The Warhawk Weekly
#WestISBest #WarhawksLeadtheWay Vol. 1, Edition 4
Home of The Warhawks!
Website: usd497.org/west
Location: 2700 Harvard Road, Lawrence, KS, USA
Phone: (785) 832-5500
Facebook: facebook.com/westmswarhawks
Twitter: @westwarhawks
From the Desk of Dr. Kempf
Welcome sixth-grade hybrid students! We are excited to bring back an entire grade level for in-person learning next week. Sixth-grade students with the last name starting with A-K are coming to the building on Monday/Thursday and L-Z will come only on Tuesday due to the shortened week. If a student is not in the building that day they will attend remotely. Please have your mask and be prepared to socially distance while on the West Middle School campus. Breakfast and Lunch will be provided, but you can also bring a lunch from home.
Sixth-grade students are to be dropped off at the courtyard on the Northside of the building. This will be your entry point during in-person learning. Make sure your iPad is fully charged when you come to school and bring the needed materials for class. You may carry a backpack throughout the day to keep your things organized.
To balance the calendar of odd/even days adjustments have been made for this month and next. These calendar changes do not change the days that hybrid students come to school. Below is an updated odd/even calendar to keep students and families informed.
WMS Junior Players
Saturday, October 24th at 7:00 PM
The stream will be through Broadway On Demand at the following link:
Admission is free, but donations are encouraged and can be made at the following link: https://payments.efundsforschools.com/fundraising/districts/55379/campaigns/WMSDrama
You can greet the cast after the show at this WebEx meeting: https://usd497.webex.com/usd497/j.php?MTID=m2d580098e12b86f6fb7b18f311efd46d
More information is available at the Junior Players Website: http://wmstheatre.weebly.com
and on our social media-- Facebook & Instagram: @wmsjuniorplayers
Sports & Club Updates
From Kathy Branson, Assistant Principal/Athletic Director:
As of right now WMS is planning on having girls basketball and wrestling. Conditioning for both sports will begin on November 2nd. Tryouts for girls basketball will be the week of November 9th. At this time, although we don't have a schedule we will ONLY play other Lawrence middle schools.
If your student would like to participate, and has NOT filled out a sports packet please do so. The packet is located on our website (https://www.usd497.org/cms/lib/KS01906981/Centricity/Domain/25/WMS%20Sports%20Packet%20Forms.pdf) or in our main entrance foyer. The packet will need to be turned in before they can condition on November 2nd.
From Ms. Yates:
All girls on the volleyball team need to turn in ALL volleyball items (uniforms, bags, warm ups) to the bins that are located on the LEFT SIDE of the main entrance foyer.
From Mrs. Miescher-Lerner :
There are currently no dates planned for Future City, Anime, or Model United Nations clubs. Once we are back in school for Hybrid getting these clubs started after or before school will be considered.
Warhawks Outside of West (WOW)~
Each Sunday, on social media (Facebook & Instagram) we spotlight a West Middle School student who does an activity or activities outside of school. These activities could be sports, dance, hobbies, cheer, theater to name a few.
If a parent or student (they can highlight themselves) would like their student, or themselves highlighted please send at least three photos of the student in the activity and a blurb to Ms. Salisbury (dawn.salisbury@usd497.org).
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