HOMECOMING DANCE
Our annual homecoming dance will be held on January 20, 2024. Dress can be formal, Sunday best, or even inspired by your favorite Taylor Swift look. Students coming from other schools will need to complete a dance application. We're looking forward to this era!
FOURTH ANNUAL CHRISTMAS DOOR DECORATING TOURNAMENT - SWEET SIXTEEN
Sixteen doors have advanced to the first official round of our annual door decorating tournament. Today, please choose EIGHT doors that will advance to the next round. Voting will close at 3:00 p.m. today. Thank you for your participation!
https://forms.gle/ny5hu7PproxokteM9
WRITER OF THE WEEK
Mrs. Brumfield shares that Huner has demonstrated hard work in English this quarter. He is always ready to learn by carefully listening to instruction and taking his time on his work. He worked especially hard on the on-demand writing benchmark last week.
COLLEAGUE CREDIT
Mrs. Mary Logsdon shares that Mr. Doran is always going out of his way to volunteer to help his co-workers. He also always checks in just to make sure his colleagues are okay, asking if anything is needed and sharing his knowledge by answering questions.
WILDCAT OF THE WEEK
Mr. Scott Bowling shares that McKennly has worked so hard and learned so much in Industrial Arts class. She is always eager to help and learn new skills. She takes pride in her work and always does her best. Great work, McKennly!
ANNUAL DOOR DECORATING TOURNAMENT
In the days before Christmas, we want to share something fun with our students, parents, and community members. It's our fourth annual Christmas door decorating tournament! Our faculty members have decorated their doors in the spirit of the holiday season. Each day before break will present a new round of the tournament. Today, please choose your favorite 16 doors on the Google Form for the preliminary round. Tomorrow afternoon, the top 16 entries will make it onto the tournament bracket and another round of voting will occur.
When using the Google Form to vote, please enter your e-mail address at the top of the form and choose the selection boxes located directly under the pictures before submitting your form. The preliminary round will close at 3:00 p.m. tomorrow. VOTE. VOTE. VOTE.
https://forms.gle/cWaZqoPrSkKP3rP99
PEP RALLY
Yesterday afternoon, our students were treated to a fun and exciting pep rally! Teacher v. student basketball game. Energetic introductions. The whole school on the floor doing the Chicken Dance. Go, Wildcats!
IMPORTANT REMINDER
A SPECIAL THANK YOU
We owe a special note of thanks to the Riverview Homemakers' Club and to James and Drema Craft for their generous holiday donations. We are so appreciative of your kindnesses!
WILDCAT CHEERLEADING
These young ladies can't wait to cheer their first basketball game this evening! Go, Wildcats!
A LEGO REWARD
This week, students worked hard completing an on-demand writing assessment, so a reward was obviously in order! Ms. Johnson broke out the Legos, allowing students to activate the magic of their imaginations! AT WMS, WE'RE ALWAYS BUILDING!
INDUSTRIAL ARTS
Industrial Arts students are very proud of their largest project of the year to this point! Check out the beautiful craft table they've built for Cats' Creations. It is wonderful that our CTE classes can help and support one another! Great job, Wildcats!
ACADEMIC TEAM
Congratulations to members of our academic team! They demonstrated an impressive performance against Russell Independent yesterday evening.
The following students placed in their subject areas:
ARTS AND HUMANITIES
Fifth Place: Kennedy Melvin
Sixth Place: Aubrey Stone
LANGUAGE ARTS
Second Place: Raelynn Ream
Third Place: Kennedy Melvin
Sixth Place: Briley Parrish
MATHEMATICS
Second Place: Brayden Gillum
Fifth Place: Layden Stephens
SCIENCE
First Place: Waylon Hall
Second Place: Caitlyn Fields
Third Place: Aidan Whitlock
Fourth Place: Raelynn Ream
Sixth Place: Khloe Chaffin
SOCIAL STUDIES
Third Place: Violet Brown
Fourth Place: Aidan Whitlock
Fifth Place: Raelyn O'Neal
COLLEAGUE CREDIT
Tonya Bullion shares that Alex Young goesout of her way to help everyone. She, along with Mrs. Hieneman, are accomplishing amazing things with Cats' Creations. All of the students and staff love Ms. Young!
WILDCAT OF THE WEEK
Mrs. Brumfield shares that Michael works hard and gives 100 percent of his efforts on assignments in English class. He demonstrates responsibility and habits of a dedicated learner. We are so proud of you, Michael!
CRYPTIDS AND CREATURES AND BEARS, OH, MY!
Mr. Doran’s English classes have been designing and creating cryptids and mythical creatures and writing stories to enhance the lore around them. His classes are learning to develop ideas, include details, and to utilize context clues and inferences in their writing, as opposed to directly telling information to the readers. That's impressive! Great job, everyone!
CPR TRAINING
Students in Mrs. Dornon's Health Sciences class have been working hard to learn the fundamentals of CPR. These life-saving measures are valuable tools for every area of life. Thank you, Mrs. Dornon, for giving students this opportunity!
BOYS BASKETBALL
Congratulations to our eighth-grade boys basketball team on their win over The Millard School this evening! Great job, guys!
WILDCAT DESIGNS
On Thursday mornings, Wildcat Designs will be selling products to students from 7:30 a.m. to 7:50 a.m. Make plans now to make your purchases.
CAN'T STOP, WON'T STOP
Our Industrial Arts students are continuing to prove themselves to be simply awesome! They've just finished two bookcases, a kitchen pantry, a bench, and some arrow holders for the archery team. We are proud of our students and their hard work!
