• 6th: This week we wrapped up the South America Unit and the unit test was Friday February 24th. Next week we will begin our exploration of Europe. Students will be participating in a book study after Spring Break and more information will be shared in the coming weeks.

• 7th: This week, Texas History students took the test over Unit 8, which covered the Republic of Texas. From now until Spring Break, we will focus on the Early Statehood Era, which is the time from when Texas was annexed by the United States in 1846, until Texas joined the Confederacy in 1861. Students will finish this unit with a project that will count as a summative grade. We will complete the project in class on March 6-8.

• 8th: This week, students continued analyzing Westward Expansion and the belief in Manifest Destiny. Our test over this unit will take place next Friday, March 3. Next week, advanced students will participate in a debate over Jackson & Manifest Destiny, and the On-Level students will work on their Westward Expansion map during class.

The Math Interim Assessments are this week- 7th Grade on Monday, 6th Grade on Tuesday and 8th Grade/Algebra on Wednesday.

• 6th: Our On Level Math students will continue with a reteaching of Equations and Inequalities and their RETEST will be on Friday March 3th or Monday March 6th. Advanced Math students will move on to data analysis. Thank you all for your support with our 6th graders. We are close to learning all of our TEKS for 6th grade.

• 7th: This week Advanced 7th grade mathematicians will continue exploring the concept of surface area. On-Level 7th grade mathematicians will continue exploring similar figures and scale factors. Afterwards, they will write and solve equations using geometry concepts, including the sum of the angles in a triangle, and angle relationships.

• 8th: On Level students will take their Surface Area Assessment on Tuesday February 28th. Students will review their test data after the Interim Assessment.

• Algebra: Algebra Students will begin Unit 9, Graphing Quadratic Functions. This will involve graphing quadratics given key attributes, as well as finding the attributes given the function.

• 6th: This week students will continue their independent reading at the beginning of class. Students will begin skill-based workstations and small group reviews.

• 7th: This week students will continue their independent reading during the first 10 minutes of class. The students will analyze the author’s purpose, theme, and point of view. The students will also begin part one of their book club project.

• 8th: This week students will continue their independent reading with their book club book during the first 10 minutes of class. Students will choose an activity to show their understanding of tone, mood, setting, and perspective and apply it to their book club book.

• 6th: This week students will be continuing to demonstrate their understanding of the land features created at each type of plate boundary. Then they will explore and learn about the rock cycle.

• 7th: This week students will take their Plants Test on Wednesday. Then students will explore dichotomous keys.

• 8th: This week 8th graders will continue to explore Newton’s Laws through mini labs and Monday and Tuesday. Then they will dive into the relationship between force, mass and acceleration.

***No visitors or deliveries will be permitted

on STAAR Testing days!!!!

The State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR®) test is being redesigned to make the test more tightly aligned to the classroom experience.

The STAAR redesign is a result of House Bill (HB) 3906 passed by the 86th Texas Legislature in 2019. The Texas Education Agency (TEA), working with a wide range of education stakeholders, including the Assessment Education Advisory Committee, has been exploring the most instructionally supportive approach to implementing these changes. The redesign will be implemented in the state summative assessments administered in the 2022–2023 school year.

The STAAR redesign includes several components:

• Online Testing and Accommodations

• New Question Types

• Cross-curricular Passages

• Evidence-based Writing

For more information about how the STAAR redesign improves alignment to the classroom experience, hear what teachers are saying, reference the STAAR Redesign February 2022 Presentation (PDF, posted 3/7/22), or see below for more information about each component. For answers to frequently asked questions (FAQ), please reference the STAAR Redesign FAQ (PDF, updated 8/30/22). You may access the STAAR online testing platform for practice here.

• Yearbooks are still on sale! Yearbooks are $40 between now and the end of the school year until supplies last. Don’t miss out on your opportunity to own a piece of this amazing year at WMS! If you have any questions, please contact Hannah Russell (hannah.russell@humbleisd.net)
  

We are accepting donations for the Pollinator Garden. Why should you support a garden that will be built in front of the back parking lot?

