WBMSHS Principal Update to Families

Dear WB Community,

As you know we lost one of our beautiful students, Bella, who fought a courageous battle with cancer. Though it has been a sad week for the WB community, it has also once again reminded us of what an amazing school and community we have. Students and staff have come together along with the community to show their love for Bella. We will always remember Bella for her humor, talent and kind soul. She will be forever missed here in West Bridgewater.

Please keep Bella's family & friends in your hearts while they deal with the unimaginable loss.

Mrs. Page

Our Guidance office has been receiving wonderful news daily about our seniors getting accepted into colleges and universities! Such an exciting time for them and we are lucky to be in the position to enjoy it with them!

Our counselors have had the opportunity to meet with the Sophomores and get to know them on a one to one basis. Next up are the juniors. They are beginning to have their one to one meetings and are hoping to have met all of our juniors by the beginning of the new year. And speaking of the new year, our counselors are starting to look into course selections for the students in the spring.

For those who may be experiencing a bit of stress during this holiday season, here is a link that you may find helpful:

https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/stress-management/in-depth/stress/art-20047544

Inclusion Matters is a group of West Bridgewater families whose children have IEPs and 504s. We offer webinars and events to support families with special needs. If you'd like to learn more, please email us at InclusionMattersMA@gmail.com to join our private email list.

See our upcoming events on our Facebook page at @InclusionMattersMA and our website at www.InclusionMattersMA.com

WB PreSchool currently has openings! Children must be 3 years of age to enroll:

Tuesday/Thursday 9-11:30

Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday/Friday 12:10-2:40

We have been made aware of an increase in local families in need this Holiday Season. SRO Pope is coordinating a Wildcat Toy Drive with PTO and the West Bridgewater Public Schools to benefit West Bridgewater families in need. The ages of children in need have so far been identified ranging from 5 to 15 yrs old.

There will be a box outside the main office to put any donations . If you would like to donate gift cards, please give them directly to SRO Pope or to one of the secretaries in the Main Office. We will be collecting through 12/22/22.

Ms. Fougere's Spanish III read the story "Ricitos de Oro y Los Tres Osos" ("Goldilocks and the Three Bears"). Students broke up into two teams and played "Matamoscas". They raced to the board to swat an image that represented each sentence that was read to them in the target language. Students could help their teammates by shouting out helpful hints in Spanish, but if they used English, they were docked one point.

Members of the Spanish Honor Society spread their holiday cheer this past weekend at the WB Town Transfer Station! Students canned for a good cause, raising money for senior scholarships and a family in Guatemala that the SHH supports. Thanks to the generosity of the town, the Spanish Honor Society was able to raise a considerable amount of money to support these causes. Thank you for all of your support and Feliz Navidad!

Students in Mr. Stanfa's Art I class are learning the Element of Shape and creating Assemblage Cardboard Sculptures. When completed they will combine their work with others from the class to create one Giant sculpture.

Students in Mrs. McMurray's Art 1 explored creating depth using layered paper. They edited images to make a posterized adjustment. They then learned x-acto skills to cut paper and applied them in layers to give the works a 3-D effect.

Mr. Antonio, Mr. Campagna & Ms. DeCastro's PE classes playing volleyball the traditional and modified way!

Ms. Blye's science class had a lot of fun and worked hard making Newton's Cradles!

Students in Mr. McMurray's AP Physics working on a Centripetal Force investigation. Watch out for flying stoppers! Mandatory eye goggles are worn at all times! The Engineering and Design class is working hard on their guitars.

Mrs. Brogna's class working on a muscle challenge

Mr. Ennis’ American Legal Class hosted Patrick Stanton, a Judge with the Plymouth County Probate and Family Court. Judge Stanton has served as a judge for over 10 years and splits his time between the Plymouth and Brockton Courthouses. Prior to being a judge he was a lawyer in private practice out of Brockton for almost 20 years. Judge Stanton shared his experiences and answered questions about his various roles in the judicial system with both Mr. Ennis’ American Legal class and Mrs. Pankowski’s Life 101 class.

Great opportunity at the TD Garden for school leaders to empower them to prevent and address hate incidents and build positive team culture!

