WMS Parent News

April 5th - Royal Night of Jazz - 7:00pm at King of Kings Lutheran Church

April 9th - MCA Reading Test

April 13th - District 8th and 9th Grade Band Solo Ensemble Festival - 8am-12pm at WHS

April 16th - MCA Math Test

April 26th - NO SCHOOL

April 30th - MCA Science Test (8th grade only)

May 3rd - Spring Musical Performance 7:00pm

May 4th - Spring Musical Performance 2:00pm and 7:00pm

May 5th - Spring Musical Performance 2:00pm

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

May 7th - PTO Meeting - 6:30pm - Office Conference Room

Click here to see the full calendar on the WMS websitepm - Office Conference

This week Monday-Friday (April 1-5) the WMS in Unity to Support Our Community club is hosting a Penny War to raise money for The Bond Between (formerly Secondhand Hounds). All pennies and bills are worth positive points, and all other coins are worth negative points. The grade with the most points wins!

PLEASE TRY TO AVOID SCHEDULING APPOINTMENTS DURING THESE TIMES

MCA Reading - April 9th

MCA Math - April 16th

MCA Science - April 30th & May 1st (8th gr only during Science class)

MTAS Math, Reading, and Science- March 25th - April 5th

Testing Times: Advisory through 3rd hour

6th gr – Testing with their 3rd hour teacher

7th gr – Testing with their 5th hour teacher

8th gr – Testing with their 2nd hour teacher

Reminders For Students:

• Bring fully charged Chromebooks and chargers
• Bring headphones (No Bluetooth, plug-in only)
• No wearable technology devices during testing (smart watches)
• No cellphones during testing

Please contact David Donnelly, 651-425-4538, ddonnell@sowashco.org or Katie Burley 651-425-4526 kburley@sowashco.org if you have concerns or questions about school testing dates and times.

For more information about the purpose and uses of the MCA/MTAS, please visit the Assessment and Grading website.

Woodbury High School Girls Lacrosse is looking for more lacrosse players. We would like to fill the JV team.

Lacrosse is a sport that has 11 players on the field and one goalie. If you have not played before, we are still interested in having you participate. Practices start on Monday, April 1 at Woodbury High School. Practices are typically in the evening between 5:30-7:15 or 7:15-8:45 PM Monday - Friday at Royals Stadium. There are 13 games during the season in the evening. Please contact Head Coach Ivy Benner with any questions at bennnerivy363@gmail.com

Culvers: Thanks to all those that stopped by and ate at Culver's. Thanks also to Team Lions for serving dinner and treats for those who ate inside. Another Culver's night coming up next month.

PTO meeting: Our April PTO meeting is tonight, Tuesday, April 2nd at 6:30. All are welcome. We will be talking about upcoming events this spring. Looking forward to seeing you!

SoWashCo Online is offering a small number of accelerated learning opportunities for students going into 9th - 12th grade this summer.

If interested in this opportunity, please visit the REGISTRATION LINK for more details.

Thank you for signing up! We look forward to supporting your student on their learning journey.

If you have questions please contact Nick Falde at nfalde@sowashco.org

South Washington County Schools is offering a free four-week summer middle school program in July hosted at Cottage Grove Middle School. All students currently in grades 6 and 7 are encouraged to register for this program.

SoWashCo Summer is designed to provide students with tools, strategies and support that will boost academic skills and increase confidence. This program is a great fit for students who will benefit from extended time to:

• strengthen grade-level literacy and math skills and/or

• practice organizational skills and school routines and/or

• develop communication skills and positive relationships.

All supplies for SoWashCo summer school are provided. Students are encouraged to only bring a water bottle and to be dressed to participate in physical activities.

Meals are available at no cost to students attending SoWashCo Summer and transportation for those that qualify under SoWashCo Schools current transportation guidelines will be provided.

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.

Featured Class

Middle School Track, Grades 6-8

Join Middle School Track after school Monday-Thursday, beginning April 8-May 16. Cottage Grove and Oltman middle schools will practice at Cottage Grove Middle School and Lake and Woodbury middle schools will practice at Lake Middle School.

Find More Classes and Activities

What is it? A free weekend food program with 5 different dietary options. All bag types contain 4-5 pounds of non-perishable food, including a variety of fruits, vegetables, proteins, and grains. Meals are packaged and placed into your student’s backpack during the school day on Fridays.

*Sign up HERE

**Contact Natalie Herzog if you have any questions nherzog@sowashco.org or 651-425-4514

Our character theme for the month of April is Gratitude.

All Grades

Monday 4/1 - Morning Meeting

Tuesday 4/2 – AVID Grade Check

Wednesday 4/3– Defining Gratitude

Thursday 4/4 – DEAR Day

Friday 4/5 – 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

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