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2-5-2012 This is A.J. Muttillo, Principal of West Millbrook Middle School, with your weekly message. A copy of this message will be posted on our school’s website and sent to team email groups.

Please join us for the Battle of the Brooks Basketball Games v. rival East Millbrook at Millbrook High School, 5:00 this Monday night. We will also host an Afterschool Pre-Game Bash in the gym. Students may purchase tickets to the bash for $10.00. Tickets include entrance to the bash, pizza, chips, and a drink, a ride to Millbrook High School and admission to the game. The Athletic Boosters have decided to sell tickets through lunch on Monday. A signed permission slip is required to purchase a ticket. Tickets will not be sold after 4th period on Monday. All students must be picked up from Millbrook High School. There will not be bus service after the game. Please plan on picking your children up by 7:45 p.m. Students picked up beyond 30 minutes after the conclusion of the event may not be able to attend future afterschool and evening events. Please join us for an evening of basketball and school spirit.

SPAN will be updated this Thursday.

Calendar Events include:

  • Monday, February 6: (5:00) Battle of the Brooks Basketball at Millbrook High School
  • Tuesday, February 7: (7:00) PTA Meeting in Media Center
  • Wednesday, February 8: (7:45 a.m.) Beta Club General Meeting in Media Center
  • Thursday, February 9: (3:45) Boys Playoff Game at Home
  • Friday, February 10:

1-29-2012 - This is A.J. Muttillo, Principal of West Millbrook Middle School, with your weekly message. A copy of this message will be posted on our school’s website and sent to team email groups.

Report cards were distributed Friday. We will host our quarterly “All A Honor Roll Breakfast” this Friday in the cafeteria from 8:25 to 9:10.

Elementary schools are providing a special opportunity for families to visit schools, register and enroll for kindergarten on Feb. 2. The district wants as many people to complete kindergarten registration and enrollment as possible on that date. Schools have established times for registration and enrollment, as well as school tours. Please contact elementary schools specifically if you have a rising kindergarten student.

On Wednesday February 8th, from 6:30 to 7:30, your 7th grade teaching staff, Counselor, and Administrator, will host an evening entitled, “What's up with my 7th Grader.” We will highlight not only what is going on with the mind and body of your 7th grader, but also what is going on in your 7th grader's classrooms and maybe even their hallways and cafeteria. Spanish translation will be available, please mark your calendars to attend this informal time with all of those WMMS folks who share their days with your 7th grader. For questions or to RSVP, please contact Mrs. Clark, your 7th grade counselor at 870-4059 or by email at dclark@wcpss.net.

Battle of the Brooks is just around the corner. This is an annual Wildcat tradition and a great night for our team and Wildcat families. Game Day is Monday, Feb 6th at 5pm. The game is held at Millbrook High School. Gate Admissions is $4.00. The WMMS Booster Club will sponsor a Battle of the Brooks Afterschool Pre-Game Bash. Tickets for this fun event will be sold for $10. This will include food, transportation to the game, & gate admission. Students who plan to attend the BASH must provide their own ride home from Millbrook High after
the game. There will be NO return transportation. The Booster Club will sell tickets for five days only. Tickets will go on sale this Monday, Jan 30th during lunches. No tickets will be sold the day of the event. Students must have a signed authorization form to purchase a ticket. Get your BOB Permission Slip from the Booster Club Website or the front office. On February 2nd from 6:30-7:45, Millbrook High School is hosting a curriculum fair in the Millbrook HighSchool cafeteria for rising 9th grade students and their families.

Calendar Events include:

1-22-2012 - This is A.J. Muttillo, Principal of West Millbrook Middle School, with your weekly message. A copy of this message will be posted on our school’s website and sent to team email groups.

This is a reminder that the last day of the second quarter and first semester was this Friday, January 20th. Report cards will be distributed Friday, January 27th during 3rd period. New semester electives will start this Tuesday. Students were provided copies of 2nd
semester schedules on Friday. SPAN will be updated by Friday with 3rd quarter grades.

We hope that you will join us for dinner and fun at the home basketball game on Wednesday against Wakefield. This will be our Annual Basketball Blowout, sponsored by the Business Alliance. Chick-fil-A sandwiches will be available in the concession stand and the Kona Ice Cart will be here serving delicious treats. The Chick-Fil-A Cow, the SECU Fat Cat, and Kona, the Ice Mascot will be there to entertain everyone. Who knows, Wiley, the West Millbrook Wildcat may make an appearance as well! Buy a Chick-fil-A sandwich and get a coupon for free milkshakes, as well as a door prize ticket. Prizes include 52 Chick-fil-A Breakfast Biscuits, two free Healthtrax gym memberships for a month, a gym bag, and water bottle. To top off the fun, Rockit Learning Science Camp is bringing a tee-shirt launcher. You may go home with a West Millbrook tee, or one from an area business! All proceeds will go toward West Millbrook literacy projects. Bring your family for an afternoon and evening of fun! This Friday, we will host our talent show immediately after school. Tickets will be sold at the door for one dollar. Any student who stays for the talent show must present a signed permission slip when they purchase
their ticket. There will be no activity bus service on Friday.

