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We had our first monthly PBIS assembly on August 29th to celebrate the first two weeks of school and talk about our expectations of being respectful, responsible and safe. Our district goal is 93% attendance and that will be our monthly goal for each grade level as a competition for house points and rewards. We also set goals for office discipline referrals which are to always be lower than the previous year. Once we start our Principal Advisory Committee (one student from every advisory class that meets with the principal once a month) they will set more specific goals based on previous year's grade level data. More information on our Principal Advisory Committee and application process will be sent soon via email to parents/guardians. At the end of each assembly we play a game to win house points. House Generosity won our hula hoop contest!

August Attendance Data

6th grade = 94.1%

7th grade = 91.6%

8th grade = 94.8%

We are off to a great start in the library this year! So far, students have already checked out 560 books! It is time for our September Monthly Reading Challenge. Each student who turns in a completed challenge sheet will receive five house points and a prize from Mrs. Stephens.

Does your student have a special day coming up? Consider donating a book to the library in their honor. Visit our Amazon Wish List to see the books we would love to add to the library. If you make a purchase, please fill out the gift message, and I will make sure to put a note in the front of the book in honor of your child.

Also, if you happen to have any of the books on our wish list in good condition and gathering dust on a shelf, we would love to get them in our students’ hands!

For more information about all things library, check out the WMMS Library Media Center Website.

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. Michele Yoder (6th grade & Mag 7 students)

Mr. Justin Moeller (8th grade & Eagles students)

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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.

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.

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

• September 22 - NO SCHOOL - TEACHER PD DAY
• October 3rd - Fun Night 5 - 7 PM

• October 10th - Homecoming
• October 16th - End of 1st Quarter
• October 20th - NO SCHOOL - TEACHER PD DAY
• October 22nd & 23rd - Parent Teacher Conferences
• October 23rd - Early Out (12:45 PM for WMMS)
• October 24th - NO SCHOOL

PowerSchool app: This will allow you to see your student's grades and attendance and is an easy way to email teachers when you have questions. If you have not yet logged in, please contact the middle school office to get started.

Download our School App: Here is a quick video to get your familiar with our new app and the features you might find handy. https://youtu.be/bbmlN2qOKrQ

Updated Email: Progress reports, grade cards, and monthly newsletters are all emailed home. Let us know if you have a new email address. You are able to update this through the Parent Portal as well.

WMMS Website

WMMS Facebook Page: Follow us on Facebook for reminders and updates. @KVWMMS

William Matthew Middle School

1515 South Cottage Grove

Kirksville, MO 63501

660-665-3793