Westland Update for Week of Mar 4

Prospective Parent Coffee/Student Shadow- If you have friends or neighbors who are curious about Westland, encourage them to pre-register for our FINAL parent coffee/student shadow opportunity for the year on Tuesday, March 5.

Soccer Tryouts- Soccer tryouts begin on Tuesday, March 5th after school. Students must have all forms submitted to try out. Mr. Cruz is coaching the boys team and Mr. Johnson is coaching the girls team.

State Science Test for 8th Graders- Eighth graders will be taking the MISA test on the mornings of Thursday, March 7th and Friday, March 8th. Please bring charged Chromebooks and charged minds.

MCPS Girls Summit- Check out information below regarding the Girls Summit at Northwood HS on Saturday, March 9th.

Pi Day! Thursday is March 14th and we celebrate the power of 3.14!!!!

Sixth Grade Pi Day Social Sixth graders are invited to an after school, Pi-themed social on Thursday, March 14 More information coming soon.

April 22nd has been designated as a no school for students/professional day for teachers since the beginning of the school year. However, in light of our used snow days exceeding our available snow days, MCPS has now designated April 22nd as an asynchronous school day for students.

Practically, what does this mean?

No one will be Zooming. Students will receive assignments to complete on their own. They can submit them April 22nd or any day until May 3.

• Montgomery County Public Schools Girls Summit (March 9, 2024, 9AM-1PM) - Session topics include healthy relationships/dating violence, social media use and mental health, identifying symptoms of depression and anxiety, Narcan training, and much more!

• Students may earn 4 SSL hours for attending and learning this important information so that they can help to spread awareness about these topics and participate in Narcan training to support in the case of an emergency.

• To learn more, please click here.

• The Keeping It Safe Student Video Contest (Deadline: March 31, 2024) is now open! Students may earn 5 SSL hours for quality video submissions. Interested students may view the contest rules and additional information at this link.

• The Living Organ Donor Video Contest (Deadline: March 31, 2024) is now open! Students may earn 10 SSL hours for quality video submissions. Interested students may view the contest rules and additional information at this link.

• Student-to-Student Extracurricular Series - 10 SSL hours -- VIRTUAL/REMOTE – MCPS is seeking students interested in developing a video presentation with either a leadership moment or extracurricular skill to inspire, teach, and share with their MCPS peers and the greater MCPS community. Students may earn 10 SSL hours for successful submission of all items identified in the Student-To-Student Extracurricular Series Form.

Join us for Westland's Colorsplash Fun Run on Saturday, May 11.

• Register before spring break for early bird rates: https://runsignup.com/Race/MD/Bethesda/WestlandMiddleSchoolColorSplash.

• SPONSOR Westland MS Colorsplash 2024 to get your business in front of the community.

• Adult and kid volunteers (SSL hours) will make the event happen. We need you!

Email wmscolorsplash@gmail.com for more info.

* New Events Are Added in Bold Font

MARCH

• Women's History Month
• Tu, 3/5- Prospective Parent Coffee/Student Shadow- must pre-register
• Tu, 3/5- First Day for Soccer TryOuts
• Th, 3/7 and F, 3/8- 8th Graders take MISA Science Test in AM (new dates)
• Sa, 3/9- MCPS Girls Summit at Northwood HS
• Th, 3/14- Pi Day
• Th, 3/14- 6th Grade Social After School
• Th, 3/21- Bus Evacuation Drills in the AM
• Th, 3/21- Book Wars Competition at Silver Creek MS
• M, 3/25-4/1- Spring Break

APRIL

• Arab American Heritage Month
• Month of the Military Child
• National Autism Acceptance Month

• Tu, 4/9- Last Day of Marking Period 3
• W, 4/10- No School for Students- Grading/Planning for Teachers
• Th, 4/11- MCAP testing in English Language Arts in AM (6th-8th grades) Day 1 of 2
• F, 4/12- MCAP testing in English Language Arts in AM (6th-8th grades) Day 2 of 2
  
• M, 4/15- MCAP testing in Math in AM (6th-8th grades) Day 1 of 2
• Tu, 4/16- MCAP testing in Math in AM (6th-8th grades) Day 2 of 2
• W, 4/17- Student Member of the Board of Education Election (6th-12th graders vote)
• Th, 4/18- Report Cards distributed through Homeroom
• M, 4/22- Earth Day
• M, 4/22- Asynchronous Learning Day- Students at Home
• W, 4/24- Secretaries'/Administrative Professionals' Day

MAY

• Friday 5/3 and Sat 5/4- Spring Musical- Madagascar Jr.
• Sat, 5/11- Colorsplash 2K Fun Run

JUNE

• Tu, 6/11- 8th Grade Promotion Ceremony

AUGUST

• Th, 8/22- New Student Orientation 8:15-12:00
• Th, 8/22- Back to School Night for Parents 6:30-8:30 PM

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