TIONESTA, Pa. (EYT) — The following articles detailing a variety of community-related activities were submitted by West Forest School:

Kindness is Contagious at West Forest School

Students at West Forest Elementary spent the month of February concentrating on Caring and Kindness in their classrooms, in the school, at home, and in their communities.

Students learned that to be caring and kind means to be thoughtful and concerned about others. It is helping people in need and forgiving others.

Students who were recognized at the end of the month for demonstrating exceptional caring and kindness are pictured below.

(Back row, left to right — Jade Gilbert, Katie Payne, Alexis Oswald, Courtney Birchard, Alexis Donato, Tahelon Tarr, Trevor Kuntz, and Leo Gilliland.
Front row, left to right — Jacob Graham, Devious Hipple, Gabe Busch, Abby Summerville, Khloe Flick, Tara Brown, Natalie Wagner, and Easton Bromley)

Read Across America with Dr. Seuss in Mrs. Jaquay’s Kindergarten Class

Mrs. Jaquay’s Kindergarten class at West Forest Elementary celebrated Read Across America. The students listened to several Dr. Seuss’s books. Then, they created costumes of the characters from the stories.  

(Cat in the Hat — pictured below: first row — Khloe Flick, Anna Buzzard, and Samantha Payne; second row — Grace Potts, Aaliyah Donato, JulieAnn Divido, Illanna Ross, and Genesee Phillips; third row — Ryan McCracken, Samuel Bayle, Jack Staley, Easton Bromley, Ethan Beach, Spencer Moyer, and Jason Bell.)

(Thing 1 and Thing 2 — pictured below: first row — Anna Buzzard, Samantha Payne, and Genesee Phillips; second row — Natalie Wagner, Aaliyah Donato, Grace Potts, Khloe Flick, and Illanna Ross;  third row — Samuel Bayle, Jason Bell, Ryan McCracken, Ethan Beach, Spencer Moyer, and Easton Bromley)

Read Across America Week at West Forest Elementary School — Second through Sixth Grade

Students at West Forest Elementary celebrated Read Across America Week by dressing up as their favorite storybook characters. Each class from second to sixth grade had a winning costume.

All classroom prize winners received a gift certificate for the Spring Book Fair to be held in April.


Becca Wagner

Emily Gray

Tori Brown, Jes Culver, and Katie Salsgiver

Jaydon Smith

Ali McLaughlin

West Forest Museum Unveiled during Alumni Classic

The West Forest Museum was unveiled during the Alumni Classic on Saturday, March 11.

West Forest Joint School System began in 1954 when the remaining one room schools (Shriver and Starr) were closed. At this same time, Hickory High School became an elementary only school.

All high school students (grades 7-12) in western Forest County attended the West Forest High School on Vine Street in Tionesta Borough. The current high school opened in January of 1983 with the elementary wing opening in September of 2006.

A Grand Opening ceremony is being planned for April.