WSMS Color Guard Performance - Tonight!
On March 11, the WSMS Color Guard traveled to Fort Worth, to compete at the North Texas Color Guard Association's Cadet Class State Championships! The team put on a great show against some very competitive middle school teams from across DFW. The kids ended the night in third place and received the Bronze Medal! This was the first year putting out a competitive team. The WSMS Color Guard did an amazing job all season and represented WSMS with pride and class. I am so proud of them!
Their 2017 Show is titled: You're an M&M and it is a high energy, fun and challenging routine inspired by our favorite bite sized candies that melt in your mouth, not in your hand!
The WSMS Color Guard will be performing this Thursday at the first ever Lovejoy ISD Color Guard Showcase at the LHS Gym at 7:30 pm. Admission is free to watch, so come out and see what the team is all about!
Academic UIL Contest - March 24 and 25
March 24th Details:
If your student is involved in Modern Oratory, Impromptu Speaking and/or Oral Reading, the first rounds will be held on Friday, March 24. The bus will depart WSMS around 2:30 p.m. to travel to Coppell MS North. The first event, Impromptu Speaking, begins at 4:30 p.m., followed by Modern Oratory at 5:30 p.m., and Oral Reading at 6:30 p.m. The dress code for these events is dressy; please no jeans or t-shirts. The event rounds take approximately an hour, depending on the number of contestants. Please be aware that if your child makes it out of this preliminary round, they will be competing in the finals, which are on Saturday.
The bus will depart Coppell MS North after the Oral Reading competition is complete, hopefully around 8 p.m., and return to WSMS between 8:30 and 9 p.m. If you would like to pick your student up, you will need to come to the cafeteria at Coppell MS North and sign your child out. If you would like someone else to pick up your child in Coppell, you will need to fill out and return an alternate travel releas
e
found here
. Then, the person whom you designate to take your child home will need to come sign them out at CMS North.
March 25th Details:
All other competitions (except Ready Writing and Editorial Writing) will be conducted on Saturday, March 25. The bus will load at WSMS at 6:15 a.m. for a 6:30 a.m. departure. If you are taking your child to CMS North, please be aware that we need your student to be there 30 minutes prior to their competition start time so that they can check in with us and get to their scheduled room on time. The bus will depart Coppell MS North after the Awards Ceremony is complete, hopefully around 2 p.m., and return to WSMS between 2:30 and 3 p.m. If you would like to pick your student up, you will need to come to the cafeteria at Coppell MS North and sign your child out. If you would like someone else to pick up your child in Coppell, you will need to fill out and return the alternate travel release
found here
. The person whom you designate to take your child home will need to come sign them out at CMS North.
WSMS Students Showcased at the Lovejoy High School
Art
Gallery - Through April 7
T
he Lovejoy High School
Art
Gallery is a showcase of how our young artists represent themselves and others through portraiture. The concept of identity, both through representation and abstraction, is a core thread in every Lovejoy art studio, and is explored through a plethora of media and art forms. This exhibition celebrates the range of approaches used to explore identity at all age levels and is a spectacular body of work to begin the tradition of a yearly Portrait Show.
The Gallery is open
daily during school hours
from now through
April 7.
Please help
us
congratulate our talented Lovejoy artists that will be representing Willow Springs at
the
high school gallery.
7th grade
Ben Burns
Jenna Garcia
Lakin Hockersmith
Avery Hayward
Emily Fluker
MIchael Rees
Salena Jacob
Alex Willard
Grace Holmes
8th Grade
Elise Bell
Elese Abney
Renee Barnes
Annika Kjellgren
Isabelle Kusgen
Chaney Kelly
Grace Flinchbaugh
Mary Johnson
Luis Sandoval
Scarlett Terwegge
Kaya Czyz
Sydney Wigginton
Juliet Cano
Audrey Bensmiller
Kiley Boots
Allison Johnson
Sadie Dale
NJHS Pet Drive -Who is better, Cats or Dogs? Voting Extended through Sunday, March 26!
The WSMS
NJHS is currently raising money for Operation Kindness, North Texas' largest no-kill animal shelter, located in Carrollton.
We are asking the age old question -- who is better? Cats or Dogs? Make your choice and donate to the species of your choice
here
! Remember - Don't Shop! Adopt!
WSMS Cheerleader Parent Meeting - Monday, March 27
A parent meeting for upcoming 2017-2018 middle school cheerleaders will be on Monday, March 27 at 6:00 p.m. in the library at Willow Springs. Tryout information and expectations will be discussed as well as camp dates, uniform selection and costs for our middle school cheerleading program.
