West DeFuniak Elementary School

Walton County School District Receives A District Grade for 8 th Consecutive Year WCSD Ties For Top 2 Districts in the State of Florida for School Grades FOR IMMEDI...

Walton County School District Again Ranks 3 rd in the State of Florida According to State Testing Results – Continues to Climb Toward #1 WALTON COUNTY – JUNE 25, 202...

Get ready to CHOMP your way through summer with the Summer Reading Challenge! Students in grades K–4 received their game board reading challenge along with their report cards. He...

Our 4th grade scientists had an exciting hands-on experience this week exploring animal life cycles and food webs! Students learned how energy begins with the sun, flows to plants...

We are incredibly proud to recognize our amazing students at WDE who tripled their Accelerated Reader (AR) goals for the 2024-2025 school year! These outstanding readers went abov...

Each school year, our students are encouraged to grow their literacy skills by reading and passing AR tests and this year, their hard work paid off in a BIG way! Thanks to the...

Congratulations to our amazing students pictured here for completing the April Reading Challenge—the final reading challenge of the school year! We love how each challenge encoura...

Third grade students at WDE recently brought learning to life with the exciting Four Corners AVID strategy! This interactive approach helps students sharpen their reading, writing...

This past Sunday, students who completed the Kazoo's Reading Challenge had the opportunity to join Mrs. Childs at the Blue Wahoo's reading parade and game! Despite the hot wea...

First Grade students at WDE have enjoyed participating in “hands on” science activities during the fourth nine weeks of school. Students planted grass seeds and made observation...

Congratulations to our March and April Students of the Month!

Second grade at WDE had an EGGcellent time exploring gravity! Our scholars participated in an Egg Drop STEM project to understand how gravity pulls things to the center of the Ear...

Students who had perfect attendance in the third quarter were welcomed back with a visit to their classroom from admin and the Boom Boom Braggin' Boat! You could hear the boat com...

Our school's very first WDE Fun Run was a huge success last Friday! Thank you to all the families who donated online throughout the week and helped make this event possible! Stu...

Last week, 2nd grade teachers at WDE flipped their classrooms into an exciting Ellis Island Experience. Students were able to role play to simulate what it might have been like li...

Yesterday, third graders had an exciting time at our "Starbooks" Cafe for a Starbucks-themed book tasting! Mrs. Childs guided students through a fun review of text features, and t...

A huge round of applause to the 82 amazing students who completed the February Reading Challenge! These dedicated readers earned their way by scoring a certain number of 100's on ...

Field Day is coming up soon! Please read the information below.

On Thursday February 27, 2025, WDE's Art program was presented with a generous donation from the DeFuniak Springs Women's Club. Thank you, ladies, for supporting our art program a...

We have our March "Mathness" Challenge going on this month!