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Willow Springs Middle School Principal Newsletter - October 4, 2017
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Dear WSMS Parents and Guardians,
We are looking forward to our fall pep rally tomorrow, October 5th at 3:15 pm in the main gym. During the pep rally, we will honor several of our teams and organizations for all their hard work and dedication in representing WSMS during the fall season. In addition, our band, choir, cheerleaders, dance team, and color guard will all perform. Students are encouraged to wear their student grade level shirt or any Lovejoy spirit shirt to school on Thursday. All parents are welcome to attend and are encouraged to park in a parking space not designated as a fire lane in the front parking lot to enter and sign-in through the front office. Go Leopards!
Sincerely,
Kent Messer
Principal
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Parent Survey--Homework
As we near the halfway point of the fall semester, we would like to collect some data on how your son or daughter is managing their time between school work and extra-curricular activities. Please take a few minutes to complete this short survey by clicking here.
No Pass - No Play: 9 Week Report Card
With Friday, October 13th being the end of the first 9 week grading period, students who are not passing all of their classes will become ineligible effective Friday, October 20th at the end of the school day. Students who were failing at the six week mark, can regain eligibility if they are passing all of their classes on Friday, October 13th. Students will regain eligibility on Friday, October 20th at the end of the school day. Although we have moved to a nine week grading system this year, UIL requires all schools to check eligibility after the first six weeks and again at the end of the first grading period if it exceeds six weeks. Based on our district academic calendar, we will have two eight week grading periods in the fall. Our first grading period will end on Friday, October 13
th
. For a copy of the UIL eligibility calendar, please
click here
.
Pep Rally Tomorrow! - Students Wear Your Grade Level Spirit Shirts, Thursday, October 5
Thursday, October 5 we are having a pep rally in our main gym. Our choir will perform the National Anthem, our band will also perform. We will be on our pep rally bell schedule. Please click
here
for the agenda and
here
for the bell schedule.
All parents are welcome to attend and are encouraged to park in a parking space not designated as a fire lane in the front parking lot to enter and sign-in through the front office. Overflow parking is available in the back of the school and parents may enter and sign-in through the west courtyard door.
School Holiday - Friday, October 6 and Monday, October 9
Our fall break is tomorrow, October 6 through Monday, October 9. School resumes on Tuesday, October 10.
Club Day - Friday, October 20
Club Day is Friday, October 20 and we will be on an activity bell schedule. For copy of the activity bell schedule, please
go here
. Students participating in the Extreme Club must wear a helmet. Students who are in the K9 and Kritters Club must have permission from Mr. Abney before bringing an animal to school. Students may leave their equipment for Guitar Club, Extreme and Remote Control Club in the front office. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Kathy Stone.
Red Ribbon Week October 23-27
During Red Ribbon Week, we will have student presentations, activities, quizzes to help students learn about the importance of living a Healthy Lifestyle! Please
click here
to see this year's daily themes!
Willow Springs PTA Reflections due October 27:
Within Reach
The National PTA Reflections program encourages students of all ages and abilities to explore and be involved in the arts. Through the program, National PTA, Willow Springs Middle School PTA, and PTAs across the country urge students in preschool through grade 12 to create and submit original works. This years' contest theme is "Within Reach". We hope all Leopards will submit an entry in one or more of the following categories: Dance Choreography, Literature, Film Production, Photography, Visual Arts, and Music Composition. For rules and entry forms
click here
. The deadline is Friday, October 27th.
Principal's Coffee - Tuesday, October 31
Classwork & Homework at WSMS
I would like to invite you to a Principal's Coffee, on Tuesday, October 31 at 9:00 a.m. Our topic of discussion will be classwork and homework at WSMS. The Principal's Coffee is a forum discussion for all 7th and 8th grade parents to visit with me about the middle school experience over a cup of coffee.
Career Day at WSMS - Wednesday, November 1!
WSMS will host our Career Day on Wednesday, November 1st from 10:00 a.m. - 12:55 p.m. Students will sign up for Career Day presentations beginning Tuesday, October 11th at 4PM continuing through Friday, October 13th at 8PM. Students will visit four presentations during Career Day. Students will select two career presentations of their choosing. Additionally, students will be assigned two presentations in career fields that may be unfamiliar to them, giving students the opportunity to explore four career fields. Sign-up will be through the WSMS web site.
