WMS had 4 students chosen for the NE All-State Band and Jazz Band. Repping 49 schools in NE, only 112 8th graders selected for these groups. They’ll participate on 1/6/23 in Kearney, NE. Congrats to these students!
Abigail Stigge, Finn Jacobson, Maxwell Wegner, Rigley Johnson.
Teaching 2 new classes this year, for struggling reading and math students. This is a hard group of students to motivate. We did a competition this week and students produced 200+ units in 4 days this week as a class. UNITS= progress!! Proud of these guys!
@WestsideMiddle Created by Alexis Avila, Daisy Johnston, and Zahraa Alison. Way to go girls!
The “ISM’s” game teaches students about “isms” like sexism, racism, classism, and more.
“Children who have experienced trauma are survivors and don’t need pity. They may need help adjusting behaviors that no longer serve them or don’t serve them at school. They are whole human beings, who are doing the best they can with what capabilities they have at the time.”
Replace attention seeking with connection seeking and it changes the whole dynamic of the interaction. Great piece by @JodyCarrington during an episode of @BrianMendler podcast.
Never has a random quote hit so close to home. There will be hard days but we do what we do best: Go home, regroup, make a plan, and execute the plan! Tomorrow is d-day! Time to refocus and get the job done! @MrsAlbers_ @wmsi66
So true! Accountability is a huge part of how we do what we do. Not only do @MrsAlbers_ and I hold the kids accountable, they hold us accountable as well. I just told our EA’the other day that our students are more likely to respect them if they hold them accountable. #WMSi66