WMMS Tiger Times

Happy New Year! I hope your family is enjoying winter break and I can't wait to see all of the students on Thursday! We had a very successful first semester and I'm looking forward to another great semester at WMMS. Thank you for all of your support and be sure to check out the newsletter for some important changes and upcoming events this month. As always, if you need anything please do not hesitate to contact me at bvandelft@kirksville.k12.mo.us or 660-665-3793.

Brandi VanDelft

WMMS Principal

William Matthew Middle School, in partnership with the Truman State University Speech and Hearing Clinic, is pleased to announce the continuance of the Truman Literacy Lab into the spring semester of 2023. The Truman Literacy Lab will continue to offer intensive reading instruction Monday through Thursday from 3:00-4:00pm. Students will either be assigned to a Monday/Wednesday session, or a Tuesday/Thursday session. This program will begin on January 30th, 2023 with an approximate end date of May 11th, 2023. The reading instruction builds each week, therefore regular attendance is required in order to remain enrolled in the program. We have a limited number of seats available at this time. If you are interested in having your student considered for this program, please indicate your response in the attached Google Form by January 13th, 2023 to reserve a spot for your student. Any late submissions will be considered as spots are available.

If you have any additional questions regarding the Truman Literacy Lab, please don’t hesitate to contact me at the following email address. Thank you!

Katy Poston

Speech-Language Pathologist

kposton@kirksville.k12.mo.us

We will be moving from two lunch shifts to three lunch shifts starting January 5th. Our commons area has become quite congested with the number of students at each shift. The additional lunch shift will provide more room and give students more time to enjoy their meal as going through the lunch line will go quicker. A third lunch shift also allows our students to be physically active in the gym or outside (weather permitting) every day after they are finished eating versus every other day.

8th Grade Lunch Shift - 11:18 AM - 11:42 AM

7th Grade Lunch Shift - 11:42 AM - 12:06 PM

6th Grade Lunch Shift - 12:06 PM - 12:32 PM

Thank you to all parents and guardians for contacting our office when your child is absent. We appreciate your communication and will gladly accept any physician notes for excused student absences. In addition to our daily attendance email/phone call, if your child becomes excessively absent, our office will mail home attendance letters to better communicate with our families. These letters will be used for excessive absences only to keep you informed. We will also be working in conjunction with the Adair County Juvenile Office to help ensure your child's success. We understand that sickness/injury, medical appointments, and family emergencies occur so please continue to call or email our front office anytime your child is absent. Please see Kirksville R-III school board policy JED-AP9(1) for more information regarding student attendance.

Our next Fun Night is scheduled for Friday, January 27th, 2023 from 6-8 PM. The Student Council will be selecting a theme and planning fun activities with more information to be shared soon!

Brandon Lee White, motivational speaker, will be here to present to our students on the topic of “Owning it!” and anti-bullying. www.brandonleewhite.com

If you do not want your student to participate in the assembly please contact Mrs. VanDelft at bvandelft@kirksville.k12.mo.us by Friday, January 27th.

The Complete Family Medicine CARES Center is a school-based health center formed in August 2019 through a partnership between the Kirksville R-III School District and Complete Family Medicine, a service of Hannibal Regional Healthcare System. “CARES” stands for “Care At R-III for Every Student”.

Purpose: To provide accessible and affordable urgent/walk-in and preventative/well health services on-site at the school district’s campus to students, faculty, and staff. Students will not be able to be seen at the center without the consent from their parent/guardian.

Location: The center is located in the northwest corner of the Kirksville Area Technical Center (KATC) at 1103 South Cottage Grove. Using the north entrance to the building, the CARES Center lobby is the first door on the right. There will be limited, designated patient parking west of the entrance.

Hours of Operation: 7:30am-4:30pm Monday-Friday

Some of the Services Provided at the CARES Center: Urgent/Walk-in care, Preventative Care, Wellness Visits, Immunizations (free for medicaid eligible and uninsured students through VFC and billed as normal for commercial), Flu Vaccine, Sports Physicals, Point-of-Care Testing (ie - Rapid Strep and Influenza Testing), can arrange for COVID testing if needed.

Team at the CARES Center: Provider (either Physician or Nurse Practitioner), Licensed Nurse, and Clinic Coordinator

Complete Family Medicine CARES Center at (660)956-7011

https://www.cfmcares.com/locations/Complete-Family-Medicine-CARES-Center/4/location-details

Attendance: We look forward to seeing your child every day! If your child must miss school, please contact the main office (660) 665-3793 as soon as possible to let us know. If we haven't heard from anyone regarding an absence, we will call home to make sure your child is safe.

Principal: Mrs. VanDelft (660) 665-3793 extension 6

Assistant Principal: Mr. James (660) 665-3793 extension 7

Scheduling/Student Concerns: Mrs. Yoder (6th grade and Mag 7) and Mrs. James (8th grade and Eagles) are here to help! (660) 665-3793 extension 2

Medical Concerns: Nurse Gabby can help if your child has medical needs or if you have questions about your child's health. (660) 665-3793 extension 3

Classroom Questions: The easiest way to reach your child's teacher is via email. Click here for a list of emails.

Transportation: If you have a question about your child's bus or about signing your child up to ride the bus, please contact the transportation office at (660) 626-1444.

General Questions: If you are not sure who to contact for your specific question, our amazing office secretaries, Mr. Johnson and Mrs. Reed, can help answer your question or connect you to the right person. (660) 665-3793 extension 0

• FCA: Thursday mornings at 7:15 am in room S7 with Mr. Cook (Dcook@kirksville.k12.mo.us)
• Study Hall: Every day 7:10-7:43 am in the computer lab
• January 5: Start of 2nd semester
• January 16: NO SCHOOL - MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DAY
• January 27: Fun Night 6-8 PM
• February 17: NO SCHOOL - PD DAY
• February 20: NO SCHOOL - PRESIDENTS' DAY
• March 10: End of 3rd Quarter

TylerSIS Parent Portal: This will allow you to see your student's grades and attendance and is an easy way to email teachers when you have questions. If you have not yet logged in, please contact the middle school office to get started.

Download our School App: Here is a quick video to get your familiar with our new app and the features you might find handy. https://youtu.be/bbmlN2qOKrQ

Updated Email: Progress reports, grade cards, and monthly newsletters are all emailed home. Let us know if you have a new email address. You are able to update this through the Parent Portal as well.

WMMS Website

WMMS Facebook Page: Follow us on Facebook for reminders and updates. @KVWMMS

William Matthew Middle School

1515 South Cottage Grove

Kirksville, MO 63501

660-665-3793