Westside High School

Basketball Season is upon us, Warriors! Monday, November 6th will begin the season for both Warrior basketball teams. ❤🤍🏀 The Lady Warriors are scheduled to play at Pocahontas next week in a tournament. The Warrior basketball team will jumpstart their schedule with the Red/White & Alumni Games & BBQ Dinner Fundraiser all starting at 4pm on Monday, November 6th! Be sure to join the Warriors in all the fun!

WHS took a crew of GREAT students to the Sonic in Bono today for their ACT Aspire reward. Thanks to the staff at Sonic for your help with our unexpected drop in.

📣Senior Night Presentation 📣 for Football will take place on Friday, November 3, 2023 at Warrior Stadium. Senior football players and their parents need to meet at the concession stand by 6:10 p.m. and the presentation will start at 6:20 p.m. ❤🤍🏈

The Curious Savage by John Patrick will be performed at the Westside High School Fine Arts Center, November 10th &11th at 7:00pm. and Nov. 12th at 2:00pm. Admission is $3.00 for Students and $5.00 for Adults which can be purchased at the door on the dates of the performances. This 3 act comedy has delightful twists involving a widow who inherited millions of dollars from her husband and wants to use the money to help others realize their hopes and dreams. Her grownup stepchildren want the money for themselves and commit the widow to a "sanatorium" hoping to "bring her to her senses." Instead, the widow leads the self-serving stepchildren on a hilarious chase for the inheritance, while befriending the charming "guests" of the sanatorium. ~Directed by Rita Johnson Cast: Mrs. Savage JESSICA GILBERT Lilli Belle Savage EMMA ISHMAEL Samuel Savage KEIGAN MASON Titus Savage LANDON TRIBBLE Hannibal HOLDEN HARLAN Jeffery CARSON BRINKLEY Florence EMERSON KIMBERLING Fairy Mae RUBY KATE SAMPLE Ms Paddy KYLEE GEAN Ms Willett LILLIAN FELTS Dr Emmett DYLAN MILLER Asst Director: Rebecca Baker Stage Managers: Avah Davis and Madison Baker

Every Day ... Every Class ... Attendance Matters! ❤🤍

During Red Ribbon Week at WHS, RAAD (Rise Above Alcohol & Drugs), Out of the Dark, and Project Prevent are hosting Prevention Lunch and Learns for our high school students. Here Shamal Carter and Shaina Doherty are presenting on the dangers of vaping and holding some deep conversations about real life temptations and consequences.

Baseball camp shirt orders are due Thursday, October 26th by 9a.m. Camp registration is open until the day of with early registration ending Friday, November 3rd at 9a.m.

As part of Red Ribbon Week at WHS, students had a presentation by Mrs. Carol Little (11-12 grade counselor) about bullying. We appreciate the attention that students gave her during this time. Afterwards, we rewarded students growth and achievement on the ACT Aspire test from last Spring. Student incentives won today were: 15 Sonic lunches on Halloween, 4 “Warrior Feathers” that will grant the winner $25 on Amazon, 10 “Warrior Gear” winners, 1 Apple AirPods, 1 Nintendo Switch Lite, and 1 PlayStation 4. Due to the hard work of our students in last Spring’s tests, WHS had an increase on our State Report Card again this year.

Members of the Westside Interact Club attended the Jonesboro Rotary lunch today. Today is World Polio Day. Guest speaker Dr. Jennifer Dillaha spoke about how Rotarian efforts have helped to almost eradicate the Polio virus worldwide. We learned how, during Polio outbreaks, children were marked with a purple pinky finger to indicate that they had been vaccinated. Dr. Dillaha is the Director of the Arkansas Department of Health. It was very informative to hear her talk about viruses and vaccines. One of the missions of Rotary and Interact club is to spread hope to the world. What great hope we have in knowing that viruses can be researched and their harmful effects be stopped worldwide! If your student would like to join the Interact Club have them contact Mrs. Sample Wright. Pictured from left to right: Addison Shelton, Landon Neal, Braxton Newman, Dr. Jennifer Dillaha, Dax Hogan, Stacy Sample Wright, Zachary May, and Dylan Graham in the front.

