📚☀️ Readers Are Leaders! ☀️📚

Reaching reading goals is even sweeter when popsicles are involved! 🍧

Mrs. Suzanne Shaw and Mrs. Serena Bramlett’s 4th grade homeroom students celebrated reaching their Accelerated Reader (AR) goals with lunch outside in the sunshine and a refreshing popsicle treat!

We love seeing our young Tigers work hard, reach their goals, and enjoy a little fun along the way! ❤️🐯🖤

Keep reading, Tigers! Readers are leaders! 📖🌟

#ItsAGreatDayToBeATiger #ReadersAreLeaders #TigerPride #BetterTogether #AcceleratedReader

about 18 hours ago, Becky Dees
Six children in red shirts sit around a pink picnic table eating and holding popsicles.
Three children eating at a table in a school courtyard. One has a popsicle, and two have food on plates.
Children at outdoor tables hold up popsicles. A table has plates of food, condiments, and paper.
Several children eating outdoors at a picnic table, some holding ice pops. A building and trees in the background.
Three children sitting at a table with a red surface holding a popsicle. One child holds a blue backpack.
Students seated at tables outside a school, eating food. Some hold ice pops. Background shows a building, other tables, and people.

🎶🕺 Our Upper Elementary Tigers Brought the Thriller Vibes! 🐯❤️🖤

Our Winona Upper Elementary students in grades 4–6 had a blast dressing up as Michael Jackson for today's Homecoming Dress-Up Day! 🎤✨

From the famous jackets and sparkling gloves to the cool sunglasses and a few MJ poses, these Tigers really got into the spirit of the day! It was so much fun seeing their creativity and excitement as they showed off their best Michael Jackson looks!

❤️🖤 It was definitely a THRILLING day at Upper! 🐾

#WUEHomecoming #TigerNation #Homecoming2026 #ItsaGreatDaytobeaTiger #BetterTogether

3 days ago, Becky Dees
Group of children dressed in black and white, with hats, posing for a photo in a colorful classroom.
Children dressed up as Michael Jackson
A group of children in matching outfits, hats, and sunglasses standing in a room with colorful blocks and a door.
Two children in matching black costumes with hats and gloves, standing in a room with a sign reading "BUILDING SOLID FOUNDATION".
A group of kids in coordinated outfits stand in a room with colorful Lego blocks in the background.
A group of children in matching outfits pose for a photo in a colorful playroom.
A group of young people and a woman are dancing in a room with colorful blocks and ceiling lights.
Seven individuals dressed in black and white outfits, hats, and sunglasses pose in a room with colorful Lego walls.
A group of students wearing Michael Jackson-themed costumes standing in a room with a Lego wall.
Group of children wearing matching costumes standing in front of a colorful Lego wall.

🐯🦸‍♂️✨ UPPER ELEMENTARY TIGERS HAVE THE CHARACTER JAM! ✨👑🐭

Our Winona Upper Elementary Tigers in grades 3–5 brought their favorite superheroes and Disney characters to life for Homecoming Dress-Up Day! ❤️🖤

From superheroes ready to save the world to Disney favorites bringing a little magic to the hallways, our Upper Elementary students showed off their creativity, personality, and TIGER SPIRIT! 🦸‍♀️💫

The costumes were awesome, the smiles were contagious, and the excitement of Homecoming Week was everywhere! These Tigers proved that you're never too old to have a little fun, use your imagination, and show off your favorite character! 🐾

We love seeing our students making memories, having fun with their classmates, and celebrating what makes being a Winona Tiger so special!

❤️🖤 It's ALWAYS a GREAT day to be a TIGER! 🐯

#TigerNation #Homecoming2026 #TigersGotTheCharacterJam #WinonaUpperElementary #TigerPride #ItsaGreatDaytobeaTiger #BetterTogether

4 days ago, Becky Dees
Kids in costumes stand in line outside a brick building with windows and a clock.
Kids in costumes, one with a Superman cape, pose for a group photo in a room with a colorful backdrop.
Two adults in a room, one dressed as the Evil Queen and the other as Grumpy.
Group of students in costumes standing in a library, some with face masks, colorful circles on floor.
Two women in costume stand in front of a backdrop with yellow, red, and blue Lego blocks.
Several young girls in various outfits pose in a dirt field in a park with trees and playground equipment.

