31500 Royalview Drive, Willowick,

Ohio 44095

440-943-2950/ Fax:

440-943-9964 24 Hour

Attendance Line: 440-283-2183

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WILLOWICK

MIDDLE

SCHOOL

IS

WORKING

TO “IMPROVE

STUDENT

ACHIEVEMENT””

Students First

Time On Task

Quality

Instruction

SCHOOL HOURS

DOORS OPEN

8:15 A.M.

BELL 8:25 A.M.

FIRST PERIOD

BEGINS

8:30 A.M.

DISMISSAL

3:10 P.M.

NOVEMBER, 2016

IMPORTANT: REPORT CARDS WILL

NO LONGER BE SENT HOME

Beginning with the second quar-ter through the end of the school year, report cards will no longer (after October 13, 2016, the end of the first grading period) be printed. Parents can view them through the Parent Portal of PowerSchool. To access the Parent Portal, please go to the green Parents Tab of the district website. You can then click on Parent Portal to login, or click on Parent Portal Help and Info for help setting up your account. If you need a printed copy be-cause you do not have technolo-gy access, please contact the guidance office at 440-295-2415.

SOI FALL CONCERT MON., NOV. 7TH

7:00 P.M. 4th-6th Grade Students

FALL BAND CONCERT THU., NOV. 10TH

7:00 P.M.

Band students from grades 6th, 7th and 8th will be per-

forming.

FALL CHOIR CONCERT WED., NOV. 30TH

NJHS FOOD DRIVE : NOV. 14TH - NOV. 18TH.

Please send in non-perishable food items to be donated to needy families in the community. Items can be taken to room 114.

SCHOOL WILL NOT BE IN SESSION ON THE FOLLOWING DAYS

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8TH for ELECTION DAY and PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DAY FOR STAFF

THANKSGIVING BREAK THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24TH-MONDAY, NOVEMBER 28TH

SCHOOL WILL RESUME ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29TH

SPIRIT WEAR SALE

SPIRIT WEAR APPAREL IS AVAILABLE ONLINE

UNTIL NOVEMBER 2ND.

SEE THE FLYER ON THE LAST PAGE.

PICTURE RETAKES: WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2ND

You child must have a completed order form in order to do a picture retakes. You may also order pictures on-line before November 2nd. If you are not happy with the pictures originally purchased,

you must send back the entire original packet in order to have picture retakes.

MAKERSPACE IN THE MEDIA CENTER

The new Makerspace challenges our students to use their imagina-tions to create, invent, build and solve problems. Students can explore electronics, robotics, coding, woodworking and more. Each week students can choose to participate in a weekly design challenge or they can choose to explore on their own.

The after school Maker's Club will meet on Wednesday's, from Oct. 19th to March 29th. Stu-dents interested in participating will need to pick up a permission slip from the Media Center. Stu-dents do not need to attend each session.

Every Wednesday the Maker- space will be open for individual exploration and occasionally we will have SPECIAL sessions that students will need to sign-up for separately.

W-E MIDDLE SCHOOLS’ PARENTS INTERNET SAFETY PROGRAM

Do your children surf the internet? Do your children have social media accounts? If you answered yes to

either of those questions, your child could be at risk. Please come and hear how you can keep your chil-

dren safe in today’s online society. You are invited to come and listen to Holly Welsh present on internet

safety at Willowick Middle School on Wednesday, November 2nd at 6:00 pm. This is open to all

Willoughby-Eastlake Middle School Parents.

Holly Welsh is an Assistant Prosecuting Attorney in the Special Investigations Division of the Cuyahoga

County Prosecutor’s Office. Since joining the Office in 2007, she has worked in several units, including

the Children and Family Services Unit, the Juvenile Justice Unit, and the General Felony Unit. In June

2013, Welsh joined the Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Unit, a statewide task force committed

to combating the online exploitation of children. Welsh is a graduate of The College of Wooster and The

Cleveland-Marshall College of Law.

NOVEMBER, 2016

BOX TOPS FOR EDUCATION

SEND IN BOX TOPS FROM YOUR

FAVORITE PRODUCTS TO SCHOOL

WITH YOUR CHILD. REMIND THEM TO

GIVE THE LABELS TO THEIR 1ST

PERIOD TEACHER.

Program begins in October-

March

Please register your Giant

Eagle Advantage card on-line

(no charge to register) at

Schools.GiantEagle.com.