It has been a busy couple of weeks with the start of our Winter Sports Season! Check some of our highlights below from the Athletic Department!

Gymnastics will hold their first meet on January 4th vs Notre Dame Academy of Hingham.

The Boys and Girls Winter Track teams traveled to Wheaton College for their first meet vs Southeastern. Boys track lost with a final of 90-10 and the girls lost in a close one 56-44. Their next meet is Monday, 12/19.

The WEB Boys Ice Hockey team had their home opener vs Rockland with a thrilling 3-2 win!

The WEB Girls Ice Hockey team took on Leominster for their season opener with a hard fought game that went into overtime with the final score of 0-0!

The Boys JV Basketball team lost a tough game in overtime against East Bridgewater, 40-38.

The Varsity boys basketball team started off slow, but picked up pace as they beat East Bridgewater in their season opener 47 to 39!

The FR Boys Basketball played in an exciting game vs EB with great team defense. Final Score WB 58- EB 57!

The Girls Varsity Basketball team fell to a tough loss vs EB with as well as the JV Girls team. Both teams will face Cardinal Spellman on Monday, 11/19.

Our Middle School Girls and Boys teams will compete in their home openers against Randolph on 12/20

Congrats to all our Wildcats and best of luck this winter season!

Check out winter schedules below!

**You can find the schedule on the Arbiter Live Website: https://arbiterlive.com/Teams?entityId=25160

**Basketball tickets to HOME regular season games are being sold online: https://gofan.co/app/school/MA14770

WB Athletics is holding a “Do Good With Chipotle” Fundraiser on Wednesday, December 28th from 5:00pm-9:00pm at the Chipotle on 421 New State HWY, Raynham, MA, 02767! 33% of Event Sales Get Donated to WB Athletics! Please check it out and support our WB Athletic Programs!

GO HERE Yearbook Forever - WBHS TO PURCHASE PERSONAL ADS & YEARBOOKS or TO UPLOAD PHOTOS

Please note:

• Seniors do not need to buy a yearbook - they receive their own personalized copy through class dues

• Parent ads are due no later than December 23rd

• All ads must be submitted online through this website - we do not accept paper copies or emails

• We need your help! The more pictures you submit (think oldies, sports, spirit week, senior candids) the better the book will look! Access code for uploading photos is weebeewildcats02379.

• You can also access the yearbook page directly from the WBHS website by clicking "Yearbook Orders" at the top of the page

• While every effort will be made to avoid errors, it must be understood that the yearbook is a student production

• Feel free to contact the yearbook advisors with any questions: Mrs. DeLorenzo sdelorenzo@wbridgewater.com & Mrs. DeSimone edesimone@wbridgewater.com

Greetings from the MSHS Wildcat Café!

Just a reminder that both breakfast and lunch are free this school year! The WB Food Services link has more info and menus.

Each student is offered 1 free breakfast and 1 free lunch per day. Extra entrées are $2.00 and additional a la carte items such as bottled water, cookies, crackers and ice cream can also be purchased but a student must have money on their lunch account for these extras. All items served meet strict state and federal nutrition standards. Money can be added to a student’s account two ways:

· Cash or a check can be brought to the cashier at arrival or towards the end of a meal. To keep the line moving as quickly as possible, we no longer accept money in the line.

· Electronic payments using MySchoolBucks. You will need your student’s 10-digit student ID (SASID#) to set up an account. Even if you don’t add money using MySchoolBucks, it allows you to monitor cafeteria transactions until they graduate!

We are looking to hire additional cafeteria substitutes. Interested individuals can contact me at agrinder@wbridgewater.com or at (508)894-1220.

Thank you,

Ann Marie Grinder, Food Service Director

A friendly reminder that all medications need to be kept in the nurse’s office. The only exception is for students in grades 9-12 who carry life saving medications such as inhalers and/or EpiPen's. All medications, even if carried with the student, need to have a medication order on file with the nurse. If you would like to authorize your student to take over the counter medications at the nurse's office you can access the STANDING ORDER MEDICATION & ANNUAL HEALTH UPDATE FORM on our Health Services page on the district website: https://www.wbridgewaterschools.org/page/health-services

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