Please mark your calendars for Friday, March 2nd from 6:30-8:30 and attend March Madness. March Madness is a PTA sponsored event filled with basketball, school performances, food, raffles, and other family fun. Please see the March Madness flier attached to the weekly parent email and posted on our website if you are interested in donating raffle items.

On February 2nd from 6:30-7:45, Millbrook High School is hosting a curriculum fair in the Millbrook High School cafeteria for rising 9th
grade students and their families.

Calendar Events include:

  • Monday, January 23:
  • Tuesday, January 24: (11:30) Character Education Lunch for Self-Discipline
  • Wednesday, January 25: (7:50 a.m.) Softball Interest Meeting in Mat Room; (3:45) Home Basketball game and
    Basketball Blowout Event v. Wakefield
  • Thursday, January 26: (7:50 a.m.) Boys Soccer Interest Meeting in Mat Room; Basketball game at Durant
  • Friday, January 27: Report Cards issued during 3rd period

1-15-2012 - This is A.J. Muttillo, Principal of West Millbrook Middle School, with your weekly message. A copy of this message will be posted on our school's website and sent to team email groups.

This is a reminder that the last day of the second quarter and first semester is this Friday, January 20th . Report cards will be distributed next Friday, January 27th .

Please mark your calendars for Friday, March 2 nd from 6:30-8:30 and attend March Madness. March Madness is a PTA sponsored event filled with basketball, school performances, food, raffles, and other family fun. Please see the March Madness flier attached to the weekly parent email and posted on our website if you are interested in donating raffle items.

On February 2 nd from 6:30-7:45, Millbrook High School is hosting a curriculum fair in the Millbrook High School cafeteria for rising 9 th grade students and their families. A flier is attached to the weekly email.

Calendar Events include:

  • Monday, January 16: Holiday for staff and students
  • Tuesday, January 17: (7:00 p.m.) PTA meeting in media center
  • Wednesday, January 18: (7:50 a.m.) Boys and Girls Track Interest Meeting in the Mat Room
  • Thursday, January 19: Basketball v. East Millbrook at home
  • Friday, January 20:

1-8-2012 - This is A.J. Muttillo, Principal of West Millbrook Middle School, with your weekly message. A copy of this message will be posted on our school’s website and sent to team email groups.

Welcome back. I hope everyone had a wonderful vacation and first week back at school. Believe it or not, the second quarter and first semester will come to a close in two weeks, on Friday, January 19th. Please make sure that your child completes any missing assignments and finishes strong.

The PTA meeting originally scheduled for this week has been postponed to Tuesday, January 17th.

Calendar Events include:

  • Monday, January 9: (3:45) Home basketball game v. East Wake
  • Tuesday, January 10: (6:30 p.m.) Visual Arts and Spanish Showcase in Media Center; (7:00 p.m.) Chorus and
    Dance Concert in Multi-purpose Room
  • Wednesday, January 11: (7:45) Beta Club General Meeting
  • Thursday, January 12: (8:10-9:30) CTE end-of-course testing in cafeteria; (3:45) Basketball at Leesville;
  • Friday, January 13: Early Release for Students at 12:30

12-18-2011   This is A.J. Muttillo, Principal of West Millbrook Middle School, with your weekly message. A copy of this message will be posted on our school's website and sent to team email groups.  

Due to the approaching winter vacation, this will be the last weekly message until the weekend of January 6 th . If time-sensitive information needs to be communicated prior to January 6th , I will send a brief update.   School is in session next week for full days Monday through Wednesday. School will be closed beginning Thursday, December 22nd through Monday, January 2 nd . School will resume after winter break for teachers and students on Tuesday, January 3rd .  

When we return from break, West Millbrook will participate in a Sanderson Feeder Pattern Open House on Thursday, January 5th from 6:30 p.m. to approximately 7:30 p.m. in the Sanderson Gymnasium. Many area elementary and middle schools will be represented along with Sanderson High School. If you are going to participate in the choice process this year, please come out and join us to learn information about any of the schools represented. A flier is posted on our homepage under dates to remember.

Calendar Events not already mentioned include:

  • Monday, December 19: (3:45) Basketball at Wakefield
  • Tuesday, December 20: (11:30) Character Ed. Lunch for Kindness; (7:00) Winter Concert for families
  • Wednesday, December 21: (8:30 a.m.) Winter Concert for Students  
  • Monday, January 2:
  • Tuesday, January 3:
  • Wednesday, January 4:
  • Thursday, January 5: (3:45) Basketball v. Durant at Home
  • Friday, January 6:

12-11-2011 - This is A.J. Muttillo, Principal of West Millbrook Middle School, with your weekly message. A copy of this
message will be posted on our school’s website and sent to team email groups. If students have not received second quarter interims yet, they will be distributed this Monday, December 12th.