If you previously registered,

you do not have to register

again. You may also call

1-800-742-7753 to register.

WILLOWICK MIDDLE

SCHOOL’S I.D. NUMBER

IS 3019.

NOVEMBER CALENDAR

Oct. 31st- Operation Keepsake Week

Nov. 4th 7th Grade Health Classes

Wed., 2nd Picture Retakes

Wed., 2nd WE’s Middle Schools

Parents Internet Safety

Program-WWMS Gym

6:00 p.m.

Wed., 2nd Maker’s Club-Cancelled

Thur., 3rd- Maker’s Club-Knex Roller

Fri., 4th Coasters

Thu., 3rd PTSO Marco’s Pizza-Wlby.

Fundraiser

Thu., 3rd St. Council Meeting

3:15-3:45 p.m.

Mon., 7th SOI Fall Concert 4th & 6th

Grades 7:00 p.m.

Tue., 8th ELECTION DAY

NO STUDENTS

Professional

Development Day

Wed., 9th Maker’s Club-Free Day

Thu., 10th Band Concert 7:00 p.m.

Thu., 10th Veteran’s Honors Day

8:30-9:30 a.m.

Mon., 14th PTSO Meeting/Rm. 111

6:00 p.m.

Mon., 14th SOS Ambassador Training

Wed., 16th Maker’s Club-Making Pasta

Thu., 17th St. Council Meeting

3:15-3:45 p.m.

Wed., 23rd Maker’s Club-Free Day

Thu., 24th- Thanksgiving Break

Mon., 28th

Tue., 29th School Resumes

Wed., 30th Choir Concert 7:00 p.m.

Wed., 30th- Maker’s Club-Jewelry

Fri., Dec. 2nd

POWERSCHOOL

PARENT PORTAL

Please make sure that you have log-in information to the Pow-erSchool Parent Portal to monitor your child’s progress.

The PowerSchool Parent Portal can be found on the W-E website. If you do not have an access code and password, please call the office at 440-943-2950.

PAY FOR IT:

ONLINE LUNCH

AND STUDENT FEE PAYMENTS

School fees and student breakfast

and lunch payments can be made

on-line and monitored throughout

the school year.

Instructions on how to set-up a

Pay-For-It Program account can

be found on the WE Schools web-

site. Use the parents drop-down

menu for instructions.

PTSO FUNDRAISER

WILLOUGHBY MARCO’S PIZZA

THURSDAY, NOV. 3RD

36200 Euclid Avenue

440-975-8888 Marco’s Pizza and WWMS are working together to raise funds for WWMS school.

When ordering on Thursday, please let them know that it is for a school fundrais-er. If ordering online, be sure to select the School Challenge and WWMS.

Marco’s Pizza (Willoughby only) will donate 15% of call in orders and 20% of online orders to WWMS.

Flyers will be passed out to students the day before the fundraiser.

WWMS DRAMA CLUB AND

ART DEPARTMENT PRESENT A NIGHT OF THE ARTS

DECEMBER 15TH AND 16TH

The WWMS Drama Club and Art Depart-ments are joining together to bring you a spectacular night of the arts.

On December 15th & 16th, the WWMS Drama Club will present A Fairy Tale Christmas Carol at Royalview ES. The WWMS Art Department will be exhibiting their work in the gym at the same time.

Tickets will be $5.00 each and go on sale during lunch periods the week of the show.

Parent volunteers are needed to help with costumes and building supervision. If you can donate some time, please con-tact debra.isom@weschools.org.

HOMEWORK REQUESTS

You may request homework when your child has been absent for three (3) days. Teachers will have 24 hours to prepare homework, which can then be picked up at the end of the day.

Homework assignments can also be ac-cessed on the WWMS website. Click on “Homework Hotline” for all homework assignments.

STUDENT LUNCHES

Please do not bring in hot lunches/fast food for your child

during the day.

If your child forgets their lunch, he/she can borrow and buy lunch ($3.10 for a hot lunch). Students are expected to pay back the loan on the next school day.

S.O.S. Bullying Prevention Program

The S.O.S. Bullying Prevention Program

will continue throughout the 2016-17

school year. School-wide participation

includes monthly meetings, activities,

student ambassadors and individual in-

tervention.

Ambassador Training will be held on

Monday, November 14th.

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