REMINDER: The 1st WMS Choir Concert of the year is Thursday, 10/22 at 7 pm at the DCHS Auditorium. Each student participant was given 2 tickets for spectators to attend (B group students will receive their tickets tomorrow). We are looking forward to a GREAT concert tomorrow night! GO DEMONS!!!
UPDATE: 8th grade girls basketball practice will be at 4:15 pm on 10/22 in the WMS cafeteria gym. There will not be 6th grade girls basketball practice on Thursday.
UPDATE: Girls Basketball practice times @ WMS
1st Practice for 6th, 7th & 8th grade will be on Thursday, October 22
6th- 4 pm in cafeteria
7th- 4 pm in MS gym
8th- 5:30 pm in MS gym
Physicals are required before students are allowed to participate. GO DEMONS!!!
Good news at WMS! The boiler parts came in today and they were able to make the appropriate fixes on the boiler and get it running this evening. We will have all "A Group" students in attendance on Wednesday, October 21st. Please make sure your child is dressed for the cold conditions outside as we will be outside before school and during lunch recess.
On another note, the end of the quarter is next week. If your child has missing assignments, we have additional academic support until 4 pm each day M-Th (only for the kids who were onsite that day) and on Friday's from 8-2 pm for students who need some extra help getting caught up. Students will be kept in A & B group cohorts on Friday's. Let's finish the quarter strong!
Washington MS staff member of the month for September: CONGRATULATIONS to Mrs. Houck (Reading teacher) for being selected for the month! Here is a little information about Mrs. Houck. Thank you for all you do to make WMS a great place for our students! GO DEMONS!
#WMSDEMONS
#WMSSTAFFMEMBEROFTHEMONTH
#GPSPRIDE
What was your favorite thing to do during quarantine?
Hiking with my kids in Makoshika State Park
What is your favorite outside activity?
Hiking, golfing, or playing softball
Why did you decide to work at WMS?
I love the middle school age; they’re not quite finished yet, but you get wonderful glimpses of who they will become.
If you could be any cartoon character who would you choose and why?
I would probably choose Scooby Doo; he has a band of tight-knit buddies that always look out for him & feed him Scooby Snacks all day long. He also loves a good mystery, as do I.
What is your favorite quote?
“It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.”
—J. K. Rowling
“Free will, though it makes evil possible, is also the only thing that makes possible any love or goodness or joy worth having.”
C. S. Lewis
ALL WMS classes will be online again tomorrow. Please have your students check in with their teachers tomorrow morning.
Update on the boiler:
We had our annual boiler inspection this summer. There were no immediate repairs recommended from the inspectors. Boilers were reassembled and ready to be fired up when temperatures forecasted to drop below 40 degrees for extended periods. Once we fired the boilers, it was determined that the primary gas valves (installed almost 30 years ago) had a leak in them. This was an unforeseen failure as they had just passed inspection. Due to the nature of the gas valves failing, they were leaking natural gas into the boiler room. For the safety of everyone, it was determined that school needed to be moved online until the valves could be replaced. Currently, the closest valves of this type are in Chicago. The valves have been ordered and overnighted. Once here, the repairs will be able to be done so that we will have heat again at WMS. If everything goes well, we should be able to have everyone back in the building on Wednesday. We will update everyone tomorrow once we know more.
FYI: LES is a different issue and we will know more later this afternoon about that.
1st day of girls basketball practice has been postponed until we have working heat at WMS. We are hoping it will be Tuesday after school but will not know until repairs take place. We will post practices times as soon as we have things figured out.
1st day of wrestling will be on Tuesday, 10/20 @ 4 pm at DCHS gym.
For either sport, a sports physical is required. Please call the office (377-2356) if you have any questions.
