Dear WEMS Families,
Today at 9:15 students and staff had an evacuation drill out to our soccer field. Our drill was a success and ensures the safety of our campus.
Thank you for your ongoing support!
Thursday May 5th will be the final YOUTH OPEN GYM for this school year and will resume next school year.
Our baseball and softball programs have qualified for the State Playoffs this year and our softball team will be defending their State Championship from last year. The baseball team finished the year ranked #4 in the State and the softball team finished ranked #3. Both our programs will be hosting the first two rounds of the State Playoffs at home. The baseball program will host on Tuesday, 5/3 @ 4 pm and again on Saturday, 5/7 @ 4 pm if we win on Tuesday. The softball program will host on Wednesday, 5/4 @ 4 pm and again on Friday, 5/6 @ 4 pm if we win on Wednesday. Both are facilities are open and make it difficult to take tickets, but being that these games are State Playoff games, we have to charge admission to each game. The tickets can be purchased through the GoFan Application on your phone. The easiest thing to do is to go to AzPreps365, click on baseball or softball bracket and then select 1A Bracket, click on the tickets button next to our games. The ticket fee is $10 for adult and $5 for students with an additional service fee charged to each ticket. Administration will be walking around during the games to ask to see your tickets on your phone so we can validate the tickets. We enjoy the opportunity to hosts the State Playoffs and appreciate your support in purchasing the tickets to support high school athletics. Please contact Mr. Echeverria at the high school with any questions. Thanks again and Go Vikings!
Greetings WUSD # 2 Community:
WUSD # 2 is considering some curriculum adoption for next school year. There are several curricula on display for public review and comment in the District Office located at 636 S 7th St. It will be available for public view for 60 days and during normal business hours (ending June 26th)
We will have a public meeting or two for public comment on the several options
We hope to adopt K-8 Reading and 6-12 Math this year.
Next year (2024) we hope to adopt K-5 Math and 9-12 ELA (Reading & Writing)
McGraw Hill - Wonders
Benchmark Advance
SuperKids Reading
Savvas - My Perspectives
Study Sync - McGraw Hill
Ready Gen - Pearson
Hello WUSD #2 Community!
The Burns Family (Gabe and Jasmine) would like to gather volunteers to help coordinate Staff Appreciation events (May 2-May 5) for WEMS and WHS!
If you would like to volunteer, please contact them at:
hawaiianmama.jb@gmail.com (Jasmine)
Gabrielburns1102@yahoo.com (Gabe)
Or contact your school.
Thank you!
Mrs. Ragsdale & Dr. Hargis
Vitalant is still accepting walk-ins for the WHS community Blood Drive. If you are interested in donating, please drop by the WHS Gym before 4:00 PM today!
Hello WHS Families!
Just a reminder that this weekend is a 4 day weekend. There is no school on Monday 4/18/22 for a school holiday. We will see you back first thing Tuesday morning! Enjoy your time off.
Hi families - State testing is in full swing and the kids are all working so hard! We had to make a few small changes to our testing schedule. These changes only affect 4th and 5th grade. A revised testing calendar is on our app (updated 4/11/22).
Thank you for your continued support.
Good afternoon WUSD family, the Coaster Park at the East end of town will be opening up today, 4/8 and they wish to help support all our athletic programs in the district. Starting today through April 24th, anyone that has a Williams or Ash Fork driver's license can ride the coaster as many times as they wish for a fee of $5.00 charge each ride and all the funds will be donated to WUSD Athletics. We ask that you take the opportunity to enjoy a reduced cost ride on the coaster and support our athletic programs while doing so. Thank you and have a fantastic weekend.
Hello Volleyball Families!
This is the final week for C - Team. There will be no practice for C-team after this week. C-Team players should be prepared to turn in their uniforms to Coach Stevens following Saturday's games. Good luck at SFDA this weekend!
Middle School students will take the first section of the AASA (state test) tomorrow. Please remind your child to charge their Chromebook tonight.
6th and 7th graders will take the writing test. 8th graders will take the science portion of the AASA.
From the USDOE, the NIL, and the LPF:
"The consequence of not learning to read is significant. It is important to understand the impact that early literacy instruction has on a student’s future. According to the U.S. Department of Education and the National Institute of Literacy (Gaille, 2017) as well as the Literacy Project Foundation (2019), the following statistics outline the state of literacy in the United States"...
14% of the US adult population cannot read.
19% of high school graduates cannot read.
85% of juveniles who interact with the juvenile court system are considered functionally illiterate.
70% of inmates in America’s prisons cannot read above the fourth-grade level.
45 million Americans are functionally illiterate and cannot read above a fifth-grade level.
50% of adults cannot read a book written at an eighth-grade level.
3 out of 4 people on welfare can’t read.
Only 1/3 of fourth graders reach the proficient reading level.
WUSD # 2 will continue to highlight the importance of literacy and reading in all of our students. We will continue to look at all the levers, resources, and mechanisms that we can pull to continue to emphasize the importance of Literacy Skills in our students.
Kudos to Ms. Oswald at WEMS for another successful year of Scholastic Book Fairs. This year, due to your wonderful support, WEMS has generated almost 800 new Scholastic Books that will very soon be on our bookshelves, ready for kids to check out! Although we were disappointed that we could not offer BOGO this spring, it's a wonderful feeling knowing that ALL students will soon have access to these new Scholastic Books in their very own WEMS Library!
Soon, we will post vital data related to Literacy in the U.S. to our FB and Twitter pages. We encourage you to check it out and to continue to find ways to support and prioritize reading and literacy in the home.
WHS 9th and 11th grade students will be participating in testing this week, Tuesday-Thursday with the following assessments:
4/5/22 - ACT for 11th grade
4/6/22 - ACT Aspire for 9th grade
4/7/22 - AzSci for 11th grade
Student Athletes can make up the assessment on Wednesday 4/13/22.
Testing will begin at approximately 8:15 and should take between 3 and 5 hours depending on the assessment. There will be no change to the daily schedule.
WEMS 3rd-8th grade will be participating in state testing starting next week. In case you did not receive a paper copy of the testing schedule, one is attached here. Testing begins each morning between 8:15 and 8:30.
Here is resource for counseling. Any K-12 student in Coconino County can receive counseling regardless of what type of insurance you have. Contact info is on the flyer.
Coconino Community college is offering FREE TUITION this summer for Class of 2022 graduates. Why not get a jump on your after high school additional schooling or training FOR FREE. The link to view the classes being offered is https://selfservice.coconino.edu/prod/bwckschd.p_disp_dyn_sched
Hello WHS community! We have successfully conducted a Fire drill today (3/24/22) at 11:29 AM at Williams High School.
Good morning WEMS families. This is a reminder that there will be no Falcon Flyers today due to parent conferences. School will dismiss at 12:45 today.
Students who take the bus home will arrive at their stop stop 3 hours earlier than normal.
Hello WHS Vikings Families! We will be holding parent/teacher conferences tomorrow 3/24/22 from 2:00-6:00 PM at the WHS campus. In addition, we will be on a half day schedule tomorrow with the day ending after lunch at 12:30. We look forward to seeing you there!