The Warhawk Weekly
#WestISBest #HappyFallBreak #WestExcels, Volume 2, Issue 13
Welcome to the Nest! Have a Happy Fall Break!
Dawn Salisbury - 785-330-2229 (dawn.salisbury@usd497.org)
Administrative Assistant/Finances:
Patti Taylor - 785-330-4620 (ptaylor@usd497.org)
Registrar/Student Services Secretary -
Lynne Oyler - 785-330-4884 (lynne.oyler@usd497.org)
Website: usd497.org/west
Location: 2700 Harvard Road, Lawrence, KS, USA
Phone: (785) 832-5500
Facebook: facebook.com/westmswarhawks
Twitter: @westwarhawks
WMS SCHOOL NEWS
Happy Native American Heritage Month
WMS STUDENT SUCCESS NEWS
Game Board Design Winners
Dr. Dalton’s STEAM classes used the engineering design process to brainstorm, design, test, evaluate, and modify board games and escape rooms. The escape room contest ends Dec. 1. The winners of the board game contest were:
1st Place Board Game Designed By One Person: Un-named Game by Skyler Smith, Grade 8
Skyler designed an elaborate game using chess and Connect 4 pieces.
1st Place Board Game Designed By A Team: Warhawk Whirl by June Lisenbee, Stella Dorssom, Rae Cordova, and Kyla Meikle, Grade 6
This team designed an elaborate West Middle School Themed Game where students have to visit classrooms and earn best bucks.
Congratulations to all of the winners and to everyone who entered. We had many wonderful entries. We are proud of you!
Following are the photos courtesty of Dr. Dalton of the winners.
Skyler Smith
June Lisenbee, Stella Dorssom, Rae Cordova, and Kyla Meikle, Grade 6
June Lisenbee, Stella Dorssom, Rae Cordova, and Kyla Meikle, Grade 6
WMS FUTURE CITY AND STUDENT COUNCIL NEWS
Winter Warmth Drive Sponsored by WMS StuCo!
Looking for an opportunity to share some warmth this holiday season? The United Way of Douglas County has partnered with Scotch Cleaners and is asking for gently used coats.
Please bring your gently used coats, hats, mittens, gloves and scarves to the West Library or Mrs. M-L’s room. All sizes and styles welcome. Today - December 21st, 2021
Future City Seeks Donations
Food Drive benefitting Just Food!
WMS AVID NEWS
7th Grade AVID Field Trip
Photos: Kathy Gates
Pictures from 7th Grade AVID Field Trip
WMS FINE ARTS NEWS
The Walking Dwarves NOW PLAYING!!!!
WMS has three students selected for All City Jazz Band!
Ben Jackson, alto sax
Mira Edie, bari sax
Miles Beaty, drums
Congratulations to these "go-getters!"
They will rehearse once a week and perform at 7:00 p.m. March 1 at LHS at their annual "Java & Jazz" coffee shop-style event. Come check it out!
All School Musical Auditions Coming Soon!
DOUGLAS COUNTY AND COMMUNITY RESOURCES
WIN - KC (Middle School Girls Program)
The curriculum, developed by doctors Mary Fry and Theresa Brown, is centered around creating a caring and supportive environment that helps each student feel safe, welcomed, supported, and focused on her own personal effort and improvement as a gauge of success. We relaunched the Strong Girls program this Fall and have more KU leaders signed up than middle school students. The program is free, and Boys & Girls Club provides transportation (even if the students are not part of Boys & Girls Club any other day). The students are dropped off at KU’s Robinson Center each Wednesday at 3pm and picked up at 5pm to return to the B&GC Teen Center on Haskell or parents can pick up their kids directly from KU.
We are recruiting middle school students from Lawrence and would be happy to provide information to you or any parent that you feel might have interest in the program. The theme for this first semester has been “Learning to Take Good Care of Yourself.” If parents are interested, they can contact Dr. Mary Fry at KU (mfry@ku.edu) or Hally Piontek at WIN for KC (hpiontek@sportkc.org). Here’s the link to our Strong Girls website where parents can register their girls: www.stronggirlswin.org or review this flyer for information.
~KU and Kansas City Sports Commission & Foundation
Flyer for program follows!
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
Quote of the Week
Katie Henry, 8th grade ELA teacher's favorite quote is:
“I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.”
― Jorge Luis Borges