WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL
NEWSCLIPS FOR MAY 2026
HONOR / AWARDS ASSEMBLY
Each spring, we hold an awards ceremony for each grade level to honor students
who have excelled. Our 2025-2026 Awards Assembly will be held Thursday, May 14, 2026, in the cafeteria. The sixth-grade program will be held at 8:20 – 9:00 a.m., seventh grade will be held at 9:15 – 9:55 a.m., and eighth grade will be held at 10:10– 11:00 a.m.
The awards given include Star, Students of the Month, Leaders of the Pack, Students of Achievement, Mathcounts, Gutzon Borglum, American Legion, and Dr. Pev Evans Scholarship.
If your student has a 3.5 grade point average, or better, or has been nominated for one of the awards, you will be notified by mail. If your child is nominated for one of these awards, be very proud. Remember that we have nearly 600 students; although many of them are outstanding, only a few will be given an actual award. We are proud of all our West Middle School students, and we consider everyone a “winner”.
EARLY OUT FORMS…Forms are available in the office for any parents who may require their student to be dismissed earlier than the last day of school. Please keep in mind the Twenty-Day-Absence School Policy if planning for an earlier release/absence of your student.
MUSIC, MUSIC, MUSIC… you are invited to the following concerts:
Spring Band Concert, May 4, 2026, at Stevens High School 7:00 p.m.
Orchestra Concert, May 7, 2026, at Stevens High School 7:00p.m.
6th Grade Musicals, May 13, 2026, at 2:15 in the WMS Cafeteria
7th and 8th grade Choir Pops Concert, May 19, 2026, at WMS at 7:00 p.m.
We look forward to seeing you at these music events.
LIBRARY BOOKS...One book check out of library books begins April 29, 2026…All library books will be due back May 6, 2026. Please remind your student(s) to return their books in a timely manner and to clear their obligations. Thank you for your help. Mrs. Rath, WMS Librarian
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We want to acknowledge and thank the PAWS’s officers and the members who have organized and carried through with several special functions and projects for us during this school year. Thank you to all others who have donated time during the year—you are all important to us! The staff treats each month have also been wonderful, as well as the Conference dinners—thank you to the families who supplied those! You are the best!
Hello WMS Families!
If your student has any medications in the office, please stop by to pick those up by May 2oth. Medications that are not picked up will be properly disposed of. We do not hold medications over the summer. If you need to make alternative arrangements for medication pick up, please contact me at 605-515-4403 or Jennifer.fritch@k12.sd.us
Best wishes for a healthy Spring and Summer!
Jenny. Fritch RN, BSN
Pinedale Elementary & West Middle School Nurse
WEST RIVER TRACK MEET 7TH/8TH GRADE (CANCELLED) Sioux Park
ALL-CITY TRACK MEET (Wednesday, May 12, 2026) Sioux Park.
TRACK MEET POSTPONEMENTS…Again, we would like to bring to your attention
that you may get information about cancelled or postponed track meets as soon as
we do from our website on computer. You may go to www.rcas.org then Middle
Schools then Middle School Activities. It will show cancelled on the screen or on the
date of the event.
STUDENT OF THE MONTH nominees chosen by the teachers for the month of APRIL are:
6TH GRADE 7TH GRADE 8TH GRADE
Caden Bransted Olive DeVries Adam Boone
Carter Chaney Sophia Hammell Tristan Day
Elouise Coy Noah Munsch Lexi Marshall
Katelyn Dalo Zemi Pozorski Ardyn Swango
STUDENT OF THE MONTH nominees chosen by the teachers for the month of MAY are:
6th GRADE 7TH GRADE 8TH GRADE
Tyler Bush Abigail Huschle Ayden Bedford
Mae Cina William Lampert Jaelynn Leier
Gage Hale Charlie Mullins Ryan Thomson
Lucia Hulsing Isabella Valder Elaina Van Beek
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WMS News Clip
May 1 Early Release
May 4-8 Maps Testing
May 4 Band Spring Concert @ SHS 7:00PM
May 4-8 Teacher Appreciation Week
May 5 West River Track Meet All Day @ Sioux Park
May 5 PTA Meeting 5:30pm @ WMS room 106
May 6-12 National Nurses Week
May 6 7/8 grade Orchestra Elementary Tour All Day
May 7 5th grade Elementary Tour Pinedale & South Canyon 1:30pm
May 7 Spring Orchestra Concert @ SHS Theatre 5:00PM
May 8 5th grade Elementary Tour Black Hawk/Meadowbrook 1:30pm
May 10 Happy Mother’s Day 
May 11 Band Elementary Tour All Day
May 12 Future Wolves 5th grade Band concert 6:00pm @ WMS Old Gym
May 12 All-City Track Meet @ Sioux Park
May 13 6th grade Musical 2:15pm @ WMS Cafeteria
May 14 Awards Assembly
May 15 National Police Officers Day
May 15 8th grade Algebra final – Cafeteria
May 15 8th grade Party 3:15 Cafeteria
May 19 Choir Pops Concert @ WMS Old Gym 7:00PM
May 20 LAST DAY OF SCHOOL
May 20 Hot Dogs after school out front provided by Westminster Presbyterian Church
Be watching the mail this summer. Our first mailing with information on the 2026-2027 school year will be approximately the first week of August.
FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL FOR 2026-2027 SCHOOL YEAR ~ AUGUST 24TH, 2026
A specific supply list for 6th grade will be mailed along with a core letter.
A specific supply list for students in 7th and 8th grade will be given to the students the first week of school. There is a Middle School suggested supply list on the RCAS.org website under the parent’s tab.
HAVE A GREAT