Students Place in National Spanish Exam
All Spanish students participated in the National Spanish Exam. The National Spanish Examinations are online, standardized assessment tools for Grades 6 -12, given by over 3,800 teachers throughout the...
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State Titles & Track Records Set!
This past weekend Westwood’s Varsity Track team headed to the TAPPS State Track Meet at Baylor University’s brand new track facility. The Westwood School’s boys and girls teams each had their best ever...
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Deep in the Heart of Texas
As part of their cultural studies, Preschool students have been eagerly learning about North America and where they live. One room parent recently visited to give a short presentation on the United...
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Creativity Challenge in UE
In a series of lectures this summer, Dr. Shelly Carson, a professor from Harvard University. shared tools to activate creative thinking in students. The Upper Elementary students are using these tools...
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Sidewalk Chalk Algebra
Last week in Algebra 1, Middle School students took their knowledge of inequalities outside and tested their skills in the parking lot. Each student was given a problem to solve and a stick of chalk....
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Chinese Club Celebrates Moon Festival
Last week Chinese Club members celebrated the Chinese Moon Festival by making their own moon cakes from scratch. The Mid-Autumn Festival is the second grandest festival after the Spring Festival in...
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A Win for Lower School Volleyball!
The Lower School Volleyball team had another win last Thursday night when they played against Kramer! The Westwood School’s Preschool and Elementary (1st-5th grade) students participate in the Town...
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Spanish Language in Preschool
Preschool students have been participating in a variety of activities including grace and courtesy, dialogues, music, dance, and even games. Spanish Class provides a foundation for successful life-long...
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Confucius Day at UTD
As an extension of the cultural experience in Mandarin class, the entire Elementary level joined the Confucius Day celebration at UT-Dallas university campus. This year’s main theme of Confucius Day...
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Biographies and Adventure Novels in MS
In Middle School, students engage in prolonged writing that allows them to strengthen interpersonal, research, and critical thinking skills which are instrumental in High School and beyond. Grade 7...
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High School Presents Bye Bye Birdie
The cast and crew of Bye Bye Birdie would like to extend a special thank you to everyone that came to their performances last weekend! It was a wonderful weekend of shows with great audiences both...
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The Lower Elementary Students did an outstanding job portraying the history of Thanksgiving to the Westwood Community during their Thanksgiving Play. Watch a short clip from the performance below....
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Upper Elementary Loves the New Lab Space
Upper Elementary students are enjoying the new Science and Computer Lab, previously UE2, as they work on subject collaboration assignments during their Design Studio. The lab space allows the students...
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Upper School House Feast
Upper School students came together for the Annual Thanksgiving House feast in the Black Box. All students helped by contributing a dish to their house table. This is always a great time for students...
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Farmers Branch Poster Contest Winners
Lower Elementary students recently participated in the Farmers Branch Fire Department Poster Contest. Students were instructed to illustrate the message: Hear the Beep Where You Sleep, a message about...
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Cartographers in Upper Elementary
Upper Elementary students are currently working on their map skills in History and Geography, expanding on the land forms learned in Lower Elementary and Preschool. All of the Upper Elementary students...
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Preschool Explores Croatian Culture
What do parachutes, mechanical pencils and alternating electrical current have in common? Their inventors (Faust Vrancic, Eduard Slavoijub and Nicola Tesla) were all from Hrvatska. In English, we call...
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Who Was the Sugar Plum Fairy?
After reading the story of the Nutcracker, each first year student in LE recreated a scene from the story and with a written caption below their drawing. Each scene was attached to a poster board and...
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“Extraordinary” Craft Sale
The second annual Holiday Craft Sale held last week was a festive and joyful event! The event was purely student driven as they presented the idea to the UE teachers and Mrs. Lourcey last year....
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Intense Intestines in Upper Elementary
Usually we help our students learn that to solve a problem we need to unravel it, but during our Grade 6 human anatomy lesson they were asked to solve a problem by raveling it. Specifically they had 23...
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