WRMS Weekly Update
January 11, 2019
Winter Concert
Construction & Parking
The construction is moving along, with continued demolition and excavation of the site for the expansion. Fortunately, disruption during school hours has been minimal, even with the potentially noisy work.
With the limited space, we're asking that parents park in the A Field Lot or on surrounding streets when coming to the school. With the school lot not being a viable option for picking up students, we appreciate your finding alternate locations for picking up students after school.
Safety on the Internet
Screenagers
This event is open to all members of our school community including students, staff, and parents.
Registration is encouraged for each event for planning and communication purposes.
No Name-Calling Week
“No Name-Calling Week” I January 21st through January 25th this year.
No Name-Calling Week was inspired by the popular young adult novel entitled The Misfits by popular author James Howe. The book tells the story of four best friends trying to survive the seventh grade in the face of all too frequent taunts based on their weight, height, intelligence, and sexual orientation/gender expression. The friends create a new political party during student council elections and run on a platform aimed at wiping out name-calling of all kinds. The No-Name Party in the end, wins the support of the school's principal for their cause and their idea for a "No Name-Calling Day" at school.
Motivated by this simple, yet powerful, idea, the No Name-Calling Week Coalition created by GLSEN and Simon & Schuster Children's publishing, consisting of over 60 national partner organizations, organized an actual No Name-Calling Week in schools across the nation. Since then, No Name-Calling Week has been adopted by schools everywhere and has grown into one of the largest bullying-prevention initiatives in the country.
The Helping Hands Club, Student Ambassadors and the Counseling Department will be participating in No Name Calling Week with a variety of activities, such as a Positive Post-It Project and reading poems during morning announcements.
#KindnessInAction
PSO Information
Registration is now open for the second session of the new Middle School Sports Club. Join Miss Lizzi and Ms. Cascio for fun and friendly sports! This program will combine Phys. Ed. Games with your favorite team sports such as flag football, indoor soccer, prison ball, castle ball, basketball and much more! Please click here for more information.
Save the date!
- The annual, Campgaw tubing event is on Wednesday, February 6th!
- Military Bridge is Wednesday, March 6th. It's a fun night, and don't worry if you don't know how to play, it's easy to pick-up!
We are a box tops school. Please trim your tops and send them in. Each team competes against one another to win prizes over the course of the year. The deadline for the second competition is February 15th! Orange boxes labeled for each team are on the drop-off table. If you shop at ShopRite, you can also sign up online to support the Middle School!
Art Fest
Literacy Night
Community Flyers
Click here for information about Westwood Recreation Department's 2018 Fall Programs.
Save the Date!
- 1/17 - Maintenance Garage & Field House Open House, 5:00PM
- 1/17 - Board of Education Meeting, 7:30 PM
- 1/21 - No School
- 1/23 - Balanced Literacy Parent Night
- 1/24 - Special Education Parent Advisory Council Meeting
- 2/1- End of Marking Period 2
2/6 - WWRSD has HeART Gallery Opening, 6:00 PM
- 2/6 - Campgaw Snow Tubing, 6:00 PM
2/8 - Report Cards Issued
- 2/11 - PSO Meeting, 7:30 PM
- 2/18 & 19 - No School