Walkersville Middle Newsletter September 11, 2020
Greetings WMS Families,
I hope this was a good week for your children. I hope they are feeling more comfortable with the virtual learning environment. One step you could take to help increase engagement is to strongly encourage your child(ren) to turn on their Google Meet cameras when the teacher is providing instruction and during discussions. I know firsthand that meeting in on Google Meet is somewhat awkward at first. I also know it gets better with experience. Finally, I know that kids are less likely to be engaged when their cameras are off. It may cause some anxiety at first, but we need to help our kids learn how to deal with this. There may be some compelling reasons not to have a camera on at a given moment, and students may turn their cameras off during independent work. I am just asking you to challenge your kids to turn on their cameras to be more engaged during the lessons.
Curbside Media Books Service
We have some exciting news from our Media Specialist Ann Duncan. We are going to begin curbside pickup and drop-off services for media books. We have information for how to reserve a book, find out when books are available, and more. Go to Curbside Media Books for all of the information.
Extracurricular Activities
We will keep you updated about our extracurricular activities as teachers are ready to begin.
Enjoy your weekend!
Frank Vetter
Principal
PTSA Information:
Hello WMS Community!
Our first PTSA General Membership Meeting will be held on Wednesday, September 16, 2020, at 6:30pm. This meeting will be in-person at Heritage Farm Park, Pavilion 1, and also via Google Meet.
To register for the meeting, please complete the Google Form below. Registration is so we can verify membership, and to send you the documents for the meeting. We won’t be able to provide hardcopies for the meeting. A Google Meet link will also be provided if you choose to attend online.
Google Form Meeting Registration
If you haven’t joined the PTSA yet, please head over to our website (walkersvillems.my-ptsa.org)! We have reduced our price of membership this year to $6 per individual, or $11 for a family membership. Membership is renewed annually.
We will also have a few spirit wear overstock items for sale prior to and after the meeting. Please bring exact change or a check. All items we have as overstock are listed on our website.
The WMS PTSA welcomes everyone to a new, exciting, and different kind of school year! We are still here to support our students, staff, and school. Please take a look at our Newsletter for our September updates!
https://mailchi.mp/d96d69010b9e/ptsa-newsletter-september-2020
Any questions, please contact Jenni Gilroy at president@wmsptsa.org !
We look forward to seeing you!