Welcome to the '25-'26 School Year!

Welcome back, everyone! I’m not sure about you, but I don’t know where the summer has gone.  How is it almost the first day of school again!  It seems summers go by faster and faster each year.  Of course, that may be because I'm just getting older.  Ha!

I am so excited to see all your smiling faces again, as well as lots of new faces, and I look forward to sharing some great books with you this year.  I hope you'll find many new stories that will become personal favorites.

You can count on the library to continue sponsoring many fun activities and events, including our Halloween Trivia Night, which is always a lot of fun and was wildly successful last year.

We will begin rolling out iPads to 7th and 8th grade on Tuesday, August 5 followed by 6th grade on Wednesday.  It will take a few days after that to get iPads assigned to brand new students to our system.  After that, I hope to get our ELA classes into the library for visits just as soon as possible.  

Until I get to see you, keep reading!

WMS Students Meet Author Kwame Alexander

Yesterday, some of our students had the chance to go with me to meet award-winning author Kwame Alexander in Bowling Green, Kentucky as part of the conclusion of the "Let's Read" series sponsored by the Warren County Public Library.  

Mr. Alexander is the author of many books, including the 2015 Newbery Medalist The Crossover.  For the past few years, The Crossover has been read by our eighth grade students as part of the Wit and Wisdom curriculum.

The girls were also able to meet actor Trevor Bush who played Vondie in the television adaptation of the novel which airs on Disney Plus.

(L-R)

Sophie Gaines, Haygan Carter, Kwame Alexander, Ellie Evitts, and Kylie Farris

The girls with actor Trevor Bush

Hopefully, next year, we will be able to arrange more trips for all our students to meet some incredible authors throughout the year. 

Until then, keep reading!

Easter Egg Hunt Winners 2025

Congratualtions to our winners from this year's Egg Hunt!  These students found the prize eggs hidden throughout our community on the Saturday before Easter.

The hunt has become a fun, annual event sponsored by our library.

(L-R)

Jackson and Sadie Frnacis, Leona Stock, Abigail Denning, Paige Regan, 

and David Coleman

It's Time For a Scavenger Hunt!

Join us this Saturday morning for our Third Annual WMS Egg Hunt.  It's a scavenger-style hunt and always lots of fun!  Make sure you are following the Westmoreland Middle School Facebook page and watch for picture clues to be posted sometime that morning by 11:00 a.m.  Students finding the prize eggs may bring them back to school the following Monday and claim their prizes!

Ornament Contest Winners

Congratulations to our winners in the 2024 Book Ornament Guessing Contest!  

6th Grade 

Adyson Denning 

7th Grade 

Cole Reynolds (absent for picture)

8th Grade

Levi Ducommon 

Each of these students guessed the most titles correctly in their respective grade and won a goody bag full of prizes prior to our Christmas break.  Awesome job, guys!