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WCV School Resource Officer Officer Katie Guisinger with the Stuart Police Dept is the SRO for West Central Valley School District.

Reminder that Books & Badges is tomorrow at 10am at the Stuart Public Library!Plus, the book is about tacos and dragons,...
10/14/2026

Reminder that Books & Badges is tomorrow at 10am at the Stuart Public Library!

Plus, the book is about tacos and dragons, what's not to love!

Hope to see you there!
Officer Katie

October is Anti-Bullying Month, but I like to focus on kindness and how we treat other people. Last week at Dexter Elem...
10/12/2026

October is Anti-Bullying Month, but I like to focus on kindness and how we treat other people. Last week at Dexter Elementary School, we did some hands-on activities to hopefully give the students something to think about.

3rd Grade: Words Are Like Toothpaste
The students aren't told why words are like toothpaste, until after the activity, but by that time, many students have guessed what that means. I start with two students, telling them they have one minute to squeeze all the toothpaste out of the tube. I then tell two other students, that they have one minute to put all the toothpaste back into the tube. You should see the looks I get when I hand them little toothpicks to scoop the toothpaste back in. In the end, the students have been shown that words are like toothpaste because our words come out so easily but it's not so easy to take them back. So, be careful with the words you use with others.

4th Grade: Wrinkled Heart
Last year, they learned that it's important to choose our words wisely and this year, we focus on the lasting impact our words have. We start with a nice heart that has never had a mean word said to it. As we start thinking of mean things that we've been told or have said, we start folding the heart, because each time we've been told or said something mean, our own hearts or another's heart has been hurt. We then start thinking of nice things to say and start unfolding our heart. But our heart is now permanently creased, because the words that were used to hurt our heart, never really go away.

5th Grade: Random Acts of Kindness
The students start by writing their name on the top of their paper and then I collect them and randomly pass them out to other students to fill in the blanks. The students don't have to write their names so, after six rounds, the students get their own paper back with six nice things written about them by six unknown classmates. We discuss that it's just as easy to lift someone up as it is to tear them down, and that they're old enough to make lasting impressions on people and what kind of impression do they want people to have of them.

I promised all the preschool classes, at my last visit, that I would bring a book about dinosaurs and today, I delivered...
10/09/2026

I promised all the preschool classes, at my last visit, that I would bring a book about dinosaurs and today, I delivered on that promise. "The Mine-o-saur" is a book that I read every year, mostly to show off my skills in pronouncing dinosaur names like Iguanodon. Ok, maybe I read it because 1) kids love dinosaurs and 2) the book is about a dinosaur at school that learns to share.

Books can give us the opportunity to easily spend time together while also giving us the chance to learn about and discuss life lessons. And, after one of the preschoolers shouted out that the mine-o-saur was making a red choice by not sharing the toys and snacks at school, I felt that the lesson was a success.

Make green choices, friends. Always.

There are many things that I love about October but one of my favorites things is that it's time for Spookley the Square...
10/08/2026

There are many things that I love about October but one of my favorites things is that it's time for Spookley the Square Pumpkin to return!

October is National Bully Prevention Month and one of the things I focus on is kindness. Kindness with how we treat each other. Kindness with our words. Kindness with our actions.

Spookley is a great example of all of those things.

So, in honor of Spookley, today I read "The Legend of Spookley the Square Pumpkin" to every class in grades K-2. I then asked all the kindergarten students to take the pledge against bullying by agreeing to speak up, reach out and to be a friend. Each kindergarten student was given a pledge certificate to take home as a reminder to always treat each other with kindness.

"Maybe one day we will all discover that you can't judge a book or a pumpkin, by its cover." -The Legend of Spookley the Square Pumpkin

Please add professional field trip photographer to my resume.Yesterday, I joined both AM & PM preschool as they went on ...
10/07/2026

Please add professional field trip photographer to my resume.

Yesterday, I joined both AM & PM preschool as they went on a field trip to the Stuart Fire Department for a tour of the fire station and firetrucks.

The tours were led by Stuart Fire Department's Chief Martinson, Lt. Irving, Firefighter Pruitt and Firefighter Renslow.

