WMMS Tiger Times
February 2025
January Students of the Month
Congratulations to our PBIS January Students of the Month! These students were nominated by their teachers for showing RELIABILITY. The students were recognized at our January PBIS assembly and rewarded with a pancake breakfast!
Jack Dent
Kirk Rogers
Jace Billington
Soha Fine
Whitney Kirkland
Zac Tilton
Emily Furman
Elise Miller
Lucy Amoroso
Kadence Selby
Aela Alimi
Kennedy Meintz
Evey Mills
Sophia Rolston
Kason March
If you have any questions please reach out to Mr. Kennard, nkennard@kirksville.k12.mo.us
Yearbook Orders due March 1st!
January Students of the Week
Montana Veach
Gerard Guiterrez-Luevano
Devin Watkins
Emma Elmlinger
Kinsley Western
Adam Treasure
Lukas Stocks
James Schaeffer
Emmalee Ayers
Omar Rahman
Silas Trunk
Cardion Robinson
Lucia Marquez-Ovalle
Tristin Jones
Emery Tucker
Cooper Allen-Baxter
Axl McCoy
Marie Gonzalez
Greenlee Richman
Emma Pearson
Zoelyn Wilson
Seann Alberts
Mariah Pinson
Ryan Lewis
Adilay Bowen
Jagger Hagan
Brynn Shahan
Elise Miller
Scholar Bowl Champs!
Congratulations to the Scholar Bowl team! They took first place at the Scotland County Sprint this weekend against 17 other teams! They competed in 9 matches during the day. Special recognition goes to team captain Wade Guffey. Lincoln Best and Reid Emmerich were recognized as top individual scorers among all the students in the competition.
Upcoming Tournaments
February 8, 2025 9:00 AM
2025 North Shelby JH Scholar Bowl Tournament
North Shelby High School
March 1, 2025 8:30 AM
2025 Tournament of the Minds
Knox County High School- 55701 MO-6, Edina, MO 63537
House Points Leaderboard
Library Lowdown
Save the Date
Children’s Literature Festival will be Friday, March 28th for 6th grade @ Truman State
The spring BOGO Book Fair will be March 31st - April 4th.
EBSCO Explora
Students have access to the EBSCO Host Databases through the district. In helping several classes with research projects, I have found EBSCO Explora to be a great resource for our students. They can access articles, periodicals, and ebooks. Your student may visit with their teacher regarding login information.
Paper copies can be found on the bulletin board outside the library.
House that earned the most points in the Library
Generosity
Books Checked Out in January
789
Books Checked Out This Year
4213
Homework Club
Homework club has been canceled for second semester.
Student not feeling well? Check out our Cares Center!
The Complete Family Medicine CARES Center is a school-based health center formed in August 2019 through a partnership between the Kirksville R-III School District and Complete Family Medicine, a service of Hannibal Regional Healthcare System. “CARES” stands for “Care At R-III for Every Student”.
Purpose: To provide accessible and affordable urgent/walk-in and preventative/well health services on-site at the school district’s campus to students, faculty, and staff. Students will not be able to be seen at the center without the consent from their parent/guardian.
Location: The center is located in the northwest corner of the Kirksville Area Technical Center (KATC) at 1103 South Cottage Grove. Using the north entrance to the building, the CARES Center lobby is the first door on the right. There will be limited, designated patient parking west of the entrance.
Hours of Operation: 7:30am-4:30pm Monday-Friday
Some of the Services Provided at the CARES Center: Urgent/Walk-in care, Preventative Care, Wellness Visits, Immunizations (free for medicaid eligible and uninsured students through VFC and billed as normal for commercial), Flu Vaccine, Sports Physicals, Point-of-Care Testing (ie - Rapid Strep and Influenza Testing), can arrange for COVID testing if needed.
Team at the CARES Center: Provider (either Physician or Nurse Practitioner), Licensed Nurse, and Clinic Coordinator
Complete Family Medicine CARES Center at (660)956-7011
https://www.cfmcares.com/locations/Complete-Family-Medicine-CARES-Center/4/location-details
Who Should I Call?
Attendance: We look forward to seeing your child every day! If your child must miss school, please contact the main office (660) 665-3793 before 8:00 to let us know. If we haven't heard from anyone regarding an absence, we will call home to make sure your child is safe. Please turn in any doctors excuses to our secretaries asap.
Scheduling/Student Concerns: Our school counselors are here to help!
Mrs. Kellie Shoemaker (Last Names A-L)
Mrs. Michele Yoder (Last Names M-Z)
Extension 4
Medical Concerns: Nurse Kristi Zentz can help if your child has medical needs or if you have questions about your child's health. Extension 5
Classroom Questions: The easiest way to reach your child's teacher is via email. Click here for a list of emails.
Transportation: If you have a question about your child's bus or about signing your child up to ride the bus, please contact the transportation office at (660) 730-1653.
General Questions: If you are not sure who to contact for your specific question, our amazing office secretaries, Mrs. Pletz and Mrs. Reed, can help answer your question or connect you to the right person.
Calendar of Events
- February 14: NO SCHOOL - TEACHER PD DAY
- February 17: NO SCHOOL
- March 7: End of 3rd Quarter
- March 10-14: NO SCHOOL - SPRING BREAK
- March 17: NO SCHOOL - TEACHER PD DAY
- March 21: Fun Night 6 - 8 PM
- April 18 - 21: NO SCHOOL
- May 9: 7th/8th grade dance
- May 22: Last day of school
William Matthew Middle School
1515 South Cottage Grove
Kirksville, MO 63501
660-665-3793