February 21, 2025
Middle School News
Dear WGMS families:
This month, we had a lot of exciting things happening at WGMS. Here are just a few of the highlights:
We hosted the annual STEM Fair that showcased the ingenuity, creativity and talents of our participating students. We are so proud of their hard-work! Pictures of the winners are further below in the newsletter.
West Geauga Middle School was represented at the Geauga County Spelling Bee by Michael Franceschini. His advancement to the county bee came after his district bee win! Congratulations to Michael on his spelling success.
The Power of the Pen team competed at a district tournament with much success, qualifying the 7th grade team and several students to advance to the regional tournament in March. The team was recognized at the recent Board of Education meeting for their accomplishment.
Our top achieving math students participated in the Noetic Math Learning Contest, which is a national problem-solving competition that tests students’ creative and critical thinking math intellect. The contest drew over 39,000 high achieving math students from 40 different states. The following WGMS grade-level winners were recently recognized at the West Geauga Board of Education meeting: James Davis, Andrew McNamara and Charles Allin. In addition, James Davis scored in Noetic’s top 10th percentile amongst thousands of grade level peers across the nation. This is the contest’s highest achievement! Congratulations to all of our participants!
The winter sports season has come to a close, and spring sports begin soon! Hopefully the change in athletic seasons will also bring a warmer change to the weather! Information on spring sports for 7th and 8th grade students has been shared via email and can also be found on the WGMS webpage.
Be sure to check the calendar and save the dates as many events are coming up over the next several months.
Sincerely,
Meagan Bellan, Principal
Feb 21-All lost and found clothes will be donated.
Feb 24-25 Digital World Programming in Science Class.
March 6 Parent Meeting for Track (Zoom link down below)
March 18-19 Scholastic Book Fair
March 20 End of Quarter 3
March 23-28 Spring Break
March 31 Resume Class
April 18-21 Easter Break
April 22 Final 8th Grade Trip Meeting
April 25 Last Day to Drop Off Meds for 7th Grade Trip
May 2 Last Day to Drop Off Meds for 6th Grade Camp
May 7 Class Trip for 7th
May 9 Last Day to Drop off Meds for 8th Grade Trip
May 12-14 Camp Fitch for 6th
May 21 Rising 6th Grade Parent Night
May 21-23 Class Trip for 8th
May 28 8th Grade Promotion
Track Season is right around the corner!
Parents of interested 7th and 8th graders, please join the middle school track coaches for a ZOOM meeting on March 6th at 6:00pm
Favorite Book Character - clay projects at the Geauga West Library
The following students' projects will be on display at the Geauga West Library in February: Claire Pierce, Owen Rodriquez, Mason Mobasseri, Bradley Funk, Kayden Hart, Nick Brandeburg, Sophia Byrum, Bella Funk, Anna Phillips, Ivy Grubbs, Roxy Basham, Mason Deakins, Hannah Thirion, Almas Boybekov, Mitchell Neff, Hannah Nevar, Lucio Maltese, Savannah Louden, Chloe Mohan, Dante Milite
Tardy Policy
Please be aware, that we are issuing consequences for unexcused tardiness to school. Each morning, we will track that students are in their first period class ready to learn by 7:25 am. If a student were to earn 3 unexcused tardies, a lunch detention will be issued. Lunch detentions will continue to be issued if a student hits 6 unexcused tardies and at 9 unexcused tardies in the quarter. If a student accumulates 12 or more unexcused tardies to school, an In-School Restriction will be issued. At WGMS, we are aligning our student tardy policy with the student tardy policy at WGHS to establish consistency. Please reach out to Miss Moeschberger should you have any questions.
Some of Mrs. Crossman's 8th grade Spanish students invited their parents to observe and encourage them during their family photo presentations. Students did a fantastic job presenting en espanol in front of the class as well as being engaged listeners who asked questions in Spanish at the end of individual presentations.
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