Principal's Weekly Update

Dear Wildcat Families,

We hope you had a wonderful holiday break - Happy New Year!

Final semester grades will be available in Aeries and will be mailed home by the district office. Grades reset at the semester, students have an opportunity to start the second semester strong, and to maintain their grades rather than playing catch-up! We encourage students to set goals and periodically adjust as needed. Let's make the second semester a good one!

Some students had schedule changes due to program changes and/or balancing of classes. Please have your student check their Aeries account (and email!) to see if their classes have changed. Any student with a new schedule can pick up a printed copy in the main office in the morning.

When we return from winter break on January 5th, our PE teachers will be requiring that students change out for PE in the locker rooms. Uniform ordering information is linked below. Students will need a lock for their locker. Students may bring their own lock or combination locks can be purchased in the front office for $5 (cash only).

-Ms. Rivera & Ms. Rockwell

Parent Workshop

Please join us for a workshop on mental health 101 and stigma reduction in collaboration with SCOE being held at B. Gale! Sign up for one of our two dates on ParentSquare to secure your spot! Spanish translation and childcare provided.

BGW School Calendar

🐾 ROAR Assembly 🏆

We held our first-ever whole school rally/assembly in our new gym to celebrate our ROAR award winning students, winter sports athletes and the culmination of the semester. PTO provided wildcat pep rally gear to our students and the staff surprised our students with a flash mob - fun was had by all! 💃

⛄ Holiday Music Treat 🎺

Three of our BGW staff members treated our community to live holiday music on the last day of school - thank you Dr. Nomura, Ms. Parker and Mr. Mulvihill for the holiday cheer!

BGW Spelling Bee🐝

Calling all super spellers! It is time to begin preparing for our second annual spelling bee! This event will take place on Tuesday, January 27th: the top two finalists will have the opportunity to compete in the district wide spelling bee and will receive a medal. This is a great opportunity to compete academically and to further develop your literacy skills. Interested students are to stop by room 20 to register and to pick up a practice packet from Mrs. Latini.

Battle of the Books 📚

Do you love to read? Do you love to compete? Well then, Battle of the Books is the perfect opportunity for you! At the middle school level, schools form teams that will work together to read the same books then compete against other schools in a trivia competition. Please visit the BGW student Google Classroom to register, or see Mrs. Latini in room 20 for more information. You can check out our first two books right away, so that you can start reading over break if you’d like. Our first official meeting will be in January.

Library Donations 🃏🎲

Our library staff members are striving to create non-tech activity options for students before school and during lunch. They have created a game/craft cart and would love to add more hands-on items. Check out the library's wishlist below!

BGW LIBRARY 25/26 WISHLIST

Math Tutoring

See the schedule below for this month's free drop-in tutoring:

Winter Sports

🏀Basketball

Our basketball teams had their first set of home games for the season. The girls won against Crystal, but the boys faced tough competition and lost. The second game against Grange is tonight.

When we return in January, we will have one home game. Girls play at 4pm and boys play at 5pm.

Thursday, Jan 8th vs Green Valley @ home

Students MUST have their school ID to enter all games - no exceptions. Only students from BGW and opposing team will be allowed entry.

If you have any questions or concerns regarding sports, please contact our Athletic Director, Tina Brucia, at tinab@fsusd.org.

You can also view the PTO's upcoming events and access links and other details HERE!

PTO News for Next Week! (additional details in flyers below)

More info coming soon!

SNACK SHACK FOR BASKETBALL GAMES 🏀

We hope to have Snack Shack open for the upcoming home games on January 8 and January 29, since it was a big hit during our December games.
However, we need the help of parent volunteers in order to keep it running. Sign up here: Basketball Snack Shack Volunteer Sign Up

BLIZZARD BALL

Our next school dance is coming up on Friday, January 16, and we're thrilled to be able to offer free attendance to all students for this first event of 2026! Permission forms are required. Paper permission forms will be available in the office starting Tuesday and can be returned to the PTO mailbox, or you can fill out our online permission form.

We are depending on your help to make this event successful!!! We urgently need volunteers to help with the planning committee, dance set up, and chaperoning. Please sign up below!

Join the planning committee (meets virtually January 7 and 14 at 7 PM) to help plan the decorations, refreshments, and advertising!
Help with dance set up 6-8 PM on Thursday, January 15.
Volunteer on dance night (Friday, January 16) to chaperone and/!or assist with one of the other stations.

8TH GRADE END-OF-YEAR DINNER/DANCE

8th grade parents: save the date! We'll be holding a general planning meeting for the big 8th grade dinner/dance on January 28 from 3-4 PM in the MPR, so please mark your calendars! This is a special, more formal catered event hosted at an outside venue that has become a BGW tradition. Let's celebrate our graduating students and give them a night to remember with their peers before they head off to high school!

FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA!

Stay up-to-date by following the PTO on social media (Facebook or Instagram—QR codes below)! You can also email us at bgwilsonpto2.fairfield@gmail.com to chat about what we do and ways that you can get involved!