Students who may not meet promotion requirements based on a review of current academic progress and last year’s EOG scores, will also receive a copy of the Personalized Education Plan or (PEP) with their interim reports. We have attached a verification sheet to PEPs and ask that you sign this sheet and have your child return it to school as verification that you have seen the PEP. Parents, please help us maintain an orderly and supportive school environment by always following procedures when you arrive on campus. All parents should report first to the main office to sign-in and receive a visitor’s sticker. If you need to visit a teacher or classroom, please make contact with the teacher at least one day in advance to schedule a time. Once you receive your visitor’s sticker in the main office, you should only visit the area(s) of campus related to your visitation purpose. While on campus (unless you are serving as a scheduled volunteer in a classroom, cafeteria, or other common area) you should only interact with your child. Please sign out in the main office before leaving campus. Thank you for helping us maintain an orderly and supportive school environment. The district Special Education Advisory Council wants you to be aware of their existence and mission to enhance programs and services for children with special education needs, and forge a productive, beneficial and sustained link between those who offer these services and those who receive them. A brochure is attached to the weekly communication email and you can also find more information on the Wake County website.

To meet the information needs of prospective WMMS families, we are in the process of updating our school website and would like to include photos and video clips of our students enjoying the many activities that West Millbrook offers. If you have photographs of your students involved in classrooms, athletics, or extra-curricular activities that you are willing to share for WMMS promotional purposes, please forward them to Diane Walters at dwalters@ncteacher.org.

