Westgate Elementary

Congratulations to Kori Cannon, kindergarten teacher at Westgate Elementary School, on being named the 2027 ESD 123 Regional Teacher of the Year!

Ms. Cannon's passion for helping every student succeed shines through her innovative teaching, strong partnerships with families and leadership within her school. From transforming Westgate's Kindergarten Home Visit Program to strengthening family engagement and school culture, she has made a lasting impact on students, families and colleagues.

As the ESD 123 Regional Teacher of the Year, Ms. Cannon will represent our region as one of nine finalists for the 2027 Washington State Teacher of the Year.

Please join us in congratulating Ms. Cannon on this well-deserved honor!

Hey Wildcats, we're getting close to the end of this school year!

We will be revealing the house competition winners on Monday morning before breakfast - we'll release the result online afterwards.

Monday is also the last day that library books are due back - if your student has library books at home, please send them back in to Mrs. Hillman.

Friday June 5th will be an early release day at 11:27am.

We have a few shout outs:
Mr. Russell says: Shout out to the kids who helped ​me keep things cleaner this week, especially Esequiel, Mudassir, Raegan and Ada.

Mrs. Dunn says: Shout out to Yaretzy, Damien and Angel for their perseverance in State testing. They persevered and worked hard finish all of their testing this week!

Mrs. DeWolf says: Shout out to kinder team for putting together an AMAZING celebration of learning and PLCs! It was so fun to see all the work our entire school team has done to guarantee exceptional learning and growth for every student at Westgate!
Shoutout to Abe, Alijah, Lorenzo, Austin, Elaine, Corbin, Matteo, Dante, Esteban, Elias, Diego, and Mimi for working so hard despite all the schedule changes! Way to do hard things!

Have a good weekend Wildcats!