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Westwood Elementary

Celebrating 50 years of 1967-2017

Connie Cline Gene Milner Percy Hurt Leon Brown Elmo Brundrett H.K. Speck Dick Warren

1967 Board of Education

1967 Westwood Elementary opened after an $805.000 bond was approved. 506 W. Edgewood Grades 1-5

John Ward, Superintendent, & Jack Warner, principal Successors: Jean Wren 69 -70 Curtis Wilson 70-76 Mary Ward 76-94 Hazel Johnson 94-99 David Dunham 99-02 Davanna Roesler 02-04 Lynn Hobratschk 04-12 Terri Bruce 12-15 Kristin Moffitt 15-Present

Westwood on record ...

• 1967 The name WESTWOOD was selected through a

contest.

• 1968 the Westwood PTO was established.
• 1969 Westwood expanded with another $500,000 bond.
• 1968-69 Westwood became one of 212 Civil Defense

Shelters in the Texas area for radioactive fallout.

• 1970 Westwood becomes a model school for the

PEGASUS/PACE Reading Program and its Math Management Program.

• 1971 Westwood Elem. selected "Among the Best in Texas"

by TEA for grades 2-5 Math & Reading Programs.

• 1974 FIRE! Damage gives students extra days off. The fire

was contained to a storage unit. No arson was suspected.

• 1975 Students donate their time & money to

purchase trees and plant around the school.

• 1975 Cline opened and Westwood became a 3, 4, 5

campus.

• 1980 Gov. Bill Clements visits Westwood

Elementary students after Hurricane Claudette. Traveling with him, "1979 Governer's Action Committee on Flooding".

• 1984 Westwood's Challenge Program is highlighted
• n a Steve Allen documentary on gifted programs in

Texas.

• 1985 A Westwood teacher, Peggy Lathlaen was

selected as top 10 in Nasa’s “Teacher in Space” program.

• 1987/88 For a brief period, the

Westwood mascot was a blue and white Panther.

• 1987 Principal JT Patton was a student

in Ms. Ann Defibaugh’s class.

• 1990 The children of Westwood

adopt 250+ acres of Rainforest in the Danen Biosphere Reserve in Panama.

• 1990 The Friendswood Appearance

Board awards Westwood, YARD OF THE MONTH.

• 1993 A new wing at Westwood
• pened in September.

• 1994 Bales Intermediate opened and Westwood

became a 3, 4 grade campus.

• 1994 Odyssey of the Mind program begins. HOTS and

CEI programs initiated. Macintosh Computer Lab opens.

• 1994 Students created a Time Capsule to be opened in

2024.

• 1996 Named Texas Blue Ribbon School and Exemplary

rating by the State of Texas for academic performance.

• 1998 Westwood adopts STS-90 Shuttle Mission.
• 1999 Created the Nature Center providing an outdoor

classroom for hands-on learning opportunities.

• 1999 Windsong Campus opened. Westwood became

K,1, 2, 3.

• 2003 Full day Kindergarten began.
• 2004 Knitters Club began.
• 2004 Technology in our hands. All

teachers received laptops thanks to an Apple program and the Westwood PTO.

• 2007 Represented in Washington

DC, the Westwood Knitters were recognized for their service project: Knitting caps to protect infants in developing countries.

• 2007 First School of Character
• 2008 Westwood opens Early

Childhood program. Westwood became PreK, K, 1, 2, 3.

• Dr. Rebecca Hillenburg

Tony Hopkins

• Dr. David Montz
• Dr. Matt Robinson

Robert McCabe Laura Seifert Pastor Ralph Hobratschk

2017 Board of Education

• 2008 Texas School of Character
• 2009 National School of Character
• 2012 Westwood Elementary became pen

pals with Westwood Elementary in snowy Bloomington, Minnesota. Students shared Hurricane IKE stories with them.

• 2016 Grade 3 moved to Bales. Westwood

Elementary is now PreK, K, 1, and 2.

Happy Birthday