WPMS 8th Grade
Woodland Park Middle School ~ February 12
Upcoming Project Due Dates
Westward Expansion: Due February 26
Epic Fantasy Narrative Essay: Due February 27
Playing with Forces (Game): Due March 1
We hope you are able to use time over break to complete any missing Checkpoints for Projects!
Woodland Park High School Building Visit
Tuesday, February 23rd - Cohort 1 - Panthers - Appleget, Havens, Kettler Mentor Classes
Wednesday, February 24th - Cohort 2 - Remote and Online Students
Thursday, February 25th - Cohort 3 - Pride - Chism, Leafers, Rucker Mentor Classes
Students will walk over to the high school after lunch at noon. Students will spend time in the auditorium for an introduction to high school. Students will be hosted by Student Council students and given a detailed tour of the building including classroom visits. While in the classrooms, teachers will talk about their department's course offerings and programs.
At 1:45pm walking students will be released from the HS, bus riders will be walked down to the bus loop to await the bus arrivals, students being picked up will be walked out to the pather to wait for their ride. Parents should be outside the Panther from 1:45-2pm for pick-up.
Save the Dates
WPHS Registration: WPHS Counselors will be meeting with 8th grade students the week of March 1-5 to help discuss 4 year planning, review the course handbook, and begin preparing students for the registration process. More information will be coming soon from WPHS!
WPSD Registration opens on March 8th! Families will be able to register for the upcoming 2021-2022 school year.
Westward Expansion Literature Circles
For the last few days we have been doing literature circles in English and teaching each other about the impacts of westward expansion on different groups of people in History.
Here are some pictures of the kids doing good work!
8th Grade Math: Linear Equations & Linear Systems
Cooldowns are designed to be math practice and homework. Parent tip: have your child show his/her progress on completing cooldowns in this unit.
Enrichment Classes
Students will rotate every 20 days to a new Enrichment Class.On January 18th, students started their fourth enrichment rotation.
Physical Education A: Nicole Vergenz nvergenz@wpsdk12.org
Physical Education B: Caleb Kettler ckettler@wpsdk12.org
Family and Consumer Science: Stephanie Rucker srucker@wpsdk12.org
Art: Josh Davidson jdavidson@wpsdk12.org
Computers/Keyboarding: Elizabeth Barry ebarry@wpsdk12.org
STEM/Engineering: Justin Benjamin jbenjamin@wpsdk12.org
Music: Danielle Park dpark@wpsdk12.org
Band: Kayla Garcia kgarcia@wpsdk12.org

Team Panther
Ms. Havens: English & U.S. History khavens@wpsdk12.org
Mrs. Appleget: Math & Science mappleget@wpsdk12.org
Mr. Kettler: Physical Education ckettler@wpsdk12.org
Mrs. Davis: Special Education ldavis@wpsdk12.org
Team Strong
Mrs. Leafers: English & U.S. History mleafers@wpsdk12.org
Mrs. Chism: Math & Science bchism@wpsdk12.org
Mrs. Rucker: Family & Consumer Science srucker@wpsdk12.org