WMS Bulletin
12-16-19 Faculty and Staff
The last school week of 2019...
I hope everyone had a terrific weekend and was able to enjoy the warmer temps! This week looks to be much colder! But it's a festive (and busy) time of year!
It is definitely hectic this week before winter break! Please continue to watch your hallway zones in between classes and keep students on their regular routines as much as possible. All students should continue to sign out and have hall passes when they leave your class. I know this is often a time for celebration and food in classrooms, but please try to keep this to a minimum so as to keep unwanted guests out. Thank you for your help with this!
The special schedule for Friday is linked.
Have an excellent week!
Duties This Week:
AM: Cafeteria / PM Waverley and Bemis: S. Juusola
AM: Cafeteria / PM Bemis and Westminster: L. Murphy
AM: Waverley Entrance / PM Waverley Driveway: M. Diduca
Bemis St. Crosswalk: K. Kiernan
The full Bus/Breakfast duty schedule can be found here:
Bus and Breakfast Duty Schedule
Lunch Duty this Week: None! Please keep asking around and let me know if you know anyone who might be interested! We need to fill 1-2 more spots.
**Upcoming Dates**
December 18 - HR to visit WMS to answer any questions you may have 11:15-1:15 pm in the conference room
December 18 - PLT meetings - Meet in the library at 3:15 pm
December 20 - Geography Bee finals - special schedule - Wear your 80s fashion! :)
December 23 - January 1 - Winter vacation
January 3 - Progress reports distributed
Jan 6 - Jan 9 - ACCESS testing
January 7 - Administrative Learning Walk at WMS 9:00-11:00 am (information to come soon)
January 8 - Department meetings
January 15 - Early Release Day
January 15 - i-Ready Mathematics Diagnostic
January 15 - PD 1:00-4:00 pm
January 22 - Grade 8 to WHS
January 23 - i-Ready Reading Diagnostic
ILT Update - "Unpacking" Learning Targets and Learning Strolls Part 2
Please find an "Unpacking Cheat Sheet" HERE.
Additionally, the ILT will be doing part 2 of the Learning Strolls to see some of that "Unpacking". Please check in with one of the ILT members to discuss a good time for that to happen. You may want to have the same person as you had for term 1, or perhaps someone new. If you have any questions, please also see an ILT member. Thank you!
ILT members: Heidi, Eddie, Jason, Jim D., Meg G., Jim K., Kerri, Donna, Chris, Kellie, Karen S., Alison T.
*** Upcoming Maintenance Work - please read ***
- Floors installed in the second half of the 2nd floor (6th grade) rooms
- All furniture and other items will need to be removed
- We will do a walkthrough with the teachers in those rooms on December 6th to confirm which floors will be replaced
- We will provide boxes for items that need to be temporarily moved
- All lockers need to be empty - we will meet with you to figure out a plan for this
- Everything needs to be removed off of the walls
- Bottom floor (garden level) small hallway painting
- Everything needs to be removed off of the walls
- Cafeteria painting
- Bemis entrance way painting
- Nurse's office flooring repairs
- Room 121 Closet Abatement
Regarding the move of the faculty room to 121, which was discussed in liaisons, a few additional details to clear up any confusion based on some feedback I received:
- The move was voluntary.
- The closet could stay as is, have the floor be covered over, or be abated, and we elected to abate it.
- Room 121 was chosen as the faculty room because of its central proximity. The other option was BG 07, the current coordinators/coaches room. If you feel like that is a better choice, please let me know and we can discuss.
- If you have any other questions, please let me know.
WPS Computer Science Education Week!
Last week was a fabulous week of Computer Science! Thank you to Leah, Justin, Sarita, Dan, and Rashmi for putting it all together!
The contests are still going on!
- ARCADE CODE CONTEST: Design a game for the WMS Arcade! Use scratch.mit.edu to create a platformer, role-playing game, top-down, first-person - you choose the style.
Entries will be judged by a panel of teachers on creativity, coding cleverness, and playability. Visit the WPS Computer Science website to learn more. - #WPSCODERS CONTEST: Calling all students to combine the magic of doing, creating and making with the power of code to design innovative prototypes. There are four challenges for the 2019 #WPSCoders Student Contest. Please visit the WPS Computer Science website to know more about the curriculum events and the student contest.
Here is a link to the WMS Computer Science Education Week Curriculum Page that hosts Hour of Code, CS Ed Week Playground activities, CS Ed Week Literature in the library, along with the Student Contest information.
There is a link to the WPS CS Ed Website under the student resources section of the school websites for quick access.
Meeting times
As the contract was ratified, our after school meeting times will change to three, 1-hour & 20-min meetings. For December, the following 1-hour & 20-min meetings will take place:
- December 4 Faculty Meeting
- December 11 Department/Grade-Level Meeting
- December 18 PLT Meeting
Attendance Issues
Thank you!
Important ESL Information
Also, one new highlight is that we should have the PHLOTE (Primary Home Language Other Than English) category in Power School to say if the family requires interpretation. They have dedicated much time to marking this field. If you find that the families marked do NOT require interpretation please let Kate or me know. In the same vein, if they haven't marked someone as needing interpretation, please also let Kate or me know.
WPS Digital Learning/Library and Computer Science
FINAL WEEK TO DONATE SNEAKERS!
Respecting one another's classes
Thank you!
No Backpacks to Period 7 please!
***They may also need a reminder by their lockers that they can't pack them up either. Taking the time to pack their bags will also make them late!***