Congratulations to Madalyn Johnson for being selected as a Semifinalist in the 2026 Coca-Cola Scholars Program. Only 1,237 Semifinalists were chosen among over 107,000 applicants this year because of their outstanding leadership, academic achievements, and dedication to their community. She has been awarded a $500 scholarship! We are proud of you Madalyn!
Sharing is what Christmas is all about! 2nd Graders took gifts to the local nursing home Tuesday, Dec. 16. They also sang Christmas carols to the residents, spreading the joy of Christmas throughout the halls!🌲
🎄❤️ Bear Necessities After-School Program | Parental Involvement Night ❤️🎄
We loved welcoming our Bear families for a special Parental Involvement Night filled with Christmas cheer, creativity, and connection! Families enjoyed creating Christmas ornaments together, listening to music, and sharing the love of reading and learning through engaging activities with parents and children learning side-by-side.
Watching our students develop a love for learning while spending meaningful time with their families is what Bear Necessities is all about. Thank you to our amazing parents and students for making this night so special.
🐻🎄 #BearNecessities #FamilyEngagement #LoveOfLearning #ReadingTogether #LearningTogether #MakingMemories
We loved welcoming our Bear families for a special Parental Involvement Night filled with Christmas cheer, creativity, and connection! Families enjoyed creating Christmas ornaments together, listening to music, and sharing the love of reading and learning through engaging activities with parents and children learning side-by-side.
Watching our students develop a love for learning while spending meaningful time with their families is what Bear Necessities is all about. Thank you to our amazing parents and students for making this night so special.
🐻🎄 #BearNecessities #FamilyEngagement #LoveOfLearning #ReadingTogether #LearningTogether #MakingMemories
🎄❤️ Bear Necessities After-School Program | Parental Involvement Night ❤️🎄
We loved welcoming our Bear families for a special Parental Involvement Night filled with Christmas cheer, creativity, and connection! Families enjoyed creating Christmas ornaments together, listening to music, and sharing the love of reading and learning through engaging activities with parents and children learning side-by-side.
Watching our students develop a love for learning while spending meaningful time with their families is what Bear Necessities is all about. Thank you to our amazing parents and students for making this night so special.
🐻🎄 #BearNecessities #FamilyEngagement #LoveOfLearning #ReadingTogether #LearningTogether #MakingMemories
We loved welcoming our Bear families for a special Parental Involvement Night filled with Christmas cheer, creativity, and connection! Families enjoyed creating Christmas ornaments together, listening to music, and sharing the love of reading and learning through engaging activities with parents and children learning side-by-side.
Watching our students develop a love for learning while spending meaningful time with their families is what Bear Necessities is all about. Thank you to our amazing parents and students for making this night so special.
🐻🎄 #BearNecessities #FamilyEngagement #LoveOfLearning #ReadingTogether #LearningTogether #MakingMemories
🎄❤️ Bear Necessities After-School Program | Parental Involvement Night ❤️🎄
We loved welcoming our Bear families for a special Parental Involvement Night filled with Christmas cheer, creativity, and connection! Families enjoyed creating Christmas ornaments together, listening to music, and sharing the love of reading and learning through engaging activities with parents and children learning side-by-side.
Watching our students develop a love for learning while spending meaningful time with their families is what Bear Necessities is all about. Thank you to our amazing parents and students for making this night so special.
🐻🎄 #BearNecessities #FamilyEngagement #LoveOfLearning #ReadingTogether #LearningTogether #MakingMemories
We loved welcoming our Bear families for a special Parental Involvement Night filled with Christmas cheer, creativity, and connection! Families enjoyed creating Christmas ornaments together, listening to music, and sharing the love of reading and learning through engaging activities with parents and children learning side-by-side.
Watching our students develop a love for learning while spending meaningful time with their families is what Bear Necessities is all about. Thank you to our amazing parents and students for making this night so special.
