Wayland Middle School Monday Morning Minute

MARK YOUR CALENDAR! Concerts: 12/17 - Grades 7, 8 and 9-12 Orchestra Concert (at WHS) 12/20 - 6th Grade Band, Orchestra, & Chorus Concert (at WMS) All Grades: 12/17 to 12/21 - Progress Reports Viewable on Home Access Center 12/24 to 1/1 - Holiday Recess 1/2 - Classes Resume 1/25 - Martin Luther King Celebration (evening program, time TBD) 7th Grade: 1/24 - Cape Cod Trip Parent Information Night (7:00pm)

Current News and Announcements

Holiday Travel Absences  If your family's holiday travel plans involve your child missing school on either side of the break,   please   remember to notify the school. There is no need to wait until the day of the absence, you can send notice as early as you'd like. We have two notification methods to choose from:  By email:  ms_attendance@wayland.k12.ma.us   By phone: 508-358-3801 (Select Option 1)

Lost & Found Please have your child check for missing items in our Lost & Found, or come and take a look for yourself!    Unclaimed items will be donated to charity (to the Wayland Schools' PTO Green Team Textile Recycling Project) at 2:30 PM Friday, December 21st , as is our custom prior to each of the school breaks (December, February, April and June).

PTO News

Contact:   WaylandMiddleSchoolPTO@gmail.com

Please don’t forget about your employer matching program for Gift Your Child!  Other Parent Checklist Items Register in our opt-in, online family directory, My School Anywhere. Access contact information for everyone within the Wayland Public School system online or through an app. You must register to be included.  Like our Facebook Page. We will include weekly updates here, but additional details, photos and videos are shared on Facebook. Stay in the loop!  Check out other ways to support our school. Register for Stop & Shop Rewards, Amazon Smile, collect Box Tops, use our Green Team textiles recycling. Help our school by doing what you do every day!

2018 Annual Holiday Gift Drive Don't Miss Out! Gift Drive Ends Thursday, 12/20! Together, we can make sure that 100% of the teens and tweens living at Wayside because of neglect, abuse, or trauma have something they really want to open on Christmas! The gift drive wraps up this Thursday, so don't miss out—pick out a gift from the Amazon wishlist before it's too late. And thank you for your generosity! To Donate: http://waylandpto.org/middle-school-pto/gift-drive-2018 Problems with shipping? Have your gift delivered to your home, then drop it at the WMS PTO box, and we will deliver it just before Christmas. Thank you for your generosity! *All gifts are tax deductible.*

PTO Thanks…. Staff Appreciation Team and Parent Volunteers for Staff Appreciation Holiday Dessert Bar : Thank you to Paula Berg, Nan Li and Vicky Sin for organizing our event, and also to the many parents and students who shared some favorite holiday treats!

Artist of the Week

Artist: George Hasan Grade: 7 Medium: Pencil, Crayon, Marker

Information from Previous Announcements.....

Private School Application Process While we hope you are enjoying your experiences with Wayland Public Schools, we also know that some families will choose to apply to private schools as an alternative educational option. Please be sure to carefully follow the process outlined   HERE   to ensure timely, quality processing of your child’s application to private school.

MCAS Dates Please mark your calendars. If at all possible, we ask you to avoid scheduling appointments for your child on his or her testing dates. Thank you!

6th Grade: ELA: April 1 & 2 Math: May 6 & 7

7th Grade: ELA: April 8 & 9 Math: May 9 & 10

8th Grade: ELA: April 25 & 26 Math: April 29 & 30 STE: May 2 & 3

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