In Mr. Rynders' class Victor Meza made these glasses himself with a 3D Pen. We have some talented students at WMS!
Mrs. Braswell’s WIN class is working hard to master math skills with manipulatives in small groups. Way to go!
Donuts with the Librarian!
Congrats to the following students for earning 30 or more AR points during the first semester. They will receive their reward on January 19th.
We hope everyone is enjoying their final day of Christmas Break. We can't wait to see you all tomorrow, Thursday, January 4th, to start the new semester. We are also excited to kick off the new year with our first Color Wars of 2024. See you soon!
Decking the Halls with Recycled Delight, Making Christmas Merry & Bright! Students in 6th grade science were challenged to make ornaments from recycled household items as they have been studying about Human Impacts on the environment. Here's closer look at Mrs. Bridges & Ms. Escamilla's classes.
Don't miss out on the last opportunity for volunteer training this school year on Friday, January 5, 2024 at 1 PM in the TAC House!
Who needs to attend:
• People who want to chaperone band/orchestra events
• People who want to chaperone field trips
• People who want to chaperone athletic trips
• People who want to chaperone overnight trips
• People who want to volunteer in the school
Who does not need to attend (They can...but it's not required that they attend training.):
• People who are working in a concession stand through a booster club
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Viernes 5 de enero - 13.00 horas (Casa TAC)
Quién debe asistir:
• Personas que desean acompañar a la banda u orquesta en sus actuaciones
• Personas que desean acompañar a los alumnos en las excursiones
• Personas que desean acompañar a deportistas en sus viajes
• Personas que desean acompañar a los participantes en viajes nocturnos
• Personas que quieren ser voluntarias en la escuela
Quién no necesita asistir (Pueden... pero no es obligatorio que asistan a la formación):
• Personas que trabajan en un puesto de comida a través de un club de apoyo
On December 12th, students from the Music Production class performed at the State Capitol. They had the opportunity to visit with Representative Matthew Shepherd, the Arkansas Speaker of the House, and explore the House Chambers.
Celebrating remarkable achievements from the school board meeting last night: Mrs. Mydeana Bridges, honored as WMS Teacher of the Month, Ms. Tayna Vines, recognized as Classified Employee of the Month, and kudos to our outstanding Student of the Month, Faith Lowery!
Last Friday, our cafeteria consulting company, K-12 Culinary Connection, hosted a special event for our 16 elected house officials. Chef Tory attended, and students decorated homemade gingerbread cookies.
This weekend the Washington Middle School Knights Archery teams attended their first tournament of the year at Bryant Junior High.
Both teams came away with their first win of the year with the 5th grade team scoring 2880 points putting them ahead of the other eight teams competing. The top boy scorer on the 5th grade team was Paxton Bradham (261) and the top girl scorer on the team was Jonsie Bledsoe (247).
For the 6th grade team (returning elementary state champions), they also finished first with a score of 3117. The top shooter for the boys was Harrison Langston (276 and the top girl shooter was Abby Knighton (274).
Overall, the Washington Knight's had MANY students in the top 10 of their divisions.
For 5th grade boys in the Elementary Division (Grades 4th & 5th) this included: Paxton Bradham (1st Overall Boys), Brayden Patterson (2nd Overall Boys), Canaan Vinson (3rd Overall Boys), Zackary Hargett (4th Overall Boys).
For 5th grade girls in the Elementary Division this included: Jonsie Bledsoe (1st Overall Girls), Emery Smith (2nd Overall Girls) Taylnn Clark (3rd Overall Girls), Priscilla Martinez (5th Overall Girls), and Aubrey Kilgore (6th Overall Girls).
For the 6th grade boys in the Middle School Division (Grades 6th-8th) this included: Harrison Langston (2nd Overall Boys), and Zane Walker (3rd Overall Boys).
The 6th grade girls in the Middle School Division include: Abby Knighton (3rd Overall Girls), Diana Rojo (5th Overall), Josie Mann (7th Overall Girls), and Emma Odom (8th Overall Girls).
The Knights have an Archery Tournament this weekend at Barton Junior High. Please swing by and show your support! Also, wear your Ugly Christmas Sweater!
What is so special about WMS? Well, here are just a couple of responses from our students who competed in the essay competition on ‘What I Like About Washington Middle School.’ Congratulations to Sadie McDuffie, the first-place essay winner, and to Adelyn Mitchell and Gisela Gonzalez, the runners-up.
The food drive was successful this year. The students were able to collect 262 cans. Congratulations to the Red House for having the most cans.
Congratulations to our winners!
Here are a couple of things to look forward to this week at WMS
Today, our gratitude goes out to the incredible WMS PTO for the delightful lunch they provided. Your support means the world to us, and it fueled our day with smiles and delicious food!
Today, our House assembly was a showcase of student leadership! We listened to passionate speeches from students running for the president position, and then our library transformed into the hub for voting. #Fourhousesonefamily
Did you know that November 8th is National STEM day? In honor of this day we want to take a moment to highlight all of the amazing STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) activities that we have going on at Washington Middle School. This year we have started off strong with lots of amazing STEM activities.
Students in Ms. Christina Turner’s classes work collaboratively daily. One of the activities students have been participating in is applying the engineering design process to design, construct, test, and modify structures made from spaghetti noodles and marshmallows. Students goals are to design the tallest possible structure that will remain standing with a fan blowing on high speed. Students in engineering design class have been learning all about circuits and how they work, they have learned all about parallel circuits, short circuits and have even created electronics from specific schematics. Students in our robotics classes Students studied the engineering design process, circuits, and basic robotics. Students then applied those concepts to the development and construction of "JunkBots", complete with design ideation pages, robots with working circuits, and reflective evaluations to build on for future robots.
Ms. Braswell's STEM exploration classes have been working very hard to build greenhouses for our school garden. These greenhouses will be used to help protect the plants in our school garden as the temperatures get colder during the fall and winter. They have also been completing challenges to build up their teamwork abilities. One challenge was to stack six cups like a pyramid using only string and a rubber band. Students were not able to touch the cups with their hands. Students enjoyed this so much that after they completed the challenge they challenged themselves to make a tall tower with the same restrictions.
Mr. Rynder’s computer coding classes have been working on creating their own games. These games were coded using block code, and some were coded using python code. They have also been building robots using nanoblocks. They raced the robots in the gym to determine who’s robot was designed and built to be the fastest. The students were very excited to see their creations racing.
Our 6th grade Science teachers Mrs. Bridges, Ms. McAlphin, and Ms. Escamilla have been having lots of fun labs in Science classes as well. Students recently participated in an insulated cup lab. During this lab students had to create an insulated cup that would keep their hot chocolate warm. They were able to test the temperature of their hot cocoa against other students to see which materials created the most insulated cup.
These are just a very few of the amazing STEM activities that we have going on at WMS every day. Each year students at WMS participate in a school wide STEAM event. Last year our theme was Medieval Madness. Students created catapults, castles, and knights armor, and we even had a teacher jousting event with pool noodles. We look forward to our big STEAM event later this school year. Keep an eye out on our social media pages for even more great Stem activities.
#inNOV8STEMtoSTEAM
Unlocking new worlds one page at a time.
Here's a look back at our last week in October.
Mrs.Ashcraft’s studio classes learned about Dia de los Muertos and created decorative sugar skulls.
Here's a look back at our last week of October.
Students in Mrs. Mohandas class practiced modeling fractions outside on this beautiful fall day!
