Washington Middle School

Parents/Students, just a reminder that we need your textbooks/library books or any items rented (chromebooks/hot spots) returned to the school this week. We also had a number of students who did not come in and pick up their stuff out of the locker/gym locker last week. That stuff will be thrown away or donated to the Attic in June if it hasn't been picked up. Please come in and pick it up if you would still like it. Give the school a call at 377-2356 if you need to schedule a time to do so (the school is open from 8-3 pm). Also, just another reminder about the WMS reverse parade tonight from 5-7 pm at WMS (see info attached). We would love to see our students one last time before summer break and get to say our goodbyes (while maintaining social distancing)!

Join us for a WMS reverse parade! We hope to see a number of our students drive by so we can say goodbye! #WMSDEMONS

UPDATE: STUDENT CHECK OUT WILL BE IN THE GYM, PLEASE ENTER THROUGH THE WMS GYM DOORS! We encourage students to come in as parents will not be able to figure out which gym locker is the students to clear out their items.  We also wanted to clarify for those of you who checked out chromebooks/hot spots from the school.  You do NOT have to return those 5/14-15 when you come in to check out if you are still working on getting your 4th quarter classes completed.  You could bring the chromebook in the following week once you were done.  Food will continue to be served through our kitchen for lunch pickup as we have been through the last day of school, 5/22/20. Lastly, here is the info we previously shared out regarding student check out.  Washington Middle School will have two days for students to come and pick up their belongings. We have placed locker items in bags and placed them in the gym for pick up. We will have a table set up in the gym entry way for any books that your child may need to return (library, teacher’s classroom library, etc.). Chromebooks and HotSpots will be returned to the office and you will be given a sign off sheet showing you have returned it. Band instruments will also be returned at this time. We are also asking that students stop by their gym locker and lost and found to look for any additional items that may be theirs. Pick up times are as follows: Thursday May 14th and Friday May 15th Last Name A-I 8:00 a.m -10:30 a.m. Last Name J-R 10:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Last Name S-Z 1:00 p.m.- 3:00 p.m. We will be following CDC guidelines and only allowing 10 students in the building at a time and we ask that students follow social distancing. If you have questions, please call 377-2356.

Please click on the link below to see the WMS Distance Education Plans for 5/11-17/20. Next week teachers will be contacting students individually about missing work and issuing review work through the last day of school 5/22. We appreciate everyone's hard work over the past 2 months! GO DEMONS!!! https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1A43YgzDeHGiCTDeh9_FO0uDuq9QAuPYL?usp=sharing

Here is how final grades will be done this year for K-8. #GPSCommunity #COVID-19

Washington Middle School will have two days for students to come and pick up their belongings. We have placed locker items in bags and placed them in the hallway for pick up outside of your students homeroom class. We will have a table set up in the entry way for any books that your child may need to return (library, teacher’s classroom library, etc.). Chromebooks and HotSpots will be returned to the office and you will be given a sign off sheet showing you have returned it. We are also asking that students stop by their gym locker and lost and found to pick for any additional items that may be theirs. Pick up times are as follows; Thursday May 14th and Friday May 15th Last Name A-I 8:00 a.m -10:30 a.m. Last Name J-R 10:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Last Name S-Z 1:00 p.m.- 3:00 p.m. We will be following CDC guidelines and only allowing 10 students in the building at a time and we ask that students follow social distancing. Thank you!

In recognition of National Teacher Appreciation Week our students and I put together the following slideshow to show our appreciation to our teachers. We miss each one of you and appreciate all you do, especially during this crazy time! GO DEMONS!!! #WMSDEMONS #GlendivePublicSchools #TeacherAppreciationWeek https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GJE71-yTdCgpIRrVCjRhK_VNRDBanu7Z/view?usp=sharing

National Teacher Appreciation Week is May 4-8, 2020! We love our teachers and thank them for all their efforts and determination to support our students the best they can during this trying time! YOU ALL ROCK!!! #WMSDEMONS #GPSPRIDE #TEACHERAPPRECIATIONWEEK

The link below will lead you to the WMS teacher lesson plans for the week of 5/4-10/20. GO DEMONS!!! https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1_CI-wufUjc4sh1Tcn8yvNbz_fDHvAdGY?usp=sharing

Social-Emotional Learning is very important to us here at GPS. In the final weeks of school, we will be offering many opportunities for you and your student(s) to watch and participate in some online learning in regards to resilience. Please join us Monday for this great training with Jeff Veley. If you can't make it at 10:00 am, don't worry, we will be rebroadcasting it at 6:00 pm that night. Hope you will be able to watch! Flyer: https://5il.co/frhv #GPSCommunity #Resilience

