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Each grade level enjoyed field days recently to celebrate their successes and hard work throughout the year. A variety of activities were set up outside and indoors for students to enjoy throughout the day with their friends. Go Cats! |
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WGMS 8th grade athletes who participated in at least three sports this year were treated to a day of touring Dallas Cowboys Stadium in Arlington and enjoying Chili's for lunch. |
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The WGMS Varsity Treble Choir and the Tenor/Bass Choir received straight 1's from the judges to earn Superior Ratings trophies and Best in Class awards at the competition in San Antonio. In addition to these awards, the Tenor/Bass Show Choir beat out all other show choirs for the overall best show choir of the two day competition. |
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Students in Ms. Walraven’s 7th grade social studies classes conducted the trial of Santa Anna as part of their study of Texas independence from Mexico. Students assumed the roles and persona of prosecutors, defense, judge, jury, press, bailiff and witnesses such as soldiers Susanna Dickinson and Stephen F. Austin. |
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WGMS students received 1st, 2nd and 3rd place in the WGMS/FSMS Winter Writing Contest. Emily Noble placed 1st in the competition. Kate Cockerham took 2nd and Hannah Splawn was awarded 3rd. All three 7th grade girls received a proclamation from the mayor of Midlothian at the last city council meeting and each one had the opportunity to read part of their story to the council and audience. Emily will have a feature article written about her in a local publication. Congratulations to all the outstanding writers! |
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Over the break, The Wildcat & Cub Dancer Squad Leaders competed and had excellent performances at competition. The team received a Gussie Nell Davis Sweepstakes Award, Judges Award in Jazz, Best Overall in Presentation, and a Best in Class Award. |
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WGMS students Rebecca Merrifield, Michelle Espinosa, and Emily Noble entered and placed in the national VFW writing competition. Each one will be receiving savings bonds from the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Congratulations! |
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The WGMS 6th grade UIL team recently competed and brought back many individual & team awards. Congratulations to all who participated and represented WGMS in the academic meet!
Grant Upchurch - 1st Listening
Dylan Byars - 1st Maps, Graphs, Charts
Haley Poland - 2nd Dictionary Skills
Leslie Ramm - 2nd Ready Writing
Holden Ivey - 3rd Spelling
Corey Khanhkham - 3rd Mathematics
Autumn Parker - 5th Social Studies
David Golden - 6th Social Studies
Ashton Lackie - 6th Prose
Shawn Reasonover, Kryslynn Ward, Marissa Brandon, Michael McKenrick, Autumn Parker - Music Memory Team 2nd
Melissa Hernandez, Jordan McConnico, Ayanna Brown, Ayarinee Williams, Nadia Ramirez - Art Team 6th |
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The WGMS 8th grade UIL team brought home the first place trophy at the UIL Academic Meet! Both the 7th and 8th grade teams had many students win individual awards in their events. Way to go, Wildcats! |
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The WGMS Student Council recently hosted Cat Night where students enjoyed many activities including human hamster ball races, ping pong, a velcro wall, laser tag, a huge obstacle course, video games, and a dodgeball tournament. The money raised from Cat Night will be used to fund scholarships for former WGMS students who will be graduating from MHS. Go Cats! |
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WGMS students who had no zeroes for the 3rd six weeks were invited to the No Zeroes Party. They were treated to ice cream, dodgeball and bingo as a reward for getting all their assignments turned in on time. |
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Thank you so much for your donations to the KLTY Christmas Wish. With
your help the Wildcat Band donated $785 to help a needy family.
What a great lesson for our students to learn in helping out those in need
during the Christmas season.
Mr. Wood and I are truly blessed to have such great kids and parents in
our band program. Thank you for your support.
Mr. Wood, baby Avery and I were interviewed by Frank Reed from KLTY Monday
morning (Dec. 21) when we made the donation to the Christmas Wish. Hope you caught
us on the air. |
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We traveled to Miller Elem., Longbranch Elem. and J.R.Irvin Elem. Yesterday we taught the students basic money vocabulary terms as well as the history of money and banking.
