By allowing ads to appear on this site, you support the local businesses who, in turn, support local journalism.
West students create memorial
West Beta Club Memorial picture copy.jpg
Photo provided Members of the West Elementary School Beta Club pose for a picture after cleaning the Tyneisha’s Garden memorial and building a rock garden memorial to Joan Steakley. Pictured are, clockwise from front, Zaden Licht, Luke Mara, Memphis Sadlon, Emma Bernardo, Aubriella McClendon, Tillie Galligan and Ella Gore.
West Elementary School Beta Club members spent Aug. 17 cleaning a memorial to a beloved student, and creating a memorial for a beloved teacher. Beta Club members spent the day removing weeds and cleaning Tyneisha’s Garden, a small memorial used to honor Tyneisha Bell, a former student of West Elementary who tragically passed in 2014. Paige Chastain, bookkeeper at West, shared how Beta Club members cleaned the memorial and why it was important to do so.