Our goal at St. Lucie West K-8 School is to continue to provide excellent teaching and learning experiences for students.
Located in Port St. Lucie, we offer high standard academic courses with a strong emphasis placed on reading, writing and technology. Each classroom is equipped with student computer workstations and supervised Internet access. A variety of academic and elective courses are available to enable students to make good, sound choices about their future, and to instill in them the desire for lifelong learning.
We are thrilled and proud to announce that Jami Williams, 8th Grade Science Teacher, has been selected as a finalist for St. Lucie Public Schools Teacher of the Year! Superintendent Wayne Gent and Board members were on hand to make the surprise announcement this morning. The Night of the Stars event is February 9th. Good…
DetailsCheryl and Ray Lalloo from the Jessica Clinton Foundation generously donated an AED unit to St. Lucie West K-8. A fundraising campaign with heart-shaped cookies from local Panera restaurants takes place each February, and students are encouraged to post pictures of themselves holding the heart-shaped cookies. The proceeds from the sale of the cookies are…
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The SLWK-8 School Speech/Language Pathologist, Nikki O’Neill and ESE Specialist, Marisol Abrahante were recognized at a recent School Board meeting for outstanding service as part of the District’s STAR program. The STAR program recognizes employees for their behaviors, skills and actions that correlate with the District’s vision and acknowledge those that exemplify its core values.…
DetailsGood news! Breakfast will be free to all students for the entire school year! However, students MUST pay for lunch and snacks. The Free/Reduced lunch application is available on the School District website, here is the link. For those students who were on Free/Reduced lunch last year and have not completed the application yet this…
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Congratulations students and teachers! We are an “A” rated School! Congratulations for this tremendous accomplishment!
Ms. Tremblay’s Culinary Students recently participated in the District Competition for Healthy Snacks and Meals that may eventually be added to our cafeteria menus. Shown here are Meghan and Samantha Cooper-De Quesada at Central High School distributing their healthy frozen treats; Blue-Dillys and Straw-Dillys.
Kindergarten and Second grade teamed up to have students kick-off Dr. Seuss Week. Each kindergarten student was paired with a second grader and the “Reading Buddies” were able to share in reading a few of Dr. Seuss’ children stories.
Each week Ms. Capozzi’s 1st graders practice their reading fluency with a story on their Journeys book. At the end of the week the students can read it by themselves on Flashlight Friday!
St. Lucie Public Schools obtained a Math/Science Partnership (MSP) grant focused on increasing science content knowledge. This grant provided twenty-five teachers with the opportunity to participate in the U-Futures program. Nine of these teachers continued, and through the grant along with the generosity of the University of Florida, they completed their Master of Arts in…
DetailsWe are proud to announce that St. Lucie West K-8 School has achieved a 2016-17 PBIS Model School Status of Silver. This is a great honor and truly shows that our faculty and staff have worked tirelessly to address the Multi-Tiered Systems of Support for the students in our school and have embraced Positive Behavioral…
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