WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL                 ANNOUNCEMENTS                     10/21/2015

Today is a BLUE Day!

Upcoming events and dates to remember:

Parent Teacher Conferences (Middle School).  These will be walk-in conferences [we will not have appointments]

Oct. 22 – 1:45pm to 3:30pm in Teacher’s classrooms (2 hour early dismissal)

Oct. 23 – NO SCHOOL

There will be an informational sign-up meeting for any 8th grade girl interested in playing basketball today (Wednesday) at 1:15 in the small gym.

There will be an informational Wrestling meeting today at 3:10pm in the cafeteria.

Pearl City Power Volleyball Club Tryouts Dates: October 25th and November 1st
When: See times below for grade appropriate
Where: West Middle School new gym
Who: Girls in 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th and 11th grade who are interested in club volleyball November 2015 through March 2016

Schedule for both days:
2:00- 9th, 10th, and 11th grade check-in ready to go
3:00- Finished

2:30-8th grade (U14) check-in 2:45-Ready to go and warm up
4:00-8th Grade Finished

3:30-7th grade (u13) check-in 3:45-Ready to go and warm up
5:00-7th Grade Finished

4:30-6th grade (U12) check-in 4:45-Ready to go and start warm up
6:00-6th Grade finished

Rules: 1. All bags, cell phones, etc left in hallway 2. Water/Gatorade are the only things needed in gym 3. No parents allowed in the gym. Welcome to wait in hallway outside gym. 4. Attire: knee pads must be worn and no jewelry at all! Suggest shorts or sweat pants and t-shirt. 5. Players are encouraged to attend both days of tryouts. Contact Brian

Halligan behalligan@icloud.com or www.facebook.com/pearlcitypower for more info.

The Muscatine Community YMCA will be hosting a middle school dance on Sat. Oct. 24th from 7:30-10:30pm.  Tickets are on sale now at the Y for just  $4.00.  If any are left, they will be $5.00 at the door.  DJ, Dancing, Dodgeball, Open Gym, and other contest throughout the evening.  Food will be sold for a nominal fee.  Parent Chaperones are always needed.  Contact Amy Hessel at the YMCA, 263.9996 for more information or to volunteer.

Check out the information on the West Middle School “Virtual Backpack” (located on the WMS website) for the 2015 Turkey Trot Fun Run. You can print off a registration form there.

There will be an informational meeting for any student interested in participating in wrestling on Wednesday, October 21st at 3:10 in the cafeteria.

Practices for Wrestling and Girl’s Basketball will start on Monday, October 26^th. You MUST have a physical, waiver and concussion form on file in the attendance office to participate.

For your convenience all athletic and activity events can now be found on the WMS calendar.  This one stop convenient calendar will make it easy for staff, students and parents to access dates and times for all activities. Just click on the “School Calendar” tab at the top right.

The Attendance Office has purple NIKE athletic bags for sale for $30.00. Stop by to take a look.

If you have any questions or if your child will not be at school for any reason, you can e-mail me at krista.hartman@mcsdonline.org or you can call 563-263-0411 anytime after 7:30 a.m.

LUNCH TODAY: Corn Dog or Chicken Filet Sandwich

10/22/15: PB&J or Cheese Pizza