Dear Washington Student(s) and Parent(s):
We hope everyone had a great summer! I would like to welcome our stakeholders to the 2017-2018 school year. This year we would truly like to increase parental involvement with the Washington Middle School Parent Teacher Organization (PTA). The PTA meets on the 2nd Tuesday of each month in Room 101 at 6:30 p.m. We encourage all General families to join. In addition, this year we have started a Junior Student Ambassador group. The eighth Grade students have been identified by staff as student leaders. JSA students will provide services ranging from community service projects, mentoring, and new student orientation. We are very excited to provide another vehicle to get our wonderful students involved at WMS. Finally, I am excited to announce our new staff &/or new roles at Washington Middle School. Please welcome the following New Generals:
- Carmen Shragal- Student Services Office Professional
- Julie Denovelis- Bookkeeper
- Leigh James- Principal’s Secretary
- Aracely Rios- ELL Language Arts
- Jessica Pesha- ELL/LBS
- Tiffany Thomas-Social Worker (shared with Jewel)
- Lori Gough- Speech Pathologist
- Preetha Menon-Paraprofessional
- Norma Nava-Paraprofessional
- Dale Miller-Paraprofessional
- LyndsiHausmann-Hearing Itinerant
We are very excited about our New Generals. Equally as important, our purpose at Washington is to increase student achievement. Therefore, it is paramount that we share our School Improvement Plan and Goals for the 2017-2018 school year. Please review our three School Improvement Goals for this current school year.
Washington Middle School’s School Improvement Plan for 2017-2018
- By the end of the 2017-2018 school year, WMS will see a 5% increase in the number of students in grade 6-8 who achieve above the 50% percentile as evidenced by student achievement data in Reading and Math from Performance Series based on Spring to Spring Cohort data.
- 95% of all WMS student will achieve a growth score within the expected or higher than expected range as measured by ECRA based on spring assessment results.
- Decrease Out of School Suspensions by 5% from 2016-2017 to 2017-2018.
- 100 % of our students will join an athletic team or club!
In closing, we are looking forward to our first day of school, which is on Wednesday, August 16th at 8:45 a.m. Thank you Generals.
Dr. Burton, Principal
Important Upcoming Dates
Wednesday, August 23rd at 6:00 p.m. -7:30 p.m. Curriculum Night
Tuesday, September 12th at 6:30 p.m. Parent-Teacher Organization Meeting (PTA)
THE GENERAL WAY!!!
•1. You have to love living!
•2. We can all achieve greatness!
•3. There are no shortcuts to success!
•4. You have to lay one brick at a time!
•5. You have to believe before anyone else does!
•6. Being realistic is the most commonly traveled road to mediocrity!
•7. Success requires focus!
•8. Don’t ever let somebody tell you… You can’t do something!