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Willow Springs Middle School Principal Newsletter - January 10, 2019
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Dear WSMS Parents and Guardians,
I hope everyone is having a great week. Our students have done an excellent job of transitioning into their spring semester classes. It is hard to believe that in just a few weeks, we will begin the registration process for the 2019-2020 school year. This is traditionally a busy time of year for our students, parents, and counselors. Please see information below about important dates and events for the spring semester.
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NJHS Meeting - Wednesday, January 16
The next NJHS meeting is Wednesday, January 16 at either 8:15 a.m. or 4:05 p.m. in room C408. Students need to bring current grades from Power School.
School Holiday - Monday, January 21
Monday, January 21 is a school holiday.
Geography Bee - Thursday, January 24
All 7th and 8th grade history classes took a preliminary quiz to determine which students qualify for the National Geography Bee the week before finals. The school Geography Bee will be held January 24 at 4:15 p.m. in the WSMS library. Typically, about 30 students qualify for the school bee. Students that qualify for the school bee will receive a letter the week of January 8 letting them know specific details about the school bee. Additional information about the National Geographic Bee can be found
here
.
8th Grade Students to Visit Lovejoy High School
On January 25th, All WSMS 8th grade students will be visiting Lovejoy High School to learn more about the registration process and course offerings. Our 8th grade students will tour the building and see the facilities of different elective programs. They will also have the opportunity to eat lunch in the LHS cafeteria. On the same day, 6th grade students will be visiting WSMS to learn more about our programs and courses as they prepare for registration. Here is the schedule for the day:
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WSMS Winter Pep Rally 9:30--10:30. SCIS 6th grade students will participate in this pep rally once they arrive. Seating will be limited.
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10:30-10:45--8th grade students depart for LHS, 6th grade students begin tour of WSMS. 6th grade students will visit all elective courses.
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6th grade students will eat lunch at WSMS. 8th grade students will eat lunch at LHS.
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12:15--6th grade students depart for SCIS
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1:30--8th grade students return to WSMS. All 8th grade students will attend periods 6-8 once they return.
Winter Pep Rally - Friday, January 25
Our Winter Sports Pep Rally will be Friday, January 25 in our main gym at 9:30 AM. We are needing to do a morning pep rally so our 6th grade students from SCIS can participate before they tour our school. We will have performances from our band, choir, orchestra, colorguard, dance, and cheer programs. We will also recognize all of our winter sports programs and other students who participated in competitions in the months of December and January. 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. More info to come...
Group Photos - Tuesday, January 29
Group photos day is Tuesday, January 29 with retakes for students that are new or missed portrait day for the yearbook. Please have your child dress in the appropriate attire recommended by their teacher for group photos or for portraits individually.
"Engaged in a Healthy Lifestyle" Suicide Prevention Student Presentations - January 30th and 31st
WSMS will present Engaged in a Healthy Lifestyle" / Suicide Prevention information to WSMS students on Wednesday, January 30th and Thursday January 31st 8th graders will view the presentation through history classes on Wednesday the 30th and 7th graders will participate on Thursday through Texas History classes. There is not a presentation specifically dedicated for parents this year, but if you are interested in viewing the program, or If you have any questions or concerns about this presentation, please contact WSMS counselors, Kay Bordelon at 469-742-8424 or Kathy Stone at 469-742-8423.
WSMS Yearbook Extended Sales - deadline is February 1
Happy New Year! Now that we are in 2019, the last day to order a yearbook approaches in less than a month. Order online to guarantee your child's 2019 yearbook with an extended sale until February 1. We will need to give our yearbook order number total to our publisher and need an accurate sales count so please do not miss this deadline. We cannot guarantee your child a yearbook if you miss the order deadline. Click
here
to place your order today.
2019-2020 Registration Meetings
It is time to begin the process of registering current 6th, 7th, and 8th graders for the upcoming school year at WSMS and LHS! Middle school and high school counselors will begin speaking to students in late January about elective classes, core class selections, how to register online, and what to expect in the 2019-2020 school year. Parent Registration Presentations will be held on:
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Parents of current 8th graders: At LHS, February 11, 6pm Parent Registration Presentation
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Parents and current 8th graders: At LHS, February 11, 6:30pm LHS Elective Showcase,Immediately following parent meeting
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Parents of current 6th graders: At WSMS, February 26, 9am-10 am - Parent Registration Presentation
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Parents of current 7th graders: At WSMS, February 26, 11am-12 noon - Parent Registration Presentation
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Parents of current 6th graders: At WSMS, February 26, 5:30pm-6pm - GT Information Meeting
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Parents of current 6th graders: At WSMS, February 26, 6:00-7:00pm - Parent Registration Presentation
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Parents of current 7th graders: At WSMS, February 26, 6:30pm-7pm - GT Information Meeting
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Parents of current 7th graders: At WSMS, February 26, 6:00-7:00pm - Parent Registration Presentation
For a complete registration timeline, please click
here
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Contact the Student Support Center at
469-742-8422
if you have any questions about these dates.
