WOLF WEEKLY
January 7, 2024
Good evening Lake Ridge Middle School Parents/Guardians- We hope you’ve enjoyed your Winter Break and we are excited to have you back in the building on Tuesday
OUTSTANDING EDUCATOR AWARDS
We are excited to announce nominations for the PWCS Teacher and Support Employee of the Year are coming soon! These awards are an opportunity to recognize the hard work and commitment of our staff. Here are the awards you can vote for:
Teacher of the Year: PWCS will award an Elementary and Secondary Teacher of the Year. To be eligible for this award, teachers must have at least three full years of teaching experience.
Novice Teacher of the Year: PWCS will award an Elementary and Secondary Novice Teacher of the Year. To be eligible for this award, teachers must have less than three full years of teaching experience.
Principal of the Year: PWCS will award an Elementary and Secondary Principal of the Year. To be eligible for this award, principals must have at least three full years of administrative experience (assistant principal, office administrator, or above).
NEW! Support Employee of the Year: PWCS will award a Support Employee of the Year. To be eligible for this award, support employees must have successfully completed their 12-month probationary period in their current position and serve in a classified (non-exempt) role.
Use this link to nominate for Teacher of the Year, Novice Teacher of the Year, and Support Employee of the Year. The nomination window closes on Friday, January 26, 2024.
Use this link to nominate for Principal of the Year. The nomination window closes on Monday, February, 5, 2024.
PTO
Our next PTO Spirit Night is scheduled for Tuesday, January 9, 2024 at Chik-Fil-A located at 4101 Old Bridge Road. It is from 5-8pm. Please see the attached flyers with instructions for ordering to ensure that the PTO earns 20% of the registered receipts.
LRMS DRAMA
LRMS Drama proudly presents Annie Jr.
Our show will take place on Thursday, March 21st and Friday, March 22nd (the week before Spring Break). Auditions will be on Wednesday, January 10th, by signup only! Auditions are open to the entire school. Students need to make sure that the production is the priority and make sure that they can commit to coming to all rehearsals. Students should prepare a short monologue and a short song. We do not have an accompanist, so students can sing acapella or have a digital recording of their audition. Use this link to signup for an audition time. An audition and crew packet is also attached. Contact Ms. Couchman if you have any questions.
WORK FOR PWCS
Are you interested in working for Prince William County Public Schools? PWCS Human Resources is holding a Substitute Food Services Associate Job Fair on January 24, 2024 from 9:00 AM – 6:30 PM. Please see the attached flyer for more information. In addition, they Human Resources Department has also increased the pay for a few other positions:
- Now hiring school bus drivers. Starting rate of pay $23.93 per hour. Health and retirement benefits available – bring your child to work.
- Now hiring substitute bus attendants at $16.80 per hour. Flexible schedule – bring your child to work.
- Substitute teachers new rate of pay is $19.84 per hour. Substitute Teacher Assistants increase to $17.95 per hour. See attached flyer
ATHLETICS
Girl's Basketball and Wrestling tryouts are slated to begin on January 22, 2024. This is a friendly reminder that you must have a 2023-2024 Athletic Physical and Concussion Training on file before being eligible to try out. You can complete the Concussion Training Online (https://www.pwcs.edu/academics___programs/student_activities/concussion_information); if you receive an error code stating that your Student ID is invalid, please email Mr. Larson ([email protected]) immediately to help alleviate the issue. More information about tryouts will be shared over the next few weeks.
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Boy's Basketball |
Game @ Hampton - AWAY |
Practice 3:05 to 5:05 pm |
Game vs. Saunders - Home |
JV Practice - 3:05 to 5:05 pm |
JV - OFF |
Games are slated to start at 5:15 pm to allow adequate time for both teams and officials to arrive and warm up, doors will not be opening until 4:55 pm.
PWCS enacted a no-bag policy for all indoor athletic events at the middle school level. This aligns with the policy currently in place at all high schools. This includes backpacks, purses, camera equipment bags, etc. Small wallet-sized clutch bags, clear diaper bags, and medically necessary bags are permitted. These bags may be subject to search. This policy went into effect for indoor athletic events at all middle schools on Monday, January 10, 2022. Our school will NOT have a plan to secure any student bookbags as needed during athletic events. We will not be responsible for securing bags from attendees who are not students at our school. A signage will be posted to remind attendees before arriving at the ticket area. We thank you in advance for adhering to this policy and look forward to having you with us to cheer on our student-athletes.
As a reminder, any student planning to attend any sporting event must go home after school and return for the game. Students are not permitted to remain at the school until the start of the event. In addition, If you are Academically Ineligible, more than 1 Failing class from the 1st Quarter, you are unable to attend any athletic event. We will be checking the Ineligibility list before purchasing tickets for our Athletic Events.
Monday will be a “B” day.
Jim Dutrow
Principal
Lake Ridge Middle School
703-494-5154