Dear Bulldog Parents,

Thank you students, parents and staff for yet another stellar start to our school year. On our

official 5th day count, we reported 666 Bulldogs which was our anticipated enrollment. Our 6th

grade teachers report that our pups are adjusting to the middle school transition just fine! Our

7th grade teachers report that their students are glad to not be the youngest in the school. And

our newest group of 8th graders are stepping into their leadership roles nicely.

The notorious car line was much shorter at the end of our second full week. Our approved

student pick up area is on the east side of the school along Edison. PLEASE refrain from telling

your child to meet you some place in the neighborhood (corner store, church a few blocks

down, cross streets etc.) This is a dangerous practice and I am asking parent to utilize our

routines in order to keep your child safe.

We will be balancing classes these next two weeks which may require some schedule changes.

As we dissolve some sections or bring class sizes into law compliance we will be notifying

students. We hope to have this all accomplished by Friday, 9/7/18.

Have a great long week!

Mrs. Faucett Principal

We currently have about 75 Wilson students that ride their bike/scooter daily to school.

Please ensure that your child has (AND WEARS) his/her helmet. If your child needs a helmet,

please email Ms. Glicksteen by clicking here. She will ensure that your child has one.

From the Principal’s Desk...

FLU SHOTS AVAILABLE ON

THURSDAY, 9/13 FOR STUDENTS

Woodrow Wilson Middle School

Bulldog Bark Thursday, 8.30.18

PRINCIPAL

Colleen V. Faucett

ASSISTANT

PRINCIPALS

Deedra Copeland

Keith Fantauzzo

GUIDANCE

Sarah Beth Glicksteen

Dameon Clay

STUDENT NUTRITION

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

WEBSITE

wilsonms.mysdhc.org

Twitter @WWMSBulldogs

FOUNDATION

Ria Diasti, President

PTSA Andy Stephan, President

BICYCLE HELMETS ARE REQUIRED BY LAW

On Thursday, September 13, flu shots will be made available for all Wilson students at no cost.

In this newsletter is the consent form that must be filled out and returned to Nurse Butler on

or before Friday, September 7. You may also sign up online at www.HCPSflu.com. Please know

that your child will not be able to receive the flu shot at Wilson on September 13 if this

consent form is not completely filled out and returned or sent in online. Please contact Nurse

Butler at 813-276-5682 ext. 226 with any questions.

Wilson communicates typically once a week by email. Each student may have 2 email addresses

on file for parent communication. Wilson communicates by text message for emergencies, like

a rainy day dismissal.

If you are not getting our texts or emails, first, please check your SPAM folder and your

blocked phone numbers with your email and cell phone providers. If you have blocked school

system texts, you are the only one that can fix that.

Contact our Data Processor, Mr. Rivera, 813.276.5682 ext. 227, if you need to check your

communication addresses and phone numbers.

ARE YOU GETTING OUR EMAILS AND TEXTS?

Si necesita ayuda en español con esta información, puede contactar a Steven Rivera.

Congratulations and Best of Luck! The following students will be auditioning for the Florida All State Band or

Orchestra in the upcoming weeks. We want to let these students know

how proud we are of them for being risk-takers! Although, they are also

well-prepared!

Mariana Gordon, Flute

Caitlin Ham, Flute

Kristin Keyser, Flute

William Lynn, Percussion

Nicolai Merrild, Bari Saxophone

Tatum Morris, Bb Clarinet

Bjorn Myers, Bassoon

Benjamin Norbom, French Horn

Blake Storey, Bb Clarinet

Jacob Swafford, Trumpet

Finley Wakefield, Trombone.

Kate Bentley, Violin

Josh Chung, Violin

Vivian Gagnier, Bass

Michael King, Violin

Natalie Meyer, Viola

Elijah Nash, Violin

PE Department needs plastic disposable

grocery bags to PE uniforms that need to go

home at the end of each week to be washed.

Send them in to the coaches with our

thanks!