🕺✌️🪩 DECADES DAY: A BLAST FROM THE PAST! 🪩✌️🕺

Our little Tigers and their teachers at Winona Upper Elementary School took a trip through time today as they celebrated Decades Day for Homecoming Week! ❤️🖤🐯

From groovy styles to totally rad outfits, our students brought the decades to life with plenty of personality, creativity, and BIG smiles! 🎶😎

There's nothing quite like seeing our youngest Tigers get into the Homecoming spirit! We love making memories, celebrating school pride, and having FUN along the way!

❤️🖤 It's ALWAYS a GREAT day to be a TIGER! 🐾

#TigerNation #Homecoming2026 #DecadesDay #LittleTigers #TigerPride #ItsaGreatDaytobeaTiger #BetterTogether

5 days ago, Becky Dees
Group of young people, including adults, stand and crouch in front of a brick wall.
A group of people sitting and standing in front of a building. Some are wearing sneakers.
Five young students, with hats and glasses, stand in a classroom. They are near a table with papers and books.
Six children in costumes pose together for a photo in front of colorful building blocks.
A group of children stands next to each other in front of a colorful backdrop.
A child smiles, wearing a hat, glasses, and a jacket. The jacket has a graphic of a person with sunglasses. Behind the child, grass and trees are visible.
Four children pose in front of multicolored building blocks; three boys and a girl. One wears a hat and necklace.
Five women in denim overalls pose for a picture in front of a backdrop of colorful Lego blocks.

📚✏️ Learning History While Strengthening Writing Skills! 🇺🇸🐯

Mrs. Miranda Randall’s 5th grade Social Studies students were busy combining history, writing, and teamwork last week as they learned about Abraham Lincoln!

Working in small groups, students created RACES graphic organizers to organize their thoughts and strengthen their writing skills. The RACES strategy helps students develop well-organized, thoughtful written responses by following these important steps:

📝 R – Restate the information
📝 A – Answer the question
📝 C – Cite evidence from the text
📝 E – Explain how the evidence supports the answer
📝 S – Summarize the response

After completing their graphic organizers, students put their skills into action by working cooperatively to write well-developed paragraphs about what they learned!

❤️🖤 We love seeing our young Tigers build their knowledge of history while strengthening their critical thinking, reading comprehension, writing, communication, and collaboration skills! These are skills that will benefit them far beyond the classroom!

🐾 Great things happen when Tigers learn, write, and grow TOGETHER!

#TigerPride #LearningTogether #WritingAcrossTheCurriculum #FutureLeaders #ItsAGreatDayToBeATiger #BetterTogether

5 days ago, Becky Dees
Four students work at a table, with papers and pens. One uses a pencil. There are backpacks on a chair.
Four children at a table, three of them are looking at a large piece of paper on the table.
Three students sit at a table with a large sheet of paper displaying colorful illustrations and text.
Two students in a classroom reviewing papers at a table while a teacher stands behind them.
Five children examine posters on a wall. One poster reads "Learning Zone Mistakes." A few are writing on paper.
Two students are on the floor, one writing on a large white sheet of paper. The paper has various words and images in multiple colors. A wooden shelf is in the background.
Two students collaborate on a large poster at a table, using markers. A door and bulletin board are in the background.

📚 Words open doors to learning! 📚

Members of the Winona Rotary Club visited Winona Upper Elementary School today to provide dictionaries to every third-grade student!

What a meaningful way to encourage a love of learning, strengthen vocabulary skills, and give our students a resource they can use throughout the school year.

❤️🐯 Thank you to the Winona Rotary Club for your continued support and for investing in the education and future of our students! We appreciate our community partners who help make a difference in the lives of our Tigers!

#TigerNation #CommunityPartners #ReadersAreLeaders #WUES #UnitedTogether #RotaryClub #ItsaGreatDaytobeaTiger #BetterTogether

11 days ago, Becky Dees
A group of children sitting in rows holding yellow blocks, with adults standing in the background.
Two adults stand in front of a group of students, possibly in a classroom. The students sit on the floor.
Two men standing in front of a classroom with many seated children. One man holds a book.
Classroom with kids sitting in a circle. A man stands behind a table with boxes on it.
A woman hands out awards to students sitting in a classroom. A man stands nearby, and children sit on the floor.

