WMS Wildcat Newsletter - August 6th

Information Regarding Coming Back to School

Welcome to Wilmington Middle School

Hello Students and Families,

I hope all is well with each of you. I hope that you are all enjoying your summer. I look forward to all of the students coming back this Fall. I can't wait to see students returning and meeting our incoming 6th graders and all of our new students. In this newsletter, please find some information regarding schedules, supplies, and a few other items. More information on other topics will be coming in the coming weeks; however I wanted to start with those that are the most timely.

This coming weekend looks great and I hope that you all have plans to enjoy the wonderful weather. My nieces and sister-in-law will be arriving today for a girls’ weekend. We haven’t done this in two years due to COVID and I can’t tell you how excited I am to have them here. This is one event that is making me feel that things are really starting to get back to normal.

I hope that you all enjoy your weekend.

Dr. Quirk

Student Schedules

Schedules will be available to see in Aspen on August 9th at 3PM. If you have any questions or concerns, please use the following Google Form to let us know and will be working with you to accommodate you as best we can.

I kindly ask that you use this form and not call in or send individual emails. We did not want to miss any of your concerns and by using the form it will guarantee (you will receive confirmation of your entry) that we will receive them and we can attend to them in the order they were entered.

The link will be available in this Newsletter at 3 PM on Monday, August 9th.

Instructions on How to View Your Students' Schedules

A copy of your student's schedule will be available in PDF format on your Aspen home page. Please follow the directions below:

Please log in to Aspen at https://ma-wilmington.myfollett.com and stay on the Home Page.
It will be available under the "Published Reports" section as a PDF document.
Click on the document name to open it.
You can also view the schedule live by going to the Family top tab then Schedule side tab (parents/guardian accounts) or My Info top tab then Current Schedule side tab (student accounts).

Google Form for Concerns with Your Student's Schedules

Stagnant Classes

There will be no rotation with classes this Fall. Classes will remain stagnant or occur at the same time every day as they did last year. This is a change from our schedule prior to COVID but was found to be easier to manage for students and liked by the majority of staff.

No Lockers

Lockers will continue to not be used this year at WMS. In an effort to keep backpacks lighter, teachers have revised their supply list to condense the amount of materials that they will be carrying. As well, as a school, administration is looking into what supplies can be supplied to assist with this matter.

Overall Supply List

Please find an overall list of the type of supplies that will be needed Your students’ teachers will be providing specific information at the beginning of the school year.

FYI - This year, WMS is able to provide Agenda Books to every student for free.

Mark Your Calendars - Open House September 9th!

Wilmington Middle School will be hosting an Open House for our families on September 9th. More information will be coming regarding the details for this event.