WMS staff celebrated the retirement of Dennis Sansom. Thank you for all your years of service. You will be missed! Enjoy your grandkids :)
8th grade interacters spread wildflower seeds at Sarett today for their act of stewardship. Highlights were finding a box turtle, eating wild asparagus, and a killdeer who faked an injury to lure us away from her eggs.
Congratulations Kendra Goss! Kendra won a RESA Award for her artwork in the Box Factory Show.
7th grade Interacters are planting trees at the Sarett Nature Center today as a part of their ongoing stewardship project. The group even found a box turtle in the midst of our planting.
Mrs. Steadman's 7th grade Earth Day projects.
On May 1 at 6 pm in the High School Media Center, the Watervliet Public Schools learning community will have the opportunity to view proposed curriculum resources for the 2024-2025 school year. Specifically, the review will make available the following:
REAL ESSENTIALS - A sexual health curriculum for grades 5-12.
Reveal - A K-12 Math curriculum.
The Director of Curriculum will be available for questions at the public viewing.
Save the date for the 8th grade semi formal on Friday, May 3, 2024 from 7 - 9 pm. The cost is $5 and ONLY WMS 8th graders may attend.
These 5 Interact members volunteered time out of class today to clean up the cemetery, both parks, main street, and anything else in their sites along our 2 hour walk. Thank you Remington, Payton, McKaylen, Madison, and Katelynn for giving Mother Earth a little special attention today!
Our 2nd 8th grade parent meeting will take place next week. All 8th grade parents are invited and encouraged to join us!
8th grade Interacters are clearing invasive species at the Sarett Nature Center today as a part of their ongoing support to assist with increasing biodiversity. Each visit always includes some new learning for the group! The visits usually include a good photo op too!
All 8th grade parents are invited to the April Parent Advisory Council meeting at the high school so that you can start preparing your child for what is to come next year! Please join us!
All 8th grade parents are invited to join us for our annual dual enrollment informational night this Tuesday. Come learn how your student can earn college credit while in high school for free!
US News & World Report Banner came in on Monday! Joe and Steve put this up today! Great job Middle School staff, students and parents!
MS Eclipse viewing
WHS Robotics Give Back Night Thursday, April 11th @ the Local 3. Please join to support the WHS Robotics team travel to the Robotics Championship!!
WHS offer college courses through LMC free of charge to Panther families. 8th Grade parents are invited to join us for our annual informational session next week!
Mrs. Hahn's talented Art Students displayed their work in the Art show before Spring Break. Thank you to the students who shared their creative work!
On Thursday, March 14- Watervliet Middle School participated in the annual Pi Day celebrations! They were challenged to learn as many digits of pi as they could and each class battled against each other with who would know the most! This year, Daniella Romero-Chairez won the grand prize for memorizing 129 digits of pi! Cadia Rains, Braelyn Campbell and Isabella Alvardo all won in each of their classes. We also celebrated Albert Einstein's birthday by participating in one of his favorite activities to relieve stress- building towers from playing cards.
Kindness Act...Candace Zyla, a 6th grader and member of the student council, wrote notes of inspiration for all of the students at Watervliet Middle School! She came in on Sunday, and taped the notes on their lockers, so her classmates could be surprised on Monday with words of kindness! Way to help us start the Monday out right Rachel!
This weekend we had a great turnout for the talent show. New categories like poetry and art expanded the show as well.
We had really tight competition in some of the categories, especially High School vocals, where the favorite won by a single point, and the second place had a 3-way tie!
Here are the most favorite from each of the categories:
From the Middle School:
Favorite Artist: Brooklyn Smith for her piece 'Naomi"
Favorite Poet: Zaylea Pates for her poem "Vanilla Scented Candle"
Favorite MS Vocals: Anahi Howell who sang "What Was I Made For"
From the High School:
Favorite Vocals: Nataliya Desjardin who sang and played piano to "It Will Rain"
Favorite Artist: Sienna Harris for her piece "Oreo and Stormy"
Favorite in Show was a tie between Ella's Harris And Lauren Lovell.
Thanks to Brittany Morsaw for the cast picture!
