WMS Parent News

November 6th - Culver's Night - 5-7:00pm

November 7th - NO SCHOOL

November 11th - 7th and 8th Grade Honor Orchestra (district wide) 9:00am-1:00pm at PHS

November 13th - Orchestra Concert - 8th Grade - 7:00pm (WHS)

November 14th - PTO meeting 6:30pm - Office Conference Room

November 17th - Fall School Dance 2:30-4:30pm

November 21st - End of Tri 1

November 22nd - Teacher Workshop - NO SCHOOL

November 23-24th - Holiday - NO SCHOOL

Click here to see the full calendar on the WMS website

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• WOODBURY MIDDLE SCHOOL
• Event Code: FE101723
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A seven-member School Board governs SoWashCo Schools. Board members are elected at-large on Election Day in November of odd-numbered years. The Board has five primary responsibilities: district governance and policy development, operational oversight, governance policy implementation, superintendent relations, and public engagement.

This year, SoWashCo has 3 open Board seats and eleven candidates. To learn more about the candidates, watch the League of Women Voters SoWashCo/ISD833 School Board Candidate Forum that was held Tuesday, September 19, 2023. Here is a link to the recording: League of Women Voters Link

SoWashCo Schools to Host Bond and Levy Community Information Session on Nov. 1

South Washington County Schools (SoWashCo Schools) will be hosting two information sessions about the bond and levy questions that will be on the November ballot.

• Wednesday, Nov. 1 at 6 p.m.: SoWashCo Schools is hosting a final Community Information Session to present information and answer any questions you may have about the bond and levy. The information session will be held in the Board Room at the District Service Center, 7362 East Point Douglas Road S., in Cottage Grove.

Important Links:

• Learn more about the bond and levy question at sowashco.org/facilityplanning.
• Learn more about voting at https://www.sowashco.org/vote-2023/election.
• Use SoWashCo Schools’ Tax Impact Calculator
• Boundary Adjustments Tool

Take a night off the kitchen and bring the whole family to Culver's Night!! Invite your neighbors and share the word with the whole block to join us this coming Monday, November 6th, 2023. Be sure to mention you are with Woodbury Middle School so the school can receive a percentage of the sales. Staff from "PUMA HOUSE" will be on site delivering food and treats to your table! Make sure to stop by and say "HI" to them.

The next PTO Meeting will be on November 14th, 2023 at the Conference Room by the Front Office at WMS from 6:30pm to 7:30pm. Everyone is welcome to attend! We hope to see you there.

A big "Thank You" to all the students and families that have been selling World's best chocolate bars! If by any chance you forgot to turn in your money, please send it with your student to the front office ASAP.

Woodbury High School will be performing Footloose the Musical November 3rd-5th and 9th-11th. There are many WMS alumni who will be performing onstage and helping out behind the scenes. Check out the high school theatre website for more info and online ticket sales. Tickets can also be purchased at the door before each show.

https://www.whsactivities.org/whsroyaltheatre

WMS is currently hiring for two paraprofessional positions.

Do you know someone who is passionate about working with kids and would like to join our team at Woodbury Middle School? We are currently hiring for paraprofessional positions for the 2023-24 school year.

If you or someone you know might be interested, please reach out to assistant principal Josh Eidem at 651-425-4509 or jeidem@sowashco.org.

Applicants can also go online at: https://www.applitrack.com/sowashco/onlineapp/default.aspx?Category=Paraprofessional

Cold weather is just around the corner... To help keep children warm this winter, SoWashCo Community Education is partnering with SoWashCo CARES Education Foundation to help match students in need with new, winter coats, snow pants, boots and waterproof gloves.

Community members and organizations can donate items by filling out the donation form, fulfilling an item from the Amazon wish list or contributing financially. Winter clothing donors will be paired with students in need. You will then be contacted with the requested winter clothing items for a specific child and which school to drop off your donation. To sign up, visit the ‘Give Help’ section at sowashcocares.org.

Donated winter clothing will be available for families in need of assistance through your school’s social worker or at pop-up shopping events beginning in Nov. We will do our best to fulfill every request, however, requests are not guaranteed. For more information, visit the ‘Get Help’ section at sowashcocares.org.

Paper copies of the request forms are available through your school’s social worker or principal. Completed paper forms can be returned to your school’s front office. For more information or a translated version of the form, please contact sowashcocares@gmail.com or call 651-425-6671.

