Warwood Middle School

Dear Warwood School Families, This is to inform you that on Friday, November 15, both Warwood Middle School and Warwood Elementary School will conduct a functional exercise that will constitute a mock active threat lockdown drill in coordination with the Ohio County Command Center. The command center will begin setup at 8:45 a.m., and the drill is scheduled to begin around 9:30 a.m. The drill should take approximately 20-30 minutes to complete. Please note that during the drill, there may be an increased presence of emergency response vehicles on school grounds. From the moment the drill begins until it concludes, the school buildings will be on lockdown. No visitors will be permitted entry during this time. We will send a notification to families once the drill begins and again once it concludes. Additionally, we will send a reminder notification tomorrow evening to ensure that everyone is informed. Running drills like this one is an essential part of our commitment to emergency preparedness and prevention. We are fortunate to have the support of our local agencies, and we appreciate the Ohio County Command Center and our city’s emergency services for teaming up with us to enhance the safety of our schools. Thank you for your cooperation and support in helping us maintain a safe environment for all students and staff.

Dear Warwood Middle Families, We’re excited to invite you to our annual Special Persons Day on Thursday, November 21st! This event, hosted by our Viking Parents, gives students a chance to bring a special guest to school for a morning of breakfast and shopping at the Book Fair. Here’s the schedule:  • 8th Grade: 8:55 - 9:20 AM  • 6th Grade: 9:25 - 9:50 AM  • 7th Grade: 10:00 - 10:25 AM At your scheduled time, please come to the school to join your student for breakfast and book fair shopping. We’re looking forward to celebrating this day with you! If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to the school!

Please see attached information for Extended School Year and other education summer camp opportunities. https://sites.google.com/wphs.ohio.k12.wv.us/2023-ocs-summer-sessions/home

We are excited to announce the beginning of Viking Academy starting on Monday next week. This program is a virtual after school program that will focus on specific Math and English Language Arts skill development. Students will be guided by "Coaches" and will be rewarded for meeting weekly and monthly goals. Students may use the link below to enroll in this program. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScAZeN8i9MIcenyGpCGrSBkBox-nM0YN-mQU6QGIz52uQkOAA/viewform?usp=sf_link

Due to tomorrow's forecast the Field trip to The Pumpkin Patch for Kindergarten and 1st grade has been moved to next Wednesday 10/26/22 at the same time. New permission slips will go home soon.

Next week is Red Ribbon Week. (Oct. 24th – 27th) Red Ribbon Week began in 1985 by parents across the country who began wearing Red Ribbons to symbolize their commitment toward the creation of a drug free America. Congress officially proclaimed the first National Red Ribbon Week, Oct. 23-31, 1988. The Red Ribbon has now become a symbol for the drug free movement. Over 100,000 schools and organizations nationwide celebrate Red Ribbon Week, making it the most successful drug prevention event ever held. This year, Warwood School will be participating the week of Oct. 24th – 27th. We hope that you will help us celebrate drug prevention by talking to your kids about it. The following are our activities for the week! Monday (October 24) “RED-y to Live a Drug Free Life” Wear something RED Tuesday (October 25) “HATS off to being DRUG FREE!” Wear your favorite hat Wednesday (October 26) “Team Up Against Drugs ” Wear your favorite jersey Thursday (October 27) PBIS Fall Festival – Costume Parade at 2:00 pm (more details to come on Fall Fest and Parade) Friday (October 28) NO SCHOOL

Reminder that this evening is our 1st LSIC and Viking Parents meeting of the school year. We are looking for individuals to serve on these committees and be apart of our schools success. Specifically at this meeting we will be review construction upgrades, reviewing school communication, planning for new playground, and assist those in attendance with questions regarding school procedure. Meeting @6pm in elementary school cafeteria.

Warwood School is looking for dedicated and motivated individuals (adults) who are committed to making Warwood School a better place to work, learn, and grow academically. These individual would serve on our Local School Improvement Council. Local School Improvement Councils (LSIC) are required per W.Va. Code § 18-5A-2. These councils exist at each public school in West Virginia. Membership of the LSIC is comprised of teachers, service personnel, bus drivers, parents, business and community representatives. An election will occur annually for membership. The LSIC is directly involved with the operation of the local school in many ways. The LSIC reviews discipline data and procedures yearly and submits written recommendations to the local school board. They encourage involvement of the school community with the school operation through regular LSIC meetings and collaboration. They support local initiative for school improvement by being directly involved with the strategic planning and innovative ideas. We will hold our first LSIC meeting on Monday, September 12th, 2022 at 6pm in the Elementary Cafeteria. At this meeting, we will take nominations for leadership positions within the LSIC, review construction updates, and plan for the new playground. Immediately following the LSIC meeting will be the first Viking Parents meeting of the year. We are going to hold these meetings in conjunction of each other for this school year to increase our productivity while decreasing the times we need to plan to meet. For questions regarding the LSIC or Viking Parents please call the school at 304-243-0375.