🗽 Why is the Statue of Liberty green? 🧪

Mrs. Jennifer Ingram’s third graders have been reading Why Is the Statue of Liberty Green? this week and took their learning one step further with a hands-on experiment!

Students experimented with turning pennies green to see a process similar to what happened to the Statue of Liberty’s copper exterior over time. 🪙💚

What a fun way to bring reading and science together and let students see their learning in action! 📚🔬

❤️🐯 Learning is always an adventure at WUES!

#ItsaGreatDaytobeaTiger #BetterTogether #StatueofLiberty #LearninginAction

11 days ago, Becky Dees
A classroom with children sitting at a table. A boy holds a book and smiles. Other children look on.
Four girls in a classroom are seated around a table with a bowl and various books.
Five young students, wearing jackets, sit around a round table with papers and books, in a classroom.
Children are seated at a table with books and supplies in a classroom. Some wear jackets.
Two students seated at a table, one looking at the other, who holds a bowl and a book.

🔎✨ Inference + Point of View ESCAPE ROOM! ✨🔐

Yesterday, Mrs. Shaw’s 4th Grade ELA class put their reading skills to the test with an Inference and Point of View Escape Room!

Students rotated through stations and worked with a partner to read the realistic fiction story “They Glow by Night.” Of course, we had to make it more fun—students wore glow-stick necklaces while they worked! 🌟📖

At each station, partners answered questions using their inference and point of view skills. Each correct answer led them to a code word. Once they collected all of their code words, they had to put them together to form a secret sentence. 🔐🕵️‍♀️

But they weren’t finished yet! That sentence contained the clues they needed to make the BIGGEST INFERENCE of the entire story! 🧠💡

They had to read closely, use text evidence, work together, and think beyond what the author directly told them. Learning is so much more memorable when it feels like a challenge to solve! ❤️📚

They read. They inferred. They cracked the code. They ESCAPED! 🔓🎉

11 days ago, Becky Dees
Two boys are seated on the floor, focusing on papers, one holding a pen and the other a flashlight.
Two young people sit under a table. One reads a paper, and the other reads a digital tablet.
Two boys face each other while looking at a book in a library filled with books.
Two students examine a project in a classroom. One looks at a tablet while the other looks down.
Two girls with short hair stand close, smiling at camera. One wears a necklace, other wears a ribbon. Behind them is a wall with a bulletin board.

📚🐯 Readers are Leaders! 🐯📚

Congratulations to these Winona Upper Elementary students for being the top AR readers in their homerooms! 🌟

Each student maintained an overall AR percentage of 85% or better and earned a special happy from the prize box for their hard work! 🎁📖

A big shout out to Arianna Anderson in fourth grade! Arianna read and tested on more books than any other student in our school during the month of September! She read 18 books in one month and scored 32.1 AR points! Such a great accomplishment!

Winona Upper Elementary Top AR Readers
Row 1: 3rd Grade - Makenzi Cunningham, Briclin Fox
Row 2: 4th Grade - Ari'Anna Threadgill, Bryson Forrest, Arianna Anderson
Row 3: 5th Grade - Nathan Kilcrease, Jaliyra Vaugh, Emory Ford, Mariah Graves

We are so proud of these Tigers for making reading a priority. Keep turning those pages and reaching those goals! ❤️🖤

#ReadersAreLeaders #TigerNation #ARReading #UnitedTogether #ItsaGreatDaytobeaTiger #BetterTogether

13 days ago, Becky Dees
A girl in orange sits with a stack of books. Background with stars and clouds. Text highlights reading achievements.
A group of children and adults gather in a room, smiling and posing for a photo.

📚🍎 Happy World Teachers’ Day to our incredible 3rd–5th Grade teachers at Winona Upper Elementary School! ❤️🐯

These are important years for our Tigers as they grow in knowledge, independence, confidence, and curiosity—and we are thankful for the teachers who guide them every step of the way!

Thank you for challenging our students to think bigger, encouraging them when things get tough, celebrating their successes, and helping them discover just how much they are capable of achieving. ❤️🖤

You teach. You encourage. You inspire. You make a difference!

We appreciate our WUES teachers today and every day! 🐯📚✏️

#WorldTeachersDay #WinonaUpperElementary #TigerNation #WMSD #UnitedTogether #ItsaGreatDaytobeaTiger #BetterTogether

13 days ago, Becky Dees
A bulletin board reads "World Teachers' Day" with colorful words. An apple and pencil sit next to books and a mascot.
Group of people in red shirts posing for a picture in a room with white tile flooring.