Calendar Events not already mentioned include:
Monday, December 12: (3:45) Home basketball game v. Wendell; Food Drive and Holiday Hugs continue this week
Tuesday, December 13:
Wednesday, December 14:
Thursday, December 15: (3:45) Basketball at Wake Forest-Rolesville
Friday, December 16:
12-4-2011- This is A.J. Muttillo, Principal of West Millbrook Middle School, with your weekly message. A copy of this message will be posted on our school’s website and sent to team email groups. Second quarter interim reports will be distributed between this Monday, December 5th and next Monday, December 12th. Students who may not meet promotion requirements based on a review of current academic progress and last year’s EOG scores, will also receive a copy of the Personalized Education Plan or (PEP) with their interim reports. If you have any questions about the interim reports or PEPs, please contact your child’s teacher or guidance counselor. We will have our first home basketball games of the season this Monday beginning with the girls’ game at 3:45. The teams will compete against Zebulon. Please come out and support our student-athletes. We anticipate the games ending at approximately 6:30. Any student spectator who is not picked up within a ½ hour of the end of the game will not be allowed to attend future athletic events. To meet the information needs of prospective WMMS families, we are in the process of updating our school website and would like to include photos and video clips of our students enjoying the many activities that West Millbrook offers. If you have photographs of your students involved in classrooms, athletics, or extra-curricular activities that you are willing to share for WMMS promotional purposes, please forward them to Diane Walters at dwalters@ncteacher.org. The Wake Leadership Academies are hosting information sessions from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at Crossroads II on Corning Drive in Cary. One session will be held this Monday, 12/5/2011 for rising 9th grade students only and another session will be held on Thursday, 1/5/2012 for rising 6th, 7th, and 9th grade students.
Calendar Events not already mentioned include:
Monday, December 5: Food Drive and Holiday Hugs continue this week
Tuesday, December 6: (7:00) Beginners’ Concert
Wednesday, December 7:
Thursday, December 8:
Friday, December 9:
11-20-2011 - This is A.J. Muttillo, Principal of West Millbrook Middle School, with your weekly message. A copy of this message will be posted on our school’s website and sent to team email groups. Due to the approaching Thanksgiving Holiday, this will likely be the last phone message until Sunday,
December 4th. However, if it becomes necessary to send a brief phone message next weekend with timesensitive information, I will do so. On Friday, initial school assignment letters for the 2012-2013 school year were distributed to all students. If you are happy with this school assignment, you don’t have to do anything. If you would like to explore your other choice options, visit www.wcpss.net for additional information as well as times and locations for current information sessions. It is difficult to concisely communicate information regarding the new Choice Student Assignment Plan, so please feel free to contact West Millbrook Middle, and we will do our best to answer your questions. Parents of 8th graders, I have been contacted by a local high school who is trying to put together information for prospective 9th grade families. If you would like to submit topics that you would like addressed as you choose the best high school for your child, please email Angela Cooper at acooper@wcpss.net with those topics. We will compile the topics and send them on to any local high school who would like them in preparing information for parents. Calendar Events not already mentioned include:
Monday, November 21:
Tuesday, November 22:
Wednesday, November 23-25: Thanksgiving Holiday. School closed for students and teachers.
Monday, November 28: Food Drive Competition begins and lasts through December 16th
Tuesday, November 29: Holiday Hugs begins and lasts through Wednesday December 21st
Wednesday, November 30:
Thursday, December 1:
11-13-2011 This is A.J. Muttillo, Principal of West Millbrook Middle School, with your weekly message. A copy of this message will be posted on our school’s website and sent to team email groups. Girls and Boys Basketball tryouts begin Monday, November 14th. Students must have current physical and signed concussion forms on file in order to tryout. Links to these forms can be found on the homepage of our website under Important Information for Parents and Athletes. Please note that there are two different concussion forms that must be signed, one from the parent and one from the student. Copies of physical and concussion forms are also available in the front office. We expect to receive and distribute initial 2012-2013 school assignment notifications this week. Please ask your child to provide you with this information and please read it carefully. You can contact Elizabeth Smith or me if you have questions once you receive your initial school assignment for the 2012-2013 school year. Remember to submit your boxtops by the end of this week, November 18th. Calendar Events not already mentioned include:
  • Monday, November 14:
  • Tuesday, November 15: (11:30) Character Education Lunch recognizing Courage
  • Wednesday, November 16:
  • Thursday, November 17:
  • Friday, November 18: (3:20-4:30) Beta Club “Welcome to the Club Pizza Party and Shoebox Project”
11-6-2011 This is A.J. Muttillo, Principal of West Millbrook Middle School, with your weekly message. A copy of this message will be posted on our school’s website and sent to team email groups. Thank you to everyone who made WMMS's in-school book fair a success! Please note that the book fair will continue
ON-LINE until November 11th for extended purchasing. Please check West Millbrook’s homepage for the link and more details. Report Cards were distributed through 3rd period on Friday. Please ask your child for their report card and sign the
envelope so that it can be returned to your child’s 3rd period teacher. Breakfast invitation letters for students who earned all As this quarter are included in the report card envelopes. Information regarding an opportunity to purchase discounted Hurricanes Hockey tickets and support the school was also sent home on Friday.Remember to submit your boxtops through November 18th.Calendar Events not already mentioned include:
    • Monday, November 7:
    • Tuesday, November 8: (3:45) Soccer and Volleyball play their final game of the season at home; (7:00 p.m.)
      PTA Meeting in Media Center
    • Wednesday, November 9: (7:45 a.m.) Beta Club General Meeting in Media Center
    • Thursday, November 10: (8:25-9:10) All “A” Honor Roll Breakfast in Media Center
    • Friday, November 11: Building Closed. Holiday for Students and Staff
