Wangenheim Middle School - where we develop the next generation of innovators, collaborative problem solvers and positive agents of change with a global worldview.

• March 24 (early dismissal)
• March 27-31, Spring Break (no attendance)

• He had March madness!

MMHS Cheer Clinic, March 10

Kindness Spirit Week, March 13-17

California School Parent Survey

California Healthy Kids Survey, 7th Grade

Level Up Summer Academic Program at Challenger

PrimeTime Summer Application

8th Grade News

5th Grade Parent Meeting

Taste of Mira Mesa, April 15

Family Wellness Newsletter

Wildcat Study Center on Tue, Wed, and Thur (except min days)

• 2-certificated staff support
• 3:05 pm to 4:00 pm

Clubs and meeting schedules

Clothing Closet now open

City Construction on Gold Coast Drive

COVID home testing

DonorsChoose-staff projects

• PTSA Board for 2023-24 school year is forming now
• PTSA Unit Meeting and Election of Officers, March 22 prior to Spring Concert
• Kona Ice on minimum days

Free Balboa Park Museum passes

Community Resource Map

Feeding San Diego

Bus Pass request form for students for students experiencing homelessness

Emergency clothing

CAL Kids, college savings fund sponsored by the State of California
SANDAG's Youth Opportunity Transit Pass
Waves of Honor (Sea World)
San Diego Public Library (Mira Mesa branch)

• CA State Library Parks Pass
  

Each month, the Principal hosts an informal discussion meeting with parents and community members. This is an open meeting where the Principal shares information on topical issues. Parents and community members are invited to provide positive feedback and to express questions and concerns. Handouts from these meetings will be posted on this page for parents and community members who could not attend.

The meetings begin at 8:30 am and are in person as well as on Zoom and run for approximately one hour. The same zoom meeting information will be used for each meeting:

Wangenheim Middle School will hold Saturday Sessions of CORE Academy: Supporting Student Achievement Success (CASSAS), a Saturday of education for students to receive additional support and enrichment class in their core classes and/or make up absences or tardies. This supports the ongoing effort to help prepare students with the skills and knowledge necessary to meet the ongoing demands of the 21st Century.

• TIMES: 8:30am – 12:30pm
• DATES: March 18, April 15, May 6 (8th Grade Only), and May 20 (8th Grade Only)
• Breakfast and snacks are provided for all participating students

Clubs are a great way for students and staff to connect with common interests.

Wangenheim needs you to complete this online survey to learn more about your opinions about it. This survey is an opportunity to communicate your perceptions about your child’s school. If you have any questions about this survey, contact Heather Lampron at hlampron@sandi.net.

• Your participation is voluntary. It is also very important. The information you provide will help guide district and school efforts to promote safety, enhance learning supports, and improve student achievement.
• This is an anonymous survey. It is designed so that no one can be identified from the data. You do not have to respond to any questions that you feel could be used to identify you. Simply skip any such questions.
• All questions apply to this school only.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR ACCESSING THE SURVEY

If you have more than one child at this school, you will only need to complete one survey for this school. Please fill out just one survey about the school using your oldest child as a reference.

Access the survey using the following URL:

https://wested.ugam-apps.com/wed/ts/v2ex

(when opening the link, choose parent survey/take survey, then select language)

Troubleshooting-If you are having trouble taking the survey, check the following:

• Make sure you are entering the web site address correctly.
• Does the survey welcome page show the correct name of your school?
• Make sure you have entered the URL (in the URL bar, NOT THE SEARCH BAR)
• Still having trouble? Contact Heather Lampron, counselor.

Thank you for taking this important survey!

The district will be administering the California Healthy Kids Survey (CHKS) to students in grades 5, 7, 9, and 11 this spring. The California Healthy Kids Core Survey is sponsored by the California Department of Education. Visit CALSCHLS surveys for more information.

The California Health Kids Survey (CHKS) will be administered in 7th grade math classes. If you do not want your student to participate, please e-mail Heather Lampron (hlampron@sandi.net).

Level Up Summer Academic Program is offered to current students for enrichment purposes. The program will not be offered at Wangenheim Middle this summer.

• Program begins Tuesday, June20, 2023 and ends Friday, July 21, 2023
• There will be NO School on Monday July 3rd and Tuesday July 4th
• Academic Program will be one (5) week session (5) five hours per day

*Students who are eligible for Extended School Year (ESY) through their individualized IEP will be enrolled through your child’s IEP Case Manager. Do NOT fill out this form.. If you have specific questions regarding your child’s eligibility for ESY, please work with your child’s IEP Case Manager.

Applications are now available. Print the form below or see your counselor for more information and to sign up.

PrimeTime Summer 2023: Applications will be available online beginning Monday, February 6, at 8:00am and must be completed and submitted online by Friday, March 3rd, to be considered for the initial application process. Applications will continue to be accepted after this date and placed on the waitlist if no space is available. Summer program will operate from June 20th through August 2nd. Program will be closed on Monday, July 3rd and Tuesday, July 4th. Parents will be notified of their status by Friday, March 24th. Students accepted into Summer PrimeTime will need to submit the Student Participation Forms between March 24th-April 28th. I have also attached the list of sites offering Summer PrimeTime. The link to apply will be on the SDUSD website beginning February 6th.

Link: https://sites.google.com/sandi.net/2023 primetime summer program/home

PrimeTime Program 2023/24: Applications will be available online beginning Monday, March 6, at 8:00am and must be completed and submitted online by April 14th, to be considered for the initial application process. Applications will continue to be accepted after this date and placed on the waitlist if no space is available. Parents will be notified of their status June 16th, 2023.

