WBMS Friday Notes
October 14, 2022
Reflections from Ms. Williams
WBMS Parents and Guardians –
The Georgia Department of Education (DoE) has recognized WBMS as a Distinguished (highest level) Positive Behavior Intervention and Supports (PBIS) school! Woohoo! Each year schools are judged through school walkthroughs, which include interviews of students and staff, survey and discipline data, and programs that celebrate positive behavior. We work hard as a community – parents, students, staff, and teachers - to promote our values of Responsibility, Respect, Citizenship, Perseverance, Integrity, and Positivity AKA “The Webb Way” because focusing our energy on celebrating what students are doing well diminishes the number of classroom disruptions and disciplinary incidents. Thus, this is a recognition celebrates the good work of our entire community! Thank you for partnering with us to keep our community safe and positive.
Enjoy your weekend.
In collaboration -
Rebecca Williams
Principal, Webb Bridge Middle School
WBMS Assessment Calendar Links:
Have a question about what tests or quizzes your student has coming up? Check out the Assessment Calendar!
Teachers place all major assessments on these calendars:
6th Grade Assessment Calendar Link
Important Message from FCS
Dear Parents and Guardians,
As we approach the upcoming holidays, it important to remind parents and families that candy, desserts, baked goods (store bought/homemade), or any other edible items are not to be sold or distributed at school or on the bus unless approved in advance by school administration. Per our Student Code of Conduct, students who do not adhere to this expectation are subject to disciplinary action for violation 7A: Failure to Follow Rules and all candy or food items will be confiscated. Please discuss this expectation and possible consequences with your student(s) as this will be taken very seriously. This is due to recent national and state reports about students sharing edible items and synthetic medications with other students that contain very harmful substances.
Please know that taking this measure will help us maintain a safe environment for all students. You can help us protect your student(s) by requesting that they not eat anything given to them by another person, anything that they have not brought from your home or anything not in its original sealed package.
Thank you for your continued partnership in keeping all of our students safe at school!
2022 Fulton County Schools Technology Competition
Interested in participating in the 2022 Fulton County Schools Technology Competition? Please fill out the attached Interest form so we can reach out to you with more information on the competition.
FCS/WBMS Technology Competition Interest Form ---à Click Here.
All Interest forms must be filled out and submitted by Friday, October 14, 2022. The schoolwide competition will take place on Monday, November 7, 2022, in the Media Center at 7:45AM.
For more information please reach out to Ms. Watson- Watsont3@fultonschools.org and Mr. Bragg – BraggD@fultonschools.org or please visit the FCS Competition Webpage for more details! We look forward to your participation!
We Have Decided Youth Leadership and Wellness Summit!
Webb Bridge Middle School’s Assistant Principal Carmen Hurst and the LRJ Foundation are excited to announce the comeback of the “We Have Decided Youth Leadership and Wellness Summit!”
This year’s off-site full-day conference-style event will take place Thursday, December 1, 2022, at the Forsyth Conference Center. Students will depart from the school to engage with speakers and educational sessions surrounding art, music, leadership, communication, mental wellness, and more! Lunch and refreshments will be provided including transportation returning to the school for regular dismissal.
Wellness and Leadership Professionals/Speakers will be facilitating the workshops and presentations (e.g., licensed therapists, teachers, Executive Professionals, professional speakers, artists, and high school student mentors).
We Have Decided is a statement to act on your thoughts, goals, and aspirations in one’s life through positive influence and life skills- to ultimately make today better than yesterday. The goal is to educate and empower students to manage the unique stressors in society and everyday life, along with teaching concrete skills to improve leadership abilities and support each other.
· Registration is open for the 2022 We Have Decided Youth Leadership event, click here to register.
· We encourage your child’s participation. There are options in the form to request scholarship to assist financial needs and opportunity for you if able to help a student attend with limited resources.
· More information to come in the following weeks. Want to learn more about this event? Visit the website and see the video highlight for the 2020 summit, click here to view.
Listed below are a sampling of the leadership and wellness breakout sessions that will be a part of your student’s day at the Youth leadership summit. We can’t wait to share this great event with them!
Yoga and mind-body relaxation and wellness
Music performer and speaker Saul Paul
Art Creativity – with Ashley Miller
LRJ Foundations session on Mental health, wellness, emotions regulation and social media
Healthy communication and problem solving
Resiliency and bouncing back from Adversity. By Fulton County Schools, Social Emotional Support (SES) School Social Worker Stephanie Schuette.
