West Side School District

Just a reminder: if you have a child in elementary and plan to eat Thanksgiving Lunch with them, forms and money are due Friday, October 17th!

🎓 Attention Sophomore, Junior, and Senior Families!
You're invited to our College & Career Day at West Side High School!

📍 Brady-Hipp Arena
📅 Friday, October 17
⏰ 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Meet with 30+ college admissions reps and career professionals — all ready to help your student plan for life after high school. Don’t miss this exciting opportunity to explore what’s next!

🎀 Red Ribbon Week is October 27–31!

Join us as we celebrate this long-standing drug prevention campaign with dress-up days, fun activities, and important conversations about living a healthy lifestyle.

👕 Dress-Up Days vary slightly for Elementary & High School – check below for details!

We’re excited for a fun and meaningful week ahead! 💪❤️

Mrs. Cherie recently made paper with Mrs. Danielle's 1st graders!

Mrs. Teresa's Elementary GT students recently visited Heber Springs as part of their unit on Arkansas. They visited the William Carl Garner Visitor Center, JFK Lookout, Greers Ferry National Fish Hatchery, and Collins Creek. https://www.canva.com/design/DAG1NsWtLfs/B_fjadAFLMbKnVLZak9KEg/edit?utm_content=DAG1NsWtLfs&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=sharebutton

October is National Book Month, so if you have a child, grandchild, niece, nephew, neighbor, or friend with children between the ages of 0 and 5, it's the perfect time to enroll them in Dolly Parton's Imagination Library! This program sends free books to children each month! Over 301,076,331 books have been sent around the world in the thirty years of the program! https://imaginationlibrary.com/check-availability/?mc_cid=0e153b3d08&mc_eid=f4782a70ab

West Side yearbook staff would like to thank Harps Food Services for their donation to the 2026 yearbook!

We want to extend our deepest gratitude to the community for your continued support of our Fall Festival each year. A heartfelt thank you also goes out to the businesses listed below—your generosity and involvement mean the world to us.

If we’ve inadvertently overlooked your business, please don’t hesitate to let us know so we can recognize your support.

Parents & guardians, don’t forget early dismissal today @ 2 pm followed by parent-teacher conferences from 3 to 7 pm. Fall break Fri-Tues, students return to school Wed 10/15. Staff development Tue 10/14.

Congratulations to Izzy & Harper for their SOARing attitudes! #UnlockingGreatness

Wednesday was a banner day for the West Side eSports teams! For the first time in program history, a West Side Smash Bros. B team was victorious. The newly-formed "Nuggie Munchers" - consisting of Tucker Polley, Mason Parks and Thomas Shue - pulled out a come-from-behind win over Greene County Tech, 3-2. Polley went 2-0 (with a 4-1 game record) and Shue gutted out the deciding win.
The Smash Bros. A Team was leading Izard County STEM 2-1 when connectivity issues at IC forced a reschedule to complete play. West Side's Tadeo Hernandez is currently one game victory away from securing the match win and will face IC STEM's Caleb Johnson when play resumes..

Crews will be refinishing the basketball courts of Brady-Hipp Arena and Gathright Gym during the fall break. No one should be on the floors Friday through Monday. Normal activities can continue Tuesday.

PreK finished their unit on Community Helpers with a visit from our police and fire department! We so appreciate our community helpers for all they do for us!

The Shakespeare Show, put on my Theatre Squared out of Fayetteville, covered the 10 tragedies of Shakespeare for West Side's high school today, October 7. In addition to learning literature, culture and history, several students were also invited to participate in the final scene of the show.

The West Side Beta team attended the regional fall leadership conference in Benton, AR. All students qualified for nationals in their respective categories.
Being Better Betas: Sadie Davis, Marley Hunt, Danielle James, Lexi England, and Desiree Smith
Beta Blitz: Ava Mason, Alyssa Bittle, Eden Murphree, McKenzzie Branscum, and Lilli Southerland
Collaboration Connection: Mallory Smith, Jaiden Bible, Jenah Ramsey, Morrison Holcomb, Dawson Baker, and Eden Murphree
Project Proposal: Deuce Whillock, Ty Wallace, Leo Stark, Shyenne Carlton, and Jaiden Bible
These students will compete in the national conference in Nashville this coming June.
Go West Side Beta!

Mrs. Robin's 5th Grade Science Students recently did a lab to determine if mixing two or more substances would equal a new substance.

The Junior Girls Cross Country team competed today at Lamar with about 100 runners in the field. For West Side, Faith Olive finished 37th, Madison Stevens 41st, and Everleigh Palenske 42nd.

West Side's boys golf team captured 3rd place in the State Golf Match today, ending the season at Turkey Mountain Golf Course at Horseshoe Bend. As he did in most of the regular season matches, Mason Hart (center in photo) had the low score for the Eagles with an 85. Others scoring were (from left to right) Laiden Lindsey, 90; Jessy Nail ,108; and Keegan Towell 95. The team is coached by Luke Cornett.

On Thursday October 2, the West Side yearbook class toured Central Baptist College in Conway, Arkansas. Students spoke to the communications department head, learned about media platforms like newspapers and podcasts that they can start back home, and were given a personalized tour by West Side Alum Zack Birmingham.

Remember that Parent-Teacher Conferences are Thursday, Oct. 9th from 3-7 pm. School dismisses at 2 pm!