April 12, 2024

Please make note of the following dates that medications are due to the clinic for the upcoming class field trips, along with these important reminders:  

• Please turn in any needed medications as early as possible.  

• All medications that are kept in the clinic will automatically go on the trip. 

• A Medication Administration Record (MAR) form must be submitted (only one medication can be included per form). The form can be found on the Middle School website under Resources > Clinic Forms, which is linked here.  

• All medications must be signed by a physician, including all over the counter medications.  

• All returning medications need to be processed and will be ready for pick up the following week, unless prior arrangements have been made ahead of time.

Medications due dates:

• Pittsburgh, 7th grade- Monday, April 29, 2024

• Washington DC, 8th grade- Wednesday, May 8, 2024

Please contact Dawn Mansfield, LPN at the Middle School Clinic (440-729-5942 or dawn.mansfield@westg.org) with questions. 

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The "homeroom" teacher should be your student's 5th period teacher.

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!

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! 

The West Geauga Spirit Shop is looking for 1 or 2 volunteers to co-chair the Spirit Shop for the upcoming school year. If you are interested in learning more, please email wgab.spiritshop@westg.org.  

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.