Greetings WCMS families,
Yesterday we had an assembly titled The Power of Words. The assembly was led by Joel Lewis, a community member who currently works with elementary students in the Sun Prairie Schools, and has also worked in law enforcement and in the District Attorney’s office. The assembly focused on how the words we use can have a much larger impact than we realize, and we need to continue to understand how what we say impacts others. After Joel finished the speaking part of his presentation, students were allowed to write down questions anonymously for Joel or others on the panel to answer (they were screened by adults before passing them on to eliminate anything inappropriate).
First and foremost, I want to say that our students were awesome at this assembly. They were respectful and attentive throughout the entire presentation. When it came time for student participation, many of them came up with thoughtful questions. To be honest, I had been a part of this type of activity at the high school level, but had never tried it at the middle school level, and was a little worried how middle school students would participate. I couldn’t have been more proud of our students during the last part of the session with the quality of thoughts and ideas they put out there for Joel to address.
I encourage our families to continue the conversation at home with their children and get a feel for what they hear at school, and how we can all continue to work on choosing our words more wisely. Feel free to browse the powerpoint presentation that was used to help with any talking points, or to gain further understanding of the discussion from Wednesday.
As I share in our hiring process every year, our students and our families are the main reasons that we enjoy working in the Waunakee schools. We have a community with many different beliefs and ideas, and that is a good thing. It is imperative that we continue to teach our children to be kind and respectful at all times, and especially when engaging with people who look, act, and think differently. We don’t all have to agree, but when we disagree, it is critical that we do so respectfully. The words we use go a long way to ensuring we are building the community we all desire.
Thanks for all you do to send such wonderful students to our schools, and partner with us in providing for their educational needs. We could not do this without you.
Join us for the 4K-8 2024 School Appreciation Mallards Game on Thursday, June 13! A flyer will be sent home with each student that will include 2 FREE voucher codes for free tickets to the game. Each voucher is good for one grandstand ticket. Please see the instructions on the flyer to redeem the vouchers for tickets. We can’t wait to see you! The first pitch will be at 6:05 p.m. at the Duck Pond.
Waunakee Community School District offers many amazing athletic opportunities for our youth in grades K-12. A complete schedule of the camp offerings for the summer of 2024 can be found on our district website. Registration for all programs will be through GoFan.
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The Waunakee Community School District continues to work with our referendum partners to design and construct the facilities approved by the voters on November 8, 2022. Projects include a new Heritage Elementary School (opening Fall 2024) and Waunakee Community Middle School (opening Fall 2026).
Join us for a Neighborhood Town Hall Meeting to learn about the school district's construction projects in the neighborhood along South Street.
View invitation here. Visit our website for more information.
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Note: Infinite Campus is still our main reporting system for grades and there may be additional assignments in Infinite Campus that are not in Schoology (ie: Participation, discussion, etc). Also, the overall grade calculation in Schoology will not be accurate, as any weighing of categories happens in Infinite Campus.
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Jeffrey Kenas, Principal,
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