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August 22, 2025 Dear Community, As we begin the 2025-26 school year, we want to update you on an important issue that could impact our students and schools: · Sta...

Ellen Kerans resigned her seat on the WSESD Board of Education effective August 13, 2025 (term expires June 30, 2031 ). She will be greatly missed. By statute, the West Shore...

Here's a fun question for you. Did you know that the popsicle, trampoline, earmuffs, Braille, swim flippers, and Christmas lights are just a half-dozen of the hundreds of fantasti...

Of all the things to love about summer, what ranks high among teenagers is a paying summer job. This summer eight area teens are getting paid work-based learning experiences thro...

Agriculture is all about planting seeds, right? Wrong. Sowing seeds is only the teeny tiny top of producing iceberg lettuce – and every other crop! And that’s only part...

Ask a child what makes a playground perfect and the “no, duh” explanation you’ll probably get is “One that is fun and where anybody can play.” This is the student-friendly attri...

Q: How do you nurture social skills in students? A: You provide new experiences for them to enjoy together. ESD Special Education RI Teacher Tess Versluis recently took her K-5...

The West Shore ESD Special Education Parent Advisory Committee (SEPAC) held its spring Make a Difference Awards Ceremony last month. The ESD partners with local districts in Maso...

Staff Appreciation Week Video

Astronomy is a BIG subject. Afterall, astronomy encompasses the study of planets, the galaxy, and pretty much everything in it. Students at four area elementary schools were tr...

Nearly 200 middle school students participated in the 40th annual MathCounts competition held at West Shore Community College. This was the highest number of students in several ...

It's said it takes a village to raise a child. This is also true for supporting academic and collaborative success in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math skills (STEM). For...

Everybody likes a caramel apple bar, especially if there are scrumptious options like melted chocolate, crushed peanuts, pretzel crumbs, toasted coconut, miniature marshmallows an...

The "Showing Up is Job 1" regional attendance initiative, sponsored by our ESD and local school districts, is launching a new service to support to students, parents, and caregive...

Of course, we celebrate Thanksgiving in November, too! So, we have much to be grateful for. The West Shore ESD provides classroom program services to students from all local scho...

The combined effort of eager-to-work students, site trainers, and community partners ignites a variety of valuable learning and work experiences. Here's an example where four ama...

Planting the seeds of future career options The thoughts of a farmer riding a tractor in a field come to mind when most think of agriculture. But there's so much more. Much mor...

Question - How do administrators, teachers, and support staff set the stage for a great new school year? Answer - They "keep learning" their craft and stay on top of the latest b...

MiSTEM Network Region 9 is thrilled to announce a strategic partnership with UACJ Whitehall Industries to provide space for a new practice facility dedicated to our local FIRST Rob...