The rain dampened our PBIS Carnival last week for our 6th grade students, so Kona Ice came back today for eligible 6th grade students to enjoy the treat they missed.
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Today eligible students with no more than 10 absences for the entire school year were invited to our End of Year Attendance BBQ. Due to the weather, we held the BBQ inside, but we still had a great time celebrating the more than 488 students who have had excellent attendance this school year.
We have 4 early dismissal days this
week, June 10th, 11th, 12th and 13th. Remember with WCPS attendance policy, students cannot have more than 5 unexcused missed days in the marking term, or all of their grades will change to zeros. Early dismissal days do count as full days of school. For our last incentive, students who have missed 2 or less days of school from April 22-June 12th, will be entered in a drawing for Beats Headphones! We have 6 headphones to give away, but you must be present on June 13th to receive the headphones if you are a winner. 🎧Also, the top 3 homerooms for each grade level will receive water ice on June 13th. 🍧#ArriveToThrive
Last evening eligible 8th Grade students had fun evening at our Farewell Dance. What a wonderful evening for our 8th grade students. Thank you to all that planned this event and those that came out to support.
Today our PBIS team provided an incentive opportunity for eligible students to participate in the annual Wicomico Middle Carnival. The rain may have dampened some of our day, but our students still had a chance to unwind from a successful school year and have fun.
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Reminder of the schedule for the last week of school, June 9-13.
SAVE THE DATE--
On Thursday June 5th we will hold an informational session about fall sports beginning at 5:30pm in the WiHi auditorium for current 8th graders (& parents) who are scheduled to come to WiHi in the fall.
Also, current WiHi students who have not played a fall sport are also encouraged to attend. This session will give you an opportunity to meet some of the fall WiHi coaches..
The Warrior Choir is FIERCE!!! Today we competed in the Music in the Parks Competition in Hershey, PA.
The Black and Gold Singers received 1st place and the 7th and 8th Grade Mixed Chorus received 2nd place. Both with EXCELLENT ratings from our very tough judges.
They were amazingly well behaved today and had so much fun! Proud of their hard work this year.
Special shout-out to our chaperones Ms. Palmer, Mr. Snyder, Ms. Carpenter, Mr. Carpenter, Mr. Castillo, Ms Hastings, Ms. Likovich, Ms. Gonzalez, Ms. Bayline, Ms. Downing, Mr. Wieland, Ms. Price, and Ms. Rivera for all you assistance and guidance.
💚 Mental Health Matters! 💚
And it is still Mental Health Awareness Month! Great things happen at Wi-Middle! #MentalHealthBBQ MentalHealthMatters💚
We wish all of our students, families and staff a wonderful weekend. Monday all schools and offices will be closed in observance of Memorial Day.
On Wednesday, May 21, 2025, Wicomico Middle held its Spring Band Concert under the direction of Mrs. Lillian Hoffman in the Wicomico Middle Auditorium. Thank you to all band families for supporting your child's music education.
On Monday, May 12, 2025, Wicomico Middle held its Spring Orchestra Concert under the direction of Mrs. Ashley Palmer in the Wicomico High Auditorium. A wonderful evening of talented musicians!
Tickets Available Now for Magic Globe Shows at the Parkside Planetarium May 21, 22 and 23
On vacation at her grandpa’s, a little girl named Mia accidentally discovers a mysterious piece of astronomical machinery. Edmund, Mia’s eccentric uncle, tricks the girl into using the tool’s secret powers to change the world’s seasons. She realizes the consequences of what they are going to do, but Edmund doesn’t want to let the plan go.
Magic Globe’s engaging story has a clear educational structure, designed to interest and challenge children from 5 to 12 years. Children can recap their prior knowledge and/or learn new concepts while the story carries everyone forward together, making it perfect for mixed-ability audiences.
Shows are on Wednesday, May 21, Thursday, May 22 and Friday, May 23 in the Parkside Planetarium. There is one show per night, at 6 p.m., first come, first seated. Only 65 seats are available for each show. Tickets are $5 plus a $1 transaction fee purchased online through GoFan: https://gofan.co/app/school/MD22646.
It Starts Here: An Entrepreneurial Journey! On Thursday, May 15th, the Young Business Leaders Signature School Program presented their very first Business Showcase to over 140 guests.