10-30-2011 - This is A.J. Muttillo, Principal of West Millbrook Middle School, with your weekly message. A copy of this message will be posted on our school’s website and sent to team email groups. This will be one of the busiest and most exciting weeks of the school year. There are a lot of messages, so please check your email or our website if you don’t hear all of the announcements in this week’s phone message. Spirit week concludes this week with team day on Tuesday and blue and white day on Wednesday. We will also have a PEP rally from approximately 2:00 to 3:00 on Wednesday. This week is also our annual BOOK FAIR WEEK! Make it a priority to come to the media center Tuesday - Friday from 7:45am-3:15pm each day and 5:30-8pm at the Fall Frenzy! Support WMMS's love of reading, and literary initiatives in the classroom by purchasing from a vast selection of great books. For more information as well as info about our ONLINE FAIR, please visit the WMMS website. There are still a few spots that need volunteers; please email Amy Nagle at amynagle@hotmail.com if interested. This Wednesday, we will take on rival East Millbrook Middle School at 6:00 p.m. under the lights at Millbrook High School. Please join us for a fun evening of football and school spirit and help support our football team as they go for back to back wins this season. Tickets are 4:00 at the gate. In addition to the game, our WMMS Athletic Booster Club is sponsoring an after-school pre-game bash at West Millbrook Middle School immediately following dismissal on Wednesday. Tickets for this event are $10 and include the bash at West Millbrook, hot pizza a snack and drink, a one-way ride to Millbrook High School, and admission to the game. Parents must pick up their students from Millbrook High School at the end of the game. In order to attend the bash, students must have a signed permission slip and purchase their ticket prior to 4:00 p.m. this Tuesday. Due to transportation and other planning needs, no tickets for the bash will be sold the day of the event. Tickets can be purchased on Tuesday during all lunches or at the front desk prior to 4:00. All students who stay for the bash must report directly from their 7th period class to the gym. Any student who leaves campus and returns or is otherwise late will not be admitted to the bash. Whether you arrive at Millbrook High School by bus after the bash or you just purchase tickets at the gate, all students must be picked within 30 minutes after the game. Students who are picked up later than 30 minutes will not be able to attend future after-school events. We anticipate the game ending around 7:45. This Friday, November 4th, from 5:30 to 8:00 p.m. please make it a point to attend our 3rd Annual Fall Frenzy. Many of our WMMS students and staff will be on hand as participants and attendees for this event. There will be a Powder Puff Football Game, and performances from our WMMS Band, Chorus, and Dance Troop. We will have Chili and Pie Tastings, as well as a Staff Pie Auction. A variety of vendors will be at the event, along with Free Caramel Apples, Free Face Painting, and Free Admission. You can make final purchases at our Book Fair during the event, as well as donate a hoody to our Outreach Program, and create a School Wide Puzzle as part of our Anti-Bullying Program. Come out, with a chair or blanket, to support your WMMS PTA and Booster Clubs. Remember to submit your boxtops through November 18th
.
Calendar Events not already mentioned include:
  • Monday, October 31: Teacher workday and no school for students
  • Tuesday, November 1: (8:00 a.m.) Boys and Girls Basketball Interest Meeting in mat room
  • Wednesday, November 2: No activity bus service due to Battle of the Brooks
  • Thursday, November 3: Soccer and Volleyball at East Millbrook
  • Friday, November 4: Report Cards will be distributed through 3rd
    period classes
10-23-2011 This is A.J. Muttillo, Principal of West Millbrook Middle School, with your weekly message. A copy of this
message will be posted on our school’s website and sent to team email groups. This Friday, October 28th marks the end of the first quarter. SPAN will be updated on Thursday, October 27th.
Report Cards will be distributed on Friday, November 4th. Spirit Week begins this week with the following dress days. Please remember that the school dress code still
applies.
  • Wednesday: Grade-level day where 6th graders should wear green, 7th graders white, and 8th grade black.
  • Thursday: Crazy Hair Day
  • Friday: Wacky Tacky Formal Wear
Starting last week through November 18 we will have our first Box Tops for Education collection contest.
Homerooms will collect as many box tops as they can in this time period and a winning homeroom from each
grade will be announced following Thanksgiving break and will receive a breakfast celebration. Start collecting
and sending in those Box Tops. November 1-4 will be our annual BOOK FAIR WEEK! Mark your calendars and make it a priority to come by the media center from 7:45am-3:15pm each day and 5:30-8pm at the Fall Frenzy! Scholastic Books will be the vendor again this year with a vast selection of wonderful books. More information can be found on the
WMMS homepage. To volunteer, please email amy nagle at amynagle@hotmail.com. For students who earned a limo lunch for fundraising participation, we are planning on having that lunch at approximately 11:00 on Friday, October 28th. Specific times will be communicated to students once they are confirmed with our fundraising company.
  • Monday, October 24:
  • Tuesday, October 25: (11:30) Character Ed. Lunch recognizing students for respect
  • Wednesday, October 26: Football at Leesville
  • Thursday, October 27: Soccer and Volleyball home v. Leesville
  • Friday, October 28:
10-16-2011 - This is A.J. Muttillo, Principal of West Millbrook Middle School, with your weekly message. A copy of this message will be posted on our school’s website and sent to team email groups.If your child is in need of a sports physical, Triangle Orthopedics is offering a one-time special offer. On Thursday October 20th, from 6-8 p.m. sports physicals will be given at the cost of $10 at all locations. The closest location to West Millbrook is 8300 Health Park, Suite 109. All proceeds from the physicals are donated back to the school. This Tuesday, October 18th, J&H will deliver the products that students sold during our PTA fundraiser. We will dismiss students back to first period at the end of the day to pick up their products. Larger products will be stored in the media center conference room. Please consider picking your child up from school on Tuesday if you know they sold a lot of products that would be difficult for them to transport home on a school bus.
  • The following is a list of events for this week:
  • Monday, October 17:
  • Tuesday, October 18:
  • Wednesday, October 19: (3:45) Football v. East Wake at home
  • Thursday, October 20: Soccer & Volleyball at East Wake; (7:00 p.m.) Beta Club Induction in the gym
