West DeFuniak Elementary School

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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!

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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...

WDE fifth grade students recently attended a field trip to Emerald Coast Technical College. Students visited the ECTC campus and learned about all the amazing career opportunities...

In Mrs. Fuentes’s 2nd grade class, students worked collaboratively in groups to gather details for their expository essays, each focusing on a provided topic sentence. This teamwo...

Students in the Tech Tribe Club have been exploring the various functions of the Microsoft Word ribbon in recent meetings. Today, they engaged in an activity to practice changing ...

The Walton County Fair is in full swing and so is our art at West DeFuniak Elementary! The kids have been busy making beautiful art and learning about contemporary and past artis...