West Gate K-8

Our book vending machine is up in action! Thank you to all who came out for our ribbon cutting ceremony!

Our students are so incredibly lucky to have the commitment of our community partner, Children's Services Council of St. Lucie County, who are investing in our Mustangs future by assisting in our book supply! We thank you all for recognizing the importance and impact of literacy! Especially thankful for Bookman’s appearance around campus today! 📚 ✏️💙

Big Shout Out to our wonderful WestGate PTO for hosting our Staff Appreciation Week!! You Rock!!!!

Summer Camp Opportunity for students in grades 2-8.

& they are off! 8th grade boy bus hits the road to gradventure!

Mrs. Davis’ first grade class celebrated school nurses week by writing our very own school nurses thank you cards!

West Gate K-8 wants to send a TREMENDOUS shout-out to our PTO (WestGate PTO)for spoiling everyone this week with the most thoughtful, colorfully themed staff appreciation week of belly-filling and creative gift-giving. They considered all staff, food preferences, testing limitations and so much more. Each of our PTO parents are always so welcoming, cheerful, and very grateful for the work that we do behind these walls.
Thank you for trusting us with your children each day and thank you for your generosity of time, we know how very precious it is. It does take a village and our partnership with our families is of the utmost importance.
Thank you again!
The Mustang Family

Our kindergarten classes are ready for FIRST grade!!!! They did an amazing job today for their families and teachers. We are so proud of our Mustangs! We present the high school graduating class of 2036!

Attention Grade 6-8 Parents!!!
10 day countdown to the Mustang Melee! $5 pay to play

Grade 6 Melee 1:30pm Thursday May 23rd
Grade 7 Melee 10:00am Friday May 24th
Grade 8 Melee 10:00am Thursday May 23rd

Payment can be handed into homeroom teacher or through School Pay (preferred).
https://www.schoolpay.com/pay/for/Mustang-Melee-2024/SedLydf

Student Council hosted a diaper drive for the Hands & Feet Organization. Thank you to all who donated to our drive!

University of Florida Literacy Institute hosted a night full of books, reading activities and food for our students who participated in our tutoring program!

West Gate K-8s Literacy team partnered with PBIS to purchase a book vending machine for our mustangs! Students will exchange PBIS bucks for a literacy coin to purchase a book! Literacy is love.
“There is no substitute for books in the life of a child” - Mary Ellen Chase. ❤️🖤🐎📚

Student Council visited City Hall today! We learned about district zones, sanitation, traffic lighting system and PSLPD gave a K-9 demonstration! ❤️🖤🐎

Save the date for our upcoming Spring Concert on May 9th!!!

Aloha! It is almost time again to welcome our friends from back! They will join us on Friday, May 10, 2024 for our monthly Kona Day celebration! Below is the link to purchase your Kona for May. Purchases must be pre-paid and cash will not be accepted for this event.

K-8: https://customer.kona-ice.com/ #/K1392033120

Proceeds from this fundraiser will be used by West Gate K8 to enhance our school community, including school involvement activities, student and staff recognitions, and other expenses deemed appropriate by the principal and/or school advisory committee.

Today, students are sorting context clues out of "spaghetti intestines," pulling relevant details from "cauliflower brains," and looking for signal words in "gumball eyeballs" while working collaboratively to review previously taught content!

Ms. Wetherall’s 7th grade science classes completed a mini lab last week! The students were to use different utensils that served as the beaks of the finches that Charles Darwin’s observed. They would then see how much food they could collect in a certain amount of time. After that, they would compare which beak would allow for greater chances of survival. They also practiced recording data and creating graphs to show and compare their results

Our incredible teachers have been learning new ways to teach vocabulary for the past several weeks during the morning "vocab club". They have been diving deep into conversations around how to create fun and "sticky" ways for students to learn and remember the MANY terms students need each year in each subject, as well as common misconceptions and testing traps they may see.

Today, student council partnered with the USDA Canal Point Lab employees and planted sugar cane on campus. They learned about the varieties and how to grow it. Our visitors will return to help with harvest. The school garden is really expanding.

Happy almost Earth Day! 🌎 🌱 🪴
Garden clean up was a success!!!

Tomorrow is garden day! 🪴Please bring a water cup, lunch, sunscreen, hat, SPF, yard gloves and tools! See you in the morning! ☀️

Today our Girls on the Run team completed a 5K at West Side Church. The girls did great, and we are so proud of them!

Kindergarten is have a fin-tastic day at SeaWorld! 🐬 🦭🪼🦈

Student Council met this morning!
We discussed Garden day 🪴, naming our garden 🌱 & received milkweed from the live monarch foundation! 🦋

Last chance to order your West Gate Yearbook! The deadline has been extended to April 21st.

Order online today!
https://store.shopyearbook.com/west-gate-k-8-yearbook-2023-2024

If you're in need of assistance please call 855-537-0050 option 3.

Our 8th Grade Dance is coming soon! This is only for currently enrolled 8th grade students at West Gate. ♥️🖤

It is with profound sadness that we share the heartbreaking news of the passing of our beloved West Gate K-8 teacher, Mrs. Josie Maldonado, and her husband, Luis, in a tragic car accident this past weekend. Mrs. Maldonado was a beacon of light in our community, touching the lives of students with her kindness, dedication, and passion for teaching.

During this incredibly difficult time, we come together as a community to support their family. For those who wish to extend their condolences and offer support, a GoFundMe page has been set up.

Let us hold the family in our thoughts and prayers as we remember and celebrate the wonderful legacy Josie and Luis leave behind.

Donate to Support the Family of Josie and Luis, organized by Emalee West It is with heavy hearts that we share the devastating news of the sudden passing of o… Emalee West needs your support for Support the Family of Josie and Luis

Shout out to everyone who came out to support West Gate K-8’s Lemonade Stand Fundraiser!!

All money raised helps fight childhood cancer and is donated to Alex’s Lemonade Stand.