Wamsutta Middle School

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Other than a new notice about the summer meals program, everything else is just a second notice this week. 8th grade families, if you have any questions about Tuesday, please let me know. If plans change due to weather, I will alert you.

I have pool testing updates along with info about Yearbooks, a Feinstein "Golden Ticket" winner, Kona Ice for the students next week, and second notices about the 8th grade ceremony schedule and summer reading for you.

I have several important updates for you, including: The schedule for 8th grade ceremonies and the plan for the last half day. Importnat updates for AVA families Upcoming Spirit Days Summer reading A new update regarding P-EBT benefits that I have included with the last notice on free and reduced lunch

I have important information below about pool testing, transportation, free and reduced lunch (which has implications for when you sign up for transportation in summer), a yearbook update, and a notice for an ELPAC meeting.

I have new MCAS, food drive, SNAP survey, community resource, and food drive information to share, as well as reminders about AHS Athletics for our 8th graders and summer programming for students. I hope everyone has a good weekend.

First, I am happy to report there were no positive pools from our testing this week. Moving forward, I will wait until Friday if there are no positive pools (the no news is good news principle) and will report positive pools as soon as the results come in. We may have to alter our pool testing days for MCAS, but the above process will remain the same for the rest of the year.

It has been great to hear the halls like they used to be this week with everyone back, and it has been a smooth transition back to fully in-person for the most part. We continue to examine our procedures and protocols to keep out environment as safe and as spaced as we can and make changes to improve when possible.

The return of the 5th and 6th graders full time has gone well. While it is wonderful to hear the volume in the hallways return to more boisterous levels, we will need student cooperation in keeping the building safe by remembering all the safety protocols that got us to this point. So far, the kids are doing an awesome job.