From the Principal’s Desk...

Woodrow Wilson Middle School

Bulldog Bark Monday, 4.10.17

PRINCIPAL

Colleen Faucett

ASSISTANT

PRINCIPALS

Deedra Copeland

Isidoros Passalaris

GUIDANCE

Erin DuBose

Sarah Beth Glicksteen

STUDENT NUTRITION

MANAGER

Frances Humphrey

HEAD CUSTODIAN

Joshua Suarez

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ADDRESS

1005 Swann Avenue

Tampa, Florida 33606

MAIN OFFICE

276-5682

FAX

233-2540

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

WEBSITE

wilsonms.mysdhc.org

FOUNDATION

Greta Brooks, President

PTSA Stephanie Martuza, President

Dear Bulldog Parents,

3rd quarter report cards were available online last Thursday at

https://reportcards.sdhc.k12.fl.us/ If your child is in a slump, you are not alone. Check

out an article by clicking HERE.

FSA state assessments begin tomorrow. Please see page 7 of this newsletter for the

full schedule.

Colleen Faucett Colleen Faucett

Principal

End of Year (EOY) Exam Dates All Wilson students are required to take EOY exams. All parents are asked to mark

these dates on your calendar and refrain from making plans which would require your

child to be absent. Exams cannot be taken earlier than our schedule.

Monday, May 22nd Ist and 2nd period exams

Tuesday, May 23rd 3rd, 4th and 5th period exams (1 of these is a lunch period)

Wednesday, May 24th 6th and 7th period exams

Thursday, May 25th 8th period exam

Friday, May 26th No exams ~ Last Day of School

Did you know how diverse the Wilson student

population really is?

Different countries and territories represented: 22

Pakistan Russia Brazil Honduras

Japan Haiti France Mexico

Guatemala Venezuela Germany South Korea

Iran Sweden Cuba Norway

Ukraine India EUA Puerto Rico

Dominican Republic Denmark

Number of foreign languages spoken: 17

Arabic Japanese Swedish Portuguese

French Korean Tananaa German

Danish Norwegian Bengali Spanish

Tigrinya Vietnamese Farsi Russian

Haitian-Creole

The vast majority of our international students are bilingual with a couple of them

even being trilingual.

Congratulations!

Congratulations to our Concert and Symphonic bands for earning

a Superior overall rating at their annual Music Performance

Assessment. Additional congratulations go to Isabella Rodri-

guez and Sarah Hill for earning Superior ratings as Student Conduc-

tors. Way to go Wilson Band!

On April 21, 53 students will perform at Solo and Ensemble MPA.

During this event, the talented students of The Wilson Band will

perform alone and in small groups for adjudicators. Each student will

earn a rating for their performance. Best of luck to all participants!

On April 28-30, twelve students have been selected to participate

in the Symphonic Celebration at the University of South Florida.

These students will perform in a variety of ensembles as well as receive

master classes and private lessons. They will be great representatives for

Woodrow Wilson Middle School: Isabella Rodriguez, Eva Telesca,

Charlie Patterson, Kiara Vazquez, Rohan Joshi, Jefre Dasovich,

Daniil Fortuna, Grace Seiwert, Michael Mason, Madelyn De-

Vega, Noelle Dennis and Tanner Gilbert.

8th grader Erin Moffitt was honored at the Youth Art Exhibit

Reception at the John F. Germany public library on Sunday, March

26th. Her prismacolor drawing of a red panda was selected to

represent Wilson in this celebration of Youth Art Month. Her work was

exhibited throughout the month of March at the library.

Scholastic Art Awards had their awards reception at Blake High

School on Friday, March 24th. Jocy Rivera, 8th grade, received

an honorable mention for her rendition of childhood. She created

a mixed media relief sculpture and drawing using her little brother as a

model. Scholastic Art is a national competition and we are very proud to

have had Jocy represent Wilson.

Morgan Wall and Lauren Heron represented Wilson at the

Hillsborough County History Fair with an original documentary on

the advancement of women's opportunities in space exploration.

These students worked for months completing extensive research and

compiling their work in video format to prepare for the event. Wilson is

proud of these hard-working, committed young women.

The 1st Annual HCPS SLAM Showcase was held at the Tampa

Convention Center on March 22nd. Our quiz team and student

artist represented Wilson at the celebration. The SLAM Show-

case is the new HCPS Library Media Event that took the place of the Bat-

tle of the Books. Additionally, the SLAM Showcase featured 2-D art in-

spired by Sunshine State books and student-created book trailers for the

same titles. Wilson SLAM Quiz team: Taylor Knotts, Natalie Meyer,

Grace Siewert, Mac Waldron. Wilson SLAM 2-D artist: Jessie Ref-

fue (who created an interactive illustration inspired by the book Echo).

School Board

Cindy Stuart, Chair

Sally Harris, Vice Chair

Lynn Gray

April Griffin

Tamara Shamburger

Melissa Snively

Susan L. Valdes

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Congratulations Continued!

We have a star in our midst! Wilson Bulldog Caswell Shamblin is a cast member in the up-

coming play at the Patel Conservatory! Wilson had nine 8th graders recently offered acceptance to Blake High School for the Visual and

Performing Arts! This is an audition based program!!! #ROCKSTARS!

Jaiden Beck and Rye Kral are now certified in IC3 Computer Fundamentals, and Jacob Narvades is now

certified in IC3 Living Online. Students become certified through our business technology class n at Wilson!

PTSA Staff Appreciation Week Hi Wilson Families! Staff Appreciation Week is coming up soon. This year we will

be celebrating our staff the week of April 24-28th. Please be on the lookout for

volunteer sign-ups after Spring Break. ~ Laura Brady

NJHS NJHS applications will soon be available for any current 7th graders who have

maintained a 3.75 GPA this school year and have had no behavior situations that

have resulted in a suspension. Check with our NJHS sponsor, Ms. Noles-Garcia

for more information.

The volleyball game on April 12th is 5th grade night! We

have invited all of our newest Bulldogs from

Gorrie and Mitchell to this week’s game.

They each received a ticket that is good for one

5th grader and their family!

Just a heads up!

Sport events are $4 for adults and $2 for students and

free to students with their incentive card!

Contact your Wilson guidance counselor for more information if interested.