Weekly Announcements 1/27/25

Good evening Tiger Families, this is Principal Chase Arrington at Western Guilford Middle School bringing you announcements for the week of Monday, January 27^th – Friday, January 31^st.

We are at the end of the first month in 2025.

Important Message for our 6^th Grade Parents:

Ms. Kouba will be out of the building with limited access to her cell phone and email until February 5^th. She will return to Tiger Nation Thursday, February 6^th. We have two former principals returning to Tiger Nation to support 6^th grade in her absence. Please welcome Ms. Melinda Mayhew and Ms. Lisa Jordan to Tiger Nation. If you have questions or need support for 6^th grade, you can reach out to them via email at mayhewm@gcsnc.com or jordanl6@gcsnc.com.

TEACHER WORKDAY:

Monday, January 27^th is a teacher’s workday for Guilford County Schools. There is no school for students. Staff will be in various workshops and professional developments throughout the day. Please allow at least 24 hours for staff to respond to emails or phone calls.

LEARN HOW TO CODE:

NCSSM Girls Who Code is excited to offer a free online program for middle school students interested in learning how to code in python. Participants will be mentored by students at the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics with a strong computer science background. The camp will run every Tuesday and Thursday from February 11th to March 11th between 5-6 PM. Please fill out the registration form below if you are interested and we will contact you in the coming weeks with more details!

https://forms.gle/LvMUyh2y6BMhius96

ATHLETICS THIS WEEK:

• On Tuesday, January 28^th our basketball teams will travel to Northeast Middle for the boys game at 4:45pm and the girls game will start approximately at 6pm.
• On Tuesday, January 28^th our wrestling team will host Northeast Middle for their match at 5pm.
• On Thursday, January 30^th our basketball teams will travel to Mendenhall for the boys game at 4:45pm and the girls game will start approximately at 6pm.
• On Thursday, January 30^th our wrestling team will host Mendenhall Middle for their match at 5pm.

TESTING UPDATES:

• Wednesday, January 29^th our students in Math 7, Math 8, and Math 1 will take their Quarter 2 Interim Assessments to figure out mastery of Quarter 2 standards and concepts.
• Friday, January 29^th Grades 6^th – 8^th will complete their Winter NWEA MAP Reading Assessment to show the growth students made with skills needed to access their grade level material.

SCHOOL LEADERSHIP MEETING:

Tuesday, January 28^th at 4pm, we will have our monthly School Leadership Meeting in the media center. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact your child’s grade level parent representative found at the link below:

https://nc01910393.schoolwires.net/domain/923

Thank you Tiger Nation! Have a Wonderful Week!

Hello Tiger Families, this is Principal Arrington, bringing you an exciting update from our Tiger News Crew.

The Tiger News Crew will meet during each grade level’s first encore period for the rest of the school year. During this time, students will work as a team under the guidance of Ms. Denny, our media specialist, to produce the WGMS morning show that will air three times a week.

Students will write the scripts, create the credits/title cards, edit the videos, and anchor the show. Students will also learn filming techniques, media literacy, and journalism ethics.

Students will receive quarterly and semester grades. If your child is interested in enrolling in this class, please complete the interest survey.

The survey will close at the end of the day, Tuesday 1/28.

https://forms.gle/1auVGALxFSCma1pX7 

Thank you Tiger Nation! Have a wonderful day!

Tiger Families,

This is an email to provide a correction to the Sunday Night ConnectEd with Testing.

Wednesday, January 29th - 7th Grade Math, 8th Grade Math, and Math 1 will take their Quarter 2 Interim Assessments.

Friday, January 31st, Grades 6-8 will take the Winter NWEA MAP Reading Assessment.

The previous call had "Friday, January 29th". My apologies for the error. Please accept this as the updated assessment dates for the week of January 27th - Friday, January 31st.

Have a wonderful day!