  • Friday, October 21:
10-9-2011- This is A.J. Muttillo, Principal of West Millbrook Middle School, with your weekly message. A copy of this message will be posted on our school’s website and sent to team email groups.We will be hosting our first school-wide dance on Friday, October 14th from 5:30-7:30. Tickets will be sold for $3 during all lunches on Thursday and Friday and $4 at the door on Friday evening. Students must also have a signed parent permission slip to attend the dance. Permission slips are available during first period or at the front desk. Students who have received a full day of In-School-Suspension, Out-of-School Suspension or a Saturday Detention are ineligible to participate. Students must be picked up between 7:30 and 8:00. Students who are picked up after 8:00 may not attend the next dance in February. This Tuesday, October 11th, we will have our second PTA meeting of the year at 7:00 in the media center. We look forward to seeing you there. I want to thank all families who participated in our PTA fundraiser this year. Since we are so close to our school goal of 40,000 in sales and we may still make it after on-line sales are completely counted, any student who participated in our fundraiser may attend Friday’s Main Event celebration in the gym. Thank you again for your support of West Millbrook. Mr. Wishon, 8th grade counselor, and Dr. Getty, school psychologist, are putting together a social skills group for select 8th grade students. The focus of the group will be on teaching, modeling, and practicing everyday social skills such as how to start a conversation, asking to join a group, and other skills needed to maintain positive peer relationships. The group will meet once per week during lunch and will run for approximately 6-8 weeks (November until winter break). If you have an 8th grade student who you think might benefit from this group, please contact Mr. Wishon at rwishon@wcpss.net or Dr. Getty at kgetty@wcpss.net. Students who participated in EOG Retesting and the Algebra I EOC last year will receive a score report prior to Friday, October 14th. Students were notified of the scores last year but we just received score reports last week. Our 3rd Annual WMMS Fall Frenzy is less than a month away. Please join us on Friday November 4th from 5:30 to 8:00 for a Community Event where all WMMS Families, Staff, and neighbors will have some old-fashioned fun. Admission is free as well as Caramel Apples and Chili & Pie for the tasting. A D.J. will play music all evening, while we are taught how to line dance and enjoy performances from our WMMS Band and Dance Troop. The highlight of the evening will come with our Powder Puff Football Game, under the lights, with our Football Players as cheerleaders and our Female Fall Sports players giving it their best at Football. Do bring your wallets, as vendors will be on site offering a variety of foods for purchase, as well as a "Staff Pie Auction", and our very own WMMS Book Fair. In addition, your WMMS Outreach and Olweus Committees will be on hand offering opportunities to learn and get more involved in these programs. Please bring a blanket, beach chair, and jacket to this unforgettable Community event. If you would like more information, or ways to get involved with our Chili & Pie Tasting or to volunteer, please contact Dawn Clark at 870-4059. The following is a list of events for this week:
  • Monday, October 10:
  • Tuesday, October 11: (7:00 p.m.) PTA Meeting
  • Wednesday, October 12: (7:45 a.m.) Beta Club General Meeting in Media Center; (3:30) Football home v. Durant
  • Thursday, October 13: Club and Sport Pictures during the day; Soccer & Volleyball away v. Durant
  • Friday, October 14: Main Event ; (5:30-7:30) School Dance
9-23-2011 - This is A.J. Muttillo, Principal of West Millbrook Middle School, with your weekly message. A copy of this message will be posted on our school’s website and sent to team email groups.If you have not already received them, interim reports will be distributed in all classes on or before Thursday, September 29th. Grades will also be updated in SPAN on the 29th. This is a reminder that students must be picked up by a parent no later than 30 minutes after the conclusion of an after-school activity. These activities include, but are not limited to, sporting events, club meetings, and dances. If a student is picked up later than 30 minutes on more than one occasion, he or she will not be able to attend future after school events. Please help us by communicating with your child and arriving on time. If your child is attending football games, please plan on the game being over by 5:45. All approved volunteers from the 2010-2011 school-year must re-activate their volunteer status no later than October 31st in order to continue as approved Wake County Public School System volunteers during the 2011-2012 school year. If you have not stopped by West Millbrook or another Wake County school to re-activate on-line, please see Stacy Symes at the front desk prior to October 31st. The Superintendent’s Parent Advisory Council (SPAC) is seeking applications for new members. SPAC is a diverse group of approximately 21 engaged and informed parents who represent the voice of Wake County parents at the Superintendent’s Summits. The Summit Meetings are held four (4) times each school year for 6 hours each. Council members must be available to attend all four Summit meetings. A member’s length of term is 2 years. If you would like to apply for this position, please complete the application (Word - 39k | PDF - 25k) and return to Diane Dulaney at spac.wcpss@gmail.com, or 207 Whitehall Way, Cary, NC 27511 by September 30. You can also email applications to Terri Cobb at tcobb@wcpss.net. Late applications will not be accepted. Applications are available on our website or you can pick one up at the front desk. Lastly, Wakefield High School will host its annual Heart of Carolina Marching Band Invitational on October 1st. Visit their website for additional information. Other Important Calendar Events Include:
  • Monday, September 26:
  • Tuesday, September 27: (11:30) Character Ed. Lunch for Responsibility in Media Center or Cafeteria Courtyard (depending on weather)
  • Wednesday, September 28: Football at Wendell
  • Thursday, September 29: (3:45) Soccer and Volleyball home v. Wendell
  • Friday, September 30: Teacher workday and no school for students
9-18-2011 - This is A.J. Muttillo, Principal of West Millbrook Middle School, with your weekly message. A copy of this
message will be posted on our school’s website and sent to team email groups. The PTA would like to remind everyone that the deadline for our fall fundraiser is this Monday, September 19th. Please submit all orders and payments to your child's homeroom teacher on Monday morning. In order to make processing easier, we'd like to ask that you list your student's name on the memo line of all checks you've collected. Also, remember that in order to be guaranteed an invitation to the Main Event you must have sold a minimum of $40. If our school reaches our sales goal of $40,000 all student's who've submitted even one order will be invited. It's not too late to collect orders, you won't want to miss out on the fun of the Main Event.Congratulations to the PTA Early-Bird Membership raffle winners: Gold level: David & Rebecca Keen
