Waynesboro

Good morning, WHS families, This message is to notify you that WHS will hold a lockdown drill this Friday, August 30th. Teachers have been given guidance on the expectations for this practice scenario. Please contact WHS administration at 540-946-4616 should you have any questions.

Waynesboro Education Farm's gourd tunnel. Click link for video: https://www.newsleader.com/videos/news/2024/08/21/waynesboro-education-farms-gourd-tunnel/74894891007/

Waynesboro cross country teams have solid showing at Ragged Mountain Valley Cup. Click link to read full article: https://newsvirginian.com/sports/high-school/waynesboro-cross-country-teams-have-solid-showing-at-ragged-mountain-valley-cup/article_d7c858dc-5fc5-11ef-abea-73cf42548368.html#tracking-source=mp-homepage

📚 Waynesboro Public Schools, the Kiwanis Club of Waynesboro, and Raising Resources for Readers invite you to a special community screening of The Right to Read 🎥. Join us on Thursday, September 12th, at Kate Collins Middle School. Don’t miss this important event focused on literacy and the right to education. See you there! #WPSstrong

Waynesboro Public Schools' Heavy Equipment Operation Licensure Program was recognized at the August school board meeting. The Heavy Equipment Operation Licensure program includes certifications in OSHA 10, Stand Up and Sit Down Forklift certifications. All of the students earned their licenses for Heavy Equipment Operations 1 Level. . Upon completion of the program, students were guaranteed interviews with Waynesboro City, Momentum Earthworks, and M3 Inc. and impressively, each student received at least one job offer The following graduated students successfully completed the program; 🌟Justin Paredes 🌟Genaro Tozcano Hernandez 🌟Isaiah Riedl Dr. India Harris, Director of Secondary Instruction and Ms. Beth Burdick, Waynesboro High School Career Coach, facilitated this program in partnership with Blue Ridge Community College.

The Waynesboro Public School recognized the Waynesboro Education Farm at their August meeting. The Waynesboro Education Farm has implemented a student employment program which employees 11th and 12th grade students to be paid Farm Assistants. Rising 9th and 10th graders are eligible for positions as Junior Farm Assistants. 👩‍🌾🧑‍🌾🥬🍅 The following students participated in the Waynesboro Education Farm Student Employment program: 🌟Kamari Warren - 11th grader, completed the Farm Assistant Program 🌟Caleb Haywood - 9th grader, completed the Junior Farm Assistant Program 🌟Sirron Gunn - 9th grade, also completed the Junior Farm Assistant Program 🌟Dalton Aleshire - 11th grade, Youth Leader in Agriculture with Project GROWS 🌟Gabriel O'Brien - 12th grade, Youth Leader in Agriculture with Project GROWS Dr. India Harris, Director of Secondary Instruction, Mr. Ryan Blosser, Waynesboro Farm Educator, and Ms. Nichole Barrows, Waynesboro High School Agriculture Educator, facilitated this program for Waynesboro High School students.

🎉 Join Us! African-American Heritage and Multicultural Festival 📅 September 21-22, 2024 📍 Gypsy Hill Park Bandstand, Staunton, VA Come celebrate the rich diversity of our community at the African-American Heritage and Multicultural Festival! 🌍🎶 Enjoy a weekend filled with music, food, art, and cultural performances that honor and showcase the many cultures that make our community vibrant and unique. Waynesboro Public Schools Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion is proud to co-sponsor this event, and we invite you to be part of the celebration! 🔗 To learn more and explore how you can participate, visit: https://www.ci.staunton.va.us/departments/parks-recreation/african-american-heritage-and-multicultural-festival. Let's come together to celebrate, connect, and create lasting memories. See you there! ✨

Our School Board meets on Tuesday, August 13, 2024, at 7pm at Central Office (301 Pine Avenue, Waynesboro). If you can't join us in person, you can livestream the meeting by using this Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89048001287?pwd=S2NBcnhIUU1INE1obmhTcittazhKdz09

The Waynesboro School Board will meet on Tuesday, August 13, 2024 at Central Office in the Boardroom at 7:00 p.m. To access the agenda for the meeting please use the link below: https://go.boarddocs.com/vsba/waynesboro/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=D2GMFT5AB6AA Click "View the Agenda" from the center of the page to view the full agenda.

Good Evening Little Giant Families, Due to upgraded security features in PowerSchool, students will need to enter a temporary password into their PowerSchool account to access their schedule. Students should utilize the following guidelines: Instructions for PowerSchool log in: Go to https://waynesboro.powerschool.com username = your student ID number (lunch number) password = your date of birth in the mmddyyyy format followed by your grade level (If yours is 5/06/2012 and you are in grade 11, your temporary password is 506201211) You will be prompted to reset your password upon initial login. Your current password will be the above (birthdate and grade level).

