WBMS Friday Notes
February 10, 2023
Reflections from Ms. Williams
WBMS Parents and Guardians –
It was an exciting week at WBMS! Our 8th graders went to AHS to visit and hear more about the course options in high school. They returned pumped up wearing their new Class of 2027 shirts and dreaming of high school life. On Wednesday night our amazing PTA sponsored Singing BINGO for our students, and it brought me such joy to see our students singing along to music together.
A BIG congratulations to our Science Olympiad teams who won all sorts of awards over the weekend and are moving on to state level competition, and the eight WBMS students who have been recognized by the Freedom to Read Georgia coalition for their exemplary essays in the 2022 State Essay contest.
I visited many classrooms this week and what really stood out was our students’ level of participation. I was so pleased to see that in almost every class every
Make the most of your weekend!
In collaboration -
Rebecca Williams
Principal, Webb Bridge Middle School
Dates to Remember
Feb 14 - Spring Picture Day-must preorder for picture, info below
Feb 20 - President's Day (schools closed)
Feb 21- Professional Development Day (students off)
Feb 24-25 - WBMS presents Moana Jr.
Feb 26 - WBMS Walks to Water
March 13 -Professional Development Day (students off)
March 14 - Teacher Workday (students off)
March 24- 8th grade dance
WBMS Assessment Calendar Links:
Have a question about what tests or quizzes your student has coming up? Check out the Assessment Calendar!
Teachers place all major assessments on these calendars:
6th Grade Assessment Calendar Link
Congratulations to our Teacher and Professional of the Year!
Madame Awad and Mrs. Hendrick!
A well deserved honor! You make a difference in the lives of your students everyday! Thank you for all you do for our students and school community!
Celebrating our Amazing Counselors!
Mrs. Parson, Mrs. Ramsey and Mrs. Wilson!
Thank you for your hard work, sacrifice, and dedication to our students, staff, and community! You make a difference everyday and we are so lucky to have you as part of our WBMS family!
Thank You To Our Wonderful Community Partners Who Donated To Professional and Teacher Of The Year Gift Baskets!
Club Pilates
Premier Martial Arts
Shavon Beal Jewelry
WBMS PTA
Aurora Cineplex
For more information about our wonderful Community Partners please scroll down to the Community Partners section
Spring Picture Day February 14-Pre Orders Only!
Parents and Guardians-Please Read
As we approach Valentine’s Day, it is important to ensure that all homemade candy, desserts, baked goods, or other edible items are not to be sold or distributed during school hours, and that appropriate store-bought items are delivered to the administration. Please know that taking this measure will help us maintain a safe environment for all students with allergies, etc. You can help us protect your student(s) by requesting that they not eat anything given to them by another person, anything that they have not brought from your home or anything not in its original sealed package.
Thank you for your continued partnership in keeping all of our students safe at school!
A Huge Thank You to Our Amazing Scoliosis Volunteers!
We could not have done it without them!
Mohanapriya Saravanan
YiHui Lapid
Pallavi Mandalik
Emily Phipps
Sarah Bixby
Melissa Rose
Maria Fernanda Coquieri
Zenie Chen
Monica Vlaic
WAY TO GO SCIENCE OLYMPIAD!
Science Olympiad’s three teams of 45 students went to Regionals in Rome, Georgia on Saturday, February 4th. We placed third overall in the Regional Competition and 15 members of our 45 will be competing in the State Competition in Athens, Georgia on Saturday, March 25th. Our students brought home over 30 medals in first-third place! For our SECOND YEAR, this is outstanding!! Here are the results:
Team 1: 3rd place for Codebusters, 2nd place for Crave the Wave, 3rd place for Disease Detectives, 1st place in Flight, 3rd place in Green Generation, 3rd place in Roller Coaster, 1st place in Solar System, 2nd place in Wheeled Vehicle, 2nd place in Write it Do it.
Team 2: 3rd place in Anatomy and Physiology, 1st place in Can’t Judge a Powder, 1st place in Crave the Wave, 1st place in Crime Busters, 1st place in Disease Detectives, 1st place in Dynamic Planet, 3rd place in Flight.
Team 3: 3rd place in Bio Process Lab, 3rd place in Can’t Judge a Powder, 3rd place in Crave the Wave, 2nd place in Crime Busters, 2nd place in Disease Detectives, 3rd place in Experimental Design, 1st place in Green Generation, 1st place in Meteorology, 2nd place in Solar System, 1st place in Storm the Castle.
WAY TO GO Freedom to Read Essay Contest EXEMPLARY Submissions!
Eight Fulton County middle school students have been recognized for their 2022 essay contest EXEMPLARY submissions by the Freedom to Read Georgia Coalition. Congratulations to Webb Bridge Middle School students Cat C Bontrager, Gabrielle G Chambers, Gia Agarwal, Isharya Chhabra, Kate Ding, Livia R. Evans, Sia M. Sharma, and Tommy Dunmire!
Registration closes 2/10!!