Academic UIL - Save the Date
Academic UIL competition is on the horizon, and we are looking forward to attending this year's competition on April 12 and 13, 2019 at Coppell MS North! All students in grades 7 and 8 are eligible to try-out for a team. Students may compete in as many events as they would like as long as the events they enter compete at different times during the competition day. Students who make the team (3 members plus one alternate for most teams) will begin practices as determined by the team coach. Practice days and times will vary with each competition and coach. Tryout dates, times, and locations will be publicized in early February. If you have any questions, please contact Laura Rogers at
[email protected].
Save the Date: STAAR Testing This Spring
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Campus Information and Reminders
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For security purposes, all exterior doors to the campus are locked during the day. If your student is dropped off early or picked up late for tutorials, practice, rehearsal, etc., please encourage them to stay inside the building when the weather is cold. Once they exit the building in the evening, the doors will lock behind them. During the winter months, please encourage your student to wait inside until you arrive. They can wait in the rotunda in the front hall at WSMS.
PTA Reflections
Thank you so much to everyone who participated in the PTA Reflections contest this year! We had a total of 29 Literature entries and 68 Visual Art entries. Our students did a fantastic job of interpreting the theme and creating beautiful works of art.
Click here
for a full list of entries. Congratulations to the following students for receiving the Award of Excellence and moving on to the Council level of competition:
Visual Arts
Isabella Iannarelli
Chloe Schaeffer
Ashlyn DuBois
Brooke Pittana
Macy Moore
Alexandra Harris
Daniel Walters
Madeleine Hays
Sofia Rodas
Taylor Platz
Ali Arbabi
Noore Mawla
Lance Stubbs
Jocelyn Kim
Literature
Margaret Koehn
Shruti Subramaniyan
Gianna Bierman
Evelyn Tsai
Aarathi Devakumar
Joshua James
Winter Illness
Since we are entering the FLU season, we just wanted to remind you of the District Policies about students attending school with illnesses. Students MUST STAY HOME from school if they have experienced vomiting, diarrhea, or a fever of 100.0 or higher in the last 24 hours, without the use of medications to lower the fever, or stop the vomiting or diarrhea. This will help prevent the spread of illnesses to other students and staff as well as prevent your own child from contracting another illness since their immune system is already still low and trying to recover from their previous illness. Please read the attached letter about Flu from the CDC by clicking
HERE.
Inclement Weather
School closures will be determined based on safety. In the event of a school closure, notifications will be announced on the district's website, Facebook, and Twitter pages. We will also announce any closure through the media and by phone. Links to our social media accounts are shown below.
Lovejoy ISD App
The Lovejoy ISD App is available for download on both Apple and Android devices. To download the app for Apple devices, please
click here
. To download the app for Android devices, please
click here
.
Twitter and Facebook
Are you following the district on
Twitter
? Have you liked us on
Facebook
? Join us on social media for news and announcements.
Final Exams Make Up
If a student was unable to take a final exam this week, they can make it up after winter break on Monday, January 7th through Friday, January 11th. Please feel free to contact your son or daughter's teacher to schedule a time to make up a final exam.
Final Exam Grades
Final Exams are a summative assessment over material that has been covered during the first semester. Teachers will be closing out their grades for the first semester once final exams have been completed. As a result, students will not have the opportunity to re-take their final exam. The summative data from final exams will provide teachers with a road map for instructional planning and intervention during the spring semester. As the semester comes to a close, please continue to work with your son or daughter to stay on top of their school responsibilities. This time of year is traditionally very busy for our students and families, both often get pulled in several different directions as we approach the holidays. If you or your student needs any assistance or support with academic or behavioral support, please partner with our teachers, counselors, and administrators. Let's work together to ensure that our students finish strong in their first semester of learning.
Reporting an Incident at WSMS
One of our top priorities at Willow Springs Middle School is to ensure the safety of all of our students. Our most important asset in this is the eyes and ears our students can provide us on campus. We will begin using the Safe Schools Alert System this year for students and parents to report incidents they are aware of happening. You can access the system by going to
www.lovejoyisd.net
. Under Quick Links click on "REPORT IT!" You will have four ways to submit an incident. Furthermore, you will receive an access code to follow the progression of how an incident is being handled.
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7th Grade Girls Basketball vs. Allen Ford
A Team: Won 28-22
B Team: Won 23-4
C Team: Won 27-0
7th Grade Boys Basketball vs. Allen Ford
A Team: Lost 51-45
B Team: Lost 35-29
C Team: Won 28-18
Spring Tennis Tryouts, January 14-18
Students interested in trying out for the WSMS Tennis Team this spring, please see below for important information about the tryout process.
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Students interested in trying out will participate in a scheduled 2 day tryout at 7:30am at LHS during the week of 1/14-1/18.
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The tryout will consist of 2 matches against 2 players of the same age level and skill level that are currently on the team.
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Skill level evaluation will consist of forehands, backhands, serves, volleys, and match play.
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Coach Cherry and Coach Davis will evaluate all players and base their decision on the players skill level and the scores that they have against players who are currently on the team. During match play games, Coach Cherry and Coach Davis will evaluate forehands, backhand, serves, volleys, and overall match play ability.
