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Willow Springs Middle School Principal Newsletter - November 15, 2018
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Dear WSMS Parents and Guardians,
We hope everyone is looking forward to a great Thanksgiving break!
Best of luck to our LHS Varsity Volleyball and Football Teams upcoming playoff games this weekend. The LHS Volleyball team is competing in the Semi-Final of the State Tournament tomorrow at the Curtis Culwell Center in Garland. The game is at 1:00 p.m. tomorrow.
Students can attend the game and receive an excused absence through the following procedures:
- Be signed out by parent or authorized pickup
- Check out after 2nd period (Class is over at 10:32)
- Bring their ticket stub from the game, and submit it to the attendance office when they return to school after the Thanksgiving Break. If tickets are pre-purchased, please bring a copy of the ticket when you check your student out.
- PLEASE NOTE: TICKET MUST HAVE STUDENTS NAME WRITTEN ON IT.
WSMS Needs You
Would you like to help out at Willow Springs? Please view this short video on how you can help out at WSMS during final exams.
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Club Day - Friday, November 16th
Club Day is Friday, November 16th 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.
WSMS & PTA Presents a look at Sex Education & Your Willow Springs Student
Students in grades 7 and 8 will be shown the
AIM for Success Student presentations on November 27th (8th grade) and November 28th (7th grade
)
at Willow Springs Middles School. Students will participate in the program through their math classes with a trained AIM presenter. The Aim For Success, Inc. motivational programs have educated over a million young people across America during the past 18 years on topics such as sex, drugs, alcohol, and bullying. AIM has been educating our Lovejoy students for more than 15 years!
Click here
for a quick overview of the program.
WSMS will be hosting an
AIM Parent Presentation on November 13th @ 10:30 am
. Please plan on attending this program for an overview of what your children will be hearing. If you prefer your child not attend this program, please contact Kathy Stone at
[email protected]
.
College Board PSAT 8/9 - Wednesday, December 5
On Wednesday, December 5th, WSMS 8th graders will take the College Board's PSAT 8/9 test. This assessment is an opportunity for students, parents, and teachers to assess a student's math, writing, and reading skills needed to be college-ready. For more information on the College Board's PSAT 8/9 test, you can visit
this website
.
The PSAT 8/9 assessment will begin promptly at 9am on Wednesday, December 5th and will last approximately 3.5 hours. 8th graders may want to bring a bottle of water for testing. All 8th graders will eat C lunch that day. We ask all 8th graders to leave their cell phones at home on testing days. If students choose to bring their phones to school, they will be asked to sign a waiver and place their phone in a bin that will be removed from the room during testing. Phones will be returned after testing. While we will take precautions to keep all phones safe, we cannot be held accountable for lost or damaged phones. If you have questions or concerns, please contact Kay Bordelon,
[email protected]
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Flapjacks for Finals - Thursday, December 13th
As a middle school tradition, we will be kicking off final exam week with "Flapjacks for Finals" on Thursday, December 13th from 8:00 a.m. - 8:50 a.m. in the cafeteria. Please encourage your son or daughter to stop by the cafeteria for hot cakes.
Final Exams, December 14th-19th
For a copy of the fall semester final exam schedule, please
click here
.
Final exams will officially begin, Friday, December 14th. Teachers are expected to provide students with final exam reviews by Friday, December 7. In addition, all final exam reviews will be loaded on the WSMS website on December 7 (under both student and parent) and teachers will upload exam reviews into their Google Classrooms. Please encourage your son or daughter to begin working on their final exam reviews early. As they begin to study, encourage them to study every night in short 15-20 minute increments rather than "cramming" the night before the test. Research shows that students who study in small chunks of time over a period of days are more successful on assessments.
We will be sending out more information about middle school final exams over the next two weeks.
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Campus Information and Reminders
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Willow Springs Middle School is equipped with security cameras inside and outside the building. The interior cameras provide views of all hallways while the exterior cameras provide views of the building periphery.
12th Annual Spelling Bee Winners
Congratulations to Lauren Dumin on her first place finish in the Spelling Bee today. Our second place finisher was Alissa Chang. All were so prepared and professional. We congratulate our winner and all of our contestants for participating in the Spelling Bee!
Lauren Dumin - 1st place
Alissa Chang - 2nd place
Jackson Dubree - 3rd place
Asher Mathew
Patrick Dunleavy
Humzah Ahmad
Lauren Dumin
Cully Khahoo
Aaron Mathew
Chakrearsy Prom
James Wilkins
Nathaniel Bognot
Jamie Brunson
Declan Finnigan
Luke Winchester
Battle of the Books
And the Champions are.....
Congratulations to our
WSMS Battle of the Books Student Champions, The Book Thieves.
Team members
Jocelyn Kim, Hannah Mao, Chakrearsey Prom, and Apple Zhu
fought a fierce battle to come out on top. The Book Thieves then went on to battle 3 teacher/staff teams. For the second consecutive year, the LISD Red Building Administration Team ran away with the title of WSMS Battle of the Books Overall Champions! Congratulations to Dennis Muizers, Crystal Hume, Megan Frankenberg and Brie Smith!
Band Success
This past weekend we had several students participate in the all region band competition at WSMS. Over 15 schools participated, with over 1000 students auditioning. Congratulations to the following students for winning positions in the Region 25 2018-2019 All Region Band. We are so proud of you!
