West Middle School Newsletter
Week of Feb 3, 2020
Celebrate Black History Month
Celebrate World Read Aloud Day!
WMS Library has updated their Black History Month book displays with popular award winning and recent publications titles. Please drop in and checkout a few books using your student ID card.
Celebrate National School Counseling Week
National School Counseling Week is Feb. 3 -7, 2020
Guess what?
National School Counseling Week 2020 is Feb. 3–7, 2020. The week of celebrations and recognition is sponsored by the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) and highlights the unique contribution of school counselors within our school district and throughout the country.
Let's show some Eagle love to our DeISD school counselors and highlight the tremendous role that they have to ensure our students succeed academically and emotionally and be prepared for a productive future.
This week, let's take a moment to say thank you! To learn more about National School Counseling Week, visit www.schoolcounselor.org/nscw. (#NSCW2020)
Reminder for Student IDs
Dallas Ross, a WMS student, celebrates birthday with Book Launch
Read More in The Dallas Weekly at https://www.dallasweekly.com/articles/14-year-old-honor-student-celebrates-birthday-with-book-launch/?fbclid=IwAR0sW_1mgCsEgnGK7si9CCWJ3LIxt6QpLyT399n0yekmi1mjJjQ4v2DFScA
HOMEWORK HELP
Need Homework Assistance? Need additional support with a core content or subject? Whether you and your child need math help, a grammar refresher, or project ideas, check out these standout homework resources available for free on the web at http://westms.desotoisd.org/library/homework_help
The 100th Day of School is February 3
The 100th Day of School is February 3 and is a fun time to celebrate the days and hours that our students have been learning from their teachers in the learning environment. We hope that your campus takes a moment to mark this moment too see that because of your diligence our students are 100 days smarter! Please send an email to staffnews@desotoisd.org and let us know if you have some grand plans to celebrate this milestone day and as always feel free to send us some pictures.
Attendance Matters!
DeSoto ISD wants to share tips with our parents/guardians on how to decrease attendance issues and avoid truancy by encouraging parents/guardians to be involved with homework, set a time for your child to go to bed, inform your child's teacher or other campus personnel when he/she will be absent.
Texas Community Challenge
As a part of the 2020 City Council Work Plan goal: “Build a Stronger Sense of Community” Mayor McCowan and City Council have committed to participation in the “It’s Time Texas Community Challenge”. Here’s how you can get involved:
- Make the Commitment: Signing up is free and easy.
- Simply visit https://ittcommunitychallenge.com
- Track Your Activities: Keeping a record of your healthy activities and submitting it earns points for DeSoto and prizes for yourself. Jan 6th – March 1st
DeSoto ISD encourages students to THINK BEFORE YOU POST
- Keeping with the district’s FOCUS initiative which hones in on Finance, Organizational Redesign, Campuses and Classrooms, Unity and Systems and sustainability, DeSoto ISD urges everyone to think before you post (Systems and Sustainability)!
Read More: http://www.desotoisd.org/n…/what_s_new/think_before_you_post
Get to Class on-Time!
To decrease tardiness on campus, West Middle School is using Student Conductor to track tardies. Please note that with every 4th tardy, students will be assigned Friday School detention. Since implementing this system, the number of students missing instruction due to tardies has drastically decrease. Your support in this effort is needed
Mark Your Calendar!
As we enter 2020, we want to share a few events that are happening across the District. Please save this post and continue to check back as dates and times may change.
- February 1: Pre-K Round Up
- February 3: Called Board Meeting
- February 10: Board Workshop
- February 14: Student Holiday/ Staff Professional Development
- February 24: Regular School Board Meeting
District Communications for Parents
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Campus Communications for Families
Remind for WMS Families
DeSoto West Middle School
Website: http://westms.desotoisd.org/
Location: DeSoto West Middle School, North Westmoreland Road, DeSoto, TX, USA
Phone: (972) 230-1820