WBMS Friday Notes
Oct 16-20
Reflections from Ms. Perkins
WBMS parents and guardians –
As I mentioned in an earlier segment, I have enjoyed meeting with many different student groups this semester and hearing their ideas. In one such meeting, a student suggested forming an ongoing student advisory group whose sole purpose was to work with me to initiate and implement school improvements. I have met with this young man several times and together we have developed this vision. Beginning Monday students may apply to be part of the Principal’s Advisory Council – a group of students who will meet with me once a month to discuss what is going well and what can be improved to make WBMS the best it can be. Interested students should desire to have a voice at Webb Bridge Middle School and ideas to improve our school. Students in all grade levels may apply. The applications are in the front office and are due November 3rd. I am excited to be part of this student-led initiative at WBMS. Good things are happening here!
Enjoy your weekend!
In collaboration,
Rebecca Williams Perkins
Principal, Webb Bridge Middle School
Dates To Remember
Oct 21- Community Children's Choral Festival
Oct 21- Woodward North Math Competition
Oct 23-27- Red Ribbon Week
Oct 24- Volleball at Ridgeview @ 5:30pm
Oct 25- Community Balance Day
Oct 26- 1st Quarter Citizenship Breakfast
Oct 26- International Night
Oct 27- Webster Awards
Oct 27- GMEA District V Honor Chorus
Oct 27- Volleball vs Hopewell @ 5:30pm
Oct 28- Rockdale Magnet Math Competition
WBMS's International Night
It is our pleasure to invite you to participate in the International Festival - Webb Bridge Welcomes the World - on Thursday, October 26, 2017 from 6:00-8:30 p.m. We will gather together to experience the diverse cultures that make up our Webb Bridge family!
We look forward to having colorful displays which teach us about your cultural heritage. Displays could include ethnic foods, dress, artifacts, pictures, music, games, activities, etc. In addition to the displays, we welcome performances which represent various countries.
Please fill out the form below to indicate your interest in volunteering for the Festival. We will collect the forms, coordinate and schedule the activities. We will provide tables for the displays, as well as TVs, DVD players and other AV equipment as needed. For any individual questions, please contact:
James Barket (Barket@fultonschools.org),
Beena Shah (shahb@fultonschools.org), or
Michelle Garner (garnerm@fultonschools.org)
We look forward to this exciting and educational event and hope to see many of you here!
FLAG CARRIERS for the PARADE OF NATIONS
The International Festival is in need of FLAG CARRIERS for the PARADE OF NATIONS. The festival is Thursday, October 26th. Participants will need to be at WB by 6:00. Permission forms are in the front office.
Red Ribbon Week Oct 23-27
The PTA invites you to help students celebrate Red Ribbon Week 2017, to raise student awareness about drugs & alcohol.
Parent University- Social Media
Moving Day Atlanta- Monica Goodman
On October 21st, The Moving Day Atlanta will be held at Piedmont Park in the Promenade. The walk will help raise money for research and raise awareness for Parkinson’s disease.
Please consider being part of Ms. Goodman’s team, Mo’s supporters or sponsoring the team. She looks forward seeing some of you at the walk.
https://movingdaywalk.org/event/moving-day-atlanta/participant/1490069/
SAVE THE DATE: One Act Play Night- Nov 3rd
One Act Play night Friday Nov 3rd at 7pm @ WBMS
Come out and see two hilarious one act plays performed: “Paper or Plastic” and “The Express Line”
There’s a lot of crazy comedy going on in these grocery stores; taking too many items into the express line, crazy co-workers who dress in camouflage to hunt down stray grocery carts, managers who refuse to deal with unruly customers because they are putting up Christmas decorations in August! Come out and see how checker Mabel takes a stand against the principle of one too many items in the express line, and how Sarah handles the first day of her new job at the craziest grocery store on the planet!
Tickets sold during lunch on Nov 1st and 2nd or you can purchase from any cast member.
Interested in tech crew? Contact Whitney King: whitney@buildingcharacter.org
Surface Reminder- Charging Block
Is your student’s charger block for their Surface marked with their name? If not, make sure it is labeled with tape or label that can be removed. (If it still has a barcode, remove that.) If a student loses a charger at school, someone can bring it to the media center and we can return it to their teacher. If it’s not marked, a new one costs $40 to replace. Please remember also to have your student run their security updates at least once a week. This has resolved some problems with charging, network access, and usage.
