{"id":6614,"date":"2021-07-21T09:30:18","date_gmt":"2021-06-04T14:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aisd.net\/west-elementary\/about\/"},"modified":"2025-09-04T07:56:40","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T12:56:40","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.aisd.net\/west-elementary\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<h2><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>(682) 867-0100<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/k4qHaJouATU2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2911 Kingswood Dr.<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/k4qHaJouATU2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Grand Prairie, TX 75052<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe frameborder=\"0\" height=\"450\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m18!1m12!1m3!1d3358.947448029603!2d-97.06113878447327!3d32.66084258100729!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x864e8852247ae861%3A0x229bec9c916edf9e!2sWest+Elementary+School!5e0!3m2!1sen!2sus!4v1562165307047!5m2!1sen!2sus\" width=\"100%\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\t<h2>VISION<\/h2>\n<p>At West Elementary, we collaborate with families to foster a safe, inclusive community of lifelong learners. We nurture and support the academic, social and emotional growth of each learner, empowering them to thrive and positively impact the community.<\/p>\n\t<h2>LEGACY<\/h2>\n<p>Childhood sweethearts, Barbara and Sam West married in 1956 after college graduation. Sam joined AISD in 1971 as an Assistant Principal and teacher at Hill Elementary. He served as\u00a0principal at Hill Elementary from 1972 &#8211; 1994, where he earned multiple commendations for\u00a0academic excellence. Barbara worked as a school secretary from 1968 &#8211; 1994 at Roark,\u00a0Thornton, and Morton, all Arlington elementary schools. Barbara West died July 4, 2009. Sam\u00a0West died April 7, 2012.<\/p>\n<h2>HISTORY<\/h2>\n<p>West Elementary opened its doors to students for the first time on August 13, 1997, with 330 students and a staff of 45 teachers, faculty, and staff under the direction of Mrs. George,\u00a0Principal, and Ms. Kennedy, Assistant Principal. In the spring of 1998, the school was named a Texas Exemplary School as a result of high test scores. Through its history, West has\u00a0maintained the expectation of academic excellence. In the spring of 2010, the AISD Board of\u00a0Trustees formed a committee to change the boundaries for West Elementary because the\u00a0school had grown to almost 1,000 students. In the fall of 2010, West opened its doors to 620\u00a0students and fewer temporary buildings.<\/p>\n<p>Just as on the first day the door of West elementary opened, the staff continues to strive to\u00a0provide a caring, quality learning environment in which the uniqueness of each child is valued and developed.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(682) 867-0100 2911 Kingswood Dr. Grand Prairie, TX 75052 VISION At West Elementary, we collaborate with families to foster a safe, inclusive community of lifelong learners. We nurture and support the academic, social and emotional growth of each learner, empowering them to thrive and positively impact the community. LEGACY Childhood sweethearts, Barbara and Sam West&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10400,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6614","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aisd.net\/west-elementary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aisd.net\/west-elementary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aisd.net\/west-elementary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aisd.net\/west-elementary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10400"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aisd.net\/west-elementary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6614"}],"version-history":[{"count":"3","href":"https:\/\/www.aisd.net\/west-elementary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6614\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6996,"href":"https:\/\/www.aisd.net\/west-elementary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6614\/revisions\/6996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aisd.net\/west-elementary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}