From Superintendent Schreibeis: The GPS Board of Trustees met Wednesday night and unanimously approved the recommendation to continue online remote learning for the remainder of this school year. This is an intentional decision that puts the safety of our students and staff first and foremost. While our school campuses are closed, we have an obligation to ensure our students continue to receive quality education services through the remainder of the school year, with a focus on the delivery of instruction through distance learning and providing school meals to our students. If you currently have questions or concerns about your students’ progress, please take the time to contact your child’s teacher(s). We recognize the closure of school campuses through the end of the school year brings about many questions. Please be watching for upcoming communication from your child’s principal and teacher(s) on how these last few weeks of the school year will be used to get assignments and work turned in, return textbooks and other school-owned items, and provide additional support that may be needed. More information will be coming out in the upcoming days. I also want to acknowledge the extraordinary efforts of school staff to serve our students and families with continuity of learning, nutrition, and social/emotional supports during these unprecedented circumstances. We truly have an amazing staff, awesome students, and supportive community! #GPSCommunity #WeAreInThisTogether

Please help us in celebrating our Cooks! They are always amazing and deserving of recognition, but during this transition with COVID-19, they have been nothing short of superheros! We really appreciate everything that they do for our students and staff! #GPSPride #LunchHeros

Please click on the link below to see the WMS teacher lesson plans for the week of 4/27-5/1/20. GO DEMONS!!! https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1aNMsUjmfUF86QROUEJVguChjH1h1pVR_?usp=sharing

Parent/Guardians: Mid-Term grades for 4th quarter will be posted in the Infinite Campus portal this Friday, 4/24 by 4 pm. Please log in to see your child's current quarter progress. https://mtdecloud3.infinitecampus.org/campus/portal/glendive.jsp We have also made the decision to start using the ICU database again to communicate with parent/guardians regarding the missing work their child has. We did not want to overwhelm parents/students when we began the online learning process but after feedback from parent/guardians who feel they are not sure what their child has turned in or not completed, we felt should take advantage of the communication tool we have been using throughout the year and use the database once again. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at the school at 377-2356. GO DEMONS!!!

Please visit the link below for the WMS teacher lesson plans for the week of 4/20-24/20. GO DEMONS!!! https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1BxN9lD_x6PfseVj876a8hKCQ3Kj4ffmx?usp=sharing

Ballots have been sent out for the May 5, 2020 Election. Below is a Flyer for the High School General Fund Levy. PDF: https://5il.co/f7p9​​ #Vote #BeInformed

Report Cards for K-8 are posted on Infinite Campus. Please just login to the parent portal, click on “Grades”, then click on “Q3.” We will not be sending report cards out in paper form. Yesterday (4/14/20), we sent out emails (Subject: User Account Activation) to everyone to get set up with Infinite Campus. So if you are not set up in the Parent Portal yet, please check for that email. If you did not get an email, please take the following survey and we will get it to you. https://forms.gle/4nJuHxm7JC7WSy4s5 If you have any questions about getting your account set up, please contact your child's school. Thank you! DCHS: 377-5265; dchs@glendiveschools.org WMS: 377-2356; wms@glendiveschools.org LES: 377-2308; les@glendiveschools.org JES: 377-4155; jes@glendiveschools.org #RemoteLearning #GPSCommunity

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GPS is trying to send out emails to all of our parents to help get them set up on Infinite Campus. Infinite Campus is a district-wide student information system designed to manage attendance, grades, schedules, assessments, lunch balances, and other information about our students at Glendive Public Schools. We are sorry if you got multiple notifications. We had to send the messages out by each school. If you didn't receive an email, please check your spam folder. Also, we did not have all of our parent's email, so if you did not get an email and would like us to have it, please fill out the following survey and we will get it into our system: https://forms.gle/ArF8yRGHSmLaPJ976 If you have any questions about getting your account set up, please contact your child's school. Thank you! DCHS: 377-5265; dchs@glendiveschools.org WMS:377-2356; wms@glendiveschools.org LES: 377-2308; les@glendiveschools.org JES: 377-4155; jes@glendiveschools.org #RemoteLearning #GPSCommunity

Please visit the link below for teacher lesson plans for the week of April 14-16th. We do not have school on Friday as it was a day off on the calendar. GO DEMONS!!! #WMSDEMONS https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Rhoed3tuzYDkoS5I9eir-f-wiy6ssFUv?usp=sharing