March is Gifted Education Month, and March 18 is designated as Community Service Learning Day, and our Wildcats celebrated in a very special way! Students from all grade levels wrote encouraging chalk messages at the school entrance for teachers, created a collaborative thank-you poster, painted kindness rocks to spread joy throughout the community, and more. Our 5th graders planned a special day of service where they helped teachers as a way to say thank you for all the support and encouragement shown to them throughout their elementary years. They assisted with morning duty, helped with work, read, and played with other students. It was a special day of service filled with kindness! ❤️🐾

Ms. Holmes, Mr. Veraldi, Mrs. Scoggins, and Mrs. Anderson added a little magic to math time with a fun and tasty Lucky Charms graphing activity! 🍀🌈 Third grade students sorted their cereal by marshmallow shapes (hearts, stars, clovers, and more), counted each group, and created their own graphs to display the data.

Our WW artists have their incredible artwork on display at the Creative Arts Guild this month during the annual Student Arts Expo! Congratulations to all of our talented student artists: PK: Emilia Garcia, Henry Stephens, Sofia De Dios, Isaac Perez Morales, Cora Willey K: Anyre Galindo Brito, Luna Mertz, Collins Camp, William Powell, Adrian Hernandez 1st: Gotham Parker, Emory Santana, Blythe Blackbourn, Jesus Salcido, Ella Carroll 2nd: Nallely Vasquez, Martin Alarcon, Jimena Hijar-Soto, Lyda Douglas, Penelope Hutchins 3rd: Franklin Mateo Diego, Camila Cardoza, Jane Alice Atieno, Mia Williams 4th: Jadiel Ponce Solis, Bonnie White, Striker Silvers, Harper Loftis, Valeria Morales 5th: Juliet Brown, Brentley Austin, Isabella Guana, Bella Courson, Violet Wilson Group Projects: 4th Grade – Portraits 2nd Grade – Castle Special Congratulations to our award winners: Pre-K: Isaac Perez Morales – 3rd Place 3rd Grade: Franklin Mateo Diego – 1st Place 4th Grade: Striker Silvers – Honorable Mention We are so proud of our Wildcats for sharing their creativity and talent with the community! ♥️🐾🎨

Check out this week's Wildcat Weekly for important updates and reminders. https://daltonpublicschoolsga.edurooms.com/engage/westwood-school/newsletters/wildcat-weekly-march-16-20-2026

Our 3rd graders had a great time on their field trip to Cici's Pizza! 🍕 Students learned about fractions in a fun and delicious way. Thank you to Cici’s Pizza for helping make learning so much fun! ♥️🐾

Officer Johnson stopped by to read to Mrs. Landeros’ Pre-K class, and our students had such a great time listening to the story. Thank you, Officer Johnson, for spending time with our young Wildcats and helping make reading fun! ❤️📚🐾

Our Spirit Store will be open Thursday, March 12 and Friday, March 13 at 7:45 AM! 🐾⚽ Items will be available for $1, $2, and $3, so stop by and grab some spirit gear while supporting our DHS and TDA soccer teams! ❤️🐾⚽

🍿🎬 Westwood is Going to the Movies! 🎬🍿

We are excited to announce that Westwood will have the opportunity to go on a school wide field trip to the movies! Students will watch The Super Mario Galaxy.

Location: AMC Theatre, Dalton, GA
Date: Monday, April 13 @9:30am

Permission forms have been sent home in students’ folders. Please be sure to complete and return the form with your payment by March 31.

It’s going to be a fun experience for our Wildcats! ❤️🐾

Spring Book Fair is Coming! 🌸📚

Get ready, Wildcats! Our Spring Book Fair will be open March 23–27. This is a great opportunity for students to discover new books and grow their love for reading.

Make plans to stop by and support our school while finding some amazing books to take home!

Happy reading, Wildcats! ❤️🐾

Mrs. Tighe created a really engaging Jeopardy style math game that helped her students review and demonstrate everything they have learned in Term 3. Students had a great time working in teams while showing off their math skills! 📚🐾

To finish up learning about air transportation this week, students in Mrs. Smith & Mrs. Atkinsons Pre-K class participated in a competition to see which type of air transportation would fly the farthest: a paper airplane or a paper glider.  Students were split up into teams, then the flights began. Mrs. Smith marked each students’ landing with a piece of tape. Then the class compared the lengths of their flights. 

📢 Attention Westwood Families!

Friday, March 13 will be an Early Release Day. Students will dismiss at 12:15 PM. Please note that there will be no ASP on this day.

Monday, March 16 will be a Virtual Learning Day. Students will complete their assignments from home.

We will see our Wildcats back at school on Tuesday, March 17! ❤️🐾

📢Attention 5th Grade Wildcats and Families! 🐾 Hammond Creek Middle School is hosting an informational meeting for all rising 6th graders to help students and families learn everything about middle school. This is a great opportunity to learn about expectations, opportunities, and what to look forward to next year. We encourage all 5th grade families to attend!

Check out this week's Wildcat Weekly for important updates and reminders! https://daltonpublicschoolsga.edurooms.com/engage/westwood-school/newsletters/wildcat-weekly-march-9-13-2026

Congratulations to our Specials Students of the Month! Way to go, Wildcats! ❤️🐾

Thank you to 7 Brew Coffee for delivering a special treat for our staff this morning! A big shout out to their staff members, Keontay and Bo, for their excellent service and for making sure our teachers got their coffee to start the day off right. We truly appreciate your support! ❤️🐾☕️

Join us for the DPS Elementary Soccer Tournament on March 19 from 4:15–8:30 PM at Heritage Point Soccer Complex! Come out and cheer on our Wildcats!They’ve been working hard and are ready to shine on the field! Let’s pack the sidelines and show our support! ♥️⚽️🐾

Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss! 🎉📚 Mrs. Landeros’ class had so much fun celebrating Dr. Seuss’s birthday! We read Green Eggs and Ham and then made our very own green eggs and ham for the students to taste. After trying them, the students voted on whether they liked the green eggs and ham or not. It was such a fun (and yummy!) way to bring the story to life. 💚🍳

Check out this week's Wildcat Weekly for important updates and reminders! https://daltonpublicschoolsga.edurooms.com/engage/westwood-school/newsletters/wildcat-weekly-march-2-6-2026