Western Wayne Middle School Administration has recognized Samantha Duval and Luckus Balmer as outstanding sixth grade students for the month of October.

          Samantha enjoys her library and science classes best this year.  She loves to read especially mystery and romance books.  In her science class, she likes reading and learning about the earth.  When she grows up, Samantha would like to be a veterinarian, and, therefore, she knows she will need to know a lot about science. 

          In addition, when Samantha isn’t reading.  She can be found practicing her flute.  “I’ve always loved music and love to play the flute,” Samantha said.

          In her spare time, Samantha does more reading.  Two of her current favorite books are A Dog’s Purpose and Wonder.

          As a hobby Samantha likes to make rubber band jewelry for her family and friends.  “It makes me happy that I’m making other people happy,” Samantha explained.

          Luckus also likes to make others happy in school by showing them respect.  He said he is working hard this year to participate in his classes especially his math class.

          When Luckus isn’t answering discussion questions in his classes, he can be found practicing his trombone in band class.

          “I like to play in band where I get to work on my music with a lot of kids who are really good at their instruments,” Luckus said.

          In addition to band class, Luckus also enjoys his technology education class.  He explained how they are working on a windmill project made of Legos.  Luckus likes to do hands-on work.

          In Luckus’ spare time he continues to work on his music skills. 

          “I practice my trombone in my spare time, because that way I will get better at it,” Luckus explained.

          Western Wayne faculty, administration, and staff are proud of both Samantha and Luckus’ accomplishments and wish them the best with their continued efforts for success.

Western Wayne Middle School Administration has recognized Mitchell Lunn and Gianna Rosetti, both sixth graders, as outstanding students for the month of September. 

        Mitchell has been very respectful to his classmates and teachers this first month of school.  He has even been seen holding doors open for his teachers.  “It feels good just to be helping people,” Mitchell said.  Mitchell’s favorite class is math.  He is always prepared for class and loves learning about exponents.  Mitchell also enjoys his band class where he is learning how to play the trombone.  In his spare time, Mitchell likes to ride his bike, play video games, and take walks with his mom and two dogs.

      Like Mitchell, Gianna has also been recognized for being very respectful to others at school.  She too enjoys her math class the most.  “It’s a fun class where I get to figure things out,” Gianna said.  In addition, Gianna likes her chorus class where she can develop the quality of her singing.  In her spare time, Gianna enjoys taking walks with her younger cousins. She also looks forward to joining track and cross country in seventh grade.

The Western Wayne community is proud of Mitchell and Gianna’s accomplishments and can’t wait to see what they do next.

The Strengthening Families Program 10-14 returns to Western Wayne School District Wednesday, September 25, 2019.  SFP is designed for 10-14 year old students and their parents.  It is designed to help youth learn about setting positive future goals, peer pressure resistance skills, positive management of emotions, coping with stress and communication skills.  It is a great opportunity for families to work together as their youth transitions to the teen years and adjusts to middle school.    There is an opportunity for parents to develop decision making, establish boundaries, and life skills including stress management, peer relationships and goal setting. It is a great opportunity to meet new families and build on your family strengths.    

The program runs from 5:30-8:00 PM at Western Wayne Middle School.  Each of the seven sessions begins with a family supper. Babysitting is provided for those families with younger siblings.  There is no charge to our families for this project.  Sign-up today by contacting Mrs. Jennifer Bradley, Principal of Western Wayne Middle School, 800-321-9973.

In the popular movie musical The Greatest Showman both a younger and older version of the character P.T. Barnum sings the song “A Million Dreams” about everything he wishes to accomplish in his life. Therefore, it seemed only fitting that the 8^th grade Western Wayne Middle School chorus would sing this song in front of their family and friends at the Middle School’s annual Moving-Up Ceremony held on the morning of Monday, June 10, in the Middle School Gym.

 “Cause every night I lie in bed/ The brightest colors fill my head/ A million dreams are keeping me awake/ I think of what the world could be/ A vision of the one I see/ A million dreams is all it’s gonna take/ A million dreams for the world we’re gonna make,” the students sang as everyone in attendance sat and reflected on the students’ time in the middle school and wished them the best for their new journey in high school.

          Eighth grade students, their teachers, administrators, and family members all attended the ceremony along with their fellow 6^th and 7^th grade classmates and teachers.

          All 8^th grade students received awards in various categories for excellence or improvement in all academic and unified arts classes.  In addition, students received awards for good citizenship, excellent work habits, and for a variety of high academic achievements such as making the honor roll for 11 quarters in middle school from 6^th through 8^th grade.

          It is also a Western Wayne Middle School tradition for many years that two outstanding students, one male and one female, are recognized for their patriotism and leadership among other qualities.  The local chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution and the local American Legion present these awards. 

          Charlene Edgerton and Eloise Fasshauer presented the Daughters of the American Revolution Award to 8^th grader Elizabeth Wasylyk. 

          Elizabeth received the good citizenship medal from the Daughters of the American Revolution for being an outstanding student in the 8^th grade class who exhibits the qualities of honor and honesty, service, courage, leadership, and patriotism.

          George Shaffer presented the American Legion Award to 8^th grader Charles Dietrich.

          Charles received this annual award for being an outstanding student in the 8^th grade class who exhibits the qualities of honor, scholarship, Americanism, leadership, and courage.

          Both Elizabeth and Charles felt extremely honored to receive their respective awards.  They also both, at first, felt shocked to learn the Daughters of the American Revolution and the American Legion had chosen them for these high honors.

          “I felt surprised and honored,” Elizabeth said.

 Elizabeth is a high honor roll student who enjoys spending much of her free time reading a variety of books.  She has been a member of the school’s Reading Team throughout her middle school career.  Now she looks forward to new academic challenges in the high school.

“I’m looking forward to taking all of my honors classes next year,” Elizabeth explained.  She will take honors courses in the areas of English, history, and science.

Her fellow honoree Charles also looks forward to his honors courses next year in history and geometry. In addition, he feels excited for a new routine.

“I’m excited to be going to a new school with my friends and to have more freedom,” Charles, who plays baseball and basketball for Western Wayne, explained.

          Middle School Principal Kristen Donohue gave closing remarks at the ceremony.   She cited lyrics from the song “Just One Person” and encouraged the students to reflect on the people who helped to shape their lives in middle school and to remember the importance of, above all else, being someone who believes in him or herself.

As the song goes, “If just one person believes in you/  Deep enough, and strong enough, believes in you/ Hard enough, and long enough before you knew it, /Someone else would think, if he can do it, I can do it.”

It is the hope of the middle school staff that this eighth grade class will take all that they have learned in their middle school careers and use it to guide them into their journey as high school students in the fall.