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March 7, 2023
As we celebrate the 40th year in our school building, we want to give a special shoutout to former West Buncombe students who have returned to serve our school as staff members! W...
March 7, 2023
Today, our school building turned 40 years old! Students learned about our school through a hands-on, walk-through museum of history items. The morning began with an oral accoun...
March 7, 2023
As our current school building turns 40 years old, current students and staff posed for a celebration photo to commemorate "Moving In" day on March 7, 1983. #BestBuncombe
March 6, 2023
Ms. Sapp and 16 West Buncombe students attended the Elevating Elementary Math competition on March 1 at the BCS Central Offices. We had two students finish in the top 10 for four...
March 6, 2023
As a part of Read to America 2023, students had tons of fun with dress up days and bringing a stuffed animal friend to school! But, what was the goal? To READ! And, that is exa...
February 28, 2023
In honor of Mrs. Hall’s birthday, her third grade class completed a service project to brighten other people's birthdays! Nineteen students made a birthday kit to donate to a loc...
February 27, 2023
If your child is ready to enroll in Kindergarten, we would love to meet you and give you a tour around West Buncombe! Check out a kindergarten class in action and meet some of ou...
February 25, 2023
Congratulations to Mrs. Irene Oramas! She's our third grade dual language teacher and a recipient of the WYFF Golden Apple Award! A student and their family nominated her as an ...
February 24, 2023
Members of the Erwin Middle School Beta Club came to West Buncombe to partner with classrooms to read to students. It was a FANTASTIC experience for the younger students and a g...
February 24, 2023
You are invited to participate in a virtual town hall meeting to meet the new Superintendent, Dr. Rob Jackson.
This presentation, with an opportunity to ask questions, will be...
February 15, 2023
Today is National School Resource Officer Appreciation Day 2023! We want to thank our SROs for their leadership, mentorship, and safety support. Our SRO program, in partnership wi...
February 10, 2023
School Counselors wear many hats at West Buncombe Elementary. One of the hats that Mrs. Davidson and Mrs. Wheeless LOVE to wear the most is teaching classroom guidance lessons. T...
February 8, 2023
February 6-10 is National School Counselors Week and West Buncombe has two EXCELLENT school counselors! We are lucky to have Mrs. Wheeless and Mrs. Davidson! They both help our ...
February 6, 2023
Mr. Johnson received a certificate for meeting academic achievement goals for the 21-22 school year. The recognition came from the NC Department of Public Instruction and was pre...
January 31, 2023
The Asheville Symphony String Quintette performed for grade 1 - 5 students on January 26. Performers shared information about their instruments and the music selections with stud...
January 23, 2023
Congratulations to Mrs. Leah Davidson, our school counselor! She was chosen by her peers as the 2023 Buncombe County Schools Elementary Counselor of the Year! We LOVE Mrs. David...
January 23, 2023
Congratulations to the 2023 Teacher and Teacher Assistant of the Year! Mrs. Irene Oramas Sosa is a third grade teacher and Mr. Jose Wilches is a teacher assistant in Kindergarten...
January 23, 2023
Katie Kritzberg, Speech Language Pathologist at West Buncombe Elementary School reviewed a Fundations lesson in 1st grade . The focus was words with glued sounds such as -ang, -a...