1. It will encourage healthy pollination by attracting butterflies, hummingbirds and bees.

2. This garden will draw community support.

3. Empower students to work in the garden.

We are accepting items such as lumber, flowering seeds, hummingbird nectar, garden towels, wheelbarrows, top soil, watering cans, bird baths, gloves, fruit trees, and etc.

We will eventually like to grow items that can be used in the Culinary class.

• 6th grade meets on Tuesdays in RM 210 from 4:00-4:45
  

• 7th/8th grade meets on Thursday in RM 210 from 4:00-4:45

Incoming 6th Graders 23-24 School Year

Instrument Selection will Be Wednesday March 22 and 23 from 4:30-6:30 Percussion will be auditioned on Thursday March 29th and Make-up Day for All other Instruments.

There will be a Sign up on the WMS Band Website and the Cub Hub Soon

• All Beginner Band Classes are moving quickly on new music concepts. You should be hearing your young Band Student practicing between 15-30 minutes each night as we are learning new material weekly.

• Symphonic Band: Sectionals will continue until the First week of March

• Thursday March 2nd UIL Parent Concert 7:00 WMS

• Tuesday March 7th UIL Performance Time is 2:00 @ KPark HS

• Honors Band:

• Monday March 6th UIL Parent Concert 7:00 WMS Rehearsal 4:30-6:00 Prior

• Wednesday March 8th UIL Performance Time 1:30PM @ KPark HS

• Feb 28th - UIL!!!! Formal Uniforms.

• Camerata - Meet at SCHS by 7:00 AM. Perform at 8:00 AM.

• Sinfonia - On stage performance at 12:00 PM.

• Chamber - On stage performance at 4:30 PM.

• March 2 - UIL Cake Day!

• March 7 - FYO Solo Contest.

• Times are coming ASAP! They are 5 minute slots.

• First payments for trips are due! Please take care of them on wmsorchestra.org or check made out to WMS Orchestra Booster Club.

• Make up scale tests are Wednesday mornings. Get a 100 in the grade book by passing off the ones you didn’t get! Nine weeks is almost over!

Here is the Spring Choir itinerary for all of the WMS Choirs. Please put these very important dates on your calendar!

Cub Choir

• Saturday, April 22nd- Solo and Ensemble
  

• Saturday. April 29th- Fine Arts Festival

• Choir Spring Trips (6th, 7th & 8th) - TBD in May

• Thursday, May 18th- Cub Concert @ 7:00 pm

Bel Canto Chorus, Adagio Chorus, Dolce Chorus & Treble Choir

• Thursday or Friday, March 2nd/3rd– U.I.L (Exact Times TBA)

• Thursday, April 13th- Spring Concert @ 7:00 pm

• Saturday, April 22nd- Solo and Ensemble

• Choir Spring Trips (6th, 7th & 8th) - TBD in May

• Tuesday, May 9th- Pop Show @ 7:00 pm

AUDITIONS! WMS Theatre will be performing The SpongeBob Musical for the Spring musical! ALL WOODCREEK STUDENTS are invited to audition for an acting or backstage role! Students interested in auditioning for either should come to the info meeting on Thursday, March 9th, 4 - 4:45 in the amphitheatre. Audition info and packets will be made available at that time.

If you are planning to pick-up your child early, you must do so BEFORE 3:15 PM. You must have an administrators' approval if you are in need of picking up your child after the 3:15 PM cut-off time.

Below are the consequences that will be assigned for tardies:

• 1st & 2nd Tardy: Warnings
• 3rd & 4th Tardy: Parent Phone Call & After-School Detention
• 5th & 6th Tardy: Parent Conference & Thursday Class Assigned
• 7th+ Tardy: ISS Assigned and Intervention Planned w/Parents

Cell phones must not be visible during school hours unless they are being used in the classroom for instructional purposes, as determined by the teacher.

• 1st Offense: Parent will be contacted & the phone will be returned to the student at the end of the day.
• 2nd Offense: Parent will be contacted & the phone will ONLY be returned to the parent.
• 3rd Offense: Parent will be contacted, the phone will ONLY be returned to a parent/guardian, & ISS will be assigned to the student.
• 4th Offense: Parent will be contacted, cell phone will be checked-in daily & returned to the student at the end of the school day.