Middle School “Heads Up” 11/9/2009

November 9, 2009

What a beautiful weekend.  I am a little bit sore from yard work, but it was such a blessing to be outside and not get rained on!!  The faculty and staff had a wonderful day at the MACSA convention last Friday.  There were several excellent workshops, and teachers came back with great ideas to use in the classroom.

Report cards will be sent home with the students this afternoon.  Please go over the report card with your student.  You are to keep the report card and send the signed envelope back to homeroom with your student.  If your child is the youngest sibling (or only child) at WCS, we have also include School Reach information in the report card envelope.  Please fill out the correct telephone numbers and return that information by Thursday, November 12, 2009.  We will be conducting a test on Wednesday, November 18, 2009, and need to input all of this information prior to the test date.

The Fine Arts Booster Club Fruit Sale is in progress!  Fresh fruit and cheesecakes make great Christmas gifts.  All proceeds will go to the Booster Club!

Our first Math League meet at Skyline Middle School was very successful.  Congratulations to all of our participants.  Our next meet will be Monday, December 7, 2009, at HB DuPont Middle School in Hockessin, DE.  If your student is participating in the meet, please make sure that you pick your child up at HB DuPont at 4:45 PM.  Go Math League!

All students have received a form regarding the H1N1 vaccine.  This form needed to be returned  by Thursday, November 5, 2009.  We are missing several forms.  Even if your child will not be receiving the vaccine, the form must be completed and returned.  Please return the form to the middle school office as soon as possible.

Got Shoes?? We are still collecting gently used shoes (sneakers, boots, dress shoes, etc.) for Shoes to Share, a ministry that provides shoes and other services to third-world countries around the world.  If you have any shoes that you would like to donate, tie the laces together and send them in with your child.  Collection bins have been emptied and they are in need of being filled once again.  It isn’t just sneakers we are after!  This ministry also helps people who are entering the job market with dress or business-style shoes.  Help someone get back on his/her feet…literally!

School Picture Re-Takes are scheduled for tomorrow, Tuesday, November 10, 1009.  The original picture must be returned on that date.  If your student was absent on the original picture day, forms are available in the middle school office for you to purchase a packet.

The first student senate event will be our annual Coffeehouse and Talent Show.  This has been scheduled for this Friday, November 13^th.  It is a great night of talent and “good eats.”  Contact Miss Kondracki at kkondracki@wilmingtonchristain.org.  Tickets may be purchased for $5 before the event.  Tickets will be $7 at the door.

Winter Sports Try-Outs will begin Monday, November 16th, 2009.  All students trying out for middle school basketball need to be be picked up at 3:30 PM each day next week.  Due to the number of students participating in try-outs, we will not be having a regular PE class until try-outs have been completed.

On Tuesday, November 17, 2009, our 7A Math and 8th Grade Honors Algebra I students will be taking the AMC-8 Math Test.  This test does not affect the students’ grades and is not a test that is to be studied for.  If you would like more information on the test, please contact your child’s math teacher.

On Monday, November 23, 2009, our high school will be hosting an 8th Grade Parent Seminar at 7:00 PM in the Fine Arts Auditorium.  This is an opportunity for our parents to learn about our high school from both the guidance counselor and our high school principal.

In celebration of Thanksgiving, we will be holding an All-School Chapel on Wednesday, November 25, 2009.  This is a half-day of school with an 11:45 AM dismissal.  Chapel will begin at 8:45 AM.  Parents are invited to the Elementary School lobby area for coffee prior to Chapel.  WCS will be closed on Thursday, November 26, 2009, and Friday, November 27, 2009.

Save the date!  On Saturday, December 5, 2009, our Middle School Student Senate will be hosting our Christmas Social.  Details will be coming home soon!

If your student is going to be absent from school, there is a quick and easy way to notify the school.  Visit our school website www.wilmingtonchristian.org and click on the quick contact link.  From there you can submit the necessary information, including a request for work to be compiled.  This information is forwarded to both the middle school office and the nurse’s office.  If your child has an early dismissal, please send a note (or email) to the middle school office.  This will help assure that your student is in the office and ready for pick-up when you arrive.

Our cafeteria provider Hepbron Food Services is serving breakfast each school day morning from 7:15 AM to 7:40 AM.  Students may go to the cafeteria and purchase a breakfast!

Praying for the Lord’s Blessing on the Week!

Gwen Campbell