
PW Swim Team recently worked hard creating “Lockdown Buckets” for classrooms and offices district-wide. Working with the WNLSD Safety Committee, team members decided the buckets wo...

Portsmouth West Elementary was honored to receive a visit from many distinguished guests for the Ohio Department of Natural Resources “Trees to Textbook” award presentation on Janu...

The Washington-Nile Local School District is requesting proposals from firms to furnish and construct playground improvements at its Elementary School and perform associated site i...

Portsmouth West Softball program recently hosted a Pitcher/Catcher Clinic. Several coaches, current players, former players, and current college players (Taylor Coleman - Kentucky...

Donate used vehicles or farm equipment to benefit both local FFA and Ronald McDonald House
West Portsmouth, Ohio (December 2, 2019) — Ohio FFA has partnered with Ronald McDonald H...

PWE Kindergarten teacher, Sandy Simon, was recently chosen as Scioto County's 3rd "Best Teacher" out of hundreds of candidates in the Portsmouth Daily Times "Best Of" survey.
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Our fabulous third grade Math teachers earned our school a state indicator with a score of 84%! Pictured are Melanie Ogg, Amy Russell, Drew Phillips and Sara Hurst. We are so proud...

Congratulations to our "Perfect Senators" in scoring perfect on last spring's Ohio State Assessment tests!! Awesome Job!!! #WeAreWest Carter Keyser - 4th Grade Math Lorelei Carv...

Tehya Hazelbaker, 12 year-old middle school student, was chosen as harpist for the 2019-2020 Columbus Symphony Cadet Orchestra. Tehya studies both harp and piano and is quite accom...

Judith graduated from Portsmouth West 1965 She played on West kickball team (only organized sport for girls at the time). Played other schools in the county.
Judith went to Morehe...

Dr. Meyers graduated from Washington High School 1950. She started her career in education in 1956, and continued it until the last few years. She fulfilled her educational role as...
The 2019-20 West Golf Team finished the season 2nd in SOC Conference with a 37-21 record. Brynden Roark received 1st team All Conference; Eli Adkins 2nd team All Conference; Dustin...
The CCP American History class tour the National Museum of the US Air Force in Dayton, Ohio. The students had the opportunity to visit with WWII veterans that were stationed throu...

We have some exciting upcoming events in the district.
First, our parent teacher conferences will be held this Thursday (October 3rd) from 1:00pm to 6:30pm. During this conferenc...

PWES 3rd grade teacher, Deanna Roberts, recently completed a course designed to help teachers effectively and efficiently manage classrooms and all the various needs that are a dai...

PWHS students, Cayden Coleman and Cole Gilley, took 1st Place at the 1st Annual West Varsity Club Bass Tournament on the River this past weekend. Cayden and Cole received the top p...

The Portsmouth West Senator Baseball Team held their annual awards picnic at Earl Thomas Conley Park this past week. The following awards were presented:Academic All-Ohio, Joey Cyr...

PW Elementary Principal, Bill Platzer, and Elementary Visual Arts Teacher, Kim Platzer, announced their retirement at the end of this school year. Bill served the district for over...

On behalf of the Washington-Nile Local School Boards of Education, we are pleased to announce that the board selected Linda Shaw as the Principal of Portsmouth West Elementary.Cand...

PWHS performed the hit musical "Oklahoma" over the past weekend. Congratulations to Mrs. Tieman, students, and support staff in delivering yet another amazingly wonderful performan...