Parent/Teacher Conferences will be held Thursday, October 14th from 3:30-8:30 p.m. Please contact your teacher via email to schedule your students' conference. The teacher email addresses can be found at westsideschools.org under the staff pages.
WMS Parent-Teacher Conferences are scheduled for Thurs., Oct. 14th. We will be hosting these primarily through phone, email, or Zoom. Parents can schedule a face to face conference with their child's teacher. From October 4-8, teachers will contact parents regarding scheduling conferences.
The open gym time scheduled for 5th grade boys on Thursday evening has been cancelled.
5th and 6th grade pee wee girls basketball will have an open gym session Saturday, September 18th from 10 am to 12 pm at the Westside Elementary School gym.
There will be an open gym time for some boys pee wee basketball this week. 6th grade boys will be tonight from 6-7:30 pm at the Westside Elementary gym. 5th grade boys will be Thursday from 6-8 pm at the Westside Elementary gym. Information for other pee wee basketball groups will come at a later time.
Click the link for a great store about Capturing Kids’ Heart being implemented by WMS
https://www.jonesborosun.com/news/capturing-kids-hearts-expands-to-area-schools/image_bf9d449b-4d2c-56dc-a7f5-7268d9876748.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=email&utm_campaign=user-share
Westside Schools will be closed Monday, September 6, 2021 in observance of Labor Day. School will resume on Tuesday, September 7, 2021.
WMS is proud of the students who earned a positive office referral for the month of August! Way to go! #wmsstrong #proudtobeawarrior
Some 5th grade students were playing multiplication checkers today during empower hour. Empower Hour is middle school’s enrichment and intervention block.
Travel volleyball tryouts for 5th and 6th grade will be Thursday, August 26th and Monday, August 30th at the middle school gym from 6:00-7:30 each night.
As part of Westside Middle School's character education and social and emotional learning, Capturing Kids' Hearts, students will learn a character skill each month. This month's skill is empathy. Please look
5th grade students are participating in a book tasting today finding books that they’d like to read!
Tomorrow, Friday, August 20th, is the last day to turn in Volleyball intramural forms. Forms can be picked up at the middle school office. Students have been made aware of this as well during our morning announcements. If you have any questions, please contact Danny Price at dprice@westsideschools.org.
From WMS: Some reminders for the first day of school:
1. Car line will run longer than normal. Please be patient and kind.
2. Make sure you student knows how to get home from school before they leave home in the morning.
3. Parents will not be allowed in the building to walk their student to class.
4. Any medicines that need to be given to the school nurse should be dropped off between 8:00 and 10:00. Contact Nurse Meghan for any questions at mbrodell@westsideschools.org.
5. Everyone inside the building must wear their masks when they are unable to social distance.
6. Be sure to capture those first day of school pictures!
We are going to have a great school year! Thanks for all you do as parents, guardians, and community members to help us in this journey!
Click the link below to access Westside Middle School's COVID-19 guidance to begin the 2021-2022 school year:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xAfAiKMzsttgqSYgUAGiZoOG4_mgyM9yDnz9k2QbSPI/edit?usp=sharing
WMS on-site open house begins at 6:00 with Mrs. Wann, Miss Parr, and Mrs. Wilson’s homeroom followed by Mrs. Yearta and Mrs. Crawley at 7:00. We apologize for any confusion.
Below is the link for Westside Middle School's virtual open house. This is for all 6th and 7th grade students and any 5th grade students unable to attend tonight's onsite open house.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Qd93jX75_LKYSsCmXewr2nOkeUx3m2ZgDxAKmQTziv4/edit?usp=sharing
The date for locker and schedule distribution is tomorrow, August 6th.
Locker and schedule distribution at WMS
7th grade 8-10 am
6th grade 10 am - 12 pm
5th grade 1-3 pm
*Please come at specified time only.
Westside Middle School homeroom rosters will be posted on the front door at WMS on Thursday, July 22nd at 4:30 pm. We appreciate your patience as we have worked to get this accomplished.