Picture Retake Day-October 25!
Attention 8th Grade Parents
Good afternoon perspective families,
My name is Scott Kent, and I am the principal of Innovation Academy, an FCS STEM Magnet High School. We are beginning our school tours for potential 9th grade students for the 2023-2024 school year. Below is the link to our website where you can find our signup genius to register for our morning and afternoon tours led by our amazing students and staff!
We encourage you to attend one of our tours to experience all that IA has to offer our perspective students. Our tours will include:
- Visiting our curricular pathway classrooms and labs, which are Engineering, Healthcare, and IT.
- An overview of our project-based instruction which provides a rigorous curriculum that prepares our students to be dynamic leaders.
- A preview into the student experience, where our students take on real-world problems and create innovative solutions.
Looking forward to seeing you at IA!
Volunteers Needed for Recess
Link to sign up for recess
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2022 WEAR AND SHARE ORANGE
WEAR AND SHARE ORANGE to show unity for kindness, acceptance, and inclusion and to send a visible message that no child should ever experience bullying.
Way to go Ryan!
LOST AND FOUND
PBIS Corner
Week of 10-10
Tier 2 – Flourishing Friday
This week during the morning announcements students learned about mindfulness. Mindfulness is paying full attention to something. It is taking the time to really notice what you are doing. It is harder than one thinks. The benefits of mindfulness are less stress, increased ability to stay engaged, staying on track academically and avoiding behavior problems. The trick is to keep bringing your mind back after it wanders. Think of your mind like a little puppy who likes to wander and explore.
How to practice mindfulness:
Sit in a comfortable position
Pick something to focus on
Breathe and focus on your breath
Try for 5 minutes
Links for Band Flyer
Photos:https://alpharettaband.zenfolio.com/
(money spent on photos purchased go directly to the AHS Band Program)
AHS Band Website: https://www.alpharettaband.org/
Social Media:
-this is a private group and members MUST answer the 3 questions in order to be admitted
Locker and Backpack Best Practices
Follow this link to our Youth Ambassadors webpage to discover more about the program and submit a brief intake application!
The application deadline is October 5th, and the program officially launches on October 12th!
National PTA Reflections Deadline extended to October 25!
Reflections 2022-2023 . The 2022-2023 Georgia PTA Reflections program theme is Show Your Voice! The key to the Reflections program is the student interpreting the prompt any way they want to - this is yours to think about and express however you desire!
For further information visit: https://wbmspta.membershiptoolkit.com/ptareflections2022-23
Attention 8th Grade Parents! Yearbook Ad deadline 11/7!
Don’t loose your chance to purchase an ad in the yearbook to celebrate your child! Please read the attached flyer to know how to purchase your ad today! Deadline to purchase is 11/7/22!
Digital Citizenship
As part of our ongoing efforts to promote digital citizenship within our WBMS community, we encourage you to review the Common Sense Media family media agreement.
Volunteers Needed!
Please click on link to sign up. Thank You!
Media Center:
https://m.signupgenius.com/#!/showRSVPSignUp/8050c4aa8a928a1fc1-media1
Office volunteers:
Our school was recently named a 2021-2023 National PTA School of Excellence!
To earn this designation WBMS had to demonstrate families feel welcomed and empowered to support student success, and that our PTA is a key partner for continuous school improvement. Becoming a National PTA School of Excellence began with the joint commitment of PTA and our phenomenal administrative team to work together to welcome all families, communicate effectively, support student success, speak up for every child, share power and collaborate with the community. Congratulations and a huge thank you to everyone who helped make this possible!
To learn more about this accomplishment or to support our PTA during the Fall Membership Drive, visit wbmspta.org.
Do you know a family in need at WBMS?
Please reach out to our counseling staff so we can find ways to help.
Our Community Cupboard provides emergency necessities for families in our school experiencing hardship.
Please consider making a donation! Our largest need currently is gift cards in any amount to Kroger or Walmart.
You may leave your donations at the Front Office. Please mark them PTA/Community Cupboard. Thank you!
Please Support Our Community Partners!!
