March 22, 2024
Middle School News
WGMS families,
Spring Break has arrived! Enjoy this time to rest, relax and celebrate with family and friends. Classes resume Tuesday, April 2. Please be sure to send your students prepared to finish the year with pens/pencils in hand!
Our one day Book Fair will be on April 5th. We would love to have some volunteers on hand for the day. Contact Amber Baker (amber.baker@westg.org) if you can help. Consider setting up an E-Wallet for your student: link here
Save the Date! Our 8th grade promotion will take place on May 20 at 5pm in the middle school gymnasium.
Please click the link below for important information regarding spring Ohio State Testing: WGMS Spring 2024 OST Information
Meagan Bellan, Principal
March 22 3rd Quarter Grades Posted to IC
March 25-29 No School - Spring Break
April 1 No School - Easter Monday
April 5 Scholastic Book Fair - One Day Only!
April 8 No School - Solar Eclipse
April 15 Deadline to submit 8th grade photos for slideshow
April 22 8th Graders tour High School
April 25 8th Grade Parent Meeting for DC
April 25 Band Concert
April 26 MS/HS Cabaret
May 9 Rising 6th Grade Parent Night
May 9 PTO Meeting
May 10 PTO Dance
May 13 7th Grade Class Trip
May 16 Choir Concert
May 20 8th Grade Promotion 5-6pm, WGMS gym
May 22-24 8th Grade Trip
Order your yearbooks here!
http://pastorphoto.hhimagehost.com/WestGeaugaMiddleSchoolyearbook20232024
The "homeroom" teacher should be your student's 5th period teacher.
Wolverrrine of the Month
February: Emily Colella, Nick Misterka, Liam Magill
March: Elijah Fesler, Gabriella Atwara, Samantha Zontini
Art Club 23-24 Mural
Our very talented 8th grade Mural Club artists, Adelaide Oja, Vivian Lanzaretta and Janna Winningham, had all 8th graders and staff add their thumbprints to the Class of 2028 mural on Friday, March 22. SSO Sean Day is seen adding his, as well!
Attention Parents of Middle Schoolers in the 24-25 school year,
The middle school PTO is in desperate need of parents who may be interested in a leadership role for the 24-25 school year. Please come to the next meeting on May 9th at 7:00 in the WGMS Library to learn more. Without PTO participation and leadership, unfortunately, the activities/events the kids look forward to would be compromised. We need YOU! Please reach out to Meagan Bellan at meagan.bellan@westg.org for any questions!
Save the Date - 8th graders will tour the High School on April 22. More information to follow.
Welcome WGHS Class of 2028!
Reminder - scheduling for the 2024-2025 school year has begun for our 8th grade students heading to WGHS! Parents/Guardians, please be aware that your student has been asked to select their electives and speak with their teachers about their recommendations for high school courses. The information linked below has been shared with students via the Class of 2028 Google Classroom and through email.
As a parent or guardian, if you have any specific questions, input or concerns related to your student's upcoming course load and schedule for next year, please don't hesitate to contact your student's assigned high school counselor. Additionally, be sure to ask your student to share their Academic Planner with you, which indicates potential elective course selections. The deadline to have it filled out has now passed - if not yet completed, please do it promptly. Our counselors' role is to advocate for your student and collaboratively create a schedule that appropriately challenges them based on their interests and aspirations.
This scheduling period is an important one, so please have an open discussion with your student about their hopes and plans for certain courses or academic pathways. Then feel free to follow up with their counselor as needed.
Attention Parents/Guardians of 8th Graders (Class of 2028):
To celebrate your students’ school journey thus far from Kindergarten through 8th grade, we’re working on a photo slideshow for the 8th grade reception in May 2024, but we need your photos to include! Specifically, we’re looking for 2 photos in total for each student: one photo of your 8th grader from Kindergarten or elementary school and one current photo. If you have group photos and candids from events (like -sports teams, clubs, class parties, group class photos) at West G that include members of the class of 2028, please send those along too! We’ll collect them through April 15, 2024. Please follow this link https://forms.gle/owgAj9ZTekAE7jo18 or use the QBR code below to access the Google form where the photos can be uploaded.
The form does require a Google account, if you don't have one or prefer not to use it, you can also email photos of your 8th graders to wggrade8pics@pwohio.com. If you use the email option, please just remember to include your name or preferred contact (for questions), your student’s name (as it should be shown in the slideshow) and the grades or ages for the photos. If the photos are of events, please provide the event name and school year. Thanks for your help! Looking forward to a fun celebration of our students in May!
Tardy Policy
WGMS families, please be aware that starting on April 2nd, upon our return from spring break, we will be issuing consequences for unexcused tardiness to school. Each morning, we will track that students are in their first period class ready to learn by the bell. 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 Mrs. Dorko should you have any questions.
CCP Information
Attention 7th and 8th grade students interested in College Credit Plus (CCP) for the 24-25 school year. This is an opportunity to take college courses at West Geauga. To participate, you must turn in an intent form by the state-mandated deadline of April 1, 2024. If you have any questions about CCP or want to learn more, please contact WGMS Counselor, Mrs. Weisbarth (lindsey.weisbarth@westg.org).
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