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WEDNESDAY WEEKLY
December 18, 2019
NEWS & NOTES
Financial Aid Reminder

The deadline to be considered for a first-round financial aid award is Monday, January 6, 2020.

The financial aid committee reviews applications in the order they are completed (including the submission of tax returns). Financial aid applications completed after January 6 will be considered as funds allow. Financial aid grants are made for one year only so you must re-apply each school year. 

Please contact Barb Trotto with any questions.
#GivingTuesday Thank You

Thank you to everyone who participated in #GivingTuesday - we received more than 75 donations to the WMS Annual Fund! We know there are many causes worthy of your donations, and we're grateful you chose to support WMS. With your help, we raised nearly $13,000, including a generous matching gift. 

We would especially like to thank our homeroom parents, including #GivingTuesday coordinator David Kubacki, for leading this initiative. A special thanks to our middle school families, who helped the middle school classroom achieve 93% participation in this year's annual fund drive and win a pajama pizza party!
Holiday Shopping? Use WMS's Amazon Link and Earn Money for Our School

Did you know your Amazon.com purchases can help raise money for WMS? When you shop at Amazon through the  wmsde.org/amazon link, at least 6% of your purchase will go to WMS. If you shop through this link, you will also have the option to designate WMS as your beneficiary for the AmazonSmile program (which provides the school with an additional 0.5% per purchase)! Thank you in advance for taking the time to use WMS's special URL to access Amazon.com! 
TODAY'S LEARNERS
Upper Elementary Students Explore "What is Culture?"
From fundamental needs to immigration, the Upper Elementary (9-12) students have been exploring the question "what is culture?" as their theme for the year. They started the year learning about the fundamental needs of humans, which led to research about fundamental needs in the United States and different countries.

"They learned that all countries provide the same basic fundamental needs but there are differences in how they meet those needs," said lead 9-12 teacher Allie Colflesh.

On the heels of a recent study of immigration, the students have launched into a broader study of the 50 states during the past two weeks. Each student chose a state (excluding Delaware and neighboring states) to study and identified key political and geographical data about that state, including the state capital, population, major cities, senators and representatives, number of electoral votes, bodies of water, and the state bird, tree and flower. After plotting a scale model of their state onto parchment paper, they created cutouts in the shape of their state from cookie dough. They have been baking their states this week and decorating them with key information about their state (capitals, major cities, etc.).

In the new year, they will take a "road trip" through various states and record their experiences in a travelogue. By the end of this unit about states, Allie hopes students will apply new meaning to the idea of the united states.

"We're all different, but our differences make us stronger," she said.
The Wednesday Weekly shares WMS news and events that are relevant to the families in our community. 

Please send submissions to  wednesday-weekly@wmsde.org  by 4:30 p.m. on the Friday prior to the issue in which you wish to include your information. Content may be edited for length and style and may be held for a future issue due to space constraints. 

For more information, contact Noel Dietrich , Director of Advancement & Communications.
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