WMS Parent News

Mark Your Calendars - click on this link to see the full calendar on the WMS Website.

December 7th - District 8th Grade Honor Band - 8:00am-12:oopm (at PHS)

December 11th - Band Concert - 7th Grade 6:30pm/8th Grade - 8:00pm

December 12th - Choir Concerts - 6th Grade - 6:00pm and 7th grade 7:30pm

December 23rd - January 1st - Winter Break - NO SCHOOL

January 2nd - Teacher Workshop Day - NO SCHOOL

January 3rd - Personal Development Day - NO SCHOOL

January 6th - School Resumes

Click here to see the full calendar on the WMS website

Hey 6th graders! Need help with math or just want a place to practice? Join the Math Club starting Wednesday, November 6th! We’ll meet Wednesdays in G106 from 2:30 to 3:20 pm. Come by (no need to sign up) for support, retakes, or a boost in confidence. Bring whatever Math you are currently working on and be sure that you have a way to get home. See you there!

Please join us for the Environmental Service-Learning Club starting in January.This service-learning group will focus on Conservation. Students will come up with a problem about our environment and a solution to this problem. They will create a service-learning plan to solve this problem and create a presentation to show their efforts at the culmination of our meetings. Students will learn about global efforts of conservation and then discuss small scale efforts here at WMS. If you are passionate about helping our environment, please join us!

We will meet on Wednesdays from 2:30-3:30 in Mr. Olofson's room in B115. Dates are January 8, 22, February 5, 19, 26 March 5, 26, April 9, 23.

Please register at the link below. If you have any questions, please contact Mr. Olofson; bolofson@sowashco.org or Mrs. Trusinsky; jtrusins@sowashco.org.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfLyoKyBWRNIeqw2W423m381SnQDp0jggusqBppbdLEXLUZrA/viewform?usp=sharing

If you are interested in being a part of the Dungeons and Dragons club, please fill out information via this link:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc93GUmjhHH9iEZI8Hwewq7h5DGJcC9Y_koiDqJuzYDXu8Cig/viewform?usp=sf_link

Please have your student look through the lost and found (located between the doors at the front of the school). All unclaimed items will be donated prior to the winter break.

DON’T MISS OUT! Purchase a YEARBOOK today!

Click here to order

***extra yearbooks will NOT be available for purchase this spring!!

What is it? A free weekend food program with 5 different dietary options to choose from. Meals are packaged

and placed in your student’s backpack every Friday. There are no qualification requirements.

Click HERE to complete the form and sign up.

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

This week, Woodbury Middle School will begin a Food Rescue pilot program. With the state-funded Free School Meals program in place, the district served 2.7 million meals during the 2023-24 school year, a 10% increase from the previous year. However, this increase has also led to more food waste. To ensure the safety of all students, particularly those with severe food allergies, uneaten food cannot be redistributed in our schools. To cut down on waste and address food insecurity, SoWashCo Nutrition Services teamed up with the local non-profit Basic Needs to start the Food Rescue pilot program.

How You Can Help

Together we can reduce waste and help fight food insecurity in our community. Please talk to your student about the program and why it is important. If they have unwanted, uneaten food, encourage them to leave acceptable items on the collection cart in the cafeteria. Signage reminding students of acceptable items will be posted on or near the cart. To ensure food safety, acceptable food items are limited to:

• Whole pieces of fruit that have a skin or peel
• Unheated, shelf-stable wrapped grain items

Please remind your student not to remove food once it has been placed on the cart.

Nutrition Services staff will sort and store the items for Basic Needs volunteers to pick up. Food is available during the week at the free Basic Needs Food Market (8475 East Point Douglas Road, Ste. 106 in Cottage Grove) on Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday from 10:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., and on Tuesday and Friday from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Food is also available on the weekends at the Basic Needs Free Little Pantry in the Park Grove Library. Nearly 10% of residents in Washington County worry about running out of food before they can afford more. Please encourage families facing food insecurity to visit the free market or pantry for help.

Learn more about the Basic Need Food Market or become a food rescue volunteer at basicneedsmn.org/food-market.

SoWashCo Community Education Youth Activities

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.

Boys Basketball - Hard copies are sign-up are hanging on the wall outside the counseling office or you can sign up at sowashco.ce.eleyo.com

6th grade Counselor - Natalie Herzog 651-425-4514 nherzog@sowashco.org

7th grade Counselor- Rebecca Crislip 651-425-4512 rcrislip@sowashco.org

8th grade Counselor - Karlie Lehmann 651-425-4524 klehmann1@sowashco.org