Flute, Lauren Dumin
Oboe, Emma Ball
Clarinet, Chris Dechant*** First chair
Clarinet, Neil Prakuzhy
Clarinet, Julia Stall
Clarinet, Kaitlyn May, Alternate
Bass Clarinet, Maryn Thompson
Alto Sax, Aliyah Book
Trumpet, Reid Robinson
Trumpet, Jonah Vuong
Trumpet, Marco Laos, Alternate
French horn, JL Carlisle
Euphonium, Malachi Liebl
Tuba, Bryce Bob
Tuba, Fletcher Boots
Percussion, John Hanchey
Students feeling under the weather?
As you know, it is prime cold and flu season. To help best manage our students and to keep in line with the policy in the Student Handbook, if students are not feeling well at school, they need to be checked out through the school clinic. The student must be fever free (Temperature of 99.9 or less for 24 hours without the use of over the counter medications to keep the temperature down) and must NOT have vomited or had diarrhea in the last 24 hours.
Thank you for your attention to this important matter.
The WSMS Store will be open every Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday from 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Stop by to get your school spirit gear!
If you are interested in volunteering in the school store this year, please email
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.
November Nutrition Newsletter
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7th Grade Girls Basketball vs. Rockwall Cain
A Team: 50-4
B Team: 22-10
C Team: 26-4
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On behalf of Lovejoy ISD we would like to thank
Accent Landscape Management
for participating in the Lovejoy ISD
Circle of Partners
. We thank
Accent Landscape Management
for their support of Lovejoy ISD and the important value they place on the education of our children.
Accent Landscape Management
pledges 10% of gross revenues on work performed within Lovejoy ISD. Accent provides landscaping, irrigation and lawn maintenance services for commercial and residential properties. Their website may be found at
Accent Landscape Management
. Owners, Phillip and April Sheppard, are proud Hart parents of second grader, Kaiser, and Kindergartener, Sebastian, with two-year-old Charlotte soon to follow.
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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oundation for Lovejoy Schools
New! Black Friday Shopping Benefits the Foundation - Friday, November 23
Stay home and do your Black Friday shopping on AmazonSmile. Did you know your purchases could make a difference? AmazonSmile donates to the Foundation for Lovejoy Schools when you shop at
smile.amazon.com/ch/81-0625033.
New! Giving Tuesday - Tuesday, November 27
The Tuesday after Thanksgiving is Giving Tuesday, which is a perfect time to give a gift to the Foundation's Annual Appeal campaign. If you haven't made your gift this year, now is the time. Help us close the gap between the $181,500 already given and the $200,000 goal. Only $18,500 is needed. Follow the
#GivingTuesday link to make your generous donation.
Denim and Diamonds - The Party - Saturday, February 2
The Foundation for Lovejoy Schools is planning a great party on February 2. Everyone is invited to participate.
The Party
is being held at the Marriott Legacy in Plano at 7:30 PM. There are no reserved tables this year. Buy your ticket and come have fun trying our new food stations, music, drinks, a poker tournament, casino games and live and silent auctions.
Click here
for additional information.
We need your help to make
The Party
a success. Sponsorships are needed to pay for the cost of the venue, food, etc. so that proceeds from the event will go directly to support Lovejoy schools.
Click here
and
here
for details.
Your donations are needed for the silent and live auctions.
Vacations, parties, fun items, restaurant gift cards, etc. are needed.
Click here
for details. You may visit the
Foundation website
for additional information.
Thank you in advance for making this the best Denim & Diamonds party we've ever had.
Kendra Scott Gives Back Party - Thursday, December 13
Benefitting the Foundation for Lovejoy Schools
New! Lovejoy Family Requests Assistance in Remembering Our Troops
SafeSchools has launched their new mobile application for anonymous reporting. You may
click here
for the SafeSchools Alert Mobile Application Download Instructions.
S
afeSchools App Now Available
SafeSchools has launched their new mobile application for anonymous reporting. You may
click here for the SafeSchools Alert Mobile Application Download Instructions.
Senior Project Benefitting Archway Hospice Center
LHS Senior Amanda Gibson is asking for your help with her Senior Project:
"Hi, my name is Amanda Gibson and I am currently looking for donations. For my Senior Project, I am making fleece blankets for the Archway Hospice Center in Prestonwood. I am looking for fleece donations for blankets preferably 1 to 2 yards long. The donations may be dropped off at Lovejoy High School, attention Mrs. McClelland's room B124."
LHS Choir Provides Carol-O-Grams - DEADLINE November 16
Carol-O-Grams are singing telegrams provided by the LHS Choir. Lovejoy residents absolutely love and look forward to this event. Purchase a Carol-O-Gram as a holiday gift for someone within the Lovejoy ISD boundaries. Purchase one for your neighbor, or have your neighbor purchase one for a neighbor...Share a random act of kindness! Each Carol-O-Gram is $26 and you can order online
by
clicking here
or
by going to
www.lovejoychoir.com/carol-o-grams
. The order form and payment button is located on the webpage.
Orders and payments must be received by Friday, November 16.
Lovejoy Fine Arts K.12
Save the Date! November 30 & December 1, 2018
The Lovejoy ISD Fine Arts Festival is around the corner. The Festival team will need a great deal of donations and volunteers to make this year's event a success. If you have a student in the visual or performing arts, please take time to review the following and lend your support.
Student Volunteers: Sign up will begin on November 26.
Click here
for updates on performance schedules, art galleries, and more.
Lovejoy GT Holiday Social - December 10th
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