DeKalb West Selects Students of the Month

DWS Students of the Month picture front row left to right are Karson Mullinax, Liberty Gray, Mary Alice Moore, and Vaylee Ellis. Back row left to right are Zoey Skeen, Kaylee Redmon, Kaylee Womack, and Sophia Caraway. Not pictured: Karson Davenport and Lakenly Dunham.

Assistant Principal Seth Willoughby presents Kindergarten Teacher Tonya Ellis with Teacher of the Month for May. Mrs. Ellis has been teaching for 28 years.

May 5, 2023
By: Bill Conger

DeKalb West School has announced the Students of the Month for May. Chosen for the honor were Karson Davenport, Pre-K, Lakenly Dunham, K, Liberty Gray, 1st, Vaylee Ellis, 2nd, Mary Alice Moore, 3rd, Karson Mullinax, 4th, Sophia Caraway, 5th, Kaylee Womack, 6th, Zoey Skeen, 7th, and Kaylee Redmon, 8th. Students are chosen for the award based on academics, character, and other traits that make them an outstanding student.

28 year teaching veteran Tonya Ellis was named the Teacher of the Month. She is longtime Kindergarten educator at DWS.