Attendance Myths
Research-based from the Department of Education
Does it really matter if my child misses a few extra days each year? Here is one of the myth’s about student attendance.
Missing a few days of school each year is normal and doesn’t matter that much.
- Data indicate that missing more than five days of school each year, regardless of the cause, impacts student academic performance and starts shaping attitudes about school.
- From the 6th grade through the 9th grade, student attendance is a better predictor of dropping out than standardized test scores.
- Excused absences and unexcused absences have similar impact on student academic performance.
Thank you for helping to prioritize daily school attendance.
Welcome Officer Ritchey and Raider!
Hello Webb Bridge Middle School Jaguars!
My name is Officer Phil Ritchey. I am a Police Officer with the Alpharetta Department of Public Safety. I am the Youth Investigator and the Handler for our newest Police Officer, K9 Raider! Raider is a 2-year-old black Labrador and she weighs in at a whopping 35 pounds. Raider is the Community Service Youth Drug Prevention K9.
Raider has an important job in our community. Raider will be enhancing communications with the police and our youth. Raider will be visible at all Alpharetta schools, but will focus on Alpharetta High School, Webb Bridge Middle School and Haynes Bridge Middle School. Raider is here for you and you can pet her whenever you want! Her main goal in the middle school level is to make friends with the students, which will lead to a positive relationship with the police.
K9 Raider is also trained in narcotics detection. Raider will be ensuring all Alpharetta schools are a drug free learning environment. Raider is a single purpose K9, meaning she is only trained in narcotics and obedience. She is much different from our Patrol K9’s who are trained in apprehension, tracking and narcotics.
Raider is very excited to meet all of the Webb Bridge Jaguars! Raider will be continuing her training for the next 2-4 weeks and she will be ready for our community!
Thank you,
Officer P. Ritchey
Alpharetta Department of Public Safety
770-480-3720
WBMS Basketball Tryouts
WBMS Basketball Tryouts will occur the week after Thanksgiving.
Boys – November 28-30
Girls – November 29-30
Students need to be there the first day of tryouts. Informational packets are by the PE board.
All paperwork must be turned in to Coach Sell before tryouts.
Jr. Beta Club
1. Our next meeting is Nov 1st @ 8:00am in the cafeteria. Remember meetings are mandatory. If for some reason you are unable to attend, please make sure you contact us via Edmodo or email.
2. Convention Payment- WE STILL HAVE SPOTS!!! If you are interested in attending the Jr. Beta Convention Trip, see Ms. Pardee or Mrs. Bernhardt. Make checks out to WBMS or pay online here.
3. LAST CALL T-Shirts- Order your t-shirts using this LINK (this is included in your dues- if you paid your dues, you receive a t-shirt)
Chess Club
Webb Bridge Process to Performance After School Acting Classes
Thursdays 4:15-5:45 This session will work on improvisation, scene study, physicality, character development, and audition techniques. Students will also work on one-act plays. This is a phenomenal class to work skills as well as gain stage experience!
For more information: www.buildingcharacter.org
email: info@buildingcharacter.org
Lost and Found
All lunch boxes and water bottles need to be put near the cafeteria on the left side entering the café, and will be donated or thrown away the last day every week.
All items in the lost and found next to the clinic will be donated or thrown away on the 15th of every month.
All Items of value: glasses, electronics, jewelry etc. should be given to the front office.
Please Support PTA
Dear Jaguar Families,
We would like to give you an update on how our PTA fundraising is progressing, and
say a big thank you to all of the families that have donated to our Fall Fundraiser.
Your tax-deductible contribution is the ONLY time WBMS PTA will ask for money the
entire school year, and it supports many Student Achievement and Enrichment
programs.
Our goal this year was to raise $30,000 and we have only reached $24,600 of our
goal! We need your financial support to help us reach our goal so that we can
continue to provide academic and enrichment programs for our school. If you have
not donated and would like to, please go to www.wbmspta.org to donate today! OR if
you prefer to do it in person, we will have a PTA donation table at International Night,
Thursday, October 26th from 6:00-8:30 pm.
We can’t do this without you! Thank you for your support!
