Williamstown Middle/High

This week, our middle school teachers nominated Caden Rickard (6th), MaKayla Sivard (7th), and Ethany Coffman (8th) for the prestigious DASH Award! The DASH award recognizes students for their character and hard work. Winners are given certificates personalized by the teacher that nominated them and a gift bag courtesy of the Academic Boosters. Congratulations to these hardworking Yellow Jackets! Keep it up!

Artistic students at it again. WMHS submitted entry's for the Wood County Vape prevention poster contest. Six of our students were recognized as winners within the county. Makayla Davidson (11th) placed 1st, Adrienne Kerr (9th) placed 2nd, Vanessa Richards (9th) placed 3rd. Aislinn McComas (11th), Nathaniel Hull (9th), and Kyla Dye (9th) all received honorable mentioned. We are proud of our students and hope they continue the good work.

Last week, the middle school staff nominated the following students for the DASH Award, a weekly award that recognizes three middle school students who had an outstanding week. Michael Patterson (6th grade) Logan Richardson (7th grade) Meredith Craig (8th grade) Dash award winners are given certificates personalized by the teacher that nominated them, and a gift bag courtesy of the Academic Boosters. Congratulations, Yellowjackets! Keep up the good work!

Williamstown Middle High School would like to thank all military members for their service. Have a wonderful Veterans Day.

The WMHS Science Fair was Friday, November 1st. There were approximately 60 competing middle school students, and an additional 60+ projects on display for exhibit. Numerous judges in the science/education fields spent their day interviewing and adjudicating participants. There were 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners as well as honrorable mentions in the different categories. Congratulations to all students who took part in the science fair, for your hard work! 1st place winners: Dominic Robison Meredith Craig Will Casto Eli Dillon Boston Justice Gabrielle Schall Quincy Jesser Amari Terry Landon Russell 2nd place winners: Garrett Nestor Natalie Iannetti Maddilynn Kimball Brennen Tingler Cameron Coffman Riley Windland Jaxon Haught 3rd place winners: Marcus Blasczyk Rui He Ella McLain Caleb Maleke Lucie Clark Maxin Bauer Cali Kerns Luke Seago Honorable Mention: Jensyn Stump

Congratulations to our October Students of the Month! In addition to their certificate, each student received a gift card from Jersey Mike's sub, and a shirt of their choice provided by BSN Sports! 12th grade -Walker Wallace 11th grade -Keatyn Haynes 10th grade - Jillian Carr 9th grade - Payton Woodburn 8th grade - Castyn Burton 7th grade - Amari Terry 6th grade -Taylor Campbell

This week, middle school teachers selected the following students to be winners of the DASH award- Michael Hight (6th), Carter Lott (7th), and Eli Houser (8th). The DASH award recognizes students for character and hard work. Winners are given certificates personalized by the teacher that nominated them and a gift bag courtesy of the Academic Boosters. Congratulations, Yellowjackets!!

Please contact the school with any questions. Thank you.

The Williamstown Middle School Science Fair awards ceremony will be held in the Middle School Gym at 5:30 THIS evening- community viewing from 4-5:30. Come check out the work done by our middle school students!

No School Monday, November 4th due to parent teacher conferences. Also, remember no school Tuesday, November 5th due to election day. We hope to see you at parent teacher conferences.

We would love to hear from you! Share feedback on the 2025-2026 proposed school year calendar. https://www.woodcountyschoolswv.com/page/upcoming-school-year-calendar-proposal

This week middle school teachers selected Zachary Sandy (6th), Rylin Dick (7th), and Silas West (8th) as the winners of the prestigious DASH award, which recognizes students for their character and hard work. Dash award winners are given certificates personalized by the teacher that nominated them, and a gift bag courtesy of the Academic Boosters. Congratulations, Yellowjackets!!

WMHS would like to showcase some of our artistic students. Students were asked to submit posters for a vaping prevention poster contest within wood county schools. Winners will be announced at a later date. These were some of the top picks sent on to be judged for the contest. Way to go jacket artist.

Congratulations to the winners of this week’s DASH award! Middle school teachers selected Gunnar Brookover (6th), Paige Bland (7th), and Lukas Mourat (8th) as the latest recipients of this award, which recognizes students for their character and hard work. Dash award winners are given certificates personalized by the teacher that nominated them, and a gift bag courtesy of the Academic Boosters. Congratulations, Yellowjackets!!

We would like to thank Westbrook Health Services for coming to speak with our middle school students this week on the importance of recognizing warning signs of suicide, identifying their trusted adults and resources available to them. If you or someone you know is struggling please encourage them to reach out to the hotline number. Resources are available in the counseling tab on the school website.

Tomorrow is Picture Retake Day! If you did not get photos on the original day, or even if you just need a do-over, make sure you are at school tomorrow. We will start at 8:30 in the morning.

Lots of sports action this week. Let's get out and show our YellowJackets some love... Monday night our middle school volleyball team defeated Edison. Tuesday our high school volleyball team defeated Wheeling Central, and our Soccer team defeated Roane. Tonight, middle school volleyball travels to Vandy. Tomorrow night, high school cross country runs in Doddridge County for the LKC Conference Championship, and middle school football travels to Wirt. Saturday our middle school volleyball team competes at Ritchie for their conference title, high school volleyball competes at Ravenswood for the LKC Championship, and your #3 ranked YellowJacket football team will take on the #1 ranked Frankfort Falcons at 1:00 pm here at WHS. Good luck to all of our Jacket athletes!!

On Wednesday's we wear pink! Lets rock our best pink attire tomorrow! The Community Care Club continues to collect donations during zero period and lunch. Lets honor the survivors and those who continue to fight breast cancer.

Congratulations to this week’s DASH winners! Middle school teachers chose Jaxon Haught (6th), Eli Dillon (7th), and Dominick Thomas (8th) as this week’s recipients. Dash award winners are given certificates personalized by the teacher that nominated them, and a gift bag courtesy of the Academic Boosters. Congratulations, Yellowjackets! Keep up the good work!

October is Breast Cancer Awareness month . The Community Care Club will be collecting donations from 10/14-10/18 for the Susan G. Komen fund. On Wednerday's we wear pink so dress in your best pink attire to show your support! With any donation, students can display a pink ribbon in honor of someone or just to show support.