Welcome to Western Middle School

Dr. Gross' 2nd Marking Period Newsletter is available here.

The 2010 CMT testing schedule is available here.

The 2009-10 Western Spelling Bee Champs are 7th Grader Diana Jarin 8th Grader Mahir Nichani. Congratulations to all who participated!

Congratulations to the Western Squash Club who competed in the National Middle School Squash Championships this past weekend at Yale University. The boys team competed in the B division and placed second in a field of 14 teams!. Western won more matches than any other team and every player placed well in their respective spots on the 5 man team. Well Done!

Thank you to everyone who donated to WMS's Haiti fundraiser. Within three days we raised $1,271.00!!! Mrs. Stratton's Advisor Base donated the most with $169.00. Thank you again for everyone's support!!!

CONGRATULATIONS to the winners for the Greenwich Citizen Young Writers Showcase Essay Contest!

Grade 6: Jessica Powers

Grade 7: Alex Baietto

Grade 8: Nick Abbott

These students will have their winning essays published in the Greenwich Citizen. The featured genre of the final contest of the year will be poetry.

We are also please to present the winners of the PTA Reflections Contest:

Literature: Grade 8: 1st Stephanie Trierweiler , 2nd Sarah Carlo, 3rd Nicholas Parry
Grade 7: 1st Emma Potsklan 2nd Arin Melikian , 3rd Laura Stasio
Grade 6: 1st Kyla Johnson, 2nd Alexandra Maloney, 3rd Monique Pera

Visual Arts: Grade 8 1st Antonia Miller, 2nd Anna Black, 3rd Liz Warner
Grade 7 1st Tilly Griffiths, 2nd Sarah Haastrom, 3rd Erin Morrison
Grade 6 Dana Jaramillo

Photography: 1st Raven Vaz, 2nd Meaghan Grund, 3rd Tilly Griffiths

Musical Composition: 1st Lizzy Russell, 2nd Georgia Smith

The PTA would like to thank Ms. Bolling, Mr. Lipari, Ms. Davis, Ms. Haymon, and the other teachers who promoted the reflections competition. Finally, the PTA would also like to thank the following Western parents for judging the 90 submissions: Kati Bennett, Jetlin Hodgdon, Susan Holey, Genevieve Howe, Marlene Gilbert, Alicia Comesana-Villa, and Laurie Palastro.

We are pleased to annouce the winner of this year's Geography Bee! Congratulations to Zach James! Special thanks to the social studies department for arranging our annual geography bee!

Top Word Masters Scorers:

6th Grade Maddy Howe and Matt Greenig

Grade 7 Diana Jarin, Colleen Bennett and Luke Holey

Grade 8 Marley MacDougall with a perfect score of 20!!! Nicholas Abbott, Faith Chung, Sarah Zygmont Anna Black, Joao Galbier, Zachary James and Mahir Nichani

For news and updates on Influenza (seasonal and H1N1), please click here.

The new SIT Goals are here! For more information, click Reading or SEL.

It's easy! Just go online to www.jostensyearbooks.com and locate Western Middle School, and click on Order a Yearbook to use your credit or debit card to place an order.

If you are unable to use online ordering, then you can download the order form here and mail or bring it (with your payment enclosed) to the main office. Checks must be made payable to Greenwich Public Schools. Orders are due Friday, January 15th. After this date, the price of the books will go up. For a list of customizable icons for your yearbook click here.

When should you keep your child home for an illness? Find out here.

Get your pictures in the yearbook! The Yearbook Staff invites students and parents to submit photos for the yearbook. If you've got great photos of school and community events or you and your friends just having fun, we'd like to see them. Our photographers can't be everywhere. Help us get as many photos as possible to create a terrific book everyone will want to have.

Here is how you can submit photos online:
• Go to: https://images.jostens.com/login
• If it does not automatically log you into the site, enter username:400005812 and password:memories
• Browse to select the photo(s) you wish to upload.
• Enter information about the photo and provide contact information in case the staff needs additional information.
• Click "Save Details".

It's that easy! Submit your photos today! The last day to submit photos is 3/1/2010.

The 2009-2010 Clubs and Activites book is now available here.

The school building is closed at 4pm on a daily basis except during special events

We have received a one year online subscription to the Greenwich Time. Click here for more information.

In order to ensure all of our students’ safety, please follow the traffic patterns for student arrival and dismissal. The drop off/pick-up area for children is in the circle near the gym. This door is always open on inclement days throughout the school year. It will also open on a daily basis from 7:15-7:45 a.m. during the months of December through March. Children are NOT to be dropped off or picked up on Western Junior Highway. In addition, please be sure to observe all traffic signs and designated crosswalks. Thank you for your help with this important issue.