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Your Weekly Update from Wilson Middle School
Principal's Message
Hello Wilson families,
We had a productive week with a lot of learning in a shorter week. Our 8th grade students visited Keefe Technical Vocational High School today and thoroughly enjoyed it. We will have some pictures in next week's newsletter.
As you are aware, parent/teacher conferences filled up much faster than we anticipated. Please remember that we will continue to offer conferences during team time, as we have always done in the past. If you are in need of a conference, feel free to reach out to your team leader and they will accommodate you. Please note that there are many families requesting conferences at this time. Thank you for your understanding as we navigate this new system into our middle schools across the district and stay tuned for details of our further implementation going forward.
Please read through the information below in the "Need to know" section for upcoming dates, and other important resources and information.
Wishing you all a wonderful weekend. Enjoy this beautiful weather and Veteran's Day tomorrow. Remind your child to thank a veteran.
Respectfully,
Teresa Carney
Twitter: @wmsnatick
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Eight Things You Need to Know This Week
1. IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER:
Thursday, November 10: 8th Grade Field Trip To Keefe Tech
Friday, November 11: Veteran's Day-No School
Wednesday, November 16: Early Release Day, 11:30 am & Parent Teacher Conferences 12:30-3:30
Wednesday, November 23: Early Release Day
Thursday, November 24-Friday, November 25: Thanksgiving Recess-No School
Monday, November 28: Professional Development for Staff, No School
Wednesday, December 7: Picture Retake Day
2. TUTORING PROGRAM-
We are happy to announce that we are continuing our collaboration with the high school and running a tutoring program for middle school students at Kennedy and Wilson. There are members of the National Honor Society at the high school who are volunteering to tutor middle school students. Our hope is to create tutoring partnerships that will primarily meet in person at the high school library between 2:30-5 p.m. as it will be monitored by a staff member. Occasionally, sessions can be held via Google Meet as a virtual option. Families will primarily be responsible for transporting their students to the high school for their tutoring sessions. We are providing training for the tutors on best practices for working with middle school students.
If you are interested in signing your student up for tutoring, please fill out this form. The hope is to get students matched with tutors by the end of November.
3. Healthy Harvest 2022
We are gearing up to start this year's Healthy Harvest events. Healthy Harvest is our annual food drive that benefits the Natick Service Council Food Pantry. Food insecurity is a growing problem in our communities as families struggle to make ends meet. Our donation is the largest one received by the food pantry and each year we donate over 7,000 items. Beginning Tuesday, November 1, through Tuesday, November 22, students are encouraged to bring in healthy non-perishable food items and toiletry items like toothpaste and shampoo.
The goal of Healthy Harvest os for us to come together as a Wilson community to support our larger Natick community during the holiday season. Thank you for your effort and support for this important event.
4. YEARBOOKS ARE ON SALE: The yearbook is a greta way to record your student's school year. It features students from all grades, clubs, sports teams, etc. It is for everyone!
To order: Please go to www.yearbookforever.com and search for "Wilson Middle School." Please include your student's full name and homeroom number. "Be sure to select the location in Natick, MA.
Pricing: Order early to lock in the lowest price. Prices increase as the year goes on (please see the pricing schedule below):
November 1-January 31= $30
February 1-March 31=$35
April 1= $40 until they sell out*Please Note*: Yearbooks are expected to sell out. Books are not guaranteed. Any questions please contact Allyson O'Connor at aoconnor@natickps.org.
5. POSITIVITY PROJECT THEME FOR NEXT WEEK: Gratitude. Gratitude means you are aware of and thankful for good things that happen. Click here to read the parent letter.
6. WILSON ATHLETICS
Please click here: Wilson Athletics for important information.
7. LIBRARY NEWS
Please click here: Library News for important information. There is A LOT of new information so please click on the link to read it.
8. LAPS AFTER LUNCH SIGN UP & CORI CHECK REMINDER IF YOU WANT TO VOLUNTEER
Please click here on the LAPS AFTER LUNCH GOOGLE FORM if you are interested in signing up to help with LAPS AFTER LUNCH. You must have a CORI check conducted and you must go into the building with identification (driver's license or passport) to do this. Click here for a description of what a CORI check is and does. Without a CORI check, you cannot volunteer in the school. Here is the form to fill out for a CORI.
Paper - On-Demand Tutoring
Natick Public Schools is excited to announce our partnership with Paper for on-demand tutoring for NHS students. Paper is a secure, online tutoring service that provides students with unlimited, 24/7 academic support. Whether they’re stuck on homework, studying for a test, or need someone to read and make suggestions to their essays, there will always be experts available online to assist students in over 200 subjects and more than 4 languages.
Paper tutors have been specially trained to conduct expert, academic support in a secure, chat-based platform. With a commitment to helping students learn, they’ll never give students answers, but rather interact with them in an encouraging tone to lead them forward.
This is a free service that we’re providing, so students are encouraged to use it as much as they need, whenever they need. Our teachers also have accounts and will be able to review all student activity to see what they’re working on and provide more targeted instruction as needed.
If you’d like to learn more about Paper you can sign up for a Paper hosted Parent Info Session, available in both English and Spanish.
To see Paper and the help it offers firsthand, we encourage you to login with your students. To get started, simply visit PAPER’s student login page, type your school’s name, and log in via Google using your school credentials
We’re thrilled to offer our students the unlimited, 24/7 support that Paper provides and we can’t wait to see what we’re able to accomplish together.
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