Tomorrow, 10/19 with school for WMS being online, lunch will be available for pickup for WMS "A group" students between 11-12:30 pm @ DCHS cafeteria entrance doors. In order to receive the meals, parent/students must call WMS (377-2356 hit 1 for the office) by 9 am for us to have an accurate count of meals needed. Please leave a message if no one answers. Thank you for your patience as we work through this!
On October 18, 2020, Glendive Public Schools was notified that a staff member at Washington Middle School and a staff member at Jefferson Elementary School tested positive for COVID-19. Because of how we have structured the classes/schedules to mitigate possible exposure, only a small amount of the staff and students came in contact with the staff member. Contact tracing is ongoing and those individuals who are identified as close contacts will be notified. Glendive Public Schools will continue to take safety precautions to make sure all students and staff are as safe as possible.
If any staff or students are at risk of exposure, the Dawson County Health Department will be in contact with that person to determine a safe and appropriate course of action. It is still recommended that any person who feels sick or ill, seek out their medical provider for specific instructions. Glendive Public Schools is following the Dawson County Health Department and CDC guidelines to clean and disinfect our schools every day. School administrators will continue to monitor the situation and will provide further information if and when it becomes available.
WMS classes will be online tomorrow:
We have been unable to fire the boiler at WMS because of a found gas leak. With this cold spell that we have, it is too cold to have students in the building all day. Currently the school is between 40-50 degrees and we do not have a way to warm up the building. For the health and safety of our students and staff, all WMS classes tomorrow will be online. Please have your students check in with their teachers tomorrow.
Please be on the look out for more information being sent out tomorrow once we know more about the boiler situation.
Just a reminder that today is a scheduled early out for all schools.
Release times:
JES - 1:20
LES - 1:00
WMS - 12:46
DCHS - 12:46
Just a reminder that tomorrow 10/14/20 is an early release district wide. WMS will dismiss at 12:46 pm and there is no school 10/15-16/20. GO DEMONS!!!
SELFIE OF THE WEEK WINNER! Congratulations to our "peace sign" students for being selected this week. GO DEMONS!!! #WMSDEMONS
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Here is the press release for todays volleyball games VS Baker @ DCHS gym. GO DEMONS!!!
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Am5DDyulzOkGovFgGcYbeXHhrbI4q2JhHVSGuB8PQ2s/edit?usp=sharing
Here is the information for the Mon-Dak MS volleyball tournament this weekend in Watford City. Passes will be shared with our coaches - 2 per player and coach. GO DEMONS!!!
Attached is information from Miles City PS for parent/guardians pertaining to the Mon-Dak Football Tournament this Saturday, 10/10/20. GO DEMONS!!!
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FR80iNEkW8ewXL0A8zuhlwVk0zNQnHAOeSMTWC8kEhM/edit?usp=sharing
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yo-dhfnwcKSc3Om1w6e4W1M1CHD83819FERvtlf3xxY/edit?usp=sharing
Press release for today's football game VS Baker. GO DEMONS!!!
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VVWYHy7Xg_x-nHdNThZuZvtHObUzSbkINEa3ee-mXTk/edit?usp=sharing
Here is the link to the press release for our volleyball home matches VS Miles City on 10/3/20. Please note we are playing double courts at DCHS. GO DEMONS!!!
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1anQfsQRjbB5lD6juHTC72fHhdqhSGWtu08jFZnVmVKw/edit?usp=sharing
Update from Mr. Buckley (AD): WMS 8th grade game will start at 3 pm MST in Williston. No 7th grade game tomorrow due to low player numbers able to participate.
Parents and students,
PICTURE DAYS ARE UPON US! Group A students will be having school pictures on Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2020. Group B students will be having theirs on Oct. 1, 2020. Picture packets were passed out last week. If you need a new one there are extras in the office. Remember, you can also order online.
Pictures for WMS volleyball and cross country will be taken at 4 pm on Oct. 1, 2020. WMS football will have theirs taken at 4 pm on Oct. 6, 2020. All sports pictures will be done at the Oakland Athletic Complex.