Please watch this video and consider walking the Webb Way at the 2nd Annual WBMS Walks for Water on Sunday 2.26.23 from 2-5 pm at WBMS. The student led Village Market opens after the walk. WALK. LEARN. EAT. SHOP. PLAY.
Water Walk | WaterAid - YouTube
Registration closes on Friday, February 10th.
Lego Donation
ATTENTION EIGHTH GRADE PARENTS
Fulton Virtual Summer Courses – Registration is tentatively scheduled for March
You will need to sign up on the Fulton Virtual website for summer courses. The fee is $225 per semester course.
The website for more information is Fulton Virtual / About (fultonschools.org).
For more information regarding rising 9th graders please click on the PDF below
Attention 8th Grade Parents- Save the Date!
8th Grade Dance
You’re a Star!!
8th Grade Dance
Friday, March 24th
6:30-9:00 pm at WBMS
Join us for a night on the red carpet at the 8th-grade end-of-year dance. This is a special event to celebrate a great 8th-grade year at WBMS, and to send you off to high school in style! You can spend time dancing with your friends, enjoying a spread of food and desserts, and posing for pictures at the photo kiosk and 360-degree video booth.
The WBMS cafeteria and rotunda will be transformed into a red carpet and VIP lounge for the evening! Throw on your favorite dancing shoes and come dance the night away! Wear a sparkly dress, your favorite button-down, or simply what makes you feel great. Don’t forget though, we must follow the FCS dress code.
Purchase your tickets now for the big event! Tickets are $25 if purchased before the deadline of March 10th. After this date, the price will be increased to $30.
Registration link: https://wbmspta.membershiptoolkit.com/packet/28116787
Webb Bridge presents- Disney's Moana Jr.
Tickets on sale NOW!
Parent Feedback Form for Code of Conduct
FCS 2022-2023 Code of Conduct (for Parent)
Every year we like to get feedback from our parents regarding the district's Code of Conduct. Please take a couple of minutes to provide feedback or make suggestions on how we can improve our code.
6th Grade Cultural Kaleidoscope Field Trip Fernbank Planetarium March 8, 2023
A visit to the Fernbank Planetarium!
The planetarium is the third largest in the country and had recently been refitted with a 4K laser driven projection system. Students will also explore the exhibits, including the actual Apollo six capsule, a copy of the space suit worn by Neil Armstrong and meteorites, many of which landed in Georgia.
PLEASE NOTE – this is the Fernbank Science Center, not to be confused with Fernbank Museum of Natural History!
Impact Earth teaches about meteors, meteorites, asteroids, and comets. The film shows dramatically the effects of the Chixulub and Tungusta events, plus the Pallasite impact that resulted in the Brenham meteorite fall. Impact Earth describes ways that asteroid hunters seek new objects in the solar system and how ground penetrating radar is used to find meteorites that have survived to the Earth’s surface. Narrated by astronaut Tom Jones, the show also discusses ways that humans might try to deflect an asteroid or comet that is on a collision course with Earth.
Cost: FREE
Cultural Kaleidoscope is a component of the Bridge to Success/Expanded Programs Option for the Fulton County School District. The program will be providing students in Fulton County Schools with authentic experiences to build content knowledge and Tier II and Tier III vocabulary across a range of curriculum areas. The excursions began in the fall of 2022 and are at no cost to the schools or students.
Permission forms were sent out through Homeroom teachers, but if you missed the email, Click here to complete the 6th grade permission form.
Introducing our Furry Friends of WBMS Carpool!
Recess Supervision Sign-up- Spring Semester
Parents- we need your help!
We need additional help with supervision for Recess on Tuesday and Thursdays.
Please make sure you have completed Fulton County Schools Volunteer registration- https://www.fultonschools.org/volunteer
In the event of bad weather (rain, if the ground is wet at all, etc.) we will cancel Recess. You will not recieve a phone call about this, just know that if the weather is bad, we won't have Recess.
Please review the available slots below and click on the button to sign up. Thank you!
SGC Parent and Teacher Elections
TREX SCHOOL RECYCLING CHALLENGE
WBMS is a 2021-2022 GaPBIS Distinguished School!
Week of 1-30
This week the students continued to learn about breathing techniques. This week they learned about finger trace breathing.
The purpose of deep breathing is to relieve stress, calm our nervous system down, ease panic and worry and to help bring more oxygen to our body.
Here is a quick visual of what square breathing is:
Next week we will actually practice this technique. If you want to get ahead start, feel free to watch this video demonstration where you can practice along with the narrator. Link to video: Mindful Moments with JusTme (#6 Finger Tracing) on Vimeo
to learn more about WBMS Media Center!
Don't Forget
BUY A YEARBOOK!
2nd Annual WBMS Walks for Water
This week, our 7th grade Service Learning fundraiser hit a milestone: $3110, which is enough to repair 3 wells. Thank you to everyone who graciously donated! For each $1000 raised, we will fill a crack on our Webb Way Well in the 700 hall. When the well is broken, the women and children must walk.
