MEDIA RELEASE

Families of Waimea Middle School’s 6th to 8th grade students are urged to come to campus any day this week between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m., to pick up their child’s class schedule, purchase mandatory student uniforms, pay fees for bus, food service, a yearbook, class dues and student activities, and also to sign up for after-school Cross Country athletics.

All of this is necessary to be prepared for the start of the new school year Monday, July 30.

No pre-registration is required for students moving from Waimea Elementary School to Waimea Middle School. However, families with students transferring into WMS from any other school must come to campus soonest to complete necessary registration procedures.

This includes academic placement tests for the child.

MANDATORY UNIFORMS, FREE TUTORING

Purchasing new uniform shirts is not essential. Students may wear the same uniforms they had last year if they still fit. Price for uniform shirts for the 2012-2013 school year remain the same as the last three years at $7 each, or a package of five uniform T-shirts for $30. Included in the five-pack are two royal blue and two gray Paahana shirts and a black shirt featuring the scenic pu’u (hills) of Waimea.

Families coming to “Gear Up” also are urged to sign up their child for free Homework Help+ (tutoring), which is held immediately after school 2:25-3:25 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays, beginning Aug. 14.

All students participating in Homework Help+ enjoy free healthy snacks. Bus transportation also is provided for tutoring students on the same basis as when provided after the regular school day.

SCHOOL SUPPLIES

WMS families can pick up a School Supply list when they come to campus, or the list can be downloaded from the school’s website.

STUDENT SAFETY

Come the start of the new school year, the one-way gravel entry drive on the back (or south) side of the WMS campus will again be used to maximize student safety during peak morning drop-off and afternoon pick-up.

As was required last year, all drop-offs and pick-ups must take place at the cafeteria to improve student safety. Families are asked to continue to exercise extreme caution when driving on campus to optimize student safety.

STUDENT PLANNER, EMERGENCY CONTACT CARDS, FREE/REDUCED LUNCH APPLICATION, ETC.

Every student will receive a complete information packet on opening day to take home to his/her family. This includes a Student Planner, a Family Emergency Contact Card, and an application for Free/Reduced Lunch, etc.

BREAKFAST & LUNCH MENUS

Menus will be sent home to families on opening day and are also posted on the school website. The new Cafeteria Manager is expanding lunch service this year to provide more choices for students to support student learning and achievement. Details will be shared with students and families when available.

For more information, call WMS at 887-6090 Ext. 222 or visit website: www.WaimeaMiddleSchool.org