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Our School

District Mission

The School District of DeSoto County will partner with parents and the community to:

Deliver a safe and secure learning environment. 

Optimize communication to strengthen learning environment.

Guarantee students have equitable access to rigorous engaging instruction.

Shape minds to build a strong social-emotional foundation for responsible citizenship.

School Mission

The mission of West Elementary is to educate children to read with comprehension, write clearly, compute accurately, think, reason, and use information to solve problems.

School Vision

Approaching all challenges with our best efforts.

Statement of Beliefs

  • We believe in a positive learning environment.

  • We believe in individual learning challenges.

  • We believe in respect, cooperation, and responsibility.
  • We believe in motivation, enthusiasm, and positive attitudes.

Core Values

The West Elementary School community will promote the following:

  • Utilize and link data, research and assessments to make decisions that drive student instruction and staff development in order to focus on student learning.
  • Challenge everyone to think critically and take responsibility for his or her own learning.
  • Create innovative lessons through the use of collaborative teams, technology and differentiated activities to support and enrich student learning.
  • Foster a partnership of parents, teachers and students in a safe and secure community by maintaining positive communication and creating opportunities for involvement.
  • Respect and celebrate the childhood diversity and successes of our students, families and co-workers.
  • Utilize all resources to identify specific learning needs and barriers of academic progress and make the necessary accommodations.

Contact Us

Address
304 W Imogene
Arcadia, FL 34266

Phone
(863) 494-3155

Fax
(866) 889-1073

School Hours
M-F 7:05am - 2:30pm

Office Hours
M-F 7:00am - 3:30pm