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.

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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.

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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!

2024 Book Ornament Contest

We've decorated the library Christmas tree with 20 ornaments.  Each ornament represents a different work of literature.  To win a prize, be the student in each grade to correctly guess the most titles!  Entry forms are in the library, or you can write your guesses on a sheet of paper numbered 1-20.

Forms/answer sheets are due back to the library by the end of the day on Dec. 18.

In case of a tie, a drawing will determine the winner.

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So, do any titles come to mind after looking at these.  Be sure to let us know what you think.

Until then, keep reading!

P.S.  Shhh...don't share your answers with your friends.

Christmas Trivia Night

Our second trivia night event of the year was another big success!  Despite busy schedules and really, really cold weather (and SNOW), we had sixty people come out for this night of fun.

The Robotics Team served up some yummy soups and chili, as well as some tasty desserts and a hot chocolate bar.

Congratulations to our Christmas Trivia Night winners who pulled off the W with a tie-breaking question…The Dream Team, comprised of Todd Rollin, Abigail Rollin, Evelyn Barrett, Harmonie Little, Kathy Jones, and Heather Rollin.

A great big thank you to everyone who braved the cold temps and came out to support the library and robotics team.

We also want to thank everyone who made this event possible...Mr. Rick Duffer, Mr. John Creasy, Ms. Amy Stone, Ms. Tracy Cannon, Ms. Summer Lewis, Ms. Kathy Jones, the robotics team, the robotics’ parents who supplied concession items, our library workers (Sophie, Haygan, Kylie, and Ellie) for making copies and other preliminary tasks, John Heath Creasy, Bryce Kittrell, and Blake Gregory for helping clean up, and these wonderfully generous people for supplying our door prizes: Ms. Paula Troutt and The Farmers Bank, Ms. Shelia Franks, Ms. Bridgett Summers, and Ms. Candace Woodard. Forgive us if we have inadvertently missed recognizing anyone.

Our winning team..."The Dream Team"

We're keepingour fingers crossed that we will be able to do one final trivia night before the end of the school year.  

Until then, keep reading!

Trivia Night Was a HUGE Success

We had an AMAZING turnout for our Trivia Night with more than a hundred people in attendance! A big thank you to everyone who came out to support the library and the robotics team. We hope you had as much fun as we did.

 

Our winner was the Ghouls Night Out team made up of Amy Bratcher and Kelly Smith. Congratulations to these ladies, and to all our door prize winners, as well. 

Hopefully, we’ll be able to do a Christmas-themed trivia night in December. Be on the lookout for info in another month.

The winning team "Ghouls Night Out" (Kelly Smith and Amy Bratcher) with Ms. Creasy

Happy Halloween

For Halloween, allow me to share with you one of my favorite children's poems.  Do yourself and others a favor and read it to someone tonight.  For a bigger thrill, read it by candle or firelight.

Happy Halloween, and don't let the goblins get you!