We walk with others, so others don’t have to. Please join us for the 2nd Annual WBMS Walks for Water on 2.26.23 from 2-5 pm at WBMS.
Register to Attend the Walk on February 26, 2023
Can’t make it, please consider donating directly to our fundraising page. Help us help another village.
Donate directly to WBMS’s fundraising page
Water Is Basic - Webb Bridge Well Repairs (networkforgood.com)
7th Grade Students- Please consider sponsoring and running a table at the Village Market for the 2nd Annual WBMS Walks for Water
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0D4CACAB2DA1FEC16-village1
WBMS Families – please consider volunteering for the 2nd Annual WBMS Walks for Water on 2.26.23
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0D4CACAB2DA1FEC16-2ndannual
Open Enrollment for AHS Cadet WinterGuard
For more information about the Debate Club below please go to this Link: IBA PPT Intro.pptx
Volunteers Needed!
Please click on link to sign up. Thank You!
Media Center:
https://m.signupgenius.com/#!/showRSVPSignUp/8050c4aa8a928a1fc1-media1
Front Office volunteers:
Our school was recently named a 2021-2023 National PTA School of Excellence!
To earn this designation WBMS had to demonstrate families feel welcomed and empowered to support student success, and that our PTA is a key partner for continuous school improvement. Becoming a National PTA School of Excellence began with the joint commitment of PTA and our phenomenal administrative team to work together to welcome all families, communicate effectively, support student success, speak up for every child, share power and collaborate with the community. Congratulations and a huge thank you to everyone who helped make this possible!
To learn more about this accomplishment or to support our PTA during the Fall Membership Drive, visit wbmspta.org.
Do you know a family in need at WBMS?
Please reach out to our counseling staff so we can find ways to help.
Our Community Cupboard provides emergency necessities for families in our school experiencing hardship.
Please consider making a donation! Our largest need currently is gift cards in any amount to Kroger or Walmart.
You may leave your donations at the Front Office. Please mark them PTA/Community Cupboard. Thank you!
Thank You To Our Wonderful Community Partners Who Donated To Professional and Teacher Of The Year Gift Baskets!
Little Miss MAC-Monograms & More
Club Pilates
Premier Martial Arts
Shavon Beal Jewelry
WBMS PTA
Aurora Cineplex
Webb Bridge PTA
Little Miss Mac
Premier Martial Arts
www.PremierMartialArts.com/Alpharetta
(678) 288-9392
11585 Jones Bridge Rd., Suite 240
Johns Creek, GA 300022
Area 51 - Aurora Cineplex and The Fringe Miniature Golf
Area 51 -
Aurora Cineplex and The Fringe Miniature Golf
are located at:
5100 Commerce Parkway
Roswell, GA 30076
(770) 518-0977
Club Pilates
Special Offers from our Community Partners!
Special Offer from Greenlight!
Greenlight is the loved and trusted debit card and banking app helping parents raise financially-smart kids and teens and a WBMS Silver Level Community Partner.
Please Support Our Community Partners!!
Checking your student out early?
Items dropped off for students
To report an absence for your student
View board policy and WBMS attendance information here- https://www.fultonschools.org/domain/8783
Interested in Volunteering at WBMS?
All volunteers must complete the Fulton County Schools training in order to volunteer at Webb Bridge. We ask that you complete the training 24 hours prior to the day you are volunteering. You will have to present your ID to the front office the first time you sign in as a volunteer.
Please see the link below to complete training.
Student Success Skills Packet
New Resource for Fulton County Residents
Connect Fulton is a new resource available to residents for financial assistance, food pantries, medical care, and other free or reduced-cost services.
Please click on link for more information http://connectfulton.findhelp.com
Connect Fulton (click for the link) – Families, friends, neighbors, students, etc. can all benefit from this intuitive and easy to use website. Just go to http://connectfulton.findhelp.com and type in your zip code. There are thousands of resources related to just about anything like food, housing, financial assistance, education, childcare, healthcare, etc. There are filters to customize available resources to find the best fit.
On-site Mental Health Partners (click for the link) - WBMS partners with Summit Counseling. If you are interested in Summit Counseling, please reach out to your student’s school counselor.
FCS/WBMS Mental Health Resources
As we start a new year, we want to share important resources for our students and families.
Text4Help (click for the link) - Students experiencing anxiety or stress can receive assistance by anonymously texting their unique school code after dialing into the Text4Help hotline:1-844-201-9946. The certified mental health professionals are provided from district social services partner CHRIS180 and respond to inquiries within three to five minutes. The conversation is completely free, anonymous, and confidential.
Fulton County Schools Resources:
• Universal Remote Learning Resources: https://www.fultonschools.org/universalremotelearning
• URL Parent Learning Support: https://www.fultonschools.org/parentlearningsupport
• FoodStop Distribution Points: https://www.fultonschools.org/foodstop
• Coronavirus Updates: https://www.fultonschools.org/coronavirus
• Community Resources: https://www.fultonschools.org/communityresources
• Code of Conduct: https://www.fultonschools.org/codeofconduct