School Picture Day ~ Wednesday, 9/5 Last week your child was given their picture day order form and flyer. All

students take pictures in the Fall for their permanent record and the year-

book. If you didn’t get the flyer, don’t despair! Go to mylifetouch.com and

use the use Picture Day ID: FT018121Q1

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HCPS DRESS CODE REMINDERS

Wilson Middle School enforces the dress code established by Hillsborough County Public School. When purchasing clothing,

please ensure that it follows the dress code for Hillsborough County Public Schools.

Shoes will be worn. Backless shoes are not safe on stairs or appropriate for physical education class. We strongly suggest

that students refrain from wearing backless shoes.

Clothing that exposes the entire shoulder, tube-tops, spaghetti straps or similar type clothing is not permitted. Clothing

exposing the torso or the midriff, either front, back or sides, will not be worn. Clothing that reveals cleavage or

undergarments will not be worn. Underwear, including bra straps, will not be visible.

Clothing not properly fastened or with tears that are indecent will not be worn. Pants may not have tears above the finger-

tip length that exposes bare skin. Clothing traditionally designed as undergarments will not be worn as outer garments.

Pajama pants and slippers are not permitted.

All pants and shorts will be secured at the waist.

Boys’ shirts will have sleeves.

Hair will be clean and neatly groomed.

Head coverings including bandanas, hats and jacket hoods will not be worn while on campus.

Miniskirts, mini dresses and short shorts are not permitted. Hemlines must be fingertip length. This is a good rule of

thumb for length questions: student stands with arms down, at sides. If the length or the clothing is shorter than the stu-

dent’s fingertip, the garment is not appropriate. Running shorts do not meet dress code for 99% of middle school

students who wear them to school.

Garments and/or jewelry which display or suggest sexual, vulgar, drug, gang, or alcohol-related wording or graphics, or

which provoke or may tend to provoke violence or disruption in the school, will not be worn.

Wallet chains will not be worn.

Tops made of stretch fabric, which clings to the body, do not always stay down to cover the midriff. In addition, much of the

stylish wear for teens is inappropriate for school. Bermuda shorts seem to be a style that girls like and meet the dress code.

6th graders do not dress out for PE; therefore, an athletic type shoe for daily wear is a great choice. Leggings may be worn

but the top layer (shirt or shorts) must be fingertip length.

If you paid for PTSA memberships and/or a directory you should

have received an email, from wwmsptsa.generalinfo@gmail.com or

wwmsptsa.president@gmail.com,

with a link to the appropriate form.

If you didn’t receive an email please check your spam folder, If the

spam folder search is unsuccessful please email us

at wwmsptsa.generalinfo@gmail.com, and we will send you a new

link.

We continue to receive orders for Wilson t-shirts, hoodies and

magnets! Thank you for your patience as we work to fulfill your

orders. Please note: we have almost depleted our stock of hoodies

for this year and are in the process of ordering more. If you would

like a hoodie for your Bulldog, please submit your spirit order as soon as possible. We would like to place our next order by the

end of next week 9/7/18. The hoodies are on a four-week lead-

time, so you should receive your hoodie by the end of September./

beginning of October! Please contact Staci Fraser 813-215-

3328 or stacifraser77@gmail.com with any questions.

We received several spirit sales orders without a name on the

form, so we don't know who to send them home with. If you didn’t

receive an order, and you think one of these orders is you, please

contact Staci Fraser.

1. Adult S and M hoodie $70 (backordered)

2. 2. Adult L hoodie (backordered) and magnet $40

3. 3. 2 magnets $10

Coming soon! Water bottles with the Wilson logo. The order

form on the website will be updated early next week.

https://www.wwmsbulldogs.org/download-print-ptsa-forms

If you are interested in legislative issues, and other concerns affect-

ing our children and schools, please sign up for the PTSA advocacy

email https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfuYv8XajxKspLq

-9Jm3L_lcppRBaEt5zVVFiCycqeAurZoPw/viewform?usp=sf_link.

