat family! Our 3rd graders are at the Appalachian Ohio Manufacturers' Coalition building @ Broughton learning about manufacturing technology in our region and the importance of teamwork. Thank you AOMC & BB2C! #WErSTEM








Good morning, Wildcat family! This week our KG and 1st grade students were treated to a special reading of the new children's book, "The Lonely Snowman: A Book About Kindness". The local author of the book, Stephanie Fobes, read the book to students and discussed the importance of kindness. This aligns well with our community values of respect and attitude. The book was illustrated by Kathy Allen-Bidwell. Thank you Mrs. Fobes!



Good morning, Wildcat family! Our next Principal's Coffee Hour is tomorrow @ 8:20 am in the WES office. We are looking forward to hearing your ideas and having some great conversations over coffee and donuts. #WErSTEM

A final shout-out for the past week goes out to the Ohio University Russ School of Engineering and ASCENT Project Manager Chris Quolke! Thank for discussing future engineering and robotics opportunities with our Junior High students on Friday. #WErSTEM




Also, we want to give a second shout-out to our parents sponsoring and students participating in Chess Club! We had almost 100 students in Chess club this week. Wow! #WErSTEM










Good evening, Wildcat family! Reflecting back on this past week, I want to give a shout-out to our 8th Grade Basketball boys and coaches. They put together an amazing two year run and we are very proud of them.










Congratulations to our 7th Grade Boys Basketball Team on their big tournament win over Warren this evening! Way to go Wildcats!



Good afternoon, Wildcat family! We want to congratulate our Ohio STEM Learning Network Design Challenge State Finalists: 5th Grader Lillian Jones (Top 5), 7th Grader Carlie Stone (Top 5), and 8th Grader Kady Sheets. We are so proud of you!

Congratulations to the Jr High wrestling team for finishing 4th at the TVC championship! Phallyn Hutchins and Eli Eichmiller are TVC Champions. Maci Zimmer and Mason Strahler finished 3rd in their respected weight classes. Special thanks to Coach Collin for a great season!






Good afternoon, Wildcat family! We want to remind everyone that we have a full day of school on Thursday, February 13th AND Parent Teacher Conferences that same day from 3:30 pm to 8:00 pm.
Good morning, Wildcat family! We want to give a shout out to our local American Legion Auxiliary Post #389 for their RIF program. Yesterday, each of our students were excited to receive a new book through the program. Thank you!



Good evening, Wildcat family! We want to give a shout out to Mrs. Hamrick and Mrs. Baumgard for speaking at the Ohio STEM Learning Network event @ Ohio University yesterday. Great job representing WES! #WErSTEM




Good afternoon, Wildcat family! A huge thanks goes out to everyone who came out to support our Honor Roll students at their Rewards Party last night at the Marietta Roller Rink. We are so proud of you, Wilcat scholars! Part one pics.








Good evening, Wildcat family! You are invited to our District Literacy Committee meeting tomorrow from 4 pm - 5 pm in the WES Library. We will be learning about the County Literacy Contest, our 3-5 ELA teachers visit to Marietta Elementary to learn about CKLA, & discussing HMH.

Honor Roll Reward Party pics part two.