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Campus Information and Reminders
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Program Showcase--Gateway To Technology (GTT)
Check out our students demonstrating their chain reaction project in one of our engineering courses at WSMS by clicking here. Students were expected to implement simple machines concepts creating a chain reaction device using a minimum of six stages. Great job to Coach Quinton and all of his students.
Safety Corner
For security purposes, we will be locking all exterior doors to Willow Springs at 8:55 AM. This means that students that arrive after 8:55 AM will not be able to enter the building through the courtyard; they will need to enter at the front of the school and obtain a late pass from the front desk. If you drop your student off in the morning, please assist us in getting your son or daughter in the building prior to 8:55 AM. During the school day, teachers and students have been asked not to open exterior doors for anyone. This means they are not to open doors for parents, teachers, coaches, custodians, etc., even principals. All parents and/or visitors should enter the building through the front door. All campus or district personnel are expected to use their access badge or keys to enter the building. Thank you for assisting us in keeping Willow Springs safe and secure during the school day.
WSMS School Store and Student Spirit Shirts
Our Willow Springs School Store is open from 11:15-1:15 on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday. In addition to Lovejoy spirit wear, there are a limited number of grade-level spirit shirts for pep rallies, athletic events, and field trips to identify them as a WSMS student, also available for sale in the school store. If you pre-ordered a grade-level spirit shirt, please have your son or daughter pick their shirt up in the school store during lunch. These grade-level spirit shirts may also be purchased by
clicking here
. We will place another order based on our online purchases.
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Football Results - September 26
7th Grade
Black team: Won
Red team: Tied
8th Grade
Black team: Won
Red team: Won
Volleyball Results - September 28
7th Grade
A team: Won
B team: Won
C team: Won
8th Grade
A team: Won
B team: Won
C team: Won
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Middle School Baseball
Interested in representing WSMS as a member of our middle school baseball team? Please see link below for the middle school match-up tournament where middle school students get to play for their current middle school and compete against other schools in their age group. The registration link for Middle School Matchup is
https://middleschoolmatchup.com
Lovejoy High School Student Council
Pink Out Football Game: October 27
Every year, Lovejoy Student Council makes a donation to help beat breast cancer. The LHS Student Council members invite you to purchase Pink Out t-shirts to raise money and spread awareness for the cause. The t-shirts are $16 and may be purchased through the
Online Payment Center
.
This year's fundraiser will benefit a local non-profit organization. Check out
www.breastcancercanstickit.org
, and the organization April Samuels has built to help fight breast cancer. Her story is amazing and her family lives in the Lovejoy district. Orders will be delivered to campuses October 25th and 26th.
Evening with the Majestics
Deadline to Register is Friday, October 6th
The annual Evening with the Majestics will be Friday, October 13th. All Lovejoy ISD students in grades K-6 are invited to join the Majestics as we celebrate Homecoming. "Mini Majestics" (grades K-4) and "Majestics in Training" (grades 5-6) will perform the pre-game Fight Song in the Victory Lines on the field, and will then sit with the Majestics and participate in "stand routines" in the bleachers.
Click here
for additional information.
Click here
to complete the registration form and to be a part of the Homecoming tradition.
Eagle Project: Hurricane Harvey Relief
A message from Hunter Kight, WSMS 8th grader:
"My name is Hunter Kight, I am an 8th grader at Willow Springs, and I've just started my eagle project. I have chosen to help the hurricane Harvey victims for my project. Many of the victims did not have flood insurance and this looks to be the most costly natural disaster in U.S. history. The clean-up and rebuild effort will take more than a year. There is a time during disasters like this that charities experience donor fatigue. This is where donations drop to their lowest. Through my project I am trying to reduce donor fatigue, by collecting basic essential items. I have partnered with the Salvation Army to collect supplies like canned goods, baby food/formula, hygiene items, diapers and cases of water. Large donation boxes are located at each school to collect these items. I will leave these boxes out until November 3, 2017. Please consider supporting this effort by filling the boxes and helping the victims."
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