The Interact Club is hosting a Used Sports Equipment Drive from Monday, March 6 - Wednesday, March 15. They are asking that families donate GENTLY USED and GOOD CONDITION sports equipment. Examples of donations include, but are not limited to the items listed below. A collection box will be outside the main office.

• Soccer and Football Cleats
• Football Pads
• Football Helmets
• Tennis Rackets
• Basketball Shoes
• Wrestling Shoes
• Volleyball Knee Pads
• Baseball/Softball Helmets
• Baseball/Softball Bats
• Baseball/Softball Cleats
• Golf Clubs

Following the donations, the Interact Club will be sorting, labeling and storing the equipment. All WMPS Families are then invited to come shopping for the used sports equipment on Thursday, March 30 before and after school (7:00am-8:00am and 3:00pm-4:00pm). Any equipment that is not collected, will be donated to respective coaches and Boys and Girls Club of Pinehurst.

As a reminder, the window for making a school transfer or discretionary admission request for the 2023-24 school year is open through Tuesday, February 28.

Student transfers and discretionary admission MUST be applied for and approved annually for ALL students attending a school outside of their domiciled attendance area. Moore County Schools continues to implement an online process which can be found by visiting www.ncmcs.org and select Transfers and Discretionary Admission Requests under Announcements. You may also follow the link in the email that accompanies this message.

Once again, the window for student transfers or discretionary admission requests ends on Tuesday, February 28th.

Per North Carolina law, all students are required to show documentation of both the Tdap (Tetanus, Diphtheria, and Pertussis) and MCV (meningococcal conjugate) vaccines in order to enter 7th grade. Now is the time to schedule an appointment with your health provider to receive these important immunizations. Please remember to send a copy of the immunization record to the school. Any questions/concerns, feel free to contact the school nurse.

Meeting Days

• Monday:
• Tuesday: NCDOT Bridge Team and Musical Theater
• Wednesday: Robotics and Quiz Bowl
• Thursday: NCDOT Bridge Team, BOB, and Military Club
• Friday: FCA; Dance

• March 22: NC Check-Ins #2 - 6th & 7th RDG; 8th Math & Math 1
  
• March 23: NC Check-Ins #2 - 6th & 7th Math; 8th RDG
• March 24: Early Release Day, 12pm
• March 24: Seussical, Jr at Moore Montessori School, 7pm
• March 25: Seussical, Jr at Moore Montessori School, 2pm
• March 31: End of Quarter 3
• April 3-7: Spring Break
• April 14: Report Cards
• May 8: Interim Reports
• May 9: Spring Band Concert, 6:30pm
• May 10: Spring Orchestra Concert, 6:30pm
• May 11: Spring Choral Concert, 6:30pm
• May 26: 8th Grade EOG SCIENCE
• May 29: Memorial Day Holiday
• May 31: 6th & 7th grade EOG MATH; 8th grade EOG READING
• June 2: 6th & 7th grade EOG READING; 8th grade EOG MATH; MATH 1 EOC
• June 9: 8th Grade Promotion Celebration, 9am, baseball field
• June 9: Last Day of School/Early Release, 12pm

Please note: There will be no early checkouts during EOG/EOC TESTING until all testing is completed in the building.

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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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, March 13, 3:30pm

Monday, April 17, 3:30pm

Monday, May 8, 3:30pm

Monday, June 12, 8am

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