🚨 Pro Tip! 🚨 We want our 1-3rd graders to memorize their student ID numbers. Is your child struggling? Change the password on his or her device/tablet to their student ID number! They’ll master it in no time! 👏🏻
(Idea courtesy of our own Mrs. Hughes🤩)
We built a lot of new friendships this week and made some progress on our expansion, too!
Please check out our end of week 1 parent letter here: https://5il.co/1ggxf
Reminder: Tomorrow (Friday) is NOT an early release day. We dismiss at 2:55 for K-3.
Spartans, we are having a wonderful first week! Just a reminder, tomorrow 8/19 is NOT an early release day. Early release will begin on Friday, 8/26.
Join us for parent orientation on Monday, August 22nd at 5:30! Questions? Email your classroom teacher!
The back-to-school excitement is building and tomorrow is our FIRST DAY!
To celebrate the first day of school, BPS encourages parents, students, teachers and staff to use the hashtag #okfirstday and tag us @ Bixby Public Schools so we can share in your back-to-school excitement!
We can’t wait to have all of our Spartans back in our classrooms!
Learn Well. Live with Honor. Go Spartans!
🚨 Pro Tip: Our parking lot can be a little confusing to first timers! Come drive the loops before the masses so you have a better idea of how it works. 🚨
Enter the car loop by the marquee! Make sure to read the signs. 🤩
Joining the West Elementary family this year as an Instructional Coach is Mrs. Megan Hill! Megan has been a part of Bixby Public Schools throughout her entire teaching career.
This will be Megan's first year as an Instructional Coach and her 8th year in education. Mrs. Hill spent the last 7 years teaching 1st Grade at East Elementary.
Mrs. Hill has been married to her high school sweetheart, CJ, for 6 years. They love traveling to new places, going to the lake, spending time with family and friends, and cheering on our OSU Cowboys! GO POKES! Mrs. Hill is looking forward to the new school year and joining the West family! It's always a great day to be a Spartan! ❤💙
New PK/K Parents: Come see us and tour the building!
No teacher assignments given!
We’re proud to introduce the next 4 members of our team, The SRO’s!
Officers Adcock, Kendall, Kendrick and Jones make up this mighty group who help keep ALL Bixby campuses, students, staff and family members safe!
They’re often around campus, helping in classrooms or car lines, and forming great relationships with our students. We appreciate all that they do for our community! ❤️💙
It's back to school time and we're SO excited! Check out all the important information here: https://5il.co/1f54i
Next up is the addition of our fabulous part time counselor, Mrs. Kacy Katibeh! Kacy will split her time between West Elementary and Central Elementary this year.
Mrs. Katibeh has lived in the Tulsa area her whole life, and about two years ago, her family relocated here, to Bixby! Kacy is a Jenks graduate and after completing her degree in elementary education, she returned there to teach. Mrs. Katibeh spent five years as a pre-k teacher and during that time, she completed her master’s degree in school counseling. Kacy continued her stay at Jenks, working as a school counselor with intermediate grade students for the last six years. During that time, Mrs. Katibeh went back to school and became certified as a school administrator. After eleven wonderful years at Jenks, we are thrilled to have added her to the Spartan family. Mrs. Katibeh is beyond thrilled to return to her roots as an elementary educator, because the littles truly have her heart.
Kacy has four children, three girls and then, finally, a little boy and they absolutely keep Kacy and her husband busy! Mrs. Katibeh is almost always at a game or heading to a practice, but she loves it! Her favorite thing to do for herself is to cook.
Mrs. Katibeh promises to do the very best for each of your children, every day. If she can be of any assistance to you, your child, or your family, please never hesitate to reach out.
Let’s make this school year fantastic, together! Welcome to the Spartan family, Kacy! We are SO glad you are here!
Also new to the Kindergarten team is Mrs. Melissa Still!
Mrs. Still is thrilled to teach kindergarten at Bixby West! She previously taught PreK in Jenks for 10 years and is passionate about early childhood education. Melissa has been married to her husband, Fontaine, for 20 years and they have 2 children. Dru will be starting his sophomore year at Brown University in the fall and their daughter, Eva, will be a junior at Metro Christian Academy.
On the weekends you can find the Still Family cheering for the Arkansas Razorbacks or attending a volleyball tournament for their daughter. Melissa is so excited to meet everyone; it's going to be a fantastic year!
Mrs. Still joins the most incredible kindergarten team including Mrs. Sloat, Mrs. Scully, Mrs. Coupe, Mrs. Sumler and Ms. Abbott! It's going to be the BEST year in kindergarten!
Up next for our introductions is another 2nd Grade teacher, Mrs. My Sherrie Fritz! 🥳
Mrs. Fritz is excited to be joining West! This will be her 19th year to teach. Mrs. Fritz loves watching students gain self confidence and master skills they didn’t think they could. Hearing how a former student is doing it is the biggest joy for her. 😍
Sherrie is married to Steven. They have one daughter, Mackenzie, who is 7 and one fur baby, Macie, that is 11. They are both spoiled! The Fritz family bleeds orange and can be found at OSU football games during the fall. When they are not cheering on the Pokes they are usually at Mackenzie’s activities.
Mrs. Fritz is looking forward to getting to know everybody in the West community. It’s going to be a fabulous year!
We’re SO excited you’ve joined the Spartan family, Sherrie!! 💙❤️💙❤️
It's hard to believe but the start of the 22-23 school year is just about a month away!! It's time to start introducing some of the newest members of the West Elementary family.
Up first: Mrs. Hailee Speir joins the Spartan family! Mrs. Speir will be entering her 3rd year of teaching. She has been lucky enough to spend all three years in 2nd grade. Hailee loves the 2nd grade age group and seeing all the growth that happens throughout the year.
Mrs. Speir grew up in Broken Arrow where she spent her first two years teaching. She is SO excited to become a Spartan! In her free time, Hailee loves reading, traveling, scary movies and hanging out with her husband and their dog, Luna.
Mrs. Speir joins the 2nd Grade team of Mrs. Kinnamon, Mrs. Hamilton, Ms. Cardwell, Ms. Banister, Mrs. Diffee, and Mrs. Fritz!
Hailee, we are SO thrilled you are a member of the West family!!
And that's a wrap on the 2021-2022 school year!
On behalf of the staff of West Elementary: Thank you for sharing your children with us this year and being a part of the West Family! We have loved each and every moment. Learning goals were smashed, memories were made and friendships bloomed.
We hope you have a safe and fun summer! Stay up late, get the extra scoop of ice cream, read a few books, play a bunch of games as a family, and make those memories. We cannot wait to open our arms and hearts to you in August.
With Lots of Love,
Ms. McNamara and all the Westies
Today is National Speech Pathologist Day! 👏🏻👏🏻
West Elementary is so very thankful for Mrs. Thorton, Mrs. Hughes and Mrs. Gammill who do so much more than just help us with our “r’s” and “l’s”! ❤️💙
Thank you for going above and beyond every day, ladies. You make our world better! 🙌🏻
Did you know that you can be done school supply shopping for NEXT year before THIS year is even over?
All you need to do is go to www.educationalproducts.com/shoppacks and enter the West Elementary code (WES588) and purchase the packs you need for next year. Intermediate packs are available too. The packs will be delivered to school before the first day of school.
So easy! Deadline is May 30th!
Oops, We did it again!
Great Expectations Model School TWO years in a row! Congratulations students and teachers!
