A huge thank you to Lanxess for the $6,300 for our STEAM Day grant that will help with our Big STEAM Event at the end of the school year.
Mrs. Johnson's class is creating a live food web and discussing producers, primary consumers, secondary consumers, etc. in the science lesson today.
The book fair is off to a great start! We will be open Thursday, Friday, and next Tuesday during Parent Teacher Conferences.
The 5th grade WMS Archery team is off and rolling into state! They have already surpassed two out of their 3 goals set forth by Coach Kelton. Their 1st goal was to score at least 3050 sometime this year. Goal #2 was to win Regionals. Goal #3 is to win state. Their reward for getting two out of three is to shave Coach Kelton's head.
Congrats to our Pete Pan Jr. Cast!
Please come out and watch a movie to support our Shake Competition Team and Archery Team. We are working hard to raise money to cover travel expenses for their upcoming competitions. Students will be cleaning the theaters between movies and there will be a donation jar as well.
This weekend the Washington Middle School Archery Teams had their Regional archery meet. This meet was to qualify for the State Championship tournament in March. The 5th grade won their division with a score of 3072. This score places the 5th grade team as number 1 across the state. The top shooters were Zane Walker with a score of 278 and Emma Odom with a score of 275. These scores were high enough to place Zane and Emma as number 1 overall for the state of Arkansas this year for the Elementary Division for boys and girls.
The 6th grade team came in 3rd for the Middle School Division going up against Barton Junior High (1st) and Taylor Middle School (2nd). They were able to score 3006 points with the top shooters being Avery Warren with a score of 267 and Lucas Vinson with a score of 257.
The 5th grade has qualified for the State Championship Tournament coming up on March 3rd by securing 1st place at this meet. The 6th grade WMS team will have to wait and see if they get in with an at-large bid. Results will be posted as soon as possible!
"I'm incredibly proud of both teams for how they performed this weekend. This is an amazing group of kids that show up and try hard every day in practice. It's nice to see that all of that practice time is showing up in the results of these meets. Hopefully we can see both teams March 3rd at State and keep the season going. As for now, we will wait to see if we make it (6th grade team). We have a meet this weekend at Benton, LA which always has some of the best teams in the nation. I think that that will help prepare us for whatever comes later this season for both teams. " - Coach Ethan Kelton
Support our Archery team!
Come see our Archery teams compete at Regionals
So many fun things happening in the library! Our Lego builders are building habitats for their animals. Our Pokémon club made Valentine's cards for nursing homes. The Book Fair is back beginning Monday!
Attention current 4th grade families: Schedule your tours today!
Landon Massey, Maddox Black, Gabriela Jackson, Terryanna Carroll, and Jakhia Morgan were our random point earners for showing ARMOR this week! Way to go! Keep up the good work!
Ms. Angula Davis is providing a trivia question for Black History month in the mornings at WMS. Today the question was "Who was the first African American person to be seen on a stamp?" 5th grader Molly Smith was the first to buzz in with the correct answer. She said her teacher last year read a book about it. The correct answer is Booker T. Washington! Great job Molly!
We are so thankful for Jason Fries and Jason Alan's Barber College for coming to provide free hair cuts for some of our male students yesterday!
Schedule your school tours today!
The kids are excited and ready to read. The Scholastic Winter Book Fair arrives Feb. 14 at Washington Middle School, and a big stack of books bought with eWallet is the perfect way to usher in 2023!
Cheer Workshop 2023 is right around the corner. If you have a 4th, 5th, 6th, or 7th grader that is interested in cheering at WMS or BJHS, this is a great way for them to test the waters, learn new things, and have fun. We look forward to seeing new and returning faces! -Coach Hodnett & Coach Moore
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Mr. Tucker came to visit the Competition Shake class to teach the students how to tie a tie.
Congrats to our top 20 students in 5th and our top 20 students in 6th who logged the most IXL minutes. They have earned a surprise field trip! More details coming soon!
Pending weather conditions, the El Dorado School District will start two hours late tomorrow, February 2, 2023. All ESD schools will begin at 10am. Buses will run their regular routes, and students may be dropped off beginning at 9:30am.
If weather conditions change or become more severe, further guidance will be provided.