WMS Newsletter - January 29, 2025

A HUGE THANK YOU to our PTO and all families who brought in great meals and snacks for our staff during conference week! We are very grateful for our supportive and generous families. We also are excited about the high turnout for the Student Led Conferences. It was wonderful to see all of you! We greatly appreciate your participation in our effort to help students take charge of sharing their school strengths, interests, areas of growth and goals. If you have not filled out the Parent Survey, we hope you will and look forward to your feedback.

2025 SLC Parent Survey 

Last week we held our annual Martin Luther King, Jr assembly which was led by our students. Our guest speakers were students from Bainbridge High School and the Bainbridge Island Mayor, Ashley Mathews. Our own WMS Choir performed Lift Every Voice and Sing. It was both educational and inspirational!

Please reach out to us if you have any questions about clubs, classes or programs here at Woodward. We always look forward to hearing from you!

Sincerely,

I don't know about your January, but mine was a little crazy! We're getting back into the swing of things, with a meeting next week. We'll be discussing the latest District budget updates, Emergency Supplies, updates to PTO Bylaws (everyone's favorite dry subject!), and 8th Grade Banquet updates.

Come give your opinions, see how the sausage is made, and be part of a community that makes a difference in the lives of our students and staff. If you can't make it in person, we have a virtual option as well. 

See you there!

February 5, 2025

6:00 - 7:00 pm

Woodward Library

Online meeting: https://meet.google.com/rhc-poeu-zvn

This year we are offering local businesses the opportunity to sponsor a zone at the 8th grade banquet. Each zone is uniquely designed by teams of parent volunteers to create an immersive event for our 8th graders. Contact us to see how your business can help support this time-honored tradition! More information can be found HERE or by emailing us at woodward.banquet@bainbridgeptos.org 

We are still looking for volunteers to help make the banquet a success. There are many ways to help. Please check out the link below and consider signing up! 

Utilizing our Monday Seminar time, Woodward students will dive into career exploration utilizing a program called Career Planner. 7th grade students will take a Preference Survey and 8th Grade Students will take an Interest Survey. The results of these surveys link students to careers that align with their preference and interests. For the second 8th grade career lesson, students will explore or ‘dig deeper’ into careers that look interesting to them while exploring duties, training, helpful high school courses & wages of their interested careers. 7th grade students will “dig deeper” into the wage of their selected career and fill out a budget/expenditure worksheet that they will use at one of the activities at the EXPLORE event on Wednesday, March 5th. (Our mid-February WMS Newsletter will have more information about the Explore event.)

Bainbridge High School will be hosting a Future Freshman Information Night on Wednesday, February 12 at 6:30 pm.  Meet the BHS counselors, administrators, teachers and current BHS students. Learn about the course request process for next school year and get an overview of life at Bainbridge High School. NOTE: This information night is for both parents and students.

Eagle Harbor High School will be hosting an Information Night on Tuesday, February 11th at 6:30 - 7:30 pm at Commodore Options School. NOTE: This information night is for both parents and students.

In each of our community newsletters, we are challenging you to participate in Family Character Dares this year! Here are our next two challenges.

The Chromebook Insurance window has reopened and will be available through February 28th, 2025. The price to replace uninsured devices can be up to $428 while insurance coverage for the remainder of the school year is only $24. Spills and drops happen and insurance coverage is the easiest way to prevent an unanticipated fee on your student’s account. Chromebook insurance coverage lasts for one school year and must be applied for each year. Sign Up

Families facing financial challenges may request to have the insurance fee waived for the year through this online form.

Last Call! Helpline House is in desperate need for 3 specific items: flour, sugar and oil. Builders Club will manage this specific food drive through the end of this week, Friday January 31st. The collection box is in the Woodward Commons. Thank you for considering our neighbors in need!

Superintendent Amii Thompson and Chief Financial Officer Kim Knight will host Focus Groups throughout the month of January and into early February.

5: PTO Meeting @ 6:00 pm WMS Library

8: BSF Gala - Kiana Lodge @ 5:30 pm

11: EHHS Information Night @ 6:30 pm COS

12: BHS Future Freshman Night @ 6:30 pm BHS

2/17-2/21: Mid-Winter Break - No School

5: Inspire/Explore Day

5: PTO Meeting @ 6:00 pm WMS Library

11: Incoming WMS 7th Grade Parent/Guardian Night @ 6:30 WMS

12: Spring Band Concert @ 7:00 pm WMS Commons