What's new with Watkins Middle?

A weekly reflection and preview of all things WMS

WMS updates and reminders

Thursday marks the end of the 3rd quarter. Grades will not be visible until after break due to grade submission deadlines for teachers. Many students will have CQAs week as they finish up.
Check out this month's latest addition of the Warrior Press.
Student council will be sponsoring a spirit week this week. See the flier below for assigned themes.
Please see this disclaimer related to our published yearbooks that will be delivered this spring. The deadline to order is April 25th. See ordering information in the disclaimer.
On March 19th and 20th 8th grade students will be traveling to C-tech of Newark for the annual 8th grade visits. On March 19th those students with Mrs. Sayre and Mr. Lejeune (3rd and 5th periods only) will be heading to Ctech. Remaining 8th grade students will be going on the 20th. If you have not already filled it out please complete the permission form for your 8th grade student. This provides a head count of students who will require school lunches.
Want to send a special shout out or positive word of thanks to a staff member? Fill out our staff shout out form here.

Have you missed any previous newsletters? You can always look on our school website to find archived newsletters to catch up on all things Watkins Middle School.

Ms. Sultzbach's Humanities

Over the past two weeks students have participated in two different room transformations. For Starbooks, students had the chance to preview several book options for our upcoming novel study. For Book Madness, students completed various March Madness activities including creating brackets with novels and picture books we’ve explored this year!

City of Ember

Ms. Spindler’s 7th grade ELA class is wrapping up the book, The City of Ember. Student’s learned about dystopian societies and had the opportunity to create their own city.

Symbols of freedom

Mr. Harrison’s 8th Grade ELA Honors class is finishing up their unit on “Freedom”. As an entrance activity, pairs of students were asked to use Play Dough to create a symbol of freedom. Examples included caged birds, peace signs, and recreations of The Liberty Bell.

Ancient Egypt

As we approach spring break, Ms. Lundberg’s Humanities classes are learning about ancient Egypt! Students have created their own sarcophagus that display their values and where they feel the safest. This activity allowed students to understand the emphasis the ancient Egyptians had on the afterlife while letting them express themselves in a fun and unique way.

Primary documents

Students in Miss Shuppe’s ELA classes have been working in conjunction with Ms. Bower's Social Studies classes to learn how to read and annotate primary documents.

Math night

Thanks again to all the students and their families who came out for Math night!

Surviving middle school for parents

This month's topic is goal oriented persistence. The ability persist in a task without being sidetracked or distracted from achieving the goal. Take a look at this month's executive function focus info graphic here.

Progress Book Set up assistance

Complete this form to have a staff member reach out to you regarding parent access to progress book.

Athletics

Please click the link below for all of your athletic ticketing and scheduling needs.

Hometown Ticketing

Varsity Ticket events are $7 up to 1 hour before the event. At the gate tickets are $8 (use of a card includes a fee at the gate). Middle School tickets are $5.

All athletes should enter and exit the building through the 600 hall (Door 7) entrance before and after practice each day.

Upcoming Events

3/24-28 Spring Break
3/31 No school-Staff Waiver day
4/3 Part 1 of the ELA state test
4/8 Part 2 of the ELA state test
4/15 Part 1 of the Math state test
4/15 Talent show auditions afterschool
4/17 Part 2 of the Math state test

Transportation & Attendance information

Bus concerns:

We ask that you please contact the Transportation Department directly at 740-927-5901 with any concerns about your student’s bus (late arrival or other issues). Their phones are manned 6:00 am to 5:00 pm, and they have direct contact with all buses.

Attendance:

Please call the 24 hour WMS attendance line at (740) 927-6807 to report student absences. This voicemail box is available 24/7 and messages are retrieved on school days between the hours of 7:00am through 3:00pm.

If your student will miss school due to a pre-planned absence, please complete this Trip/Vacation Authorization Form.

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Contact us

Get in touch with WMS!

Email: jball@laca.org
Website: https://wms.swl.k12.oh.us/
Location: 8868 Watkins Road Southwest, Pataskala, OH, USA
Phone: (740)927-5767
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gowatkinsmiddleschool
Twitter: @WatkinsMiddle