WMS Activities/Athletics/Clubs and Sponsors
2023-2024
| Clubs & Organizations | Eligible Grades | Supervisor | Deadline, Dates, Meeting Location and Times | Application Link if Required | Purpose |
| Art Club | 6th, 7th, 8th | Robyn Wilms | Fall, Winter, Spring *Wed. (PM) Once a month | Permission Form | The purpose of the art club is to provide students who have an interest in art an opportunity to explore art and craft forms beyond what is offered in the curriculum, individually and in groups. |
| Broadcasting/News Team | 7th, 8th | Genevieve McGarry Lisa Darrow Suzanne Tingle |
Fall, Winter, Spring *Daily 8:50-9AM | Application | The student news team will allow students to learn to write scripts, deliver announcements, and record daily broadcast to be viewed by the students and staff of WMS. |
| Chess Club | 6th, 7th, 8th | Jessica Hunter | Fall, Winter, Spring *2 times/monthly (AM) | Permission Form | The purpose of the chess club is to teach students to play chess and chess strategies, along with developing critical thinking skills. |
| Environmental Club | 7th, 8th | Julie Dingman Ellen Forbes |
Fall, Winter, Spring *Thurs. (AM) Weekly or Bi-weekly | Permission Form | To help students love and appreciate the world they live in and to be better world citizens by taking care of the Earth. |
| FCA/First Priority | 6th, 7th, 8th | Susan Baker Beronica Peterson |
Fall, Winter, Spring *Wed, (8 AM) | Permission Form | A student-initiated Christian based club that also allows students the opportunity to collaborate and participate on service projects. |
| Robotics Club | 6th, 7th, 8th | Adriana Strougo | Fall, Winter, Spring *Wed. (AM) Once a month. 8-9am | Permission Form | Students will learn and apply coding using various software and hardware, such as MBot, Sphero, or drones |
| Academic Clubs & Curricular Organization | Eligible Grades | Supervisor | Deadline, Dates, Meeting Location and Times | Application Link if Required | Purpose |
| Academic Bowl Team | 6th, 7th, 8th | Emily Green Jeffrey Morris |
Fall & Winter (1st semester) | Nomination Information Packet | The CCSD Academic Bowl is a timed competition designed to encourage academic achievement. At the middle level, competition is open to students in grades 6-8. |
| Drama Club | 6th, 7th, 8th | LaCinda Adamson | Fall & Winter | Drama Club Agreement Form | A club designed to allow students a chance to act in one production a year in order to showcase their talent and hobby. It also allows students to be able to participate in stage crew, prop crew, production photography, videography, and front of house for the production in order to allow students who would rather do behind the scenes work to make the production possible. |
| Friends Club | 7th & 8th | Belinda Mazza Amanda Anderson |
Fall, Winter, Spring | Application & Teacher Recommendation | Friends Club allows students the opportunity to engage with peers in the Achieve or Reach Special Education classroom where they provide peer modeling for socialization, communication, and functional academic skills. |
| WMS Yearbook Club | 7th, 8th | Stacy Henderson | Fall, Winter, Spring *Tues. (AM) Once a month. 8:15-8:50 | WMS Yearbook Application | Students chosen for the staff will be able to expand their knowledge in technology, graphic arts, writing, interviewing, and additional media production skills. |
| National Jr. Honor Society | 6th, 7th, 8th | Stephanie Vidrine | Fall, Winter, Spring *Tues. (AM) Once a month. 8:15-8:50 | Nomination Information Packet | The National Junior Honor Society (NJHS) elevates a school’s commitment to the values of scholarship, service, leadership, character, and citizenship and helps middle-level students develop the knowledge and skills to become well-rounded student leaders in their school, community, and beyond. |
| Science Fair | 6th, 7th, 8th | Jessica Pinkston | Spring & Fall | Permission Form | A forum for students to showcase their original research, compete for awards, and interact with top-level professional scientists. The science fair system in Georgia serves not only to recognize students for their achievements, but also to prepare students to succeed and flourish in an increasingly complex and highly technical world by becoming problem solvers, critical thinkers, reflective learners, and more productive and influential members of their communities. |
| Science Bowl | 6th, 7th, 8th | Brandi Miller Rosa Frederick |
Permission Form | ||
| Social Studies Fair | 6th, 7th, 8th | Brigette Evangilista | Fall | Permission Form | Local, regional and state social studies fairs annually present exhibitions of student work from grades 5- 12. Each project is designed to show research and conclusions about the study of people and their relationships to their physical and social environment. |
| Spelling Bee | 6th, 7th, 8th | Heather Burke | Fall | Spelling bees offer an opportunity for students to exhibit their proficiency in the art of spelling | |
| Student Council (Pack Leaders ) | 6th, 7th, 8th | Tia Bryller Emma Coulter |
Spring & Fall | Nomination Information Packet | School Council will provide advice, recommendations, assistance and represent the community of students, parents, and business. |
| STEM Club | 6th, 7th, 8th | Stephanie Vidrine | Fall, Winter, Spring | STEM club is designed to expose students to the 4c's of STEM and encourage problem based learning. | |
| (TOME) Reading Bowl Team | 6th, 7th, 8th | Suzanne Tingle Dr. Meredith Gulledge |
Fall, Winter, Spring | Permission Form | CCSD TOME Student Literacy Society provides student competitions across multiple literacies at the district &/or state level. |
| Boys Basketball (A & B) | 6th, 7th, 8th | Hudson Rubio | Fall & Winter *AM and/or PM | Athletic Participation Form | WMS athletic programs provide an opportunity for students to practice good sportsmanship in an environment where they make lasting friendships, develop communication skills, feel a sense of community, and learn to respect themselves, teammates, and coaches. “Good sportsmanship is viewed by the National Federation as a concrete measure of the understanding and commitment to fair play, ethical behavior and integrity.” |
| Girls Basketball (A & B) | 6th, 7th, 8th | Josh Foster | Fall & Winter *AM and/or PM | Athletic Participation Form | WMS athletic programs provide an opportunity for students to practice good sportsmanship in an environment where they make lasting friendships, develop communication skills, feel a sense of community, and learn to respect themselves, teammates, and coaches. “Good sportsmanship is viewed by the National Federation as a concrete measure of the understanding and commitment to fair play, ethical behavior and integrity.” |
| Cheer Team (A & B) | 6th, 7th, 8th | Sophia Scott Meredith Gulledge |
Fall & Winter *AM and/or PM | Athletic Participation Form | WMS athletic programs provide an opportunity for students to practice good sportsmanship in an environment where they make lasting friendships, develop communication skills, feel a sense of community, and learn to respect themselves, teammates, and coaches. “Good sportsmanship is viewed by the National Federation as a concrete measure of the understanding and commitment to fair play, ethical behavior and integrity.” |