Hello Wilson Families and Community Members:
Welcome to the new online, interactive version of the Wilson Messenger, our school’s quarterly newsletter. It is a private, non-searchable collection of school happenings–sent to our community through email.
A recent survey of parents indicated that Wilson families would like to receive more school news via a video webinar format. Representatives from my student advisory to the principal group indicate that they, too, would enjoy more interactive and modern content to represent their school in the Messenger.
To that end, we have made the change to this format. On the right of this video message are the links to the regular sections that will be included in each issue. In addition, my student advisors have indicated that they would like to see more content posted by students. So, many of the contributors to this issue are students. I am very proud of their work and, as a former middle school English teacher, I have enjoyed working with them to create the Messenger.
Each section allows you, the reader, to respond to content via a blog format. It is the hope that the blog format will allow community members to engage in dialogue about school happenings and interact with student writers. Please scroll down through each page you visit as many links are listed lower down out of sight of your first glance at the page.
There are rules of engagement to posting for this site, as this is a community document and is read by all of our families and many of our students, aged 10 to 14. If you intend to post a blog comment to the messenger site, it is subject to approval from a moderator and must include a recognizable first and last name with the comment. The content should be something appropriate for everyday conversation—as if you were giving that comment to the writer herself, face-to-face. I have posted sample blog entries below and on other pages. I welcome you do to the same.
We hope you enjoy this new format and look forward to your feedback about your reading experience. This technology rich, multimedia and interactive format seeks to support our goals of maintaining a cutting-edge middle school teaching 21st century skills and educating students about positively connecting with others while using technology to communicate ideas.
We hope you enjoy it!
Anna Nolin
Principal
Here is a sample blog comment! I invite you to do so as well! Keep in mind that this is a moderated site and children and families view this content.