The Community Problem Solvers have created a series of economic lessons to educate the 3rd graders of MISD on how to be money smart and how to save for their future. They will visit the remaining 3 elementary school the first week in January. The things they will be teaching are "How Can I Earn Money As A 3rd Grader?", "Being Organized, Managing A Budget And Setting Goals", How To Open A Savings Account", "Savings vs. Spending and How To Spend Money Wisely" and "Wants vs. Needs and How To Make Your Money Grow". These lessons will be taught by video lessons sent to the teachers as well as Skyping with the classes each month.
We have created some fun characters to help us teach:
Bill E. Cash, Penny (She's #1), Nick the Nickel, George the Quarter, Diamond the Dime, "Fifty-Cent" and Mr. Moneybags the Banker. |
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View the 2009 WGMS Jingle Bell video! |
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The Walnut Grove Middle School Fine Arts Department will present the musical "Annie Jr." this Friday and Saturday in the WGMS cafeteria. The musical will be performed this Friday and Saturday at 7:00 p.m. with a 2:00 p.m. Saturday Matinee. You may purchase tickets for $5 at the WGMS front office or email Mr. Cliff Carbone or Mrs. Robin McGee with reservations to be paid for at the door. |
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Students and staff honored local veterans at Walnut Grove's fifth annual Veterans Day assembly and luncheon. The WGMS band and choirs performed during the ceremony as well as the Lancaster High School Jr. ROTC Precision Rifle Team. Retired Army First Sergeant Gordon Butler Sr. was the guest speaker at this year's assembly. Cat News presented a video tribute to those who have served and Mr. Steve Pruitt from the Arlington Fire Department played "Amazing Grace" on the bagpipes before each veteran in attendance was recognized individually. WGMS appreciates all veterans and it was our privilege to honor them on November 11. |
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Senator Hutchison Meets with
Walnut Grove Middle School Students in Washington, D.C.
Students Filming Video of World War II Veterans from Ellis County, TX as They Visit Monuments and Sites
For Immediate Release: October 22, 2009
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) met with students from Walnut Grove Middle School in Midlothian, Texas. The students were in Washington to record and interview World War II veterans from Ellis County as they visited historic sites in the area. The video will be used for an annual school wide and community Veterans Day assembly.
Attached is a photo of Senator Hutchison and the Walnut Grove Middle School students making the sign of the school’s mascot, the Wildcat. |
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Recently, Mrs. McDaniel and some team members of the Community Problem Solving Team were awarded the opportunity to attend the Miley Cyrus concert in Dallas. They were given this opportunity by an organization called YSA (Youth Service America) because they earned a grant for their community service. Miley Cyrus has teamed up with YSA to promote youth doing community service in their towns. They got to meet Miley Cyrus backstage and had the opportunity to talk with her and tell about their service, both past and present! Visit www.geturgoodon.org to learn more about this service campaign and how you can "Get UR Good On!" in Midlothian! |
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The Wildcats had an awesome Battle of the Colors pep rally on Tuesday, September 29! Pictured are the 7th graders trying to out yell the other grade levels during the class cheers for the spirit stick. Go Cats! |
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The Lady Wildcats opened the season with impressive play at the Wills Point Tournament. Both the 7th and 8th grade Lady Cats A Teams came home with the championship trophies for their divisions! The 7th grade team won the first match in 2 games, the second match in 2 games, and the championship match in 3 games. What a fun way to kick off the season! Way to go, Lady Cats! |
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Thursday, September 10, has been designated as Basilio Rocha Day at WGMS! Last Friday after lunch, Walnut Grove 7th grader Basilio Rocha performed the Heimlich maneuver on fellow 7th grader Christian Espinoza who was choking on a chocolate muffin. Basilio's quick action and remembrance of what he learned in health class helped save another student's life. Basilio was featured on Fox4 News on September 8 for his heroic actions.
View video here!
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