February 7, 2025
Middle School News
Reminder - Winter Wear As winter settles in, please remind your middle schoolers to dress appropriately for the cold and snowy weather. While they love their crocks and slippers, it’s important to remember that we still practice fire drills!
Reminder - Sixth Grade Camp All 6th grade students were given packets with information for Camp Fitch during science classes. Please fill out the permission slips as soon as possible. They can be turned in to the front office.
Reminder - School fees must be paid through Infinite Campus or you can write a check made out to West Geauga Board of Education. We will begin making individual calls in the upcoming week. If you have not paid, fees are past due and must be paid promptly. Please contact Becky Edwards at becky.edwards@westg.org with any questions related to fees.
Reminder -Missing Items If you are missing lunch boxes, water bottles, hoodies, tshirts, or jackets, please check our lost and found! There are several in the building - right outside Room 30 and in the cafeteria. And if your child is missing gym clothes, each locker room has its own lost and found. We will be donating all items on February 21.
Sincerely,
Meagan Bellan, Principal
Feb 12 Camp Fitch Parent Meeting @5:00 in WGMS Cafeteria
Feb 13 MS/HS Choir Cabaret
Feb 14 No School
Feb 17 No School
Feb 24-25 Digital World Programming in Science Class.
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
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 of 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
January Wolverrrines of the Month
Congrats to Claire Yatsko (8), Savannah Louden (7) and Emilie Wright (6) for being honored with last month's Wolverrine of the Month for being Respectful, Responsible and Ready to Learn!
Congratulations to our Middle School Wrestlers!
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.
Mrs. Samsa's 7th grade Science classes used three types of heat transfer (conduction, convection and radiation) to make popcorn on February 5. Students enjoyed this tasty experiment!
Mrs. Radel's 7th grade ELA Enrichment classes had a great debate on whether graffiti is art or vandalism.
Support the Ronald McDonald House Charities AND Help West Geauga High School Win the Battle of 306!
"Here Comes the Bus"
Attention West G parents/guardians of school bus riders - the "Here Comes the Bus" mobile app designed to provide real-time tracking and updates for school bus transportation is now live for our district. If you have not already downloaded the app, follow the instructions below.
This program is applicable only to West Geauga students assigned a transportation schedule and who ride consistently to or from any of our four buildings. To use the app, you need your child’s six digit student number that can be found on Infinite Campus and our district code, which is 87371. If you have more than one child, you will need to add each student number.
Refer to the email sent on January 17, 2025 for full details.
Your Here Comes the Bus feedback is important and we encourage you to share your experiences, both positive and negative. Please use this link to provide your feedback: Here Comes the Bus Experience Feedback.
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