🍦➕➗ Sweet Success in Math! ✏️📚

Mrs. Jessica Browning’s 4th grade Math students earned a sweet reward for their hard work and high scores on their math tests—ice cream sandwiches! 🍦👏

Hard work + great scores = a well-deserved treat! ❤️🐯

Way to go, Tigers! Keep up the great work! 🎉

#SweetSuccess #IceCreamSandwiches #4thGradeMath #ItsaGreatDaytobeaTiger #BetterTogether

15 days ago, Becky Dees
A group of children in a classroom holding Wii remotes, standing and sitting in front of a blackboard.
Nine children and two adults stand in a classroom. The children hold up a white object.

🚧🐯 Building Up That Tiger Spirit! 🐯🚧

Our Tigers came ready for HEAVY HITS & HARD HATS Dress-Up Day! 🦺👷 Students traded their school-day style for construction vests, hard hats, and work gear as they showed their support for the Tigers!

They’re helping BUILD the excitement for another Friday night of Tiger football! 🏈🔨

❤️🖤 Work hard. Cheer loud. GO TIGERS! 🖤❤️

#TigerNation #HeavyHitsHardHats #TigerSpirit #UnitedTogether

15 days ago, Becky Dees
Nine children stand in a row wearing reflective vests, posing for a photo in front of a brick building.
Four kids in reflective vests stand against a brick wall, likely for a photo. They wear different colors of vests and sneakers.
A group of kids in bright vests, posing on a climbing frame in a park with trees in the background.

🍕 Learning is better with PIZZA! 🍕

What a fun way for our AIM students to learn about alliteration! Ms. Joy Frazier’s class read Pete the Cat’s Perfect Pizza Party and put their learning into action.

And what better way to wrap up the lesson than by making their very own pizzas—and, of course, enjoying them as a yummy treat! 🍕😋

Perfect pizza, plenty of learning, and a pretty great day in AIM! ❤️🐯

#PizzaParty #Alliteration #ItaGreatDaytobeaTiger #Alliteration #PetetheCat

15 days ago, Becky Dees
Boy eating pizza on a red plate. Another person holds a plastic cup. Brightly lit classroom background.
Two children in a classroom eating pizza on red plates; one boy wearing a red shirt.
Two kids in a classroom sit at desks, facing each other. They both have a plate of pizza.
Two kids eating pizza at a table in a classroom. One wears a black shirt, the other a white shirt.
A boy with glasses eats pizza at a cafeteria table. Another child sits behind him.

📚 Learning to Summarize! ✏️🖍️

Ms. Sara Cox’s 5th grade ELA students pulled out the markers and crayons and got creative while making their own anchor charts to help internalize the process of summarizing literary text!

Using Somebody, Wanted, But, So, Then, students created a resource they can look back on each day as they practice identifying the most important parts of a story.

Creating it themselves helps make the learning stick! ❤️🐯

#WMSD #TigerNation #5thGradeELA #LearningInAction #Summarizing #ItsaGreatDaytobeaTiger #BetterTogether

17 days ago, Becky Dees
A classroom with students seated at tables, some raising hands. A teacher stands before a screen.
Children gathered around a table with craft supplies, standing in a room with rainbow decorations and a bookshelf.
Classroom with tables; students sit around tables, engaged in writing activities; walls have decorations and boards.
Students in a classroom are working on papers. One student is sitting with papers, and a teacher is standing behind them.
Students sit at desks in a classroom, facing a large screen. Some hold pens and papers.
Four people around a table with papers, pencils, and markers. One person wears a white sweatshirt, another wears a blue sweatshirt.
Whiteboard with "Summarize" in red. Text guides with questions like "Who is the main character?" and "What did the character want to happen?"
A teacher stands in front of a classroom with a whiteboard, teaching a group of students.
Five children sit around a table with writing tools and papers. They are focused on their activities.
Children in a classroom; one girl in a pink jacket is writing, others are looking at papers.
🍎🍽️ What’s cooking in the cafeteria?

October is almost here, and so are some delicious school meals! Check out our October Breakfast & Lunch Menus to see what’s being served each day.

🥞 Breakfast to start the day strong
🍕 Lunch to keep our Tigers fueled and ready to learn

Be sure to save or screenshot the menus so you can plan ahead!