🐻🎄 #BearNecessities #FamilyEngagement #LoveOfLearning #ReadingTogether #LearningTogether #MakingMemories
🎄❤️ Bear Necessities After-School Program | Parental Involvement Night ❤️🎄
We loved welcoming our Bear families for a special Parental Involvement Night filled with Christmas cheer, creativity, and connection! Families enjoyed creating Christmas ornaments together, listening to music, and sharing the love of reading and learning through engaging activities with parents and children learning side-by-side.
Watching our students develop a love for learning while spending meaningful time with their families is what Bear Necessities is all about. Thank you to our amazing parents and students for making this night so special.
🐻🎄 #BearNecessities #FamilyEngagement #LoveOfLearning #ReadingTogether #LearningTogether #MakingMemories
We loved welcoming our Bear families for a special Parental Involvement Night filled with Christmas cheer, creativity, and connection! Families enjoyed creating Christmas ornaments together, listening to music, and sharing the love of reading and learning through engaging activities with parents and children learning side-by-side.
Watching our students develop a love for learning while spending meaningful time with their families is what Bear Necessities is all about. Thank you to our amazing parents and students for making this night so special.
🐻🎄 #BearNecessities #FamilyEngagement #LoveOfLearning #ReadingTogether #LearningTogether #MakingMemories
Bus 13 is running late today.
Parents, if your child receives a weekly food bag, please remember that you will need to pick them up in elementary today or tomorrow.
WCC Where Literacy Meets Life
📚✨ Grab Bag Book Talks: Resilience in Action ✨📚
In our latest Unit 3 literature circle project, students dove deep into the theme of Resilience through a powerful selection of books centered around the Holocaust. Working in small groups, students read and explored their chosen texts—then brought them to life in a whole new way.
💡 The Challenge?
Each group was tasked with presenting a Grab Bag Book Talk, choosing symbolic objects to represent major ideas, themes, characters, or turning points in their book. This encouraged deep text-to-text and text-to-world connections while pushing students to think metaphorically and present creatively.
👜 Some of the most powerful examples included:
A barbed wire strand to represent the brutal setting of a concentration camp
A broken mirror as a metaphor for shattered identity
A cracked compass symbolizing a character's lost sense of direction and faith
Our students blew us away with their insightful interpretations and creative presentations. Their ability to extract meaning, make connections, and present with passion reminds us once again how brightly our Bears shine—especially when given the chance to engage with literature in meaningful, hands-on ways.
We are so proud of their hearts, minds, and voices. 📖💬💛
#WCCBears #BookTalkMagic #ResilientReaders
📚✨ Grab Bag Book Talks: Resilience in Action ✨📚
In our latest Unit 3 literature circle project, students dove deep into the theme of Resilience through a powerful selection of books centered around the Holocaust. Working in small groups, students read and explored their chosen texts—then brought them to life in a whole new way.
💡 The Challenge?
Each group was tasked with presenting a Grab Bag Book Talk, choosing symbolic objects to represent major ideas, themes, characters, or turning points in their book. This encouraged deep text-to-text and text-to-world connections while pushing students to think metaphorically and present creatively.
👜 Some of the most powerful examples included:
A barbed wire strand to represent the brutal setting of a concentration camp
A broken mirror as a metaphor for shattered identity
A cracked compass symbolizing a character's lost sense of direction and faith
Our students blew us away with their insightful interpretations and creative presentations. Their ability to extract meaning, make connections, and present with passion reminds us once again how brightly our Bears shine—especially when given the chance to engage with literature in meaningful, hands-on ways.
We are so proud of their hearts, minds, and voices. 📖💬💛
#WCCBears #BookTalkMagic #ResilientReaders
AR report for December😊
After School Announcements!
Book Character Ornament Contest Winners.
4th graders built Thanksgiving tables in Library class after reading The Kiddie Table. They then stacked as many books as possible on their paper tables. Thomas, Liam, Hollis and Tucker won the challenge! When the finished stacking they had 71 books on their paper table! Impressive Engineering!!!
