Waterford Elementary

Wildcat JH Basketball is underway. We wish you the best of luck, student-athletes!

Good evening, Wildcat family! Our District Literacy Committee will be meeting tomorrow from 4 pm - 5 pm in the WES Library to discuss Ohio's Science of Reading Recognition Program, the new HMH phonics and phonemic awareness piece, & next steps in the curriculum adoption process.

Good evening, Wildcat family! We took a big step forward today in our journey to become one of the first K-8 schools in Ohio to earn a STEM designation. We had an excellent STEM visit from OSLN STEM Director Dr. Jenny Hileman. Thank you, OSLN and OU, for your support! #WErSTEM

Chess Club is back @ WES! 58 students attended today. Thank you, Waterford Coalition, for making this happen! This represents another step forward in our PBIS program. #WErSTEM

Veterans Day Program pictures part II.

Happy Veterans' Day, Wildcat family! We appreciated hosting several of our local veterans at our recent Veterans' Day program. Thank you for your service and sacrifice.

Our staff had a fantastic day of learning at the annual Washington County Common Professional Development Day last week. Thank you, Warren Local, for hosting. #WErSTEM

Good evening, Wildcat family! We want to congratulate our Marietta Times Scary Artworks winners! In our Ohio Valley region 2nd Grader Bailey Britton was 2nd and Loxley Hooper was 3rd, 3rd Grader Blake Tornes was 2nd, 4th Grader Lillian Berg was 1st and Aniston Buckley was 2nd, 5th Grader Eleanor Arthur was 1st and London Spung was 2nd, 6th Grader Emily Tornes was 1st and Bryson Harlow was 2nd, 6th Grader Lilith Ames was 3rd, 7th Grader Carlie Stone was 2nd, 8th grader Kaitlyn Ransom was 1st, and 8th grader Ryleigh Harding was 2nd and Cambria Wickham was 3rd. Thank you students and Mrs. Hysell-Strauss for your creativity and hard work! #WErSTEM

Good evening, Wildcat Family! Principal's Coffee Hour is tomorrow, November 7th, @ 8:20 am in the WES Office. You are invited to come on in and share your ideas over some coffee & donuts. Also, we look forward to continuing our PBIS discussion.

Good afternoon, Wildcat family! Building Bridges to Careers has their annual Family Career Fest on November 7th from 4 pm to 7 pm at the Washington County Fairgrounds Jr. Fair Building for local students in grades 7-12. Please check-out the attached flyer for more info. #WErSTEM

Good morning, Wildcat family! Our annual WES Veterans' Day Program will be this Thursday, November 7th @ 1:15 pm in the Cooper. The community is welcome to come and join our students in honoring our veterans' service. Doors open @ 12:45 pm.

WES Halloween Parade 2024!

WES Halloween Concert - excellent job, Waterford Band & Director Leach! Thank you.

WES Halloween 2024 - thank you, PTO!

Halloween STEM @ WES! #WErSTEM

Good morning, Wildcat family! Congratulations to Lilith Ames and Norman Pritchard for finishing 1st and 3rd, respectively, in the Marietta Times Scary Stories Contest for area 6th graders. Besides being in the newspaper on Wednesday, they will also get to record their stories and have them aired on WMOA. We are so proud of you! #WErSTEM

Good evening, Wildcat family! We are proud of our group of teachers attending the Ohio ITIP Google Conference and can't wait to see what exciting STEM teaching tools they will be bringing back to use with our students! #WErSTEM

WE would like to thank this awesome group for arranging our lost and found closet! If your child is missing an article of clothing, water container, lunch box or pair of shoes it is in here. Please stop by the entrance of our building and take a peak! See you soon!

ROAR Week! At the ROAR Recess, the students who met the 25 required signatures will receive Ice Cream with toppings. We are going to supply the Ice Cream, but are asking for donations of toppings from those who want to contribute. I am attaching a picture for ideas! Thank you!

Good evening, Wildcat family! We had a fantastic 8th grade FB Night, Teacher Tailgate, and Pep Rally yesterday. Congratulations on a great season, JH FB!