WMS PTA

every child. one voice.

8th grade Boardwalk Beach Carnival and Dance

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Boardwalk Beach Carnival and Dance at WMS – Friday, June 9, 2023, from 6 – 8 pm, parents to drop off/pick up at the school, children to dress in boardwalk/beach attire (no swimsuits);

For our Boardwalk Beach Carnival and Dance, we will reach out closer to the event with a Sign Up Genius to recruit a few parent volunteers and obtain donations to make the event fun and fabulous for our 8th Graders! For the other events, the school administration is mainly involved and organizing them, but as soon as we know more, we will contact everyone!

*In the meantime, if you have not donated to the 8th Grade Activity Fund yet but plan to do so, please do so now! Our budgets for the above events come directly from the activity fund for our class. We’d like to be able to solicit few donated items so that our children AND their parents can enjoy these events as stress-free as possible! There is a video on our PTA website that shows how we use the Class Funds for our fall and spring festivals as well as for our 8th Grade events.

8th Grade Field Trip

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8th Grade Families—-King’s Dominion Trip info
On Monday, June 12, 2023, all 8th grade students will attend the all-day Field Trip to Kings Dominion. All students were given the information letter and a permission slip field trip form in their science class.

The cost of the trip is $100.00 ***All fees paid are non-refundable, due to the quick turnaround on this trip*** (No Exception). In the event a student is unable to attend, they will receive their ticket which is good for the 2023 season.
Payment Options:
Use the link to pay online– https://osp.osmsinc.com/p/AY070-VAR9 Please provide the student’s last name, first name on the description line.
Send in a cash or a check made payable to WMS- put student first, last name on the memo section of the check. Submit to Ms. Warden- room 115
Permission Slip and payment are due by May 12, 2023. Permission slips need to be given to Ms. Warden in room 115. Please let me know if you need financial assistance. Any parent donations are appreciated.
Please direct any questions to me at lisa.warden@apsva.us.

The WMS Courtyard Needs your Help!

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Calling all Gardeners, Want-to-be Gardeners, and those who like to work in the dirt: The WMS Courtyard Needs Your Help!

The Williamsburg 7th Grade Life Science and the Extended Day teachers are working together with the Arlington Master Gardeners to improve the WMS Courtyard to make it a rich, engaging learning environment for our students. We cannot do itnalone, we need your help! Please see below for opportunities to make a difference. Signing up in advance is not necessary but it does help us plan.

Opportunity 1 – May 13, 2023 8:00 am-12:00 pm

  1. Help clean out and prepare the flower beds for new soil and new plants.
  2. Help move a delivery of soil into the courtyard.
  3. If time and resources allow, begin planting.
  4. Please bring your own gardening gloves and tools if possible.

Link to sign-up (optional but helpful for planning)

Opportunity 2 – Native Plant Donations:
Our goal is to stock the courtyard with native plants. If you have, or know of anyone who has native Virginia plants that can be split or transplanted (see list below), we welcome donations.

Native Plant List:

  • Wild or Eastern Red Columbine (Aquilegia canadensis)
  • Jack-in-the-Pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum)
  • Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata)
  • Butterfly Weed (Asclepias tuberosa)
  • Blue Wild Indigo (Baptisia australis)
  • Yellow Wild Indigo (Baptisia tinctoria)
  • Whorled or Threadleaf Coreopsis (Coreopsis verticillata)
  • Joe-pye Weed (Eutrochium fistulosum)
  • Wild Geranium (Geranium maculatum)
  • Narrow-leaved Sunflower (Helianthus angustifolius)
  • Large or Eastern Blazing Star (Liatris scariosa)
  • Cardinal Flower (Lobelia cardinalis)
  • Scarlet Beebalm (Monarda didyma)
  • Eastern Prickly-pear (Opuntia humifusa)
  • Golden Ragwort (Packera aurea)
  • Narrow-leaf Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum tenuifolium)
  • Zig-Zag Goldenrod (Solidago flexicaulis)
  • Narrow-leaved Blue-eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium angustifolium)
  • New England Aster (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae)
  • New York Ironweed (Vernonia noveboracensis)
  • Golden Alexanders (Zizia aurea)
  • Purple Love Grass (Ergrostis spectabilis)
  • Little Bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium)
  • Indian Grass (Sorghastrum nutans)
  • Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis)
  • Witch Hazel (Hamamelis virginiana)
  • Northern Spicebush (Lindera benzoin)
  • Ninebark (Physocarpus opulifolius)
  • Common Elderberry (Sambucus candensis)
  • Early Lowbush Blueberry (Vaccnium pallidum)


Click here for the informational flyer.