Wurtland Middle

This looks like another great win over East Carter! Congratulations to the Lady Musketeers on our seventh-grade basketball team! 🏀

This looks like a pretty great win over East Carter! Congratulations to the Lady Musketeers on our sixth-grade basketball team! 🏀

PLEASE SHARE: SCHOOL-WIDE FIELD TRIP (9.15.23) As students have probably already shared, we are going on a school-wide field trip tomorrow! Why?! Because we have had a great week at Wurtland Middle School, and this is the year to celebrate the individuals who come together to make up our wonderful student body. As a precursor to a very special Veterans Day ceremony that is fast approaching, we will be taking our students to visit the traveling Veterans Memorial Wall in Olive Hill. Buses will depart at 9:00 a.m. After that, we will head to Carter Caves for lunch and a bit of fun. Lunch will be provided for students; however, students are also welcome to pack their own lunches. We plan to return to school by 2:00 p.m. Please make sure your son and/or daughter is dressed appropriately and ready for a great day! We love our Wildcats!

READER OF THE WEEK Mrs. Long shares that, after recently going to the library, Harley has taken his book from class to class. When he has free time, you can always find him diving into his book. Way to go, Harley! READERS ARE LEADERS AT WURTLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL!

WRITER OF THE WEEK Mrs. Brumfield shares that Brookelyn recently submitted a strong short response answer to the Article of the Week. She included facts and examples from the text to support her answer. Brookelyn is doing things WRITE at Wurtland Middle School!

WILDCAT OF THE WEEK Mr. Scott Bowling shares that Hunter has been on fire in science class! Hunter is eager to participate and answer questions, and he has been working very hard! Keep up the great work, Hunter!

COLLEAGUE CREDIT Mr. Scott Bowling shares that Ms. Katie Williams is deserving of recognition! She has been working hard to improve school culture through the hosting of a fantasy football draft, the stuffing of birthday bags, and helping students find things to love about WMS!

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A LITTLE DISNEY MAGIC Today, we brought a little Disney magic to Wurtland Middle School. Thanks to the Pastry Princess, every student and faculty member was treated to a Dole Whip! 🍍🍍

EdRISING EdRising students had two wonderful days of working in the library at Wurtland Elementary School. All students, tall and small, enjoyed meeting new friends and working together on a library scavenger hunt. We're jumping into an amazing year of collaboration!

BAND Seventh and eighth-grade band is learning new music to share with the community at Old Fashion Days on October 5 at 1:00 p.m. We can’t wait to share our music with everyone!

SCHOOL PICTURE DAY IS COMING! MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR SEPTEMBER 22.

MUSKETEER DASH PICTURES Do you have a son or daughter on the cross country team? Here are pictures from last night's event: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/2ltefxuqp60vmhzy446br/h?rlkey=1r78k6qk05odudjxghu3sjv8i&dl=0 Keep them for the memories! Special thanks to Jacob Smith, GCHS Yearbook Adviser, for his work behind the camera and for being so willing to freely share these pictures!

This looks like another great win over Boyd County! Congratulations to the Lady Musketeers on our seventh-grade basketball team! 🏀

This looks like a pretty great win over Boyd County! Congratulations to the Lady Musketeers on our sixth-grade basketball team! 🏀

INSTRUMENT RENTAL NIGHT IS TONIGHT!

EIGHTH-GRADE ELA Students in the classes of Mrs. Brumfield just finished real-world e-mail etiquette lessons and practice last week. They corrected sample student e-mails that did not pass the etiquette rules that were established. It became a lesson in language and the non-verbal tone that can come across in the words we use and in e-mails. Students then sent an actual e-mail to Mrs. Brumfield with specific messages that met etiquette expectations. What a neat learning opportunity!

SEVENTH-GRADE STEM Seventh-grade STEM students in the classes of Miruka Williams conducted an AI-driven virtual orchestra to learn more about how artificial intelligence collects data and responds to it. How cool is this?!

COLLEAGUE CREDIT Melissa Travis shares that Amy Hieneman is a superstar! From addressing schedule changes to individual student needs, Ms. Travis shares that Mrs. Hieneman does so with the patience of a saint!

WILDCAT OF THE WEEK Mrs. Vanover shares that Hailey is most deserving of Wildcat of the Week. Throughout the past two weeks, Hailey has gone the extra mile to help students in the hallways, even showing them to their correct classrooms. Way to be a leader, Hailey!