Sincerely,
Kristen Vance and Cindy Garcia
WBMS PTA Co Presidents
Meetings and Public Comment
Webb Bridge’s School Governance Council meets in the morning one Friday each month in room 116; our next meeting is November 10 @ 7:30 in the PLR room. We hold a Public Comment period starting at 7:30 AM. Please feel free to attend and help us start our planning! If you cannot come to issue public comments, please fill out the form below.
What is SGC?
The Webb Bridge School Governance Council is already hard at work this year. When Fulton County became a Charter System, School Governance Councils were created to reflect the stakeholders for each school – faculty, parents, and community members. The School Governance Council concentrates on the culture, identity, and mission of Webb Bridge and are tasked with creating the Strategic Plan for our school. As the district Strategic Plan was updated this summer, this fall the School Governance Council will be working on creating our new, updated Strategic Plan for Webb Bridge.
Please Support Our Business Partners!!
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Helping Florida
Alpharetta High School and Webb Bridge Middle School are teaming up again to lead what we hope will become another community-wide effort! The Hurricane Harvey fundraiser was a huge success at both AHS and WBMS and we are confident that was only just the beginning! From now through Friday, October 20th both schools will be accepting donations of baby & adult diapers, NEW t-shirts and socks, & toiletries. At that point, all gathered donations will be shipped to Our Father’s Housewares, a charity located in Atlantic Beach, FL. Donations can be dropped off at the front office. Monetary donations will also be accepted online at www.tinyurl.com/ahshelpsFlorida2017. The money collected will be used to pay for shipping the donated items to Florida. Any remaining money will then be donated to hurricane relief efforts. We sincerely thank you for your continued generosity and altruism.
Alpharetta Environmental Offerings
- The Household Hazardous Waste and Paint Collection is scheduled on November 4th for residents within the City limits. Registration is now available online at http://www.alpharetta.ga.us/about/news/2017/09/27/household-hazardous-waste-and-paint-collection-offered-for-alpharetta-residents
- We added an Audubon Birding Walk and Talk on November 11th. It will be at the Alpharetta YMCA Teen Center from 10:00am to 11:30am. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/alpharetta-offers-audubon-birding-walk-and-talk-tickets-38599058824?aff=ehomecard
Helping Children/Youth After A Loss
If you have a child who has experienced the loss of a parent, sibling, or other close loved one, there is a FREE weekend retreat for kids 7 years old to a high school senior. Camp MAGIK—Mainly About Grief In Kids (www.campmagik.org) --is a having their weekend retreat October 13-15, 2017 (deadline is October 4th). There is also a retreat available for adults who want to process their own grief with other adults who are grieving. It is held on the same campus and led by professional bereavement counselors. Transportation to/from the camp is available. Please contact Rene Searles McClatchey, PhD, at rsm@saf.com, 404.790.0140, for more information.
Low Cost Internet
Get assistance with low-cost internet providers for your student’s Surface by clicking this link:
http://www.cheapinternet.com/low-income-internet
This link has a listing of various programs in our area offering low cost internet connectivity for qualifying families.
As always, please exercise caution when reviewing options and choose what will work best for your income and family’s need.
2017-2018 School Year
First Semester
August 1 – 4 ........................................... Preplanning for teachers
August 7......................................................... First Day of School
September 4........................................Labor Day (schools closed)
October 6 ......................................Teacher Workday (students off)
October 9 ......................................Columbus Day (schools closed)
November 20 – 24.............. Thanksgiving Holidays (schools closed)
December 21 ....................................... Last Day of First Semester
December 22 – 29 ...........................Winter Break (schools closed)
Second Semester
January 1 – 3...................................Winter Break (schools closed)
January 4.......................................Teacher Workday (students off)
January 5....................Professional Development Day (students off)
January 8.........................................First Day of Second Semester
January 15..............Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday (schools closed)
February 16*................... Student/Teacher Holiday (schools closed)
February 19 ......................President’s Day Holiday (schools closed)
March 9*.......................................Teacher Workday (students off)
March 12....................Professional Development Day (students off)
April 2 – 6 .......................................Spring Break (schools closed)
May 24........................................................... Last Day of School
May 25.................................................................. Post Planning
May 28...............................Memorial Day Holiday (schools closed)
* Designated as inclement weather make-up days (if needed).
Our School Release Days
These are the dates approved through the RFF process as part of School Governance. WBMS students will NOT attend school on the following dates:
September 1, 2017
October 5, 2017
January 16, 2018
March 8, 2018