Premier Martial Arts Johns Creek / Alpharetta
11585 Jones Bridge Rd, Johns Creek, GA 30022
Mobile: 678-288-9392
Phone: 770-837-3673
Website: Premiermartialarts.com/alpharetta
Facebook: www.facebook.com/premiermartialartsalpharetta
Instagram: www.instagram.com/pmajohnscreekLocker and Backpack Best Practices
Missing an Email from WBMS?
Parents –
Please check your spam/clutter/junk mail for emails from our teachers and staff. We are hearing from many parents that the communication from WBMS is not making it into the main inboxes of our parents.
Thank you!
Checking your student out early?
Items dropped off for students
To report an absence for your student
View board policy and WBMS attendance information here- https://www.fultonschools.org/domain/8783
Interested in Volunteering at WBMS?
All volunteers must complete the Fulton County Schools training in order to volunteer at Webb Bridge. We ask that you complete the training 24 hours prior to the day you are volunteering. You will have to present your ID to the front office the first time you sign in as a volunteer.
Please see the link below to complete training.
Parking at WBMS
Please do not park in Staff Parking spots, even if they are open. Staff parking is not for carpool pickup or drop-off.
WBMS Carpool Information
PULL ALL THE WAY UP TO THE BLUE SIGN
Our carpool line gets VERY long but if everyone follows the carpool pattern, it will move quickly!
- There are two "lanes" the pick-up and the exit lane.
- We've extended the carpool lane -Please pull all the way up to the end of the traffic circle to the BLUE SIGN (see image below).
- It's a "Load and Go" method- once your student is in the car, please carefully merge into the exit lane (yellow arrows- see image below)
**Basic rule---DRIVE THROUGH THE PARKING LOT!
Please, please, please don't be the person who is impatient, skips the parking lot, and drives straight to the circle. You will make a lot of parents mad and its not safe.
No carpool numbers this year.
Yes, there are 2 lines in the circle! 1 is for cars that have already picked up, and 1 is for waiting cars. This goes against what many of us are used to (yes, it is ok to pull out into the left lane after you picked up your child and pass waiting cars in the circle ). If we don't have the system, our line would back up further onto Webb Bridge Rd.
That being said, the left lane in the circle is NOT for student pickup. Super dangerous!
Overall, follow the pattern and the line will move smoothly.
Be aware that the carpool lane starts to fill up very early (around 3:30/3:40) so if you are doing an early checkout the visitor spots are very hard to get in and out of.
Drop Off Times
Morning: Students cannot enter the building before 8:25*
*Unless they are here for a help session/club meeting. Teachers will post their start times on the help session board outside the front office. Once it's time, they will be allowed in the building. If they are not here for a help session/club meeting, students will need to wait outside.
Afternoon: Carpool and walkers are released after the 4:03 Afternoon Announcements.
More information about Carpool and WBMS transportation options- visit our website- https://www.fultonschools.org/Page/23291
Student Success Skills Packet
New Resource for Fulton County Residents
Connect Fulton is a new resource available to residents for financial assistance, food pantries, medical care, and other free or reduced-cost services.
Please click on link for more information http://connectfulton.findhelp.com
Connect Fulton (click for the link) – Families, friends, neighbors, students, etc. can all benefit from this intuitive and easy to use website. Just go to http://connectfulton.findhelp.com and type in your zip code. There are thousands of resources related to just about anything like food, housing, financial assistance, education, childcare, healthcare, etc. There are filters to customize available resources to find the best fit.
On-site Mental Health Partners (click for the link) - WBMS partners with Summit Counseling. If you are interested in Summit Counseling, please reach out to your student’s school counselor.
FCS/WBMS Mental Health Resources
As we start a new year, we want to share important resources for our students and families.
Text4Help (click for the link) - Students experiencing anxiety or stress can receive assistance by anonymously texting their unique school code after dialing into the Text4Help hotline:1-844-201-9946. The certified mental health professionals are provided from district social services partner CHRIS180 and respond to inquiries within three to five minutes. The conversation is completely free, anonymous, and confidential.
Fulton County Schools Resources:
• Universal Remote Learning Resources: https://www.fultonschools.org/universalremotelearning
• URL Parent Learning Support: https://www.fultonschools.org/parentlearningsupport
• FoodStop Distribution Points: https://www.fultonschools.org/foodstop
• Coronavirus Updates: https://www.fultonschools.org/coronavirus
• Community Resources: https://www.fultonschools.org/communityresources
• Code of Conduct: https://www.fultonschools.org/codeofconduct