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There is not a certain number of athletes that we will keep. The final team number will be determined based on the level and skill set of current players and players that are trying out.
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To schedule a day and time for a two match tryout with current players, please contact Coach Davis at [email protected] to schedule. Once he receives your email, he will schedule two matches with two separate players of equal skill set that are currently participating in the WSMS tennis program.
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Black Swan Mortgage Pro
. Stephanie Cigainero, owner of
Black Swan Mortgage Pro
is pledging 10% of her pay on Circle of Partners transactions, which will be matched by her employer
Movement Mortgage
. Stephanie has been in the home loan mortgage business since 2006 and may be reached at 469.531.0257 or at https://movement.com/lo/stephanie-cigainero/
. She is married to her best friend and Australian native, Josh. They have two daughters, Aspen a 5th grader at Sloan Creek and Maia. They are a host family to foreign exchange student Alessia Bellometti.
Lovejoy ISD is pleased to welcome Tutoring 101 to the Circle of Partners. Tutoring 101 and Lovejoy ISD have formed a revenue generating/sharing partnership to bring their services to Lovejoy families. Please see below for several offerings.
Private tutoring is available for students in grades K-12 in all subjects. Tutoring 101 recommends once a week tutoring for an hour to increase grades and learn subject matter more deeply. A once a week appointment usually results in an increase of one letter grade or more. Turn those C's into B's.
What is your SAT/ACT score? Want a better one? What do you need it to be?
Invest in a PSAT/SAT/ACT Prep program not just a class. Tutoring 101 helps high scorers get top scores, average students raise their scores and poor test takers achieve the scores colleges want. Tutoring 101 students have earned admissions and scholarships, and have saved thousands of tuition dollars every year.
Classes are conveniently located at Lovejoy High School. Call 972.359.0222 or email [email protected] for additional information.
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Foundation for Lovejoy Schools
Denim and Diamonds - Saturday, February 2
We need your help to make this year's Denim and Diamonds the best yet. How can you help?
Sponsor
- the goal is to raise $100,000 in sponsorships. There are many levels available.
Click here
for options and/or contact The Party Chairperson, Kelli Litchenburg for additional information.
Donate
- trips, parties, and fun items are needed for the silent and live auctions.
Click here
for the donation form. Please note - the donation deadline has been extended.
Lovejoy High School Choir and Theatre Present - Grease
The Lovejoy High School Theatre and Choir students are rarin' to go with one of the world's most iconic productions,
Grease
! The show will be presented January 17-19, 2019 at 7:00 PM.
Beginning its life cycle with an eight-year Broadway run,
Grease
is an unforgettable trip back to a simpler time of poodle skirts, drive-ins, and T-birds. In the summer of 1959, bad boy Danny Zuko (played by Junior
, Bryce Fuller
) had a secret romance with the new-in-town, sweet-girl-next-door Sandy Dumbrowski (Senior,
Adelyn Maruca
). Now, school is back in session, and the pressure of friends and cliques is making their love a bit more complicated. Click
here
for more information regarding the cast.
Tickets are on sale now! Prices are $15 for students, seniors, and staff and $19 for adults. Tickets may be purchased at the online box office:
Come experience the friendships, romances, and adventures that have made
Grease
a Broadway knock-out and blockbuster success. We hope to see you "Shakin' at the High School Hop" at the Lovejoy High School Auditorium.
Due to mature high school themes, this show is recommended for middle school students and above.
Little Leopards Toy Drive!
To Benefit the Children of Little Leopards
Sponsored by the LHS Work-Based Learning Program
*Accepting new to gently used toys for children birth-5 years of age
Early Childhood- Little Leopards:
Play food, Outside Toys, Musical Toys, Books
School Age:
Legos, K'nex, Kinetic Sand, Sports Balls, Dolls, Shopkins, Dollhouses
*Toys may be delivered to any Lovejoy campus or the Administration building, or collected upon request until Feb. 15, 2019
For more information: sancy_fuller @ lovejoyisd.net
Lovejoy Lacrosse - Boys' and Girls' Teams Registration Now Open
Registration is now open for the boys' and girls' 2019 Spring season of Lovejoy Lacrosse. Join the most exciting, fastest-growing sport in the country.
Register now for Boys and Girls: Grades Kindergarten through High School
Hurry, as rosters are filling quickly!
Lovejoy Lacrosse Free Try-It Clinics - January 12 and 19
Lovejoy Lacrosse will host lacrosse try-it clinics on three upcoming days at Willow Springs Middle School:
Girls and Boys - Saturday, January 12, 10:00 - 11:30 AM
Boys only - Saturday, January 19, 12:00 -1:30 PM
The try-it clinics are free and are open to all grade levels - kindergarten through high school. Kids are welcome to attend one or both of the clinics. No registration is required. Just come on out to the field ready to have fun. Lacrosse equipment will be available to borrow.
No lacrosse experience is necessary. There will be drills for players of all skill and experience levels. The clinics will be a fun, no pressure environment where girls and boys can try lacrosse and parents can learn about the Lovejoy Lacrosse program.
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