• Crestview, Hillside, Pine Hill, Pullman and Royal Oaks $6.9 million: Construction of additional bathrooms, each of these schools currently only contain a single set/four stall

• If Bond Question 1 and/or Question 2 do NOT pass, elementary boundary changes will be in effect starting the 2024-2025 school year. In addition, middle school boundaries will be adjusted to keep elementary school cohorts together as much as possible.

• The elementary school boundaries adjustments would impact about 427 current students. There will not be any boundary changes for high schools next school year.

  
  

  Please use this boundary changes tool to see if your address would be impacted by the potential changes.

  
  

  If you would like to learn more now please visit sowashco.org/facilityplanning.

  
  

  To learn more about Question 1, check out last week’s Election 2023 newsletter.

• Check out all of your voting options online.

• Learn more about the bond questions at sowashco.org/facilityplanning.

• Use our Tax Impact Calculator

• See potential boundary changes if Question 2 fails using our Boundary Adjustments Tool

• Watch SoWashCo Schools Vote 2023 video.

• Learn more about elections at sowashco.org/vote-2023/election.

On Nov. 7, 2023 SoWashCo Schools is holding a special election to ask voters to consider two bond questions and a Technology Projects levy.

Taking staff and community feedback and input into consideration, the School Board approved a plan to present the district’s new 5-year facility plan, called Securing Our Future. Supporting Our Students, to the community with two bond questions.

Question 1 addresses safety and security enhancements and expansions and renovations at secondary schools.

Question 2 addresses elementary school space at schools projected to exceed capacity (Bailey, Grey Cloud, Pine Hill and Red Rock elementary schools); and construction of additional bathrooms at schools only containing a single set/four stalls (Crestview, Hillside, Pine Hill, Pullman and Royal Oaks elementary schools).

The second bond question addressing elementary school space and bathrooms is contingent on the passage of Question 1, meaning Question 2 cannot pass without the approval of Question 1. If Question 2 fails, elementary school attendance boundary changes will be implemented for the 2024-25 school year.

Question 3 is a Technology Projects levy that revokes our current technology levy and replaces it with a new levy that would increase funding for infrastructure, safety and security relating to technology.

• You can learn more about the bond question at sowashco.org/facilityplanning.

• Learn more at https://www.sowashco.org/vote-2023/election.

• Use our Tax Impact Calculator

• See potential boundary changes if Question 2 fails using our Boundary Adjustments Tool

Our theme for the month of November is "Responsibility."

Monday - Morning Meeting

Tuesday –AVID grade check

Wednesday – "The Responsibilities Game"

Thursday – Lip Dub Premiere

Friday – Wildcat Weekly

Did you know you could set your Schoology Notifications up so that you can receive a message any time your child has a missing assignment? This will be beneficial for checking in with your student about their grades and helping them keep up to date with assignments.

Special note: You may need to set this back up this school year even if you had it set up last year.

Notifications are daily or weekly opt-in messages that notify parents, via email or text, of their child’s academic progress. Parents will be notified about homework, graded tests and assignments, recent activity, upcoming tests and other due dates.

Once you are logged into Schoology and you have connected to your child(ren) you can set up notifications.

NOTE: Notification settings affect all children so you only need to setup notifications for one child.

1. Click the dropdown arrow next to your name at the top right
2. Choose any child that you are connected to in Schoology
3. Click the dropdown arrow next to your child's name at the top right, then click 'Settings'
4. Click the Notifications tab and change the settings to your preference. Don't forget to click 'Save Changes'

https://www.sowashco.org/services/technology - schoology for more information

Email for help: schoologyhelp@sowashco.org

South Washington County Schools (SoWashCo Schools) offers activities and classes for youth through SoWashCo Community Education. Activities and classes are conveniently offered at your child's school, partner locations within our community and online.

The latest activities and classes can be found on our website under Get Involved > Youth Activities.

Middle School Girls Basketball:

https://sowashco.ce.eleyo.com/course/23043/winter-2024/middle-school-girls-basketball

Start Date: Nov. 6 for girls in grades 7th and 8th

Middle School Boys and Girls Wrestling:

https://sowashco.ce.eleyo.com/course/22739/fall-2023/middle-school-wrestling

Start Date: Nov. 6th for boys and girls in grades 6-8

Find More Classes and Activities

Order a 2023-24 YEARBOOK today!

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6th grade Counselor - Rebecca Crislip 425-4512 rcrislip@sowashco.org

7th grade Counselor - Karlie Lehmann 425-4524 klehmann1@sowashco.org

8th grade Counselor - Natalie Herzog 425-4514 nherzog@sowashco.org