❤️🐯 Happy eating, Tiger Nation!
19 days ago, Becky Dees
Menu for Winona-Montgomery School District, October. It displays lunch options for grades K-8 and includes food items such as chicken tenders, fruit cups, and salad.
A menu from Winona-Montgomery School District for October, displaying breakfast and lunch options for grades K-12.

⚡ POWER HOUR! ⚡

Power Hour gives our students dedicated time to focus on the skills where they need a little extra practice—helping them build confidence and grow stronger! 💪📚

Ms. Owens and her 3rd graders were hard at work this morning sharpening their math skills during Power Hour! ➕➖✖️➗

Keep working hard, Tigers! 🐯❤️🖤

#PowerHour #ItsaGreatDaytobeaTiger #BetterTogether #BuildingConfidentLearners

19 days ago, Becky Dees
A woman and a girl in a classroom, seated at a table, both holding pencils. Shelves and storage boxes in the background.
Three students are seated at a table using laptops. One has headphones on. Behind them is a bulletin board.
Person with headphones, wearing a blue shirt, sitting at a table with a laptop.
Two children at a desk with laptops. One has headphones and is making gestures, the other is smiling.
Four children and two adults in a classroom, with laptops on tables and a monitor on the wall.
A young boy sits in a chair at a desk, typing on a laptop, with storage bins and a yellow tablecloth in the background.
Four children sit at a table with laptops, against a backdrop of shelves filled with books.
💡✨ You can’t outshine these big Tigers! 🐯✨

Our Tigers were GLOWING for Neon Day! 🌈💚💛🩷 From bright colors to even brighter smiles, they definitely brought the SPIRIT!

🐯❤️ We love seeing our big Tigers shine!
20 days ago, Becky Dees
A group of children, some crouching and others standing, in bright-colored shirts, pose for a photo.
A group of children in colorful shirts, some kneeling and some standing, posing in a room.
🎉 Congratulations to our Upper Elementary September Students and Teachers of the Month! 🎉

We are proud to recognize these outstanding students and educators for their hard work, dedication, and commitment to excellence! ❤️🐯

Your efforts have not gone unnoticed, and we are so proud of the positive difference you make each day.

👏 Congratulations on this well-deserved recognition! Keep shining, Tigers! 🐯❤️🖤

AIM September Student of the Month
Joe Freeman

3rd Grade September Students of the Month
Da’Zayiah McBride, Sawyer Mims, Jai’Kaylan Womack, Melanie Thomas

4th Grade September Students of the Month
Kylin Fullilove, Nadia Peeples, DeKenly Glover, Sutton Parnell

5th Grade September Students of the Month
Abigail Cirilo, Juliana Lee, Kyle Hallmon, Carson Lindley

Upper Elementary Teacher of the Month
Mr. Corey Kelly - Principal, Ms. Sara Cox -5th Grade ELA Teacher


#TigerPride #StudentsOfTheMonth #TeachersOfTheMonth #UnitedTogether #ItsaGreatDaytobeaTiger #BetterTogether
23 days ago, Becky Dees
Four children stand in a row holding certificates, posing against a backdrop of colorful paper loops.
Four children, holding certificates, standing in front of a colorful background.
Four students stand together, holding certificates, in front of a colorful, multicolored wall.
A smiling young boy holds a certificate reading "Student of the Month" in front of a wall of multicolored paper links.
A man and woman stand in front of a colorful background, smiling. The woman holds a certificate.
WES Homecoming Dress Up Days! Get your outfits ready!
26 days ago, Becky Dees

🇺🇸 Celebrating Constitution Week! 🇺🇸

Norma Biggers, Regent of the Thomas Rodney Chapter NSDAR, visited fifth-grade students at Winona Upper Elementary School and shared copies of the United States Constitution in recognition of Constitution Week, September 17–23.

What a wonderful opportunity for our students to learn more about the Constitution and the important role it plays in our nation’s history and government! ❤️🤍💙

Thank you, Mrs. Biggers and the Thomas Rodney Chapter NSDAR, for helping bring history to life for our students! 🇺🇸🐯

#ItsaGreatDaytobeaTiger #BetterTogether #ConstitutionWeek #TigerStrong

26 days ago, Becky Dees
A large group of students seated and standing in a classroom. A teacher holds a book.