8th grade night at Wirt County High School will be April 29th at 6:00PM. Please try to attend for important high school information!
Reminders for our sixth graders for tomorrow:
Students can ride the bus as normal in morning. We will depart at 8:00am. Please make sure to students are here on time so they don't miss the bus.
Students have been instructed that they will come straight to classroom when arriving to school to eat their breakfast.
All three meals will be provided by the school. There will be NO stops at additional food places/ no concessions offered. Students may pack a lunch but it is their responsibility to carry the remainder of day- may send in throw away bag.
Wear closed toed shoes.
We plan to arrive back to the school around 5:00pm. That is subject to change. We will update fb and students will message parents when we are heading home.
Wirt County Middle School students are bringing home iReady diagnostic results from benchmark 3. Check out this video, https://bit.ly/iReady-Video, to understand more about your child's scores. As always, if you have any questions, please message your child's teacher on Schoology or call the school at 304-275-3977.
On April 17th, Wirt County Middle School will host a pop up reward for qualified students! In addition to no missing assignments and 1 or less warnings in the 4th nine weeks, students must have ZERO unexcused absences in the 4th nine weeks to participate! Help your student enjoy this surprise activity by turning in absence notes. You can also submit excuses online at https://bit.ly/WCMS-School-Excuse.
In addition to the pop up reward, students will be completing a community service project. 5th/6th grade will be cleaning up areas around the school while 7th/8th grade will be cleaning up the street in front of and behind the school. If a parent/guardian does not want -their student to participate in the community service activity, please call the school at 304-275-3977 or send a note with your student to allow them to opt out. Please call the school if you have any questions.
Reminders for the students attending the 🚀 NASA Day Field Trip, tomorrow, April 11th! All students who are attending met with trip chaperones today to go over expectations.
- ⏰Students must be at school by 6:50 a.m. Please drop off students at the front entrance.
- We are leaving the school at 7:00 a.m. and will return by 2:45 p.m.
- There is no cost to attend the trip and we are taking school breakfast and lunch.
- We ask that students wear a WCMS shirt tomorrow if possible.
- Students are permitted to bring cell phones but must follow all school rules.
All Winter and Spring athletes will be walking to WCHS tomorrow at 1:45 to attend a positive coaching alliance workshop. Students will get on the bus at the high school to go home. If they need to come back to WCMS, they will walk back with teachers. If you have questions, please call the middle school.
Anyone with an eighth grader interested in playing football next year at WCHS, there will be a Sideliners meeting Thursday at 7 PM in the high school auditorium. All football parents are encouraged to attend! The Sideliners are the football boosters.
There will be a parent meeting at 6pm Monday, April 14, at Mingo Bottom Golf Club for any student currently in 8th grade eager to join the high school golf team. If you are not able to come and still want to join please call or text Coach Daneen Shears at 304-588-3791.
7/8 band students were given information about a trip that is happening next week. If you have any questions, please contact Mrs. French
The last week for library book check out for primary center and middle school students will be May 5th - 9th!
Parents/Guardians: Please read over the information provided by the West Virginia Department of Education in regards to the upcoming West Virginia General Summative Assessment (WVGSA) and the West Virginia Alternate Summative Assessment.
WVGSA scores will be accessible to parents/guardians shortly after the completion of a content area test. You will be able to see your child's scores by visiting https://wv.portal.cambiumast.com/families.html and using the access code provided by your child's school.
For more information about the WVGSA and the WVASA visit https://wvde.us/academics/assessment. Both letters are also available on our website at https://www.wirtcountyschools.com/o/mcms/documents/for-parents/336267.
On April 17th, Wirt County Middle School will host a pop up reward for qualified students! In addition to no missing assignments and 1 or less warnings in the 4th nine weeks, students must have ZERO unexcused absences in the 4th nine weeks to participate! Help your student enjoy this surprise activity by turning in absence notes. You can also submit excuses online at https://bit.ly/WCMS-School-Excuse.
5th graders are bringing home a very important form today! Please make sure that it is returned promptly. Our 5th graders have been extended a very awesome opportunity to support their curriculum with a trip this Friday. We want everyone to be able to attend!
7th and 8th grade students received some information about our Spring Adventure! Please ask your 7th or 8th grader about this opportunity! We discussed it at lunch today.
We've got some exciting updates coming to the Wirt County Schools app! Be sure to download it now to be ready to start accessing new features and abilities. More info to come!
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Are you looking for something to do over spring break? Check out this poster design contest for the Elizabeth Care Center!
We've got some exciting updates coming to the Wirt County Schools app! Be sure to download it now to be ready to start accessing new features and abilities. More info to come!
Download for Android https://aptg.co/rLNmyJ
Download for iPhone https://aptg.co/XvPV1n
We will be posting end of year dates in the next few weeks. However, we know parents need some advance notice on a few of our activities.
8th grade dance will be Saturday, May 3.
8th grade trip to Kings Island is scheduled for Thursday, May 15.
Awards Day will be Thursday, May 22nd. Awards will be in the morning. Time TBD.
Wellness Day will be Thursday, May 22nd after awards.
IMPORTANT DATES!
Testing season will be upon us soon after Spring Break. Please plan accordingly and make sure your students are at school on testing days!
April 30 - All 5th and 8th graders will take state science test
May 6 -7 - ALL students in ALL grades take ELA tests
May 13 - ALL students in ALL grades take Math test
Don't forget that tomorrow is the absolute last day to order yearbooks for Wirt County Middle School!