🚌 All Aboard for a New School Year! 🚌 At our recent convocation, our amazing staff had a blast! 🚍🎈 What a great way to kick off the new school year with smiles, laughter, and team spirit. We're ready to take this school year on a fantastic journey together, creating life-changing experiences for our students. Here's to a year full of creativity, engagement, and success! 🌟

🌟 Welcoming Staff Back for a New School Year! 🌟 We had an incredible start to the new school year with our recent convocation, welcoming our dedicated staff back! Our guest speaker, Dave Burgess, brought the energy and inspiration we needed to kick off the year. Dave Burgess is a New York Times Best-Selling author of "Teach Like A PIRATE: Increase Student Engagement, Boost Your Creativity, and Transform Your Life as an Educator" and co-author of "P is for PIRATE: Inspirational ABC's for Educators." He is renowned for his creative, entertaining, and outrageously energetic style. Dave empowered our teachers to embrace the mighty purpose of being an educator and sparked them to design classes that are life-changing experiences for students. We're excited to see the amazing impact this inspiration will have on our classrooms this year! Here's to a fantastic school year ahead! 🌟

🌟SAW Style Clothing Closet 👖🩳👚 A new and gently used FREE clothing event. Friday August 2, 2024 12:00-6:00 Wilson Middle School

📢 Meet Our New Staff! 📢 We're excited to introduce our amazing new staff for the upcoming school year! Get to know them by checking out our Padlet, where you'll find fun facts, photos, and more about each of our new staff members. Click the link to explore and give our new teachers a warm welcome: https://padlet.com/rbarber22/2024-25-new-teacher-introduction-vbnc7o56zxpw40mp We're thrilled to have such talented and passionate educators join the Waynesboro Public Schools family! 🌟

Good Evening WHS Families, We look forward to seeing you at our open house on Friday from 5-8 pm, with freshman orientation at 6:30. Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors can access their schedules via Powerschool on Friday at 3:00 pm. Freshmen will receive paper copies of their schedule at open house. For students receiving their schedules through Powerschool, your password will be reset to your student number plus your birth month (For Example, if you were born in February, you will simply add a 2 at the end of your student number). Please note students will need to log in through a web browser initially, not the Powerschool app. We look forward to seeing everyone on Friday!

New Staff Orientation Highlights: Door Prizes! 🎉 A big thank you to our community partners who generously contributed to the door prizes for our new teachers! Seeing the excitement as our new staff held up their freebies was a true highlight of our orientation. Here's a list of our amazing contributors: Zeus Theatre: One ticket for every new teacher! The Barn Restaurant: One token for a free 3-piece chicken meal for each new teacher! Ryan Burks - ReMax Fishin' Pig DCCU Green Valley Book Fair New Valley Church Wayne Theatre Smooth Athletics And a special thank you to our internal contributors: Kendra Jones Carter, Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: DEI Starter Kit Basket Leola Burks, Director of Special Education: Classroom Fidget Basket Jenn Sturm, Director of Elementary Education and Eva Alba, Instruction Secretary: Classroom library sets and math manipulative sets We appreciate all the support from our community and team to make our new staff feel welcomed and valued. Here's to a fantastic school year ahead! 🌟

🌟 Highlight of New Staff Orientation: Student Panel 🌟 The highlight of our New Staff Orientation was undoubtedly the student panel! Our new professional staff had the incredible opportunity to hear directly from our students about what helps them be successful in school. Listening to our students' insights and experiences was inspiring and invaluable for our new staff members. We're excited to see the positive impact this will have on our classrooms! Welcome to our new staff, and thank you to our amazing students for sharing your voices! 🌟 #

🌟 Welcome to Our New Staff! 🌟 We are thrilled to welcome our new staff members to Waynesboro Public Schools! These past few days at our New Staff Orientation have been fantastic, and we are so glad you are here with us. Orientation included a thrilling opening by the Waynesboro High School Cheer team, learning important information about our division, a fun and informative bus tour of Waynesboro, and ended with a beautiful group photo at Sunset Park. Our administrators had a great time getting to know everyone and are excited about the energy and passion our new staff bring to our schools. Here’s to a wonderful year ahead! 🌟

Waynesboro Public Schools certification program offers alternative path to college. Click link to see the full story: https://www.whsv.com/2024/07/29/waynesboro-public-schools-certification-program-offers-alternative-path-college/?fbclid=IwY2xjawEWDvJleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHTpLM6VwbGL4SFlAAQoXcaK3copA1sq0PMKgxUelEmEFYN4fCDTDexl0ow_aem_hmu6CAAuesA7syhXwj1tqQ

We are excited about the start of the new school year and look forward to seeing everyone on August 7th! In preparation for the new school year, WHS will hold an open house next Friday, August 2nd, from 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm. Families can meet our staff, purchase parking passes, learn about school clubs, access the clothing closet, and gain assistance in registering their students for the coming school year. At 6:30, we will hold an orientation for our Freshman and new student families in the auditorium, where they will access their class schedules and tour the school. We look forward to seeing you next Friday!