The WHS Baseball Team will be hosting a Baseball Skill Camp for 3rd - 8th grades on Saturday, November 4th. The registration form is attached or you can find one in your child's school office.

Every Day....Every Class

Our WHS AFJROTC cadets went to the Little Rock Air Force Base today to watch “The Thunderbirds.” They were able to get “backstage pass” treatment complete with cockpit viewing. What a great experience for our cadets!!! Thank you to those who made it happen.

Warrior Events for October 23rd - 28th 10/23 - WMS Health Fair 10/23 - 6pm - WES PTO Meeting - Cafeteria 10/24 - 6pm - 3rd Grade Black Light Program - FAC 10/26 - 5:50pm - Jr Football vs Highland @ Home 10/27 - 7pm - Sr Football vs Highland - Away 10/28 - WHS Sr Choir All Region Auditions - JHS 10/28 - WHS Band - AState Open @ ASU

Westside families and community members, Westside Middle School will be hosting a Health Fair on Monday, October 23, 2023 from 4-6pm in the cafeteria. An array of health vendors will be on site as well as screenings for high blood pressure, various lab work and the St. Bernard's Mobile Mammography Bus. Appointments will need to be made for the mobile bus at 870-336-4241. Let's stay healthy this fall and winter, Warriors! ❤🤍

Warriors, WHS Band Boosters has some new apparel designs that just hit the Spirit Store! Be sure to visit the store during the football game tonight against Pocahontas! ❤🤍

During WHS intervention/enrichment time this morning, I stopped into Ms. Blacks room. She was having an “Enlightenment Salon” enrichment activity with her group. This was a GREAT example student engagement and sharing. Some of the talents that students shared was: Poetry Singing Drawings Students also had a very honest discussion of “Post-COVID Anxiety.” The openness, honesty, and respect given to the students talking was amazing to see.

The Westside Warrior Cross Country Team made a BIG statement today at the District Meet. Our senior boys and junior boys won district and our junior girls came in second! Also, Cayden Wortham is the senior high boys district champion and Mia Spangler is the junior high girls district champion. Lastly, Coach Alex Berry won the outstanding coach award!! Way to go Warriors! #itsagreatdaytobeawarrior ❤️🤍 Senior Boys All Conference: Cayden Wortham James Meredith Sebastian Arrieta Spencer Mooneyhan Senior High Girls All Conference: Vada Watkins Junior High Boys All Conference: Reed Harris Drew Woods Matthew Sellers Jesse Dodson Kason Carter Jonathan Watson Junior High Girls All Conferencence: Mia Spangler Kaylee McClellan Dawn Barnes

The Red/White Boys Basketball Game t-shirt order forms are due tomorrow, Wednesday, October 18th! Please send forms to your child's school office. 🏀👕

WHS Senior, Colton Carter, has been nominated for the Yarnell's Sweetest Play of the Week through KAIT8 for powering his way for the go-ahead score during our Friday night game with Harrisburg. Warrior Nation, let's show Colton our pride in voting for his play through this great campaign! Congratulations, Colton! ❤🤍 https://www.kait8.com/2023/10/14/vote-yarnells-sweetest-play-week-101323/ (Voting starts Sunday at 8:00am on kait8.com and on the K8 News app. Yarnell’s will deliver free ice cream and donate money to the booster club of the winning school.)

Westside Schools conducted "Code Adam" drills for heart safety today at all three schools. Each school surpassed expectations from the Arkansas Children's Heart Institute guidelines coordinated by Mr. Charles Wooley. Westside Consolidated is now one of the only districts in Northeast Arkansas that is certified as a Heart Safe School! ❤🤍 Special thanks to Medic One Ambulance Service, Bono Volunteer Fire Department and Westside Staff for their time and knowledge.