Theatre Shakespeare Murder Mystery Dinner - Tickets on Sale Monday, March 27
Thursday, Friday and Saturday, April 27, 28 & 29 at Willow Springs
, an interactive Clue game where Shakespeare himself has been "slain" by his own characters!
Tickets go on sale Monday, March 27! This biennial event was last performed in 2015 and tickets sold out the first two days! Don't miss out on your chance to solve the question, "WHO HATH DONE IT?"
Tickets will be on sale in the front office; there are twelve tables, each having 12 seats. 144 maximum capacity a night! When you come, you select your table and seat, so if you want, bring your friends to sit together!
This is a full evening of entertainment- 3 course Italian dinner, beverages, and audience participation! Tickets are $25 for adults and $20 for children. You couldn't score a deal this good on your own with dinner and a movie!
To thine own self be true! Get thee to the theatre!
STAAR Testing Schedule March 28 and 29
Students will have 4 hours to complete the test
According to our campus policy, if a student arrives past 9:30 a.m., they will NOT be allowed to take the test and the student will have to make the test up on a different day
If students are absent from the test, they will have the opportunity to take the test on a different day as long as it is within the testing window
All test-taking students will eat lunch in their testing rooms and will need to bring a sack lunch from home!
Students may bring a water bottle, marked with their name, with water only. A small snack will be provided
Due to security on testing days, parents will not be allowed to eat lunch with their children or deliver lunch
CAT and Library will be closed and there will be no tutoring on Tuesday or Wednesday
Lockers will not be available before school, or during the day
Students will need to bring a book to read after testing (no electronic books)
7th Graders should report to the Main Gym before school on testing days
8th Graders should report to the Cafeteria before school on testing days
STAAR Testing Days - No Electronics on Campus for Testers
On STAAR testing days, we are requesting students who will be testing do not bring electronics to campus. Cell phones, Apple watches and other watches/Fitbits that receive text messages, tablets, laptops, eReaders, or other electronic devices are NOT allowed in testing rooms. If students forget and bring their devices to school, they will be asked to sign a release and place their electronics in a plastic bin that will be removed from the testing room. Any electronics brought to school on testing days will be returned when testing is complete. Students will not be allowed to place electronics in lockers on testing days.
Class Schedule for Tuesday and Wednesday, March 28 and 29
NO MORNING ATHLETICS on March 28 and 29
Student-athletes will need to report to school by 8:45 a.m. and report to their testing location.
Without morning athletics, traffic will move a little slower next Tuesday and Wednesday. Please allow a little extra time when dropping off through car pool.
For STAAR Testing bell schedules,
go here
.
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March 28th
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7th grade STAAR Writing
8th grade STAAR Math
All Algebra classes will participate in math rotations
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March 29th
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8th grade STAAR Reading
7th grade Fitnessgram
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WSMS PTA Annual Meeting and Parent Program - Tuesday, April 4
Join us for a special screening of Screenagers - Growing up in the Digital Age. The WSMS PTA Annual Meeting will occur on April 4, 2017 at 11:00am and the screening will immediately follow. The students will also see part of the movie on April 7th with a presentation by the school on using technology wisely.
More about Screenagers:
Are you watching kids scroll through life, with their rapid-fire thumbs and a six-second attention span? Physician and filmmaker Delaney Ruston saw that with her own kids and learned that the average kid spends 6.5 hours a day looking at screens. She wondered about the impact of all this time and about the friction occurring in homes and schools around negotiating screen time-friction she knew all too well.
In SCREENAGERS, as with her award-winning documentaries on mental health, Delaney takes a deeply personal approach as she probes into the vulnerable corners of family life, including her own, to explore struggles over social media, video games, academics and internet addiction. Through poignant, and unexpectedly funny stories, along with surprising insights from authors, psychologists, and brain scientists, SCREENAGERS reveals how tech time impacts kids' development and offers solutions on how adults can empower kids to best navigate the digital world and find balance.
Early Release, Wednesday, April 5
April 5 is an early release day for students. Students will be dismissed at 12:50 p.m., and the front office will close at 1:30 p.m. Please
go here
for the bell schedule.
Upcoming Student Holiday
April 14 is a designated bad weather day. It will be a student and teacher holiday if we do not have a school closing due to bad weather between now and then.
Get Your Summer Reading Material - Book Fair
Mark your calendars now to get all your Required Summer Reading and MORE at the WSMS Book Fair, April 10-13.
Pep Rally - DATE CHANGE to Thursday, April 13
Thursday, April 13 we are having a pep rally in our main gym. Band, choir and orchestra will perform our National Anthem. We will recognize our tennis, swimming, soccer and track athletes and our PTA Reflections State winner. Please
click 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.
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