It's Track Season!

Please come out and support our track athletes and coaches!  As you may already know, our boys and girls teams have consistently performed well at the district level and some of our atheletes even place competitively at the state and national level.  It's great to watch our students succeed!  The next home meet is Thursday March 22 at Milton Frank Stadium beginning at 3:30.  Hope to see you there and Go Hawks!!!

PTSA General Meeting

See you tomorrow evening at 6pm in the school lecture hall. Even if you're not a PTSA member we need your attendance. We have lots of wonderful information to share so you don't want to miss this! See then & Go Hawks!

3rd Annual Williams Middle School Community Blood Drive

I am so excited!  The 3rd Annual Williams Middle School Blood Drive is Tuesday, February 14th from 11 a.m. – 6 p.m inside the middle school gym.

Donating blood with LifeSouth Community Blood Centers serves our local community. Blood donated with LifeSouth stays in North Alabama; helping patients in our local hospitals. Approximately 1,000 people are needed each week for local patient care. Please join us on Tuesday, February 14th and make a lifesaving difference.
• All blood donors will be entered into a drawing for an iPad2.

• Each student that recruits at least two donors will receive a homework pass (donors that fill out the pledge card and donate blood).

All blood types are needed!  Join us and give the gift of life!

The Cinnamon Challenge

Please be aware that we had several 8th grade students participate in the Cinnamon Challenge at school.


The Cinnamon challenge is a competition (a game) in which a person attempts to eat or swallow a spoonful of ground cinnamon without drinking anything. While the challenge appears to be very simple and easy, it is actually very difficult because the cinnamon quickly dries out the mouth, making it very prohibitive to swallow.

Officer Lehman reported to me that this behavior can be dangerous and even deadly. If you know of any students who are doing this please let me know and thanks so much for help with this!

January PTSA Meeting

Please join us on Thursday, January 26th for our PTSA Meeting.  As always, we welcome your support and input.  This year is moving quickly!  Already we are looking toward next year to include considering our PTSA goals and leadership for the 2012-2013 school year.  I would love for YOU to be a part of the excitement as we plan for the future!  Bring your ideas and we will see you Thursday at 5:30pm in our school Lecture Hall.  Go Hawks!

New Year - Continued Focus!

I hope everyone had an excellent Holiday Season filled with fun, family and relaxation!  As we move into our 2nd Semester of the school year, we will continue our focus on increasing student achievement and giving our students opportunities to "Link Learning to Life".  Beginning next month, we will shift our focus for Hawk Time to include a more  engaging intervention period for students needing additional help.  Teachers are work diligently right now to determine where our needs lie.  We ask that you continue to encourage your student to do their best!  Whether it's homework, tests or Star Enterprise assessments, we need them to show us what they know.  This will greatly assist our Curriculum Team in determining how to best meet the academic needs of all students.

Please check our school website and look for more information in the coming weeks about:
1.  Black History Program
2.  3rd Annual Williams Middle School Community Blood Drive
3.  PTSA General Meeting
4.  Track team tryouts

Thanks for your continued support and Go Hawks!!

MindSET STEM Program

I am so excited!! We are partnering with UAH's school of engineering for a unique math and science program called MindSET.  On next Saturday, December 10th from 9am to 12noon (in the Williams Middle lecture hall)our students will have the opportunity to work with engineering students of Tau Beta Pi(Engineering Honor Society).  

Student teams will build a 12 inch bridge and have an awesome learning experience.  This free workshop is open to all WMS students but only the first 50 will be accepted.  Applications are available from math and science teachers or email me and I will send it to you. Applications should be turned in by next Wednesday.  What a great opportunity for our students to "Link learning to life"!