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WRMS Weekly Update 1/11/25

WRMS Weekly Update 1/11/25
WRMS Staff

 

January 11, 2025 (Please download the Parent Square app to select your preferred language.)

Hello West Rocks!

It was a chilly week! As the weather gets colder, please be sure to have your student bring a coat, hat, and gloves if necessary to school. We will go outside for recess each day. Also, please remind your students that air pods, Beats, and phones are to remain in their lockers during the day. We have seen an uptick in these since we have returned from break.

Our travel basketball teams kicked off their season this week with a couple of great games! Coach Cammarota and our girls team played hard but lost a tough game, and our boys team is looking for a 3-peat this season as they started 1-0! Check out the enthusiastic picture from Coach Voytek above!

We are quickly approaching the midpoint of the year. Semester 1 (and Q2) ends on January 22. Please be sure to check PowerSchool regularly for grades and attendance information. If you have any questions, please contact your child’s teacher or counselor.

As you know, we have focused on social emotional learning through the RULER Approach. Each morning during the first core class, students and teachers spend time learning and applying emotional vocabulary to their lives. Families get a weekly communication from a member of the SEL team. We have also started our Take 10 initiative to promote staff and student relationships.

To provide an opportunity for our teachers to build stronger relationships with more students and to give a different perspective on a student’s day during semester 2, we will flip the order of the students’ core classes starting on January 23. Students’ current core 4 class will be in the morning and vice versa. The teacher will remain the same, just the order of classes during the day will change. You will see this reflected in PowerSchool.

Enjoy the snow!
Adam Reynolds
Principal, West Rocks Middle School

PS. This Friday, January 17, we will have a whole school lesson to honor and recognize the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Students will have an extended homeroom and apply the concept of justice and liberty in small groups. We will also apply parts of his Letter from Birmingham Jail.

SCIENCE IXL SCHOOLWIDE COMPETITION!

We kicked off our Science IXL schoolwide competition this week! It will run through Friday, January 31. Each class per grade level will compete against one another. The science teachers have assigned students daily work in IXL and enter it as a weekly grade in PowerSchool. 
 
Be on the lookout for the leaderboard in a separate communication.
 
The class with the most skills proficient between Jan 6-31 wins a prize! We will have one prize for the "current leaders" halfway through next week! 

SKI & SNOWBOUND CLUB 2025

LAST CALL!!! Registration closes Sunday night! 

The WRMS Ski & Snowboarding Club will take 4 afternoon trips to Mt. Southington this winter. There will be separate registrations and payments to both Mt. Southington and West Rocks. The club advisers are Dr. Reynolds, Ms. Gacesa, and Miss Sabol

Trip dates:

  • Tuesday 1/14/25

  • Tuesday 1/28/25

  • Tuesday 2/4/25

  • Tuesday 2/11/25

The bus leaves WRMS at 2:40pm and returns around 9:00 pm.
 
REQUIRED FORMS:
 
NPS permission form: https://forms.gle/bWehoeaPYUnEgdfb8

  1. Registration through the Mt. Southington Portal.

There have been some issues with the portal, and families have had success using the link below: https://mtsouthington.connectintouch.com/group/register/8ed6d081-0fd2-4c37-b74b-a11b1807a5b9 

YEARBOOK

February 1, 2025 is the absolute last day you can place an ad for your 8th grader in the WRMS Yearbook. All ads must be completed and paid for by midnight. NO EXTENSIONS. NO EXCEPTIONS.
To place an ad go to https://www.jostens.com/apps/store/customer/103714
 
DON’T MISS OUT ON THE MEMORIES!!
The yearbook is on sale for West Rocks Middle School. The yearbook staff is hard at work creating an amazing yearbook. Order TODAY to guarantee you’ll have a copy when it’s handed out.
(The last day to order personalization is January 31st.)                                                                                                                                                                                                 
To order go to:
http://jostensyearbooks.com/?REF=A01068840

APP DEVELOPMENT CLUB - UPDATE

App Development Club will have their first meeting on Thursday, January 16th from 3-4pm. Any students interested in attending must submit a permission slip using the Google Form.

LINK: App Development Club Sign Up 

BINGO NIGHT!

We are happy to announce that we will have our Winter BINGO night for all students and families on Friday January 31st from 6:30pm until 8:30pm.  Play 8 games for $10 with a chance to win prizes! Concessions including pizza will be sold.  
 
Tickets will be sold during lunch starting Wednesday January 29th.  Tickets will also be sold at the door. Any student that purchases tickets before the event will have their name put into a raffle for a special prize!
 
All proceeds raised will help support Grade 7. Please reach out to grade 7 team leader Miss Sabol (sabolr@norwalkps.org) if you have any questions!

PTA UPDATE AND UPCOMING DATES

Thank you to everyone that attended our meeting this week! 

Become a member here: https://westrocks.ptboard.com/formvw?store=5118&form=1 

Kick Off the New Year with a Fun Night Out! πŸŽ‰πŸ’
Looking for a great way to start 2025? Join us on Friday, January 17th for an exciting Bridgeport Islanders game! 
 
The PTA has reserved a section so we can cheer together as a Panther community. Plus, we’ll be hosting the Chuck A Puck game to support WRMS.
 
🎟️ Get your tickets herehttps://fevo-enterprise.com/event/Westrocks4
 
Start the year off with fun, family, and friends—don’t miss it! πŸΎπŸ’šπŸ–€
 
PTA Website: westrocks.ptboard.com
PTA Email: westrockspta@gmail.com

 Social Media Links:
 Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/westrockspta 
 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/westrockspta/

Upcoming Dates
January 14 Home travel basketball games
January 16 Home travel basketball games
January 17 MLK Jr whole school lesson; PTA Bridgeport Islanders event @ 7pm
January 20 MLK Jr Day - no school
January 22 Last day of Q2 (S1)
January 23 First day of Q3 (S2) - flip core classes

Please utilize our calendar on our school website: https://wrms.norwalkps.org/

 

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