Our students are grounded in the entrepreneurial mindset by learning the importance of failure and how to iterate. This event was designed to give our students an opportunity to showcase their very own business concepts that they have been developing all year! The goal is for our students to receive feedback to refine their ideas and potentially market and sell their own products and services in the future within our community.
This event also provided an opportunity to hear from local inventor, Robert “RJ” Batts, inventor of the Tip Tough on his journey from a middle school student here in Wicomico County to successful entrepreneur. When RJ was 12, he became consumed with the idea that there had to be a way to help his dad, a professional chef, protect his hands from getting cut. The Tip Tough’s big break nationally came in November 2021 when RJ appeared on the new small business pitch show America’s Big Deal. Small businesses pitch their products to America and the product that has the highest sales by the end of the show gets to make a big deal with one of three major retailers. RJ won the show with his Tip Tough and struck a $100,000 deal with Joy Mangano of QVC.
A special thank you to our parents for supporting our students, our custodial staff for helping to setup and take down our event, our wonderful dedicated teachers, and our school system leadership in supporting our students business, marketing, and entrepreneurial journeys.
For more pictures, please visit our Young Business Leaders Facebook page at www.facebook.com/WMSYoungBusinessLeaders
We are proud to announce that Wicomico County Public Schools has once again earned the distinction of being named one of the Best Communities for Music Education. This is the 16th time in the past 19 years, and the 14th consecutive year, that Wicomico Schools has earned this award from the NAMM Foundation. Our students receive an outstanding music education in chorus, band, orchestra, school performances, parades and more. The award is directly related to the dedication and quality of our teachers as well as the support we receive from WCPS administration, school-based administrators, the Board of Education, and our community. Thank you to all of the excellent Wicomico music educators who made this Best Communities for Music Education recognition possible. Here's a sampling of music education photos from our schools, with more to come soon.
Students in the Young Business Leaders Signature School Program at Wicomico Middle traveled to Towson University today for the annual Student Achievement Awards by the Maryland Council on Economic Education. Sunny Crouse, Aaliyah Jeannot, Ziara Ortiz-Allende, Alexis Robinson, Joshua Tolliver, along with Teacher Coach, Mr. Brian Yates achieved the Stock Market Game Fall Middle School First Place Award in the South Region, with earnings totaling $114,752 (simulated money).
The Maryland Council on Economic Education sponsors an annual online Stock Market Game for teachers and student teams that teaches about the stock markets, the American economic system, and the global economy. It’s not just a game, it’s education for life for the hundreds of Maryland teams from elementary through high school that compete. Groups of students were given virtual dollars to invest once they had researched and identified stocks they wanted to purchase and trade.
Pictured representing the team, program, and Wicomico Middle at Towson University were Sunny Crouse, Ziara Ortiz-Allende, Alexis Robinson, Mr. Brian Yates (Teacher/Coach), and Mr. James McCrobie (Student Achievement and Assessment Facilitator).
More pictures from our mental health event that was held on May 1st. 💚#MentalHealthMatters 💚
During the week of May 19th-23 and make ups through May 28th, Wicomico Middle students in grades 6-8 will take the i-Ready Diagnostic for ELA and all grades 6-8 students will also take the MAP diagnostic for math. These are computer based adaptive assessments to be administered at a designated time assigned by your child’s teacher. In accordance with state and local requirements, we will give students this diagnostic to determine their instructional level and to measure academic growth throughout the school year in English and mathematics.
Please see the letter at the following link for more details (English, Spanish, and Haitian Creole): https://docs.google.com/document/d/1y7MKM37N9wdsUT-2dc-N-ONMF-Jo6FTlqttKeJcJImI/edit?usp=sharing
Wicomico Middle, along with Beaver Run, East Salisbury and Wicomico High, kicked off Mental Health Awareness Month with the Annual Children and Family Mental Health Awareness BBQ. We appreciate all 783 people who attended. Thank you to the PPWs, CSCs, Mental Health Staff, the Wi-Hi NHS and Wi-Middle SGA volunteers, as well as other student volunteers, that assisted with the event. We thank the community resource vendors, Mobile Cloud Video Game Truck, T & S Entertainment, Kona Ice of Worcester County, WCPS Food Service Department, and Wicomico High School Cheer Team/Coaches for helping to make this event a hit! We have several pictures from the event that will be posted throughout the rest of the month. Huge thanks to the photographer/guidance intern for the evening, Ms. Jenna Wright. Cannot wait for next year! 💚 #MentalHealthAwareness #WarriorStrong 🏹🖤💛