Bear Necessities After-School Program
These 4th graders had a blast planning their own inventions and bringing them to life with all kinds of materials. Their creativity blew us away! Future engineers 🐻⚙️🚀
These 4th graders had a blast planning their own inventions and bringing them to life with all kinds of materials. Their creativity blew us away! Future engineers 🐻⚙️🚀
Due to a scheduling conflict there will not be any home games this Thursday, December 11th, against Bald Knob. This game will not be rescheduled.
Winter Wonderland Family Night at WCCES was so Jolly and Bright! Thanks to all of our families who braved the cold and joined us! Thanks to all staff and community partners who donated their time and resources to make this possible! And a special thanks to Lacey and Daniel Brown for the magical carriage ride! More pictures to come!
We are so excited to invite you to our 2nd Annual Parent Involvement Ornament Decorating Activity with your children! This special event will take place on Wednesday, December 10th as soon as school is dismissed.
🎨🐻 Bear Necessities 21st Century After-School Program Fun! 🐻🎨
One of our fabulous teachers, Mrs. Pickens, came up with the creative idea to host a coloring contest, and our students absolutely loved it! ✏️🖍️
Not only did she organize the contest, but she also purchased all of the adorable “Boo Bag” prizes for each winner! 🎃👻
Mrs. Pickens created four categories, and the winner of each category took home a special “Boo Bag” filled with goodies! 💜
We love seeing our students’ creativity shine and are so thankful for teachers like Mrs. Pickens who go above and beyond to make learning fun and festive! 💫
#BearNecessities #AfterSchoolProgram #WCCBears #CreativeLearning #21stCenturyLearning #BooBagFun
One of our fabulous teachers, Mrs. Pickens, came up with the creative idea to host a coloring contest, and our students absolutely loved it! ✏️🖍️
Not only did she organize the contest, but she also purchased all of the adorable “Boo Bag” prizes for each winner! 🎃👻
Mrs. Pickens created four categories, and the winner of each category took home a special “Boo Bag” filled with goodies! 💜
We love seeing our students’ creativity shine and are so thankful for teachers like Mrs. Pickens who go above and beyond to make learning fun and festive! 💫
#BearNecessities #AfterSchoolProgram #WCCBears #CreativeLearning #21stCenturyLearning #BooBagFun
🐥🐾 Collaboration in Action at WCC! 🐾🐥
We love seeing two of our very own programs, WCC FFA and the WCC Bear Necessities After School Program, come together to create exciting, hands-on learning experiences for our students!
This week, our amazing FFA members partnered with the After School Program to give 1st-grade students the opportunity to explore the life cycle of baby chicks 🐣. From observing to asking questions, our young learners were fully engaged in real-world science in action!
👏 A huge thank you to our FFA students and sponsors for sharing their time and knowledge. When WCC programs work together, students grow, explore, and thrive! 🌱📚
#WCCBears #BearNecessities #WCCFFA #GrowingFutureLeaders #HandsOnLearning #ChickLifeCycle #StrongerTogether 🐻💛🐣
We love seeing two of our very own programs, WCC FFA and the WCC Bear Necessities After School Program, come together to create exciting, hands-on learning experiences for our students!
This week, our amazing FFA members partnered with the After School Program to give 1st-grade students the opportunity to explore the life cycle of baby chicks 🐣. From observing to asking questions, our young learners were fully engaged in real-world science in action!
👏 A huge thank you to our FFA students and sponsors for sharing their time and knowledge. When WCC programs work together, students grow, explore, and thrive! 🌱📚
#WCCBears #BearNecessities #WCCFFA #GrowingFutureLeaders #HandsOnLearning #ChickLifeCycle #StrongerTogether 🐻💛🐣
Todays White County Tournament games at Pangburn are postposed due to weather concerns.
Games will be played now on Wednesday with the SG playing at 4:00 and SB playing at 5:15.
Games will be played now on Wednesday with the SG playing at 4:00 and SB playing at 5:15.