Please open the attached link to fill out the WWMS PTSA volun-

teer form.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSewCUb-

_JUlXIANKFnhejvBbpC02t2S-oPykKb11xeQBcptwQ/viewform?

usp=sf_link

Please open the attached link to fill out the WWMS PTSA directo-ry form.

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Tuesday, 9/11/18

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Wilson

Auditorium

The Wilson Media Center hosts a Read More Market each quarter to provide students with

an incentive for excellent reading behaviors in the classroom. Parents have been generous in

the past to donate items that student “purchase” with their Read More Market money. Any

donations are appreciated. Contact Media Specialist, Michelle Sanchez, for more information.

tickets to sporting events

movie gift cards/passes

bluetooth headphones and speakers

artist's supplies, like sharpies, acrylics, markers, etc

restaurant gift cards

smartphone accessories

tickets to arts or music events

anything above $10 that a middle school kid would be interested in.

Sunday, September 30th ~ 10:30am-1:00pm

Sponsored by the Charter Chapter of the Wilson FFA

Student grown ornamentals

and heirloom vegetables available!

Location ~ Wilson Parking Lot

Congratulations to Wilson’s first FFA Officers! 7th grade agriculture students interviewed

with three horticulture community members, just like how the national FFA officers are cho-

sen. Thank you Susan Hoffstetter president of the Davis Island Garden Club, Kitty Wallace

president of the Tampa Federation of Garden Circles and David Whitwam owner of Whitwam

Organics for volunteering your time.

Alena Pichowski President

Amara Weimer Vice President

Chance Groves Secretary

David Ferguson Treasurer

Logan Kijanski Reporter

Zanyri Simeon Sentinel

Katherine Mockler Student Advisor

As our children get older we allow them

more freedoms, like walking to and from school.

The state of Florida

has a great website to search

for registered sexual offenders and predators that

are believed to be residing in or around the school,

your home, your neighborhood, the park or

where ever your child may be.

I am asking all parents review information

found on this site with their child(ren) in whatever

manner you see fit.

This information is available to you,

via the internet, at

http://offender.fdle.state.fl.us/offender/homepage.do

You can then select search options.

It can also be accessed from the Woodrow Wilson

Middle School website, http://wilsonms.mysdhc.org,

by clicking “For Parents” and the “Keeping Your

Child Safe”.

Should you have any questions

about this information, please do not hesitate

to contact our school TPD officer,

Lou Molina at 276-5682 ext. 228.

KEEPING YOUR CHILD SAFE

Bulldog Level Business Partners $2,500)

Brightwater Advisory – The Maddox Family

Ferman Chevrolet / Mazda - Brandon

Pinnacle Health Group – The Diasti Family

Red and Blue Level Business Partners ($1,500)

Vantage Properties - The Mirasola Family

Spirit Level Business Partners ($500)

Domingo Quintero – Keller Williams Realty

LCG Advisors – The Smith Family

Molly Malone’s Irish Pub

Thank you to all who sponsored and made the Back to School Bash a success!! It

was a lovely evening at the yacht club with over 160 people attending.

Special thanks for Rich Whiteley (former Wilson parent) and his band! Funds

raised will go to towards meeting the budget priorities of the Foundation.

Welcome Back Bulldog Families!

Ria Diasti President, Wilson Foundation

Gold Event Sponsors ($2,500+)

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Red Event Sponsors ($1,000)

The Burkett-Adams Family

The Clark Family

Blue Event Sponsors ($500)

Jen and Jeff Austin

Bell Henderson Real Estate Team

The Berman Family

The Brown Family

Bill and Colleen Faucett

Warren and Julie Fisher

The Nickerson Family

RMR Distributors Inc.

The Warner Family

The Woodrow Wilson Foundation

thanks you for the support!

Great Article from our new Art Teacher ~ Ms. Shannon Machina!