As you know, our district is currently struggling due to a shortage of drivers. In order to provide as much coverage as possible with the number of drivers we have available, Transportation must ensure we are utilizing all available daily seats. Moving forward, students must ride the bus at least once a week in order to remain on a bus roster. Students who do not ride the bus for 5 consecutive days will be removed from rosters. Athletes who do not ride during their season will simply need to request a bus a week before their season ends to get back on the roster. Students will still count on the roster as long as they ride morning or evening and are not required to ride both. Please make the school office aware if your student has an extended illness, is out of school and will miss more than 5 days on a bus so we can assist in special circumstances to keep them on rosters. In addition, if you would be willing to help by driving a bus, the district will pay for your training and could certainly use your help and support in a full-time, part-time or substitute capacity.

Meeting Days

• Tuesday: NCDOT Bridge Team and Chess Club
• Wednesday: Robotics and Quiz Bowl
• Thursday: NCDOT Bridge Team, BOB, and Military Club
• Friday: FCA (not the 27th)

• January 26: End of 2nd Quarter/1st Semester
  
• January 27: Teacher Workday
• February 6: Report Cards
• February 8: 8th Grade Field Trip to Sandhills Community College
• March 2: Interim Reports
• March 2: Mitch Capel Performance for 6th Grade
• March 3: Teacher Workday

When Moore are present, Moore succeed!

School attendance is important and in order to receive the best education, students need to be present to fully support their academic success. School administrators and teachers track student attendance in PowerSchool. Parents should monitor their child’s attendance and ensure that students do not accumulate excessive absences. Both excused and unexcused absences count towards student attendance. Failure to meet minimum attendance policies may jeopardize a student’s ability to participate in sports or promote to the next grade. Parents will be contacted by school administration or a school social worker under the following circumstances:

• The child has accumulated three (3) unexcused absences in a school year.
• After not more than six (6) unexcused absences, the principal shall notify the family by mail that they may be in violation of the Compulsory Attendance Law.
• When student absences, excused or unexcused, reach five (5) in a semester or eleven (11) in a year in grades 9-12, or fifteen (15) in a year in grades K-8, the principal will contact the family.
• Students in grades 9-12 who are absent from a class more than eight (8) days, excused or unexcused, during a semester course shall not receive credit for the semester or year.
• Students in grades K-8 who are absent more than twenty (20) days during a year shall be referred to an interdisciplinary attendance committee which shall determine if the student should be retained. Additional policies are outlined in MCS Board of Education Policies, Section 6000.

Mornings

• Doors open at 7:30am. For our students' safety, we ask that you not drop off your child prior to that time as there are no staff members on duty.
• All students are dropped off at front of school in the morning. Please do not drop off in the bus parking lot, grassy area, tennis courts, at WPES, or at a local business.
• Students who work the school store or are involved in an early morning club meeting may be dropped off in the grassy area or front driveway.
• We are getting our students in to the building on time, so that is great news! The line will remain long unless more students ride the bus or families carpool.

Afternoons

• Older siblings will go to the younger sibling's car line for pick-up.
• Don't forget, 7th grade is picked up on the service road behind the baseball field. Cars will enter at WPES.
• 8th grade cars may proceed to the staff parking lot for afternoon dismissal. Once that area is full, 8th grade cars must remain in the main car line with the 6th grade cars. A staff member will be outside to help direct traffic. Use your right turn signal to alert the staff member on duty that you are going to 8th grade pick-up.
• Cars are asked to pull all the way up to the first open spot. The students will walk to your car. Do not stop when you see your child. Staff will direct you to keep moving as we have MANY cars to move through the line.
• Friday car lines will be much longer due to students not having athletic practices after school. Expect longer wait times.

When you link your card to West Pine Middle, a percentage of your purchase is donated to our school. These funds support many of our programs.

• Harris Teeter - Together in Education
• Lowes Foods - Cart to Class

PTSO

Do you want to get involved but don't know where to start? Join the WPMS PTSO. For more information, reach out to one of our board members or email them at wpmptso@gmail.com.

• Alison McCloskey - president
• Amanda Peterson - secretary
• Meredith Morgan-Coleman - treasurer
• Karyn Schwagel - board member

Parent Advisory Representatives

Here are your parent representatives for the 2022-23 school year.

• Parent Advisory Council (PAC): Chiquita Monroe
• Military Family Advisory Council (MFAC): Alison McCloskey
• Hispanic Community Advisory Council (HCAC): Elizzeth Salgado
• African American Community Advisory Council (AACAC): Whitney Alford
• School Improvement Team (SIT): Alison McCloskey and Lynn Antil

Booster Clubs

Band, Orchestra , Choral Music/Theater, and Athletics

Monday, February 13, 3:30pm

Monday, March 13, 3:30pm

Monday, April 17, 3:30pm

Monday, May 8, 3:30pm

Monday, June 12, 8am

In addition to our weekly update and the school's website, you can keep up with what our Wildcats are doing by visiting our social media pages.

• Facebook: West Pine Middle School
  
• Twitter: @WestPine
• Instagram: westpinemiddlemcs
• Hashtags: #thewpwildcatway #igniteengagegrow