The Wildcat Study Center will be open on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays after school in the library. NO ADVANCE NOTICE NECESSARY. There will be no WSC on minimum days. This is a quiet place for students to study from 3:05 pm-4:00 pm. Two certificated staff, one English and the other Science/Math emphasis will be available to support students, as needed.

The Wangenheim Clothes Closet is now open. We have a limited selection of tops, bottoms, shoes, and other items available for those in need. There are also some school supplies and hygiene products. Please contact their counselor or Heather Weld (hweld@sandi.net) to make an appointment for you or your student to check out what is available.

If you have gently used clothing items or other items to donate (socks, soap, lotion, deodorant, toothbrushes, toothpaste, hand sanitizer, face soap, lip balm...), please contact Ms. Weld to make drop off arrangements.

Submitted to the International Ocean Film Festival along with their short film about how the hydroshpere affects others spheres on Earth, an advanced science project.

Mrs. Zelman's class wrote letters of appreciation to our troops.

Selected 8th Graders working with 6th Graders in our Peer Mentoring program.

Scholastic Book Clubs offers a wide selection of quality books that are just right for your student's reading level and interest. With a $25 order, you can pick a FREE $5 Book (use code: READS).

Class Order Due Date: 3/14/23, Class Code RB7Q9

• Shop Digital Flyers: https://clubs.scholastic.com/middleschool
• Shop Our Class Page: https://orders.scholastic.com/RB7Q9 where you can access all levels, preschool through middle school

All orders earn FREE books and supplies for our school. Orders will be delivered to the school and distributed through their English class. Please contact Mrs. Minezaki, School Library Tech, if you have any questions. Thank you for your support!

Beginning Jan. 30, 2023, COVID-19 testing will shift from weekly site testing to an all home test kit model. Students and staff who wish to test regularly, or as needed, may pick up free home test kits from their school office through the end of the 2022-23 school year.

As a reminder, individuals should not attend work or school if they are feeling sick or experiencing symptoms of any cold-like virus, until those symptoms start to improve and there is no fever for 24 hours (without use of fever-reducing medication). If any student or staff tests positive for COVID-19, please do not attend work or school and report the illness here.

The district will continue contact tracing and case management for all students and staff until further notice. All positive home test results that are reported to the school will be documented, and the district contact tracing team will report those positive results to the County Department of Public Health. The COVID-19 Dashboard will remain in use for staff and families to monitor case rates at their schools.

Students, come buy Wangenheim t-shirts and hoodies before school in Room 902. Check and cash only please.

• T-shirts..................$9.00
• Baseball t-shirts...$16.00
• Hoodies................$26.00

Help me give my students an easy way to have the hard conversations around race and privilege in America, and how they impact society.

Help me give my students a wide variety of books to choose from in our classroom library.

Help me give my students the storage solutions and TpT resources they need.

Help me give my students a new ping pong table, paddles, balls, and nets!

We would like to showcase and share the activities and achievements of our Wangenheim community.

Last year's yearbook sold out. Don't miss out. Order your yearbook only $40.00 in the Finance Office (cash only) or online today.

Please join us on Wednesday, March 22, for the our next unit meeting and election of officers.

The Kona Ice shaved ice truck will be on campus during lunch on minimum days. Prices range from $4-$6.

East Coast trip for 7th grade students for next year. On this trip we take participants to Boston, NYC, and Washington DC. We travel by plane and by luxury bus. We stay in very nice hotels and eat at fantastic restaurants. We see and do everything we can possibly fit into this week. There is one teacher chaperone for every 10-12 students and nighttime security guards hired for each floor of the hotels where there are students. This is an all inclusive trip, so once you pay for it, you don't need money for anything else except souvenirs. This is a trip of a lifetime- don't miss out!

We are holding an informational meeting for the East Coast Trip on Weds the 22nd at 6 pm. You MUST sign on with your school zoom account so that we can keep track of who is entering our meeting. If caretakers or adults can't attend, students can log on and take notes, or log on and record the meeting on your phone for your family. Zoom information will be posted on Wednesday in all 7th grade teacher's Google Classrooms. Remember, the signups are first come first serve and we can take 50 kids before we have to start a waitlist.

If you know you want to sign up and don't need the information meeting to do so, please email Ms Chambless for the link! If you have questions, contact Ms Chambless jchambless@sandi.net or Ms Coppola lcoppola@sandi.net

• Mental Health (including ATOD services)
• Community Centers & Tutoring
• DV Resources
• Crisis Resources & Legal Assistance
• Pregnant, Parenting & Foster Resources
• Food and Clothing Resources
• Homeless/Transitional Living/Low Income
• Medical Clinics/Health Centers
• Military Families

SANDAG's Youth Opportunity Transit Pass allows anyone 18 and under to ride San Diego transit (bus, trolley, Coaster, and Sprinter) for free until June 30, 2023. There are several ways children and families can take advantage of this opportunity, such as using their existing online bus pass or getting a hard copy card through SANDAG.

MARCH

• Staff Development, March 15 and 16, dismissal 12:48 pm
• March 24, early dismissal 12:48 pm
• March 27-31, Spring Break, no student attendance

APRIL

• Staff Development, April 12 and 13, dismissal 12:48 pm

MAY

• Staff Development, May 10 and 11, dismissal 12:48 pm
• May 25, early dismissal 12:48 pm
• May 26 and 29, Memorial Day observance, no student attendance

JUNE

• LAST DAY OF STUDENT ATTENDANCE