Silver Level: Jamie & Michelle Connell
Bronze level: Steve & Sallie Wall
Staff: Susan Koennecke The PTA is an integral contributor to your child's education thru their support for our school. Please join today
- together we make a difference! Membership forms can be found in this month's newsletter, the front office,
and on the PTA website. Link to Membership Form http://wmmspta.yolasite.com/resources/wmmspta.pdf The Special Education Parent Support Group will be meeting on Wednesday at 9:15am in the office conference room. If your child has an IEP, and you would like to learn more about special education services, please come to the meeting. Other Important Calendar Events Include:
Monday, September 19:
Tuesday, September 20: (7:45 a.m.) Beta Club Interest Meeting in Room 211;
Wednesday, September 21: (3:45) Home Football game v. Heritage; (3:15-5:00) Dance Team Auditions in
Multipurpose Room
Thursday, September 22: (7:45 a.m.) Beta Club Interest Meeting in Room 211, students interested in Beta Club
should attend either Tuesday morning or Thursday morning and are not required to
attend both sessions; (3:45) Soccer and Volleyball away v. Heritage
Friday, September 23:
9-11-2011 - This is A.J. Muttillo, Principal of West Millbrook Middle School, with your weekly message.The West Millbrook Athletic Booster Club is seeking volunteers for events that will begin soon with the first
games of the season in less than two weeks. Please consider supporting our student athletes by volunteering
through the Athletic Booster Club. In you are interested, contact Karen Fiorini by phone at 919.796.7060 or
email at K_Fiorin@Bellsouth.net. We only have one more week left in our PTA fundraiser, as all orders and money are due next Monday,
September 19th. Please participate so we can reach our goal of $40,000 in sales. Every student who sells at
least $40 worth of product or donates $40 is guaranteed admission to our main event. If we reach our goal of
$40,000 as a school, all students will be eligible to attend the main event. 7th and 8th Grade Open House will take place this Tuesday, September 13th. The evening officially begins with a welcome in the gym at 5:30. However, at 5:00 in the media center, Aimee Niebauer will present information for parents of Academically Gifted students, and members of our special programs department will also be available to answer questions. If you have not signed up for a SPAN account or registered on-line to be a Wake County volunteer, you will be able to do both of those things in the media center. There will also be a WMMS Retro- wear "Blowout" Sale ($5 and under!) You'll find your PTA Spiritwear representative in the breezeway throughout the event. You will also be able to join the PTA if you haven’t done so already. Please join us on Tuesday evening. An agenda for the evening is posted on-line. Please come with your child’s first period teacher’s name and room number as you will report to that class after the gym and receive your child’s schedule for the rest of the evening. Other Important Calendar Events Include:
Monday, September 12: Fall Sports Pictures
Tuesday, September 13: (8:30 a.m.) PTA Meeting in the media center
Wednesday, September 14: (7:45 a.m.) Beta Club General Meeting in Media Center
Thursday, September 15:
Friday, September 16:
9-4-2011 - This is A.J. Muttillo, Principal of West Millbrook Middle School, with your weekly messageOur After-school Activity Bus Routes have been changed. These new routes are posted on the website. The North Route will stop at Six Forks and Woods Ream, North Ridge Elementary, Durant Middle, Brassfield Elementary, Pleasant Union Elementary, and Leadmine Elementary. The South Route will stop at Benson and Navaho, Green Road Community Center, Calument and Sunnybrook, Poe Elementary, and Bugg Elementary. These new routes take effect on Tuesday, September 6th.From your PTA: Please look for the fundraising packets that were sent home on Friday and consider supporting the PTA by participating in this fundraiser. The first PTA meeting of the year will take place on Tuesday September 13 at 8:30 a.m. in the media center. We would love to have everyone join us to hear about the exciting things going on at West Millbrook.This Wednesday, September 07, 2011 Lifetouch will be on campus for picture day; please dress appropriately. All students will be photographed for the yearbook during their healthful living classes. Families may also choose to purchase pictures. Students received flyers last week with all of the detailed information you need to order. Portraits offer casual, studio-style photography that gives students freedom to create a look that’s truly their own. Visit www.lifetouch.com for clothing suggestions, grooming tips, program details and more. You may also purchase packages and pre-pay on-line. To order pictures a student must either present a voucher that indicates they paid on-line or bring the order and payment on picture day. Vouchers or orders after September 7th will not be accepted. Please consider purchasing pictures as it is the school’s only fundraiser of the year.SPAN and ZAP, may or may not be two acronyms that are familiar to you, but they are important at West Millbrook this year. Student grades will be updated electronically in SPAN at a minimum of every two weeks. These updates will generally take place on a Thursday. The following week, students who have had two or more zeroes in any class will be “zapped” and required to attend an academic detention where they will complete the work they missed for at least partial credit. ZAP stands for Zeroes Aren’t Permitted. We do not consider ZAP a negative punishment but a support and a strategy to increase student accountability for quality work completion. If your child does have missing assignments that require him or her to be zapped for a particular week, you will receive a call from your child’s 3rd period teacher. SPAN should have been updated by Thursday, September 1st, but there have been some challenges since our county recently moved to a state server. If it doesn’t appear like your child’s grades are updated in a particular class by Friday, September 2nd at 4:00, please contact your child’s teacher if you have concerns. Attention parents of 6th graders: On Tuesday, September 6th from 5:30-7:00 we will host our Cookies and Conversations for 6th grade parents. This is a parent event, but if you do need to bring your child with you due to supervision challenges, we completely understand and welcome them. The evening officially begins with a welcome in the gym at 5:30. However, at 5:00 in the media center, Aimee Niebauer will present information for parents of Academically Gifted students, and members of our special programs department will also be available to answer questions. I know it may feel like you just came out to meet your child’s teachers, but please join us again where you will have an opportunity to learn about more specific team and academic information. If you have not signed up for a SPAN account or registered on-line to be a Wake County volunteer, you will be able to do both of those things in the media center. There will also be a WMMS Retro- wear "Blowout" Sale ($5 and under!) You'll find your PTA Spiritwear representative in the breezeway throughout the event. You will also be able to join the PTA if you haven’t done so already. Please join us on Tuesday evening. 