West Greene School District

It’s been a busy month for Mrs. Bissett’s class! Students cooked and sold tasty meals to staff for their Pioneer Café, served up refreshing drinks at their Boba Tea shop, volunteered around the community, and held a classroom/online craft sale featuring creations made for their recent trip to Hershey, PA, where they took part in the 2026 PDE Conference Student Shoppe.

The Student Government Association attended the IU1 Student Forum Banquet at the Nemacolin Country Club. The Forum is made up of approximately 115 students from 13 school districts across Greene, Washington and Fayette Counties. The group raised over $2000 to donate to homelessness initiatives in the three counties they represent.

🌎✨ Mrs. Lohr’s 2nd Grade National Parks Adventure – Part 2! ✨🌎 Our adventure continues as Mrs. Lohr’s class has now explored seven more amazing National Parks: Sequoia, Kings Canyon, Denali, Wind Cave, Olympic, Carlsbad Caverns, and Mesa Verde! That brings us to a total of 13 parks we’ve “traveled” to across the country. 🗺️🏞️ The excitement keeps growing as our students continue to learn and discover! We are thrilled to share that we have now received letters back from 11 of the 13 parks—what an incredible experience for our young learners! 📬💚 The students have truly enjoyed their journey, and a few parks have stood out as class favorites so far: Carlsbad Caverns, Mesa Verde, and Hawaii Volcanoes! Through this adventure, students are strengthening their geography and science skills while building a deeper appreciation for the natural beauty and history of our country. We’re not done yet… more learning and exploring ahead! Stay tuned for the next chapter of our National Parks adventure! 🌲✨

Mrs. Shannon's 5th grade Science classes got to conduct a fair test with different objects to show how gravity pulls objects to the ground, but the properties of those objects matter. The students loved getting to do this test! They were able to properly identify which objects would hit the ground in order and why. Way to go 5th graders!

REMINDER: Students are in school on Friday, March 20, 2026. Make up day from January 22nd cancellation.

West Greene School District will be operating on a 2 Hour Delay on Tuesday, March 17, 2026.

- Please adjust bus pickup times by 2 hours.
- Drivers: please allow extra time and travel safely.

Thank you, and stay safe!

March 2026 Committee Meeting
March 12, 2026
Admin Board Conference Room
6:00 PM
Zoom: https://iu1-org.zoom.us/j/93225711882?pwd=WkNaU3dqRWZLODdNdkhLbmdZZXhmQT09

Mrs. Moore's class got to visit the story stroll during their library class. They got to read The Invisible String by Patrice Karst with Mrs. Fedak and her 8th grade students, Mrs. Bohon, Officer Wood, and Miss Danley. The story is about a mother and her two children who are connected by an invisible string of love. The book will remain in the story stroll until the end of March.

🩸 Be a Hero — Give Blood! 🩸

Join the West Greene National Honor Society for our Community Blood Drive! 💪

📅 Monday, March 30 | 📍 West Greene High School Gymnasium — Check in at the Main Office | 🕒 9:00 - 2:30

⏱ Save time — preregister online 👉 https://www.redcrossblood.org/give.html/drive-results?zipSponsor=Go%20Pioneers

Every donation = up to 3 lives saved ❤️

Can’t donate? Share this post or bring a friend!

#GiveBloodSaveLives #NHSServes #CommunityStrong #NHS #GoPioneers

The third graders had a special visit from Justina Arena, Eva K. Bowlby Library's Executive Director. Justina read An Undone Fairy Tale by Ian Lendler to the students. She also talked with the students about the upcoming summer reading program. Justina is also a meteorologist. The group got to have a discussion about the weather, too.

Author Colleen Cooper read her two books, Bowie Tales Presents The Day Bowie was Born and The Day Bowie Goes Home, to the 4th and 5th graders. The groups got to learn extensively about how Colleen rescued Bowie and how she wrote two books about him. Thank you for visiting WG, Colleen!

On Friday, March 6th West Greene's Science Club had the opportunity to host the second annual Greene County STEM competition where students from each of Greene County's district compete. This year students were tasked with researching local waterways, flying drones to collect water samples and constructing a Covered Bridge within a given amount of time. The day was filled with smiles, problem-solving, learning and fun! Congratulations to Central Greene, as they took home this year's trophy! Thank you to Greene County Association of School Retirees for their support to make this competition a possibility and we look forward to next year's event at Carmichaels!!

The elementary celebrated Read Across America last week. We had several guest readers that stopped by and exciting activities were held with different grade levels. Kindergarten and First grade had Buddy reading together. All the students got to read to a friend. We are also continuing our Book Madness throughout the month of March. Students get to vote for their favorite book. Thanks to everyone that helped make this week so special. Keep on Reading!

Mrs. Shannon's 5th grade Science Classes used the Prisms VR Tool to expand their learning of Earth and the Sun. This module allowed the students to virtually see how or if seasons happen in different parts of the world depending on how the Earth's orbits around the Sun affects the places throughout the world.

West Greene School District will be dismissing school early due to the potential for flooding. Student dismissal will begin at 1pm. Please notify the appropriate office if you need to make changes to your student's normal routine.

All after school activities and practices are cancelled.

West Greene took three elementary teams and two middle school teams to the Greene County Reading Competition yesterday at Waynesburg University. While none of the teams placed in the top three in their category, all of the students worked hard, read many books, and studied intently for the past few months! This hard work was shown by some teams earning well over 100 points for answering questions correctly (each correct answer was worth 3 points)! There was a lot of effort, teamwork, and reading by West Greene readers!

February 2026 Monthly School Board Meeting
February 26, 2026
Pre-Board Activities - 6:00 PM
Voting Meeting - 7:00 PM
Location: WG Administrative Board Room
Zoom: https://iu1-org.zoom.us/j/91437916781

4th grade had a very special visitor on Tuesday, local wildlife biologist Jade Renner! Thank you, Jade, for sharing your adventures and doing your best to inspire future scientists. Exposing children to a variety of career paths is extremely important. Students need to know that if they have a passion. there's likely a profession out there in which they can make a living doing what they love. Jade is the perfect example of what happens when you work hard and chase your passion!

West Greene FFA is having their annual community night, Thursday , February 26 from 5-8pm in the Agricultural Department. Please stop in to see the students displays to help us celebrate National FFA Week! All members, please come and wear Offical Dress.