Mrs. Varnuska, a famous author, read stories to our classes today! She is an amazing teacher!
It's National School Lunch week and we are having a surfing good time! Thank you to our amazing cafeteria crew for all the fun this week!
Check out or WEMS March Newsletter
We have the best staff!
Kindergarten had a sneaky secret up their sleeves. They broke with tradition and had a surprise 101st day of school celebration! We love you kindergarten!
The 100th Day of School around WEMS today! Look at these old gems!
Williams Athletics Events
02-27-2024
Varsity Baseball/Softball travel to Camp Verde for 3:45 games.
Junior Varsity Baseball/Softball travel to Camp Verde for 1:30 games.
Varsity Golf will also travel to Camp Verde for a 2:30 tee time.
02-27 through 03-02
Varsity Baseball/Softball will travel to Needles, CA. for the Colorado River Invitational. Games will be played Thursday through Saturday.
02-29-2024
WHS Baseball will play Wendover at 12:30 and Lowery at 3:00
WHS Softball will play Tolleson at 12:00 and Palo Verde (Blythe) at 2:40
03-01
WHS Baseball will play Holtville at 10:30 and Spring Creek at 3:30.
WHS Softball will play Faith Lutheran at 8:00 followed by Pool Play.
03-02
After pool play the teams are seed in the tournament.
Thank you WEMS PTSA for hosting our clothing swap yesterday! A HUGE shout out to all the families who donated to the event!
New, "Away for the Day" cell phone policy goes into effect at WEMS starting 3/18/24. Please click the link below to read through with your students. Thank you to the board, staff and families for your feedback and support!
https://5il.co/2f9cr
Thank you WEMS PTSA and student council for a fun dance last night!
WEMS Clothing Swap is 2/23 from 2-6pm in the WEMS Gym! Check out the flyer for more info. Thank you PTSA for your ongoing support of our school!
Good morning WEMS families. At 9:30 AM today, staff and students successfully completed a lockdown DRILL. Practicing regular safety drills such as fire drills and lockdowns are an important part of our safety plan.
The WUSD # 2 Governing Board would like to remind you of the upcoming WUSD # 2 Governing Board Meeting (Regular Session) that will take place on Wednesday, February 14th at 6:00 pm in the Viking Grill. Thank you.
Greetings WUSD # 2 Parents & Guardians,
This is Mr. Evans with a special reminder about the WUSD # 2 district app, powered by Apptegy. When searching in the App Store or Google Play, search “Williams USD # 2”. Download this free app and login with the credentials provided to you by our campuses. Once in the app, you’ll see a toggle icon in the bottom right corner, called “School App (and) Rooms”. When the school app is highlighted, you will have full, regular access to the district app, which shows things like our Live Feed, school events, breakfast and lunch menus, staff directory, athletic events, Bullying Report forms, and so much more.
When you touch “Rooms” in the bottom right corner, it will take you to your child(ren) who attend WUSD schools. Directions on how to add a child, how to login, and other technical needs can be achieved by emailing our IT Team at techsupport@wusd2.org . Other apps such as Band, Remind, WhatsApp, etc. are no longer supported for use by the district. Rooms will be our streamlined, main sources of information. You will continue to receive text messages and Facebook postings from the district.
So, what is Rooms? Rooms connects parents/guardians directly to their children and their children’s schedules, including directly connecting to your children’s teachers. Simply touch Menu in the bottom left to toggle between children, if you have more than 1 child. For each child there is Stream, Classwork, Messages, and Materials.
Stream is like announcements. They are posted from the teacher to everyone in the classroom. You cannot reply back.
Classwork is where a teacher can post assignments, showing what’s been turned in already and what has not. If your child’s teacher uses Google Classroom, those assignments should automatically show in this section on our app.
Messages are where you have direct, two-way communication capabilities with your child(ren’s) teacher(s).
Materials is where a teacher could upload documents, class handouts, and other important resources of class and/or school interest.
All communications and activities are securely archived to maintain a professional and appropriate environment on this platform and to keep everyone safe and accountable.
I cannot stress enough the importance of this app and the multiple features it offers students, teachers, parents, and guardians. If you have not done so already, please download this app today and work with our IT Team to get logged in and connect to your children and their teachers.
This message is also cross posted to Facebook and our Live Feed in the event that you would like to go back and re-read any aspect of this message. Thank you and have a wonderful week.
Greetings WUSD # 2: Based on the forecast (8-12" of more snow and 40-50 mph winds), WUSD # 2 will be CLOSED tomorrow, 2/8/24 (Thursday). NO SCHOOL.
Please stay safe and warm. Enjoy the unexpected long weekend.
Greetings WUSD # 2 Community Members, Students, and Staff:
WUSD # 2 is on a journey to search for science curriculum. ARS 15-721 F (3) requires all schools in Arizona to post for a period of 60 days, all textbooks/curricula that are being considered for selection. Only the Governing Board has the authority to adopt the textbook and/or curriculum. All materials will be open for public viewing, review, and comment beginning February 12th, 2024 and running through Monday April 13th, 2024 at the District Office.
State statute compels schools to post at the district office: 636 S. 7th St. in Williams, AZ.
Hours for public viewing include: Mon-Thurs 8:00 am – 4:30 pm & Fridays by appointment only
WUSD # 2 has received sample materials from:
• K-8 Amplify Science https://amplify.com/programs/amplify-science/
• K-8 elevateScience by Savvas https://www.savvas.com/solutions/science/core-programs/elevatescience
• Middle School OpenSciEd by PocketLab https://www.thepocketlab.com/
• K-12 OpenSciEd via Activate Learning https://activatelearning.com/
• K-12 Inspire Science by McGraw-Hill https://www.mheducation.com/prek-12/explore/online-samples/science.html
• Grades 4-8 Kesler Science (Demo) - create a free account here: https://app.thepocketlab.com/
Please stop by and check them out and leave us your thoughts, comments, and opinions!
Specific questions and concerns can also be sent to: eevans@wusd2.org
To schedule a Friday appointment, please email both: eevans@wusd2.org klogan@wusd2.org
WEMS Valentine's Dance for Elementary and Middle School is February 15th. Special thanks to PTSA and our Student Council for putting on this FUN event!
CORRECTION: No School 2/7/24. Sorry for the confusion on the date.
Greetings WUSD # 2: There will be NO SCHOOL tomorrow, (Wednesday) 2/6/24 due to inclement weather. Stay warm and stay safe!
We will continue to monitor the storm and winter activity for Thursday.
Greetings WUSD # 2: IMPORTANT UPDATES: Winter Weather.
WUSD # 2 will be dismissing students early today, on our early release half day schedule, due to inclement weather. WEMS will dismissed at 12:45. WHS will dismiss at 12:30. Lunches will be offered/served. Buses will provide transportation. There is no PM Kindergarten. There are no afternoon or afterschool activities, with the exception of our WHS basketball teams who are leaving early to travel to their state playoff games. Hotel arrangements are in place, in the event they cannot return after their game. WHS students who do not ride the bus, nor each a lunch, will be dismissed at 11:55. Those WHS students needing a bus ride and/or a lunch, will stay until 12:30.
Please drive home safely and stay tuned for further updates about Wednesday and/or Thursday.