Due to worsening weather conditions, today’s conferences have been canceled.
Today’s conferences will have a two hour delay. Start time will be 10:00 a.m.
Showing students some love with Valentine's Day cinnamon rolls! Of course we have chili as our entree - a classic combination! Our chili is made from locally-grown and donated beef.
USD #111 will not have school today, Feb. 9, 2023. If you are out this morning, please be careful and safe driving.
The Kindergarten classes are preparing for KC Chiefs' Big Day! GO CHIEFS!!
The National School Counseling Week is being celebrated this week. Elementary students donated a quarter to help purchase a gift for our Social Worker, Mr. Peterson. He sat in his new chair beside his cooler of snacks during morning bus duty. Students helped decorate his door with thoughtful comments and a dinner was provided by the staff. We love Mr. Peterson! 
Mustangs will have fun dressing up daily to show our Super Bowl Spirit!
The Sixth Grade Students became teachers this week!
The Sixth Grade classes have been studying Claim, Evidence, and Reasoning (CER) through TV commercials. For their final project, they developed a lesson plan and an experiment to teach the Third and Fourth Graders about CER!
This year’s Conservation Poster Award Winners. The theme was Healthy Soil, Healthy Life! All students K-6 participated last fall! Congratulations to the Doniphan West Award Winners.
7-12th grade
1st place: Aliza Tracy (3rd at STATE!)
2nd place: Emmy Gibson
4-6th grade
1st place: Rylee Peuker
2nd Place: Londynn Kleinschmidt
3rd place: Elliot Lorenz
2-3rd grade
1st place: Eliza Johnson
2nd place: Henley Fuhrman
3rd place: Mya Hennigan
K-1st grade
1st place: Paisyn Petrik
2nd place: Timberli Heinrich
3rd place: Paisley Falk
Doniphan West Elementary Preschool and Kindergarten Roundup Dates have been set. Please check out the flyer attached.
Free Developmental Screening dates for children ages 3-5 living in Doniphan County have been set. Please call the school to set up a screening for your child.
D-West Screening Dates:
Friday- March 24th
Thursday - April 13th
This is 962 pounds of locally-grown beef destined to fuel the minds and bodies of DWest students! Thanks to our donor (who wishes to remain anonymous), DWest was able to get this beef processed at Diamond C Foods in Atchison. The donor can get a tax write-off, and DWest gets high quality food at a great price!
USD 111 Doniphan West Schools will have a 2 hour delay start today, January 19. Breakfast will be served. There will be no morning pre-school classes. Afternoon pre-school will be as normal.
On Thursday, December 15th, 2nd grade took an afternoon field trip to Van's Model Trains in Fairview. They were amazed with their detailed train displays. Thank you, Cleo and Elvon Vandalsem, for hosting our 2nd graders!
The 3rd and 4th grades had a blast at the Science Center in Union Station! They got to do lots of hands on learning and exploring!
1st and 2nd Grade Field Trip to Missouri Western. Students toured the indoor sports complex and the planetarium.
Balloons Over Broadway STEM
2nd Grade students watched parts of the 2021 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade and read the book Balloons Over Broadway by Melissa Sweet.
Students then partnered to create a balloon that would "float" down Broadway.
Today we enjoyed a Thanksgiving meal.
DWES Families,
Mark your calendars for the music and instrumental concert night. Don't forget to remind grandparents because they love to come too!
Please come join the Parent Teacher Organization meeting and get connected with Doniphan West Elementary.
