West DeFuniak Elementary School

Last Saturday, WDE's Lego League Team rocked the practice event at Freeport High School, securing an impressive 9th place! They are gearing up for the bi...

Congratulations to our October Students of the Month! Way to Go!

In her fourth-grade class last week, Mrs. Harris used * WICOR to increase students’ academic achievement while reading the nonfiction book, Who would win: Alligator Vs. Python ....

Two-Column Note-Taking is an AVID strategy that helps students to identify important information in a reading passage and respond to that material. This week, Ms. Adams used...

We at WDE would like to wish Ella Hicks, Little Miss DeFuniak Springs, good luck as she participates in the Little Miss National Peanut Pageant this Saturday, October 14 in Dotha...

October 13th will be an early release day to celebrate Walton High School's annual Homecoming! We will begin dismissing car riders at 11:30 A.M and buses will begin loading at 12...

At WDE 2nd grade has been researching Florida's history using primary and secondary sources. After completing the research on Florida, students created AVID One-Pagers to...

Congratulations to our All-State and Northern Regional Honor Choir Members!

This week, students in first grade at WDE read A Fine, Fine School , a book about students who had to go to school year-round, including the weekends and holidays. Using t...

Class group pictures and make up pictures will be on October 18th. If your child did not have their picture taken last week due to the camera system challenges, they will have the...

Mrs. Dickey's second grade class is currently exploring the difference between primary and secondary sources. To develop a better understanding of the distinction, the...

Fall Picture Day will be this Wednesday, September 27th. WDE uniform shirts are required as these pictures will be in the school yearbook for the 2023-2024 school year.

First Grade students at West DeFuniak Elementary School enjoyed using terms related to time to sequentially order special events on a personal timeline. These students we...

In English Language Arts, Kindergarten students are studying the short story The Little House . Students used the Four Corners AVID strategy to decide if they thought the hou...

Students in Mrs. Fuentes’ 2 nd grade class were being reading detectives as they worked with their WICOR partners to review a reading assessment that they took the ...

West DeFuniak Elementary was thrilled to host world renowned Dr. Steven Elisha presented by the Rosemary Beach Foundation, Music in Pictures! Dr. Elisha is a Celloist, Pro...

Congratulations to our September Students of the Month! Keep up the fantastic work! ✨

Congratulations to our August Students of the Month!

Save the Date!

WDE will continue to implement the house system this year. New students have been sorted into the houses of Courage, Humanity, Justice, Temperance, Transcendence, and Wisdom. We...