West DeFuniak Elementary School

Today, Kindergarten wrapped up their Grinchy Christmas, by building “who houses”. This activity helped build on fine motor skills and helped bring topics learned about in class to...

Our 2nd-grade classes at WDE have been learning all about the Scientific Method through hands-on experiments. Mrs. Fuentes’s 2nd graders discovered the magic of science with a fiz...

We are so proud of our November and December Students of the Month! Congratulations!

We hope everyone who joined us on Wednesday and Thursday for Thanksgiving lunch had a wonderful time. A huge thank you to our amazing lunch staff who worked so hard to prepare suc...

We appreciate the support of community!

Superintendent A. Russell Hughes was sworn in for his 3rd term as Superintendent of Schools for Walton County on Tuesday, November 18th. Since Superintendent Hughes took office 8 ...

Fourth grade students prepared for their Biophilia field trip a couple weeks ahead of time. Lessons were pre-taught pertaining to the key topics students would be learning about d...

Fourth grade students at West DeFuniak Elementary have been studying the different types of energy. They have learned about each form of energy and how it can transfer into anothe...

Third grade students at West DeFuniak Elementary participated in a hands-on activity involving the properties of light. Students demonstrated how light interacted with different ma...

First grade has been working hard making butterflies for the 32nd Annual Flutterby Arts Festival sponsored by the Cultural Arts Alliance. 41 butterflies have migrated south and w...

Thank You for Joining Us at Our Fall Festival! 🍂 A huge thank you to everyone who came out to our Fall Festival last Friday! It was an incredible day filled with fun games, del...

Last week, students embraced the spirit of Red Ribbon Week with vibrant and creative outfits that reflected each day's theme. On Monday, the halls were a sea of red as everyone do...

Our "Hallo-Read" October Reading Challenge ended last week, and we had an amazing turnout with 99 students in kindergarten through fifth grade participating in this challenge to p...

Please help support our K-Kids by contributing to our annual Thanksgiving Food Drive.

WDE's 2024-2025 "Teacher of the Year" is Mrs. Olivia Garrett! A good teacher is like a candle, it consumes itself to light the way for others. One of our bright lights at Wes...

On Saturday, October 25th, students from around the North region of Florida were selected to participate in the Northern Regional Honor Choir held at the University of Florida in ...

Congratulations to our Students of the Month for August, September, and October!

We appreciate our community sponsors!

5 th grade students at West DeFuniak Elementary have spent the past 2 weeks learning about energy. They have learned some basic forms of energy, how energy flows through material...

Congratulations to Mrs. Dorothy Urban, our ESP of the Year! Dorothy has nine years of dedicated experience with the WCSD. Her hard work, passion, and commitment to excellence have...