7th and 8th Grade Open House will take place the following Tuesday, September 13th. Agendas for both events are posted on our website. Other Important Calendar Events Include:Monday: Labor Day Holiday, school is closed for students and staff
Tuesday:
Wednesday: Student Council Election Speeches shown during 3rd period with voting 4th period
Thursday:
Friday:
8-28-11 - This is A.J. Muttillo, Principal of West Millbrook Middle School, with your weekly message. You can expect to receive a weekly phone message from West Millbrook between 2:00 and 5:00 every Sunday
afternoon. The text of that phone message will always be posted on our website and emailed to team groups. If you would like to add, change, or delete the phone number where you receive the message, please email
Elizabeth Smith at eosmith@wcpss.net. Team email groups are in the process of being updated. If you were on
a list last year and emailed Diane Walters, she has updated you already this year. If you wrote down your email
address during Meet the Teacher, we are still in the process of adding those addresses to email groups and
should have that completed within the next two weeks. We are off to a great start this school year. Transportation is running fairly smoothly, cafeteria lines were much improved on Friday and students did a great job listening to important policies and procedures for this school year. We are looking forward to Monday when learning and teaching really begins. Last week, we distributed a lot of beginning of the year forms and handbooks. Please ask your child for this information, complete it, and return it on Monday. It is important for us to receive all of these completed forms as soon as possible. The Wake County Student Parent Handbook includes a verification sheet in the front of the booklet and the West Millbrook Student Handbook includes a verification form in the back, please read these handbooks with your child and return the verification forms. You also received a lunch application survey that asks if you received a lunch application this summer. It is important to return these surveys.This Friday, September 2 nd , we will kick-off our annual PTA fundraiser with grade-level assemblies and materials distribution. Please ask your child for these materials and consider contributing to our only fundraiser this year. The majority of our PTA funding is a result of this fundraiser, so please consider participating. We will provide more detailed information in subsequent weekly emails, but please be on the lookout for these packets as they will contain the detailed information you really need. Next Tuesday, September 6th , we will host our 6th grade parents for our annual Cookies and Conversations from 5:30-7:00 p.m. The evening will begin in the gym with general presentations before parents will break into different sessions with their student’s team teachers. The following Tuesday, September 13th, we will host our 7th and 8th grade parents for Open House from 5:30- 7:30. The evening will begin with presentations in the gym before following your student’s schedule to hear important information from each teacher. Prior to both Cookies and Conversations and Open House, Ms. Niebauer will present information related to Academically Gifted students. This session will be held from 5:00 to 5:25 in the media center.Weekly Calendar Events Include:
Monday, August 29: Volleyball intramurals & tryouts begin and will be held throughout the week; Cheerleading practice
begins and will be held through Wednesday; Welcome back packs distributed
Tuesday, August 30: Student Council Elections begin and continue throughout the week; Soccer tryouts begin
Wednesday, August 31:
Thursday, September 1: Cheerleading tryouts will be held
Friday, September 2: Fundraiser Kick-off assembliesI hope you stayed dry and had a great weekend.
August 24, 2011 - This is A.J. Muttillo, principal of West Millbrook Middle School with a welcome back message and information that will hopefully help the first few days run smoothly. School will be in session from 8:15 to 3:00. Students may arrive on campus as early as 7:45 but must wait at the front of the school and not enter the cafeteria or buildings until 7:50. Students who will arrive by bus should be at their bus stop at least ten minutes before the bus is scheduled to arrive. Estimated times are posted on the bus lists that were mailed home, handed out during Meet the Teacher Day, and posted on our website. Bus concerns should be directed to WCPSS transportation department by calling 870.4247. If your child will ride a bus home, it is imperative that he or she knows their route number and looks at the television in 7 th period. When students see their buses posted, they should report directly to the bus stop. Please make sure your child memorizes and writes down his or her bus route number. If your child is trying out for a fall sport, Activity Bus Service is available. Buses leave our campus around 5:15 and drop students off at express stops. We have a North and South Activity Bus. These routes are posted on our website. The North Bus will make stops at Brassfield and Pleasant Union Elementary Schools, Wood Reams Apartments off Sandy Forks, North Ridge Elementary, Durant Middle, and Leadmine Elementary. The South Bus will make stops at Green Road Community Center, Poe Elementary, Joe Louis and Merrywood, Beverly and Friar Tuck, Rose and Jimmy Carter, and Calumet and Sunnybrook. Please make plans to meet your student at these stops if they aren't close to your house. If you will use the carpool lane, please remember to stay in one line, pull all the way up to the car in front of you, keep the line moving, and above all, please be safe. It generally takes a week or two before carpool , bus routes, and lunch lines run smoothly and efficiently, so please work with us and exercise patience when necessary. We are excited to welcome students for the start of the 2011-2012 school year and are eager to work with you to maintain an academic environment that is conducive to high student achievement. See you tomorrow.
 

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