Dear Bulldog Parents,

I thought I would take my section this edition to give you as status update with

our air conditioning repairs. Your child has probably come home an informed

you of our warm and cool days lately.

To review my earlier communications, after the rental unit was brought in, the

Wilson facility started to experience some electrical issues that on one

particular day resulted in the fire department being called out. As a result of

that event, every motor and thermostat in the majority of our 30 classrooms

needed replacement. Over the past month all but 11 classrooms have had the

A/C cooling restored. The last 11 classrooms should be finished soon. This

week, on Wednesday, Wilson is scheduled to have brand new A/C chiller in-

stalled. Our 30 year old, broken down unit and the rental will be removed.

Thank you to all of the parents who brought in extra room fans for us to use

and for the staff and students for their extreme patience over the course of the

past 8 weeks. Glad we have had some cool days and a building that has so

many windows. Cross your fingers with me that all areas will be cooling by the

end of the month

Colleen V. Faucett Principal

From the Principal’s Desk...

Woodrow Wilson Middle School

Bulldog Bark Monday, 4.9.18

PRINCIPAL

Colleen V. Faucett

ASSISTANT

PRINCIPALS

Deedra Copeland

Keith Fantauzzo

GUIDANCE

Erin DuBose

Sarah Beth Glicksteen

CAFETERIA MANAGER

Frances Humphrey

HEAD CUSTODIAN

Joshua Suarez

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ADDRESS

1005 Swann Avenue

Tampa, Florida 33606

MAIN OFFICE

276-5682

EMAIL wilson.middle@sdhc.k12.fl.us

WEBSITES

wilsonms.mysdhc.org

wwmsbulldogs.org

Twitter @WWMSBulldogs

FOUNDATION

Kristen Morris, President

PTSA

Marlo Woodward, President

Please mark your calendars for our Spring testing dates. Work to schedule any

appointment before or after school. Once your child starts a test session, they

may not leave for appointments without invalidating his/her test session.

Week of April 16 All Grades FSA Reading

Week of April 23 Most 6th and 7th FSA Math

Week of April 23 8th Grade FSA Math - PreAlgebra only

Week of April 30 All 7th Grade Civics EOC

Tuesday, May 1 All 8th Grade Science SSA

Week of May 7 Some 7th/Some 8th Algebra and Geometry EOC

SPRING TESTING DATES

Students from Wilson’s SADD Club will participate

in the Walk to End Lupus on May 6th

at Al Lopez Park.

Every year, SADD selects a charity to support and

the Lupus Foundation was selected this year by our

club leaders.

All Bulldogs are encouraged to either join the team

or make a donation. We have a goal of raising $1000

for the organization.

You can join online at the link below or you can con-

tact Ms. Sanchez to find out more information about

how you can get involved with this effort.

(michelle.sanchez@sdhc.k12.fl.us or via Edsby or at

813-276-5682)

Click on our Team Page Link to support this effort!

SADD Project

Wilson Middle School was well-

represented by some talented Bull-

dogs at this year's Student Literacy

and Media (SLAM) Showcase. Art

submissions were created by Kinslyn

Brady, Savannah Crook, Nitya Katwala,

Jessie Reffue, Madeline Ruyle and Mad-

ison Wall. Our quiz bowl team was

also in attendance. Johanna Barnett,

Noah Fisher, Henry Goulish and Isa-

bella Troxell competed against other

schools via Skype in a SLAM book

trivia contest. Attending students en-

joyed viewing art from students in all

grade levels from around the district.

They also were able to meet authors

James Ponti and Christina Diaz Gon-

zalez.

May 11th is the last day for students to check out books from the Media Center. Please make

sure that all books are returned to the Media Center by May 18th. To check if your child has

books overdue, you can check Cybercat.

Go to wilsonms.mysdhc.org>Resources>Media Center>Cybercat Wilson Search. Go to the

Borrower ID box in the upper right hand corner. Enter your child’s student id and hit EN-

TER. Find MY ACCOUNT under the Cybercat logo.

Our school is recognizing Autism

Awareness in April. We are answer-

ing questions posed on the morning

show each week for class

recognition. Thank you to the

Potantus family for providing blue

glow bracelets for

our students to

wear and the blue

puzzle piece pins for

the staff.

SLAM Showcase Results

Autism Awareness Month

Last Day for Library Books (Already!)

Last month we highlighted some of our 7th and 8th graders who came in early to school for

weeks to prepare for a visit to the Hillsborough County Courthouse. They created a mock

trial video to enter into the Law Week competition. Click the link below to access the

submission video posted on YouTube. Pretty awesome!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQFaDnoBcVA&sns=em

Law Week Video Submission

Thank you to the parents who were able to come out to the Spring Fundraiser hosted by

the Woodrow Wilson Foundation. A big shout out to parent Rich Whiteley and his band for

providing lovely music during a gorgeous sunset. Funds raised from this event will go

towards the purchase of a new sound system for the Wilson Auditorium!

Woodrow Wilson Foundation says Thanks!