Welcome to West Side School - Magnolia's Kindergarten. The first year of your child's public education is filled with new experiences and lots of learning. The staff at West Side is dedicated to providing opportunities for the maximum growth and development of each child.

Our literacy program, Early Literacy Learning in Arkansas (ELLA) has shown a significant difference in the reading skills of our children. ELLA has opened many doors to the understanding of the alphabet, its sounds and the written words that come from it.  West Side students participate in a literacy lab, which gives all children the opportunity to work in small groups for thirty-five minute sessions each day. With it's emphasis on print, the ELLA program has produced many readers at West Side School. Writing and the ability to express oneself is strongly emphasized with the ELLA program.

The mathematics curriculum that is used at West Side is based on Investigations in Number, Data and Space. This program involves students in hands on activities dealing with math concepts. The basis of math such as patterning, arranging and seeing attributes within objects are taught. The understanding of counting and grouping is based on objects that the child sees and is exposed to every day in the classroom. Children use higher-order thinking skills to predict, explain and question in many of the mathematics activities.

All classrooms are equipped with computers. Children are able to explore on the computer and reinforce math and literacy skills from a number of academic programs that are available in each classroom.

You are invited to visit West Side School, where you will witness enthusiastic and dedicated teachers eager to provide the best education for every child.

Haley Beavert
Principal