WMMS Tiger Times

We are nearing the end of third quarter and finishing a great week before spring break. Our students have been busy this quarter with math team competitions, scholar bowl, engaging lessons in the classroom, student reward day, as well as Black History Month and Conservation Department presentations. This month we'll have a Fun Night on March 22nd. Please see all the information included in this month's newsletter and let me know if you have any questions.

Sincerely,

Dr. Brandi VanDelft

WMMS Principal

Up to 10 students from each of the NEMO district schools are nominated by directors and then students are chosen based on director recommendations. The performance was held Saturday, Feb. 17 at Moberly HS.

Selected WMMS students- Hali Jones, Briggs Dent, Micki McIntosh, Eleanor Best, Amber Kottwitz, Mason Krebs and Hana Yangi. Congratulations!

North Shelby Junior High Scholar Bowl Tournament Results

Team B: Tournament Champions

Team A: 3rd place

Team C: 6th place

All Tournament:

Adrian Briggs 1st place

Zach Wilson 5th place

Very proud of our scholars! Beyond winning, they showed amazing sportsmanship, cooperation, teamwork, and leadership. Go Tigers! - Mrs. Chapman

Scotland County SPRINT tournament results:

Adrian Briggs earned 2nd place and Zach Wilson earned 3rd place all tournament team. Team A won 3rd place and Team B won 2nd place! Congrats!!

Out of 16 teams at the Knox County Tournament of the Minds, Kirksville A took 2nd, Kirksville C took 3rd, and Kirksville B took 4th!

Congrats to Lucia for 10th place all tournament team and Mary for 6th place all tournament team!

Last Saturday our students participated in the MCTM Qualifying Mathematics Competiton at TSU. The two and a half hour competition required students to solve a variety of challenging mathematics problems. The top five students in each round were awarded ribbons. Please see their accomplishments below and thank you to coaches Mrs. Hicks and Mrs. Chapman!

Lincoln Best, Ryan Chen, Simon DeCock, Reid Emmerich, Mary Frushour, Omar Rahman, Zach Wilson and Hana Yanagi qualified for the MCTM State Competition which will take place on March 2nd in St. Louis, MO.

Congratulations to all of our students!

Mary Frushour 5th Sprint and Hana Yanagi 7th place Individual. Congrats!

6th grade:

Simon Decock

Aela Alimi

Kolt Roberts

7th grade:

Jamisyn Springer

Kennedy Meintz

8th grade:

Rylie Miller

Sawyer Lee

Emery Hix

Congratulations to Jagger Hagan, 6th grade student of the week in January.

To obtain this grant student council needed to fill out an 8-question application. One question was to explain how we would allocate this $500 grant along with the plans to address the school problem (we chose negative behaviors, specifically bullying and fighting). Our plans are:

1. Purchase 4 suggestion boxes (1 per main hallway).

2. Hold an anti-bullying video (the cheesier, the better) competition. Gift Card prize incentives.

3. Hold an Anti-Bullying assembly (in April or May TBD) presented by the students for the students. With games included of course. We plan to reveal the winner of the video competition at the end of this.

4. Create or purchase fabric bracelets that spread the positive messages to be kind. The exact saying is TBD. With these bracelets, we hope to create more unity within the school.

-Ms. Findling, Student Council Sponsor

The Missouri Conservation Department recently provided our students a “Day with Wildlife” program. The students had many stations to visit to learn more about conservation agent duties, bears, beaver adaptations, waterfowl, fisheries/aquatic life, forests, natural history, insects and one of the department’s K9s which was on site. All of our science classes attended and the snakes received a lot of attention!

Mike Hartman and Truman State University students helped us celebrate Black History Month and talked with our students about building community at WMMS. Thank you for sharing your wisdom and supporting our students and staff!

Our next Fun Night is Friday, March 22nd from 6 - 8 PM. Students will need at least 90% attendance overall or between January 4th - March 8th and no ISS/OSS between January 4th - March 22nd. If you have any questions please contact our Dean of Students, Mr. Brent Cook.

STEM, 7th and 8th Grade computer classes have been working hard on various projects. STEM students and 8th Graders have been learning to code in Scratch while the 7th graders created Pixel Art in Google Sheets. Some students' work will posted on Mrs. Gordy's Computer Class Website. The link is here: https://sites.google.com/kirksville.k12.mo.us/wmmscomputerscience/home.

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

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.

Scheduling/Student Concerns: Mrs. Yoder (6th grade and Mag 7) and Mrs. Shoemaker (8th grade and Eagles) are here to help! (660) 665-3793 extension 4

Medical Concerns: Nurse Elizabeth can help if your child has medical needs or if you have questions about your child's health. (660) 665-3793 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) 626-1444.

General Questions: If you are not sure who to contact for your specific question, our amazing office secretaries, Mrs. Hagar and Mrs. Reed, can help answer your question or connect you to the right person. (660) 665-3793

March 8: End of 3rd Quarter

March 11-15: NO SCHOOL - SPRING BREAK

March 18: NO SCHOOL - TEACHER PD DAY

March 22: 3rd quarter Fun Night

March 29 - April 1: NO SCHOOL

April 26: 7th/8th grade dance

May 8: 7th grade career fair @ TSU

May 2 - 10: MAP Testing

May 20: 8th Grade Promotion Parade 6 PM