Most importantly, at the end of the PM tour, one of the students (who just happens to be the daughter of a firefighter who just so happened to be leading the tour) announced that she wants to be a cop. Oh, my heart.

Fire/Police jokes aside, the students definitely enjoyed the tour, and it was a great way to start Fire Prevention Week. Students were also given or will be given a copy of a brand-new book to take home called "Going to the Firehouse". This year's preschool class is the biggest class in years, so while I had enough books for AM preschool, I had to order more for PM preschool. Thankfully, the rest of the books were delivered today, so Chief Martinson will be helping to deliver those to PM preschool later this week!

Stop, Drop & Roll, Wildcats!

Officer Katie

October book club is here for Dexter Elementary School and Redfield Middle School and it's time to celebrate fall with s...
10/02/2026

October book club is here for Dexter Elementary School and Redfield Middle School and it's time to celebrate fall with some spooky, scary and maybe even silly stories!

Let's taco about dragons!Join me on Thursday, October 15th at the Stuart Public Library when tacos and dragons collide a...
10/01/2026

Let's taco about dragons!

Join me on Thursday, October 15th at the Stuart Public Library when tacos and dragons collide at Books & Badges! There's nothing I love more than a good theme so this one might involve more than just books. It might even involve something for one luck parent, teacher or adult in attendance!

And, if someone wants to bring tacos for everyone, I wouldn't say no.

Hope to see you there!
Officer Katie

Congratulations to the winners of September's book club drawing! To have a chance to win, the student must read the boo...
10/01/2026

Congratulations to the winners of September's book club drawing! To have a chance to win, the student must read the book of the month and then complete the book review. A winner is then drawn from each grade's entries at Dexter Elementary School.

3rd Grade: Jaxson
4th Grade: Jalaya
5th Grade: Jacob

Great job and keep on reading!

Football RecapVarsity Football vs OgdenFriday, September 25thPatriot NightThe game started off with West Central Valley ...
09/30/2026

Football Recap

Varsity Football vs Ogden
Friday, September 25th
Patriot Night

The game started off with West Central Valley Bands playing the national anthem and a tribute to our armed forces with members of the Menlo, Stuart, Dexter and Redfield American Legions taking the field. The WCV Wildcats Football took an early lead of 14-3 but the Ogden Bulldogs rallied with a final score of 14-17.

JV Football vs Ogden
Monday, September 28th

The game was 0-0 for most of the first half. The Ogden Bulldogs scored first but the Wildcats responded immediately with a touchdown of their own. However, the Odgen Bulldogs scored one more touchdown for a final score of 14-6.

The next game for the Wildcats is Friday, October 2nd when the varsity team travels to take on I35 at 7pm.

Well, unfortunately, crime is afoot at Dexter Elementary School and shockingly, it does not involve the candy thief.Howe...
09/30/2026

Well, unfortunately, crime is afoot at Dexter Elementary School and shockingly, it does not involve the candy thief.

However, identity theft is no joke, and I think we need to get that message to our students, loud and clear.

It all started innocently enough, an SRO just trying to hand out prizes for September's book club review winners. The SRO really tries to keep up with the names of 800+ Wildcats, however, sometimes she does mess up. Heck, she messes up her own kids' names so please cut her some slack.

The SRO sees a student and knows exactly who they are but accidently calls the student by their sibling's name. However, the student doesn't correct the SRO. The SRO continues to use the sibling's name, repeatedly, and still, no correction. Perhaps this had something to do with the other sibling winning a prize for a book club review. A book club review that was not even completed by this student. However, the identify theft committed by this student-sibling resulted in the fraudulent award of a free sandwich to Subway.

Only later, when this SRO sees the other sibling, does she realize that she gave a prize to the wrong sibling. The wrong sibling that repeatedly let the SRO call them by their sibling's name.

Result? Mistakes happen. The SRO righted the wrong by awarding the correct student-sibling with the prize for a book club review. The SRO also tattled to the correct student about why their sibling also got a prize.

PS: The SRO also let the identity thief keep the prize. Again, mistakes happen. Maybe they didn't want to correct me. Or maybe the guaranteed aroma of Subway was just too much to resist. Either way, both of them can enjoy a laugh over a sandwich. Or, well, two sandwiches.

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