Warrior Weekly

I have a few opportunities to share with you and a calendar of dates for school-wide events and testing dates for you to put down in your calendar.

The weather is starting to heat up a little and we are seeing some longer legs than we did in the fall due to our growing kiddos. 🙂 Now would be a good time to check for appropriate length of shorts or skirts. As we all know the weather is inconsistent this time of year so please know that we will continue to go outside, weather permitting, so please have all students dress according to the temperature and know that the dress code appropriate for school is still in effect.

Upcoming Dates: Below is a list of upcoming dates that we know so far. I try to get this to you well in advance so plans can be made accordingly. GCSD voted to remove final exams for middle school general education classes but this does not include Algebra 1 EOC, English 1 HN and Fundamentals of Computing. More details will be available at a later time regarding these final exams. I cannot express to you how IMPORTANT it is for ALL students to be in attendance for the SC Ready State Assessment! This is a test to show the knowledge and growth of our students and it will impact our state report card either in a positive way or a negative way. Please don’t try and schedule trips on these dates. Please know that events and dates may be added but again I wanted to get out what we know now so plans can be made. More details to follow as time gets closer to each event.

MARCH

March 4… 6PM - College Funding Coach

March 6… Q3 TDW (Testing Schedule)

March 7… Spring Pep Rally (Activity Schedule)

March 17… Q3 iReady Growth Monitoring- Reading (Activity Schedule)

March 18… Q3 iReady Growth Monitoring- Reading (Activity Schedule) and END OF Q3

March 20… Q3 You Are Awesome Party

March 21… Staff Development Day

March 25… Report Cards Go Home

APRIL

April 1… ELA Mastery Connect Predictive Assessment (Testing Schedule)

April 2… Math Mastery Connect Predictive Assessment (Testing Schedule)

April 3… Science/SS Predictive Assessments (Normal Schedule)

April 4… 8th grade dance - PTO Dance from 7-9pm

April 9… GCSD Tech Fair (Select students)

April 11… “Mean Girls” School-Wide Field Trip

April 18… Staff Development

April 21-25… Spring Break

April 29…Q4 Interims Go Home

MAY

May 2… SC Ready Pep Rally (activity schedule)

May 5… SC Ready- TDW

May 6… SC Ready- Math

May 7… SC Ready- ELA 1

May 8… SC Ready- ELA 2

May 13… English 1-Written Exam

May 14… iReady- Reading (Testing Schedule)

May 15… iReady- Math Testing Schedule)

May 21… Algebra 1 EOC

May 22… English 1- Multiple Choice Exam

May 23… WHS Senior Walkthrough and Field Day

May 26… NO SCHOOL (MEMORIAL DAY)

May 27… 8th Grade Promotion PRACTICE

May 28… 8th Grade Promotion Ceremony (11:15AM)

… 7th Grade Awards Ceremony (2:00PM)

May 29… ½ Day

May 30… ½ Day/Last Day of School

As always, please let us know if you have any questions and if we can help you in any way and remember, We Just Can’t Hide That Warrior Pride!

The South Carolina Education and Economic Development Act (EEDA) requires middle schools to implement an Individual Graduation Plan (IGP) for all 8th-grade students. During these IGP meetings, we will create academic/career goals for your child and select their 9th-grade high school courses. It is strongly encouraged that a parent/guardian attends the meeting with their child so they can be involved in the high school planning process. To schedule the IGP meeting with your child, please visit https://calendly.com/kimwilliamswms/individualized-graduation-plan-meetings to book your in-person appointment with Mrs. K. Williams at Waccamaw Middle School. If you are open to discussing this with another 8th-grade student and parent in the same meeting, please coordinate times and sign up with both students' names during the same time slot.

8th graders have already met with the guidance counselors from WHS to learn about class options for 9th grade. They also received a list of available courses. Please review this list with your child and select the courses you would like prior to your scheduled IGP meeting, and bring it with you to the actual IGP meeting. This will save a lot of time in the actual meeting. If we are unable to schedule an IGP meeting together, I will meet with your child during their school day to select high school courses with them, but I would greatly appreciate your input in the selection of courses. All IGPs must be completed by Friday, April 11, 2025.

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact me at kiwilliams@gcsd.k12.sc.us or 843-237-0106. I look forward to meeting with you and your child to help plan for their future.

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The Waccamaw Middle School administrative team would love to gather Parent/Guardian feedback at the beginning of the Spring Semester! Please click on this link or scan the QR code provided. Your input is greatly appreciated and essential to our partnership among administration, the faculty, and our parents/guardians. Thank you for taking the time to make WMS the best it can be!

Saturday, March 1st

JV Girls Soccer at Loris @ 6:00 pm

Monday, March 3rd

Boys Golf Claude Kirkland Tournament at Tradition @ 4:30 pm

JV Softball Scrimmage at Carolina Forest @ 6:00 pm

JV Boys Lacrosse vs North Myrtle Beach @ 6:00 pm

Tuesday, March 4th

JV Girls Soccer vs Georgetown @ 6:00 pm

JV Boys Soccer at St. James @ 6:00 pm

Wednesday, March 5th

Track & Field at Conway @ 5:30 pm

Thursday, March 6th

JV Girls Lacrosse vs St. James @ 5:30 pm

JV Boys Soccer at Marlboro County @ 6:00 pm

JV Boys Lacrosse at St. James @ 6:00 pm

Friday, March 7th

JV Boys Soccer at North Myrtle Beach @ 6:00 pm

In an effort to update our library's nonfiction collection, we would like to ask that you follow the instructions below, and join WMS to help raise funds through Boxtops for Education. If this is overwhelming, and you would like to simply turn in your receipts, please turn them into Mrs. K. Williams and we will do the scanning on our end. Thank you for your support!

Help PTO sell and distribute items to students at the WMS School Store! Click on the image below to sign up. Also, please make sure you've completed and submitted a GCSD Volunteer form before your arrival. Forms can be found here or in the WMS Front Office.

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Thank you to The Dieter Company Vacation Rentals & Sales for partnering with us at the GOLD level!

Email: radams@gcsd.k12.sc.us
Website: https://www.gcsd.k12.sc.us/o/wms
Location: 247 Wildcat Way, Pawleys Island, SC, USA
Phone: 843-237-0106
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Waccamawmiddleschool/