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White Oak Middle School PTSA

How You Can Stay Informed

  • Meet your child's teachers and the staff at WOMS
  • Check grades posted on your student´s Edline account 
  • Read the PTSA Newsletter and Principal's Bulletin
  • Sign up for Oaknet* to send and receive email about daily announcements, school events, parental concerns and special opportunities for families and children. To join the Oaknet listserve, send a blank email message to oaknet-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
  • Check this website for updated information

Mission Statement

Every Child, One Voice: To build a strong, dedicated WOMS community that encourages success for every student in a secure environment that promotes academic excellence, values a strong home/school partnership, and ensures respect for all.

Goals and Objectives for 2007- 2008 School Year

Goal #1 : To promote an atmosphere of respect and accountability through enhanced communication between the school staff, teachers, students, and parents 

  • Support character building and development programs
  • Distribute monthly newsletter with contributions by students, teachers, parents and principal
  • Produce a student/staff directory
  • Increase Oaknet subscriptions
  • Enhance staff/teacher/parent involvement in PTSA programs and staff/teacher/parent committees in school

Goal #2: To promote academic excellence

  • Establish a clear message of “expectations” and “goals” throughout the school year both with respect to academics and behavior. Acknowledge this by establishing student and teacher “recognition” programs
  • Ask Principal to seek staff inputs on specific activities that require parent volunteers
  • Support development of a student mentoring program

Goal #3: To facilitate family and community involvement at WOMS 

  • Organize family events, such as turkey bingo and cultural appreciation day
  • Enhance parental participation in both in-school and after-school activities
  • Support teach, staff and student recognition in school and in the broader community
  • Use the Comer Process as a tool to facilitate family and community involvement
  • Provide support for the annual Comer School Development Summit

Goal #4: To leverage diversity as a strength at WOMS

  • Highlight globalization and diversity through visuals in school and cultural arts programs
  • Support greater inclusion of foreign languages in PTSA communications
  • Liaison with NAACP Parent Council and the Latino Parent Group

 


Related Links

Newsletters

  • Look for newsletters in fall 2008!
 
This page is maintained by the White Oak MS web team. Questions? Contact Brenda Young at Brenda_L_Young@mcpsmd.org
 
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