Wildwood Middle's Notable News
Updates & Info from Dr. Lievanos
Parents, are you planning to go on field trips or volunteer* for school events?
If so, to ensure the safety of all our students, volunteers are required to undergo a fingerprint-based background check through the Missouri Highway Patrol and the FBI.
The cost for the background check is approximately $45 and is the responsibility of the volunteer. This background check only needs to be done once while you are a volunteer in Rockwood schools and does not need to be repeated annually.
Here is the link to the MACHS fingerprint registration portal. Please use the registration code of 1838 when you register.
Please visit the Rockwood District website for additional information: rsdmo.org/get-involved/volunteers
*A volunteer refers to anyone who is chaperoning on a field trip or who may be alone with a student or students at school without the supervision of a staff member. Please visit the Rockwood District website for additional information: rsdmo.org/get-involved/volunteers.
Visitors are those who are at school to eat lunch with their child, attend a meeting, class party, school assembly or event and do NOT need to complete the fingerprinting process.
2025-2026 Course Enrollment
2025-2026 Course Enrollment for 6th and 7th graders:
6th and 7th grade counselors will be completing enrollment lessons with students during the weeks of January 27th and February 3rd. These lessons will give students information about course offerings for the following school year and the steps for enrolling in courses. The Enrollment Window is February 10th- February 19th. During this time students and parents will need to complete the enrollment google form, which will be posted on their counselor's Canvas page.
2025-2026 Course Enrollment for incoming elementary students:
Students enjoyed a tour through Encore classes this week (see pic below).
5th Grade Parent Night is Tuesday, January 28 6-7pm at Wildwood. Information is for parents. students are welcome to attend but it is a parent centered presentation only.
Enrollment window for incoming 6th graders will run from January 29 - February 20. Parents will work with students to select courses through ParentSquare.
Counselors will be visiting elementary schools to share details about the school day, class options, and answer questions in the coming weeks.
Rockwood School District Community Read – “The Anxious Generation” by Jonathan Haidt
The Rockwood School District and the Rockwood Library and Media program invite our parents and guardians, community members and high school students to participate in a “Community Read” this winter of “The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness,” by Jonathan Haidt.
Throughout January and February, school librarians will host book discussions for their school or quadrant communities (check with your school librarian for specific information), culminating in a districtwide discussion on Thursday, Feb. 13, from 6:30-8 p.m. in the Marquette High theater, led by guest speaker Julie Smith, Webster University communications instructor.
Rockwood educators care deeply about the mental health of all our students, and we feel this book will allow for meaningful conversations among parents, staff, community members and high school students. Our goal for these discussions is not to reach consensus or drive building or district policies, but to reflect, learn from each other and grow.
More info here: https://www.rsdmo.org/learn/library-media/community-read