West Middle School
West Cares Food and Clothing Pantry
by: Amanda Marino
West Cares is a food and clothing pantry located outside the front doors at West Middle School in Oak Creek. The "give what you can and take what you need" pantry is open 24 hours a day. We accept non-perishable food items, small household goods (hand tools, cooking utensils), paper and laundry products, gently used clothing items and toiletry items. Money raised will be used to fill the pantry when needed.
West Middle School
Oak Creek, WI
FIRST LEGO League Carolinas Invitational
by: Liz Reck
Oak Creek-Franklin West Middle School’s 8th Grade FIRST LEGO League (FLL) Team 38663 Outrageous Creators has earned the honor of representing Wisconsin at the Carolinas Open Invitational robotics tournament in Myrtle Beach, SC, May 6 - May 9. The 48 team international competition will feature teams from 28 states and 16 countries. Three hundred sixty-one teams competed in the FLL City Shaper challenge in Wisconsin this year, progressing through a series of regional and sectional qualifying tournaments, with the top 36 teams advancing to the state championship. Each FLL team designed, built, and programmed a fully autonomous LEGO Mindstorms EV3 robot to compete in the robot game and also worked to identify a problem in their community, develop a unique problem solution, and craft a creative presentation to showcase their work. Team 38663 Outrageous Creators identified a problem with a lack of safe, inclusive play space at Oak Creek middle schools and worked with local and national experts to create a design for an all-inclusive sensory playground at East Middle School. The team shared their ideas with school district administrators, school board members, and members of the Oak Creek community. Whether they are designing the robot, developing their project, mentoring younger FLL students at West, or competing at an event, Team 38663 Outrageous Creators always keeps the FLL core values of inclusion, innovation, impact, discovery, teamwork and fun at the heart of everything they do. Team 38663 Outrageous Creators is raising funds for the four-day trip to Myrtle Beach. We estimate that the team will need approximately $10,000 to send students, coaches, and chaperones to the event. Costs include tournament registration, airfare, lodging, food, team shirts and project supplies. Please help the Outrageous Creators participate in a once-in-a-lifetime educational opportunity that they will remember forever.
West Middle School
Oak Creek, WI
2019 WMS Color Run/Walk
by: Amanda Marino
WMS Color Run/Walk October 11th 2:30 It is time for West Middle School's 4th Annual Color Run/Walk! The money raised will go to the students of Oak Creek West Middle School to support building incentives like the Semester 1 Attendance Assembly, West Fest, and portable speakers to go with the new sound system. We also hope to continue to add to what we hope will one day be an outdoor classroom, plus find ways to add decor to the new learning spaces that were created this summer!! Students can participate with a $5 entry fee, 3 hours logged service hours, or reach donation levels with prizes. The first prize donation level is $30. At this level, students will get an event t-shirt and an individual color dye pack for the race day. The additional incentive and prize breakdowns will be explained further in the parent flyer. Students can collect in person donations (cash or check) and return to school, or make an individual site through Classmunity! Click "Promote this Campaign" to create a personal website to send to family and friends! The donation collection period ends on Friday, October 4th. The school wide Color Run/Walk celebration will be at West on October 11th! Link to our flyer: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jP1Ahk2U6ZwWFepuwgR2KUPEGBV0IMZu/view
West Middle School
Oak Creek, WI
WMS Color Run/Walk
by: Amanda Marino
WMS Color Run/Walk October 12th 2:30 It is that time of year where WMS will be hosting our 3rd Annual Color Run/Walk! The money raised will go to the students of Oak Creek West Middle School to support building incentives like West Fest, to purchase more water bottle filling stations, and to improve the decor of our building, inside and out. Students can participate with a $5 entry fee, or reach donation levels with prizes. The first donation level is $30 where students will get an event t-shirt and an individual color dye pack for the race day. The additional incentives and prizes will be explained further in the parent flyer. Students can collect in person donations (cash or check), or make an individual site through Classmunity! Click "Promote this Campaign" to create a personal website to send to family and friends! The donation collection period ends on Friday, October 5th and we'll celebrate with with a Color Run/Walk at West on October 12th!
West Middle School
Oak Creek, WI