Some of Mrs. Houck’s students delivered valentines to our pre-K students today. Having our older kids have the opportunity to be role models and interact with our younger kids is one of my favorite parts of working at WMS! GO DEMONS!!!
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#BeKind
#BeAnAwesomizer
What an amazing culture of kindness at Washington Middles School! Our tree grew from one simple act of kindness to over 100 acts of kindness by our students/staff!! The tree was put together a few weeks ago by our Pre-K teacher Mrs. Damron to teach our kids about random acts of kindness. #WMSDEMONS #GPSCulture #BringBacktheGoldenRule #BeKind
Parent/Guardians,
We wanted to share some information with you regarding something that we have be informed a few of our students are participating in.
The “Pass Out” challenge is where people attempt to make themselves momentarily pass out by depriving their brain of oxygen. It is NOT a safe activity as many young people believe:
* According to the Center for Disease Control, 1,400 children and teens have died from this activity from 2000 to 2015.
* Starving the brain of oxygen can cause:
~Seizures
~Brain Damage
~Coma
~Death
~Accidents
Concussions may occur from someone losing consciousness and hitting their head on a solid object.
A teen died from losing consciousness and then fell on glass slicing his throat.
* Please remember that social media does not, many times, provide you with accurate and factual information. We want our kids to be educated and we will be sharing this information with them tomorrow in home room to attempt to better educate them to the risks. We care about every one of our students and their safety is one of our biggest priorities! If you have futher questions about this, please feel free to contact Sherri Nissley- School Counselor or Mark Goyette- Principal.
This morning Mr.Schreibeis met with the SWAG (Students at Washington MS Action Group) group to present leadership principles. GO DEMONS!!! #WMSDEMONS
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#BeASheepDog
We had an awesome assembly today called the "Tour of Kindness." Two of the main messages were your words can make a difference for someone else and people that are different than you are still people and should be treated as such. They also addressed using social media in positive ways instead of negative. Mr. Schreibeis then followed up the presentation by addressing both the MS/HS student body about being an AWESOMIZER instead of an AWEFULIZER! GO DEMONS!!!
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ASSEMBLY TOMORROW: Parent/Guardians, tomorrow, 2/12/19, our students will be walking over to DCHS for an assembly called "Tour of Kindness." PLEASE make sure that they come to school appropriately dressed for the walk over as the temperature is not supposed to be much above zero. GO DEMONS!!! #WMSDEMONS #GPSCommunity
Selfie of the week submissions! CONGRATULATIONS to some of our 6th grade art students posing as the art work they created! GO DEMONS!!! #WMSDEMONS #GPSPride #GPSCulture
Buses will not be running this morning because of the extreme cold temperatures. As with any situation, the safety of our students is the utmost importance. We do not want our students standing outside in these extreme cold situations. Buses will be running this afternoon as the temperatures are supposed to warm up by then. As with any situation like this, if you feel it is not safe to get your kids to school, please call the school and let them know. We feel it is important for parents to have a choice and make the final decision for their student. Please know that these decisions are not made lightly as we know these situations can cause extreme inconvenience for many families. Thank you for your understanding in this difficult matter. Again, buses will not be running this morning because of the extreme cold. Thank you!
CONGRATULATIONS to the following students for being selected as January Students of the Month at WMS: 6th- James Barnick, Aisleigh Hostetler, 7th- Anna Hull, Branson Fornall, 8th- Jay Li & Abigail Osterman! These students received certificates and student of the month t-shirts for being selected. GO DEMONS!!! #WMSDEMONS #GPSPride
Just a reminder that we are having a community forum tonight at 6:30 pm in the DCHS Cafeteria. We would love to have as many people there as possible. This meeting is so important for the direction of Glendive Public Schools moving forward. Your input is vital for the success of our school district. Please come join us to help GPS take a great step forward in our road to excellence. We hope to see you there!
Important health information from the Dawson County Health Department.
Picture from earlier this week with Mr. Cashmore & Mrs. Wanner doing a Jeopardy lesson with their health classes to prepare for an upcoming test. GO DEMONS!!! #WMSDEMONS #GPSCommunity
Please come join us tonight!
Just a reminder that we are having a community forum tonight at 6:30 pm in the DCHS Cafeteria. We would love to have as many people there as possible. This meeting is so important for the direction of Glendive Public Schools moving forward. Your input is vital for the success of our school district. Please come join us to help GPS take a great step forward in our road to excellence. We hope to see you there!
CONGRATULATIONS to Mrs. Damron our Pre-K teacher for GPS for being selected as the Staff Member of the Month at WMS! Mrs. D is one of our best educators who is always working hard to promote a positive environment in our school. Mrs. D......YOU ROCK!!! #WMSDEMONS #GPSCulture
WMS music festival is in full swing at DCHS! Come down and enjoy some awesome performances until 5 pm. GO DEMONS!!! #WMSDEMONS #GPSPride
WMS Music Festival is Saturday, 2/2 @ DCHS. A hard copy of the schedule of performers will be available on site. GO DEMONS!!! #WMSDEMONS #GPSPride
We had some AWESOME Selfie of the Week submission this week! Congratulations to Mrs. Kurtz's FACS students for being selected this week! GO DEMONS!!! #WMSDEMONS #GPSPride #GPSCulture
Come join us for a community forum on Wednesday, Feb 6th at 6:30 pm in the DCHS Cafeteria. We want your input on: 1) our community's educational needs 2) what our future and vision looks like 3) determining goals and aspirations of Glendive residents.
Great parenting site:
https://parentingmontana.org