Good Morning Warwood Families, This afternoon students in grade 4-8 will be bringing home their scores from the General Summative Assessment (GSA). This is the assessment students take at the end of the academic year to monitor their progress in mastering state content standards. Posted on Schoology are interpretive tools that can help families understand the test results. If you need more assistance in understanding the results please call the school and we can help. These results are important in measuring the academic growth of our students in ensuring they master the necessary skill to have success at the next grade level. We utilize these results to create learning pods to meet students where they are and support them in their growth.

Good Afternoon, Tomorrow is our Kindergarten and PK screening event from 1:00-3:30pm at Warwood School. We will also have open house for PK and Kindergarten students from 4:30-5:30pm. Families for both events should enter through our Elementary Main Office. If you are receiving this message and have not received a call or message regarding screening please touch base with the school to make sure we have the correct number on file and we will provide a time to come for screening. We look forward to meeting the new class of Warwood School!

On Tuesday we will hold the end of the year awards assembly for grades K-4. Elementary families are invited to join us in the middle school gym with grades 3-4 starting at 10:00am and grades K-2 starting after 10:30am.

Reminder that tonight from 5:00-6:30pm we will be having an open house and workplace showcase for all middle school students including our incoming 6th graders. We look forward to showing off the work of our current Middle Schoolers while also welcoming our new Vikings and their families.

All PreK parents are asked to complete this survey so we can better improve our program. Thank you! https://wvde.state.wv.us/forms/prek-parent-survey/

Attention Warwood Alumni and Community: We are near the finish line on this fundraising project and need your support! Please see the attached documents for details on our Book Vending Machine. In short this vending machine will dispense books to students as apart of our internal reward system. Each slot within the vending machine will be dedicated to a former educator or employee from all Warwood Schools. Each person who receives a dedication spot will be included in a book that will have a biography of the person and their contributions. All donations are tax deductible and can be sent to the address found on page 2 of the attachment. For more information please call 304-243-0375.

Here are the activities for Thursday and Friday. Reminder if students complete and turn in 4 of the 5 activities they will be invited to Dr. Suess's birthday party during school tomorrow! Please have all activities turn in or submitted by 10am tomorrow.

Read Across America at home activity information:

Next week's themes for Read Across America Week: Monday- "Sleep Book"/ PJ Day Tuesday- "Green Eggs and Ham"/ Wear Green Wednesday- "Wacky Wednesday"/Silly style clothes Thursday- "The Cat in the Hat"/ Hat Day Friday- "Fox in Sox"/ Crazy Sox Day

Hello Viking Families! To celebrate Super Bowl week, we want to see your family score your own touchdowns and field goals! Whether your family is cheering on the Rams or Bengals, we are rooting for YOU! We challenge your family to count your reading minutes and convert them to football scoring! Want a touchdown? Read six minutes! Add a field goal point? Read for one more minute! We challenge each member of your family to "score as many points" as possible from Friday evening through Monday evening. With Monday being a Professional Learning Day for teachers, this could give your family ample time to get the competition going. Tally up the scores of your family and please share your experience! The combined score of both teams in the 2021 Super Bowl was just 40 points. Can you beat this score? Put your math skills to the test and share your scores and winning family member in the comments! 6 minutes of reading = 1 touchdown 1 minute of reading = 1 field goal

Attention 8th Grade Students/Families: If your student is interested in the Health Sciences and/or STEM careers, they may be able to apply to join the HSTA(Health, Sciences, and Technology Academy) Club and earn an in-state college tuition waiver. In fact, if a student successfully completes HSTA, they will have their college tuition PAID for, in WV State Schools, for undergraduate, graduate, and professional (MD, Dental, PharmD, etc,) degrees. For information about eligibility and participation in the program, along with the online application for your student, go to www.wv--hsta.org. The deadline to complete the on-line application has been extended thru Feb. 4th.

It's a busy week for our Vikings! Tomorrow 2/1/2022 is the Elementary Science Fair. Projects started coming in today and judging will be tomorrow afternoon. The projects will be on display for family viewing in the elementary cafeteria from 5:00-6:00pm. Wednesday 2/3/22 is the Elementary Spelling Bee. This will take place during school. The top two Spellers will move onto the county Spelling Bee on 2/17/2022. Next Monday 2/7/2022 is Math Field Day and our Mathletes in Elementary and Middle School will travel to WPHS for a day long competition and awards ceremony. We would also like to wish our boys 7th and 8th grade basketball teams good luck in the PAC 8 playoffs. They both play in the Semi-finals against Brooke on Tuesday at Triadelphia Middle School. The finals are Thursday at TMS as well.