THE GREAT DOUGHNUT DEBATE
Today, students in the classes of Ms. Alex Young brought their doughnut designs to life! After adding their toppings, students continued their argumentative writing unit and debated the tastiness of their sweet treats!
NATIONAL ENGINEERING DAY
Yesterday, students in Mr. Haywood's STEM class built boats for National Engineering Day! The boats were tested to see which could hold the most pennies, and the winner supported 247! That's some great hands-on learning, Wildcats!
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC EXPLORERS
Our National Geographic Explorers continue to amaze us! Last week, they received a major shout-out for great questions on a living shorelines presentation based out of California. Keep exploring, Wildcats!
STEM and SIMPLE MACHINES
Students in Mr. Haywood’s STEM class spent time exploring simple machines. We can see those wheels turning, both literally and figuratively.
ESPORTS
Today, some of our 37 esports students stayed for pre-season practice. Our season officially starts next week. We will be playing games both on computers and Nintendo platforms. We owe a special thanks to everyone who has donated equipment, controllers, gaming systems, and furniture. We are having a great time! Level up, Wildcats!
COLLEAGUE CREDIT
Tonya Bullion shares that Miss Kailey greets students with a smile on her face each day! Thank you for all you do, Miss Kailey! It's the Wildcat Way!
READER OF THE WEEK
Mrs. Brumfield shares that Hailey is an avid reader and enjoys realistic fiction. She reads on her Kindle and loves good, old-fashioned books from the library. She can usually be spotted throughout the day using time to read her current selection.
READERS ARE LEADERS AT WURTLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL!
WILDCAT OF THE WEEK At Wurtland Middle School, we acknowledge Wildcats of the Week for doing small deeds with great care! Recently, Mrs. Logsdon observed Charlee taking the time to clean trash left by another student without prompting. Thank you, Miss Charlee!
WRITER OF THE WEEK
Mason has been working hard on practicing brainstorming ideas and then grouping them into bigger categories. These categories are then being used as his body paragraph topics in written arguments.
Mason is doing things WRITE at Wurtland Middle School!
STEM PROJECTS
Members of Mr. Haywood's STEM class created colonies on Mars. They designed these colonies using Minecraft and shared their creativity during class presentations. Great job, everyone!
EdRISING SPECIALITY SPEAKER SERIES
Next in our EdRising Specialty Speaker Series is Ms. Paula Pleasant.
Ms. Pleasant is Greenup County's Teacher of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. On Friday, students learned about career paths, assistive technologies, modes of communication, and some basic sign. Ms. Pleasant worked with students to finger spell their names and shared a few of her tools and manipulatives.
Thank you, Ms. Pleasant, for coming to share your experience and expertise with our students! 🤟🏼
NEW AED
We have the most amazing school nurse at WMS! She wrote a grant for our building to get a second automated external defibrillator (AED) through KDMC. This will allow us to install a second unit upstairs. Thank you to Nurse Tara Adams and to our friends at KDMC!
HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM
Oh, the fragrances of this dish! Braylon Chandley is a natural at this "cooking thing"! His tomato pasta was delicious! The sauce was made completely from scratch. The aroma was amazing! Great job, Braylon! 👏🏼
EASTER PAINT KITS
Members of our Cats' Creations class are selling paint kits for Easter. There are two paint kit options available, and the kits come with paint and brushes. There are 15 kits available for purchase. Get yours today for only $15.00!
ANOTHER GIVE IT AWAY, GIVE IT AWAY, GIVE IT AWAY NOW!
We are grateful for our community, and our students want to continue giving back to you for supporting them!
How do you participate?! Like the WMS Facebook page, like and share this post, and drop a comment on the original post for a chance to win this strawberry-themed cup made of beautiful frosted glass.
The drawing will be held next Wednesday. Good luck!
COLLEAGUE CREDIT
Tonya Bullion shares that Mrs. Logsdon loves her job! She often opens the door to students each morning and greets them with a smile. Thank you for all you do, Mrs. Logsdon!
READER OF THE WEEK
Mrs. Logsdon shares that, on multiple occassions, Dakota has volunteered to read passages aloud in reading class. His volunteering to read has inspired his peers to do the same!
READERS ARE LEADERS AT WURTLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL!
WILDCAT OF THE WEEK
On several occasions, Brooklyn has shown kindness to both her peers and members of the faculty. She always volunteers to help organize the ChromeBooks. She also made little paper stars to give to her pen pals. Just today, she offered a piece of candy to another student.
CATS SPREADING SOME LOVE
Members of our Cats' Creations class spent time making Valentines and spreading love throughout the building yesterday. We love the good hearts of our students!
A TASTE OF FRENCH CUISINE
Today, Damian Smith taught Mrs. Shannon's class how he makes French toast. He did a great job! What a delicious start to our second semester of Hospitality and Tourism!
