Wildcat news

Dear Western Valley Middle School Community,

Let's Spread the Positivity at WVMS! As we continue to embrace the new school year, I want to encourage all of you to join us in spreading positivity throughout our school. Our students are doing amazing things every day, and we want to make sure everyone hears about it!

Wildcat athletics kick off on Monday, September 9th, with our volleyball and soccer teams ready to make us proud. We hope you'll consider attending our games to cheer on our student-athletes and support our cheerleaders as they rally behind our teams. The game schedules are included below, so mark your calendars and come out to show your Wildcat spirit!

In addition to supporting our teams, I invite you to contribute to our WVMS Kindness Wall. This is a wonderful way for you and your children to share positive thoughts about our school, their friends, or even their favorite class or teacher. The Kindness Wall is located in the front office and will also be featured on our school website soon. Let's fill it with messages that inspire and uplift our entire community!

You can submit your positive messages here: WVMS Kindness Wall.

Thank you for your continued support. I look forward to seeing you at the games and reading all the wonderful messages on our Kindness Wall.

Go Wildcats!

Respectfully,

Dr. Stephanie Nardi,

Principal

Our Middle School Store will open on Monday, September 9 using the following schedule.

Mondays: grade 8

Tuesdays: grade 7

Wednesdays: grade 6

Thursday: closed

Fridays: Ms. Metz's Class

Parents, please consider volunteering from 3:15 to 4. The link to sign up is below.

Please be sure that your child comes to school with a water bottle to stay hydrated during the day. It is hot and our students get thirsty during the day.

If you have extra water bottles that you would like to donate to our nurse's office, please send them to our front office. We will gladly accept donations of clean, re-useable water bottles with lids for our students to use.

If you are able, please consider donating boxes of tissues and packs of disinfecting wipes to our WVMS health room. These are two things we go through very quickly. Donations can be dropped off in the office. Thank you.

The 2024-25 FESD Calendar has been updated with a change that effects November and February. We will have no school on November 8 for teacher in-service, and we will be in school on February 14 which was originally scheduled as a day off. See the updated calendar below.

We’re excited to announce a new initiative to recognize students who go out of their way to be respectful, responsible, and safe at school. Students who receive positive office referrals will be rewarded with a dress-down pass and automatically entered into a drawing at the end of each quarter for a $25 gift certificate to our School Store.

We’re also happy to share that the School Store will be opening soon! Stay tuned for more details as we prepare to launch.

Thank you for your continued support in encouraging positive behavior at Western Valley Middle School.

FESD Policy:

Electronic devices including, but not limited to, cell phones, handheld devices, media players, watches, earbuds, or other similar gadgets are not allowed to be used or displayed during the school day, from the beginning to the end, unless a staff member specifically instructs or permits their use for educational purposes. It is important that these devices do not disrupt the learning

environment, compromise safety, or affect the well-being of others. Please note that the school district cannot be held responsible for any loss, damage, or theft of such devices, and students bringing such devices to school or a school event do so at their own risk.

To maintain a focused and respectful learning environment at Western Valley Middle School, we have a clear policy regarding cell phones and wearable tech:

• All cell phones must be turned off and kept in backpacks throughout the school day. This includes lunch, recess, and passing periods.
• If a cell phone is seen out during the school day, it will be confiscated. The phone can be picked up by a parent or guardian (not the student) in the office after school or before school the following day. This policy will apply to each offense.
• Wearable technology, such as smartwatches, will be subject to the same policy if they become a distraction.