This Week at WOMS:
February 08, 2021
Instructional Materials Distribution Continues This Week!
Tuesday 8:30am until 3:00pm and 4:30pm-6:30 pm
This week's morning announcements.
This will be a four day week. Students will not have classes this Friday. Here is this week's schedule.
3rd Quarter Instructional Materials Distribution (Updated 2/7/21)- We will distribute tomorrow, Monday, from 10:00am until 3:00pm. On Tuesday from 8:30am until 3:00 pm and then from 4:30pm until 6:30pm. The distribution will include Outdoor Education information for 6th graders.
Outdoor Education Begins Monday- See message below!
Culture of Respect Lesson- All students need to complete this lesson AND all students that complete the lesson will get 2 Community Service Hours! See information on counselors' updates below.
NEW OPTIONS FOR SCHEDULES: ABBREVIATED SCHEDULES AVAILABLE- CREDIT/NO CREDIT AVAILABLE- See counseling updates below for details.
White Oak Middle School Courses- See information about our courses and different departments!
Academic Achievement- We hope everyone makes academic achievement part of their new year resolution. If students made honor roll last quarter, we want them to make it again this quarter. Honor roll is all A's and B's and no more than one C. We also want students to reach higher by improving all C grades to A or B. At the end of this quarter, we will have an ABC celebration. We will give T-shirts to all students that make honor roll. We will also give a special gift to all students that make all A's. You can do it Wildcats!
Connect-Ed calls for Absences- Connect Ed calls will be made for students marked absent in any class. The calls will be made at 2:00pm daily. To inform us of absences, please complete the WOMS Live Virtual Lesson Absence Form.
Community Service Hours- Students that have completed community service hours can send them to Ms. Fitts. She will work with families to gather logs from last semester. Please email her at Kim.L.Fitts@MCPSMD.NET
Zoom Community Expectations- As we are eager to with build and establish virtual communities, teachers really want and need to see students with cameras on. All students need to have their cameras on when entering a Zoom session. Once they are in the sessions, teachers will work with students if there are concerns about keeping the cameras on for the duration of each class. Although teachers will work with students to be a little flexible, there are times that students will be required to have cameras on such as in entering a Zoom session ; during assessments; and for certain assignments. Students may not use avatars at any time. Students can have pictures of themselves, their names, but no avatars.
Technology- Students with Chromebooks issues can send emails to Peter.V.Crable@MCPSMD.Net or Terrell.A.Zimmerman@MCPSMD.Net. Los estudiantes con problemas con Chromebooks pueden enviar un correo electrónico a Peter.V.Crable@MCPSMD.Net o a Terrell.A.Zimmerman@MCPSMD.Net.
Virtual Outdoor Education Begins Monday, February 8, 2021
Second Semester Honor Roll T-Shirt!
Student School Community Engagement
Jayden Samuels- President
Estefany Monroy- Vice President
Omnia Solomon- Treasurer
Join our SGA- All students interested in planning school wide activities; advocating for ways to improve our school; and raising school spirit should contact Ms. Knight Princess.L.Knight@MCPSMD.NET or Terrell.A.Zimmerman@MCPSMD.Net. All grade levels are welcome. Listen to message from Ms. Knight asking you to join our SGA!
KID Museum Invent The Future Challenge- Please watch video to learn more about this excellent opportunity to be create solutions to world problems. For more information, please contact Dave.R.Field@MCPSMD.net or Marc.J.Amnott@MCPSMD.NET
Morning Announcements- Students interested in reporting; being anchors; and or producing PSA's (Public Service Announcements) should contact Marc.J.Amnott@MCPSMD.Net or Peter.V.Crable@MCPSMD.Net.
MCPS Resources & Community Resources
Meal Distribution Sites As many of our families are struggling with finances and managing student learning schedules, the meal services can help everyone take something off their plates. Meals are prepared so that students (and parents) can focus on learning. Please follow the link to learn about the days, times, and locations for meal services.
Completing Lunch Forms- If you are having trouble completing lunch forms, please see these videos to help you.
Parent Vue- Here are all of the reasons parents should activate their accounts as soon as possible.
Media Center Office Hours
Mr. Amnott is available for drop-in office hours on Thursdays from 12-12:30 for students and staff (Zoom Link). If you have any questions related to the media center stop by and get them answered. This might be especially helpful when students start working on projects that use media center resources.
Our Counselors Wear Capes!- National Counseling Week February 1-5- Thanks for all you do!
All Students Need to Complete the Culture of Respect Lesson
Culture of Respect Lesson (SSL Hours Opportunity): During the week of February 16th, students will have an opportunity during the PE or Health class to complete a new online lesson, "Culture of Respect". Many students have not completed this lesson, but it is still available in their Canvas accounts. This lesson, released in December as a new course in students' MyMCPS classroom, is designed to equip students with the information needed to be able to recognize signs of bullying/cyber bullying, harassment (including sexual harassment), hate-bias incidents, hazing, intimidation, and student gender norms. After completing the pre-assessment, lesson, and post-assessment, students will be awarded 2 Student Service Learning (SSL) hours which will automatically be entered into their records (no additional forms required). Here is additional information regarding this activity (in Spanish). If you have any questions, please contact your grade-level counselor. This opportunity has a deadline of February 19th!
Link to letter in English:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XDzdTE-LvpWXa5nSGi6qjbMgEtqNp-Yp/view?usp=sharing
Link to letter in Spanish:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Vq92RWmUBdMN_sFBhGbwpynMqlO9Fylc/view?usp=sharing
White Oak Middle School Courses- We held our new 6th Grade registration night was held on Thursday (1/28/21). We are including the videos from that night to keep you informed about courses as well as our special programs. Below are the links to the courses and presentations.
NEW OPTIONS FOR SCHEDULES: ABBREVIATED SCHEDULES AVAILABLE- CREDIT/NO CREDIT AVAILABLE
In response to feedback to MCPS about virtual learning adjustments have been made to improve the student/teacher experience in virtual learning, promote student well-being, and provide flexible options for student schedules.
Schedule adjustments are now available for the second semester to:
- Abbreviated Schedule: Request an abbreviated schedule to lighten course load and take a course over the summer or in future semesters instead.
- Credit/No Credit: Take up to two courses Credit/No Credit (also known as Pass/Fail) (instead of a letter grade, in courses not specifically required for graduation. Students/parents/guardians will have until the beginning of the fourth marking period to make the decision about Credit/No Credit or withdraw from a course, without notation on the transcript, extended from the 25th day of the semester).
- 1st Semester Credit/No Credit: Students/parents/guardians will be permitted to retroactively apply the Credit/No Credit option to courses taken during the first semester of the 2020-21 school year. (While systems and processes are in development, students/parents are being advised to wait to make any requests until at least February 16, 2021 after report cards are received.)
For more information, please contact your student's counselor or grade level administrator.
Spring Sports Ended- Waiting for New Information
https://www2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/schools/whiteoakms/activities/
You may email Mr. Desmin Wade if you have any questions about athletics or signing up