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Stay connected with our Warhawk Wise Family Newsletter! This newsletter is designed to keep families informed about all the important updates, events, and highlights at Wilson Middle School. Each edition is filled with school news, upcoming activities, student achievements, and helpful tips to support your child's success. We’re excited to share the progress and accomplishments of our Warhawks and keep you involved in the school community. Be sure to check out each issue to stay up-to-date and engaged in your child's middle school experience!

Looking for fresh, local, delicious food this summer for your family? Check out these local farmers markets. EBTs (FoodShare, Snap, QUEST cards) are accepted:

Downtown Manitowoc Farmers Market:

720 Quay St, Manitowoc, WI, 54220

Saturdays, 8am-1pm — May to October

920-686-6930

EBT Double Bucks Program

Wilfert Farms:

7528 Manitou Dr, Two Rivers, WI, 54241

Daily 7 days/week, 9am-6pm — through October 31

920-683-3264

Offers seasonal fruits, vegetables, local beef

Sullivan Family Farm:

7725 County Road R, Two Rivers, WI, 54220

EBT accepted Fridays, 12-4pm or by appointment

920-629-5658

Offers seasonal vegetables, eggs, honey, local meats

Veteran owned

Our Buddy Program at Wilson Middle School celebrated the end of the year together with a trip to Bay Beach Amusement Park. Students worked very hard this year building new skills and establishing meaningful relationships.

We also want to thank all of the donations we received this year to make these trips possible! Thank you all so much for your support!

UnitedOne Credit Union

Advanced Family Chiropractic

Winter 'Miracle' Splash

Wilson bake sale

Wilson coffee sales

Wilson bucket raffle fundraiser

Advisory coin challenge

After studying French cuisine in class, French 2 students from Washington Middle School and Wilson Middle School gathered together at Dali's Café on 8th Street for a joint French luncheon.

#YourDreamsOurCompass #VosRêvesNotreBoussole

MPSD truly values the heritage and culture of our local Hmong students and families, and we love highlighting them every year on Hmong American Day. Thanks to all of our students and staff who honored our community.

Wilson Middle School and Washington Middle School 6th graders faced off in a tournament to show their skills and volleyball knowledge. There were nine teams and more than 75 athletes who took part in the 6th grade volleyball season! We cannot wait to see what these athletes do in the future.

The MPSD Board of Education is pleased to announce that Lee Thennes, a veteran MPSD teacher, principal and administrator, has been selected as the district's next Superintendent.

The Board appointed Thennes as Interim MPSD Superintendent last September, and he was one of three finalists who interviewed with Board members and two panels composed of parents, staff, students and community members. The Board hired Thennes at its April 29 meeting.

Thennes said it is an incredible honor to be selected as superintendent. “I am deeply committed to our students, staff, families, and community, and look forward to building on the district’s strengths while working together to create even greater opportunities for every learner,” Thennes said. “Our future is bright, and I’m excited to lead the district on this continued journey of excellence, innovation, and student success.”

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#ShipsPride #WeAreMPSD #YourDreamsOurCompass

Congrats to Washington and Wilson Middle School students who are headed to STATE Wisconsin FCCLA in April after competing at the Regional FCCLA Conference (Family, Career and Community Leaders of America) last Saturday in Weyauwega-Fremont!

Washington — Lillie Brown and Callie Shimek

Wilson — Kyla Bauduin, Lily Denor, Abigail Gebhart, Asha Grabowski, Breleigh Grodek, Chloe Hafner, Aislyn O’Rourke and Macie Wolf

Student projects included designing an outdoor space, coming up with an innovative superfood drink, developing a creative way to address a concern in the development of children and more!

Kudos to all students who participated and the coach/advisors. Have fun at state and keep on learning!

#YourDreamsOurCompass #WeAreMPSD

Creating Wilson Middle School's first-ever culture fair. Hosting World Kindness Day events that included students raking neighbors' lawns, playing games with seniors at Felician Village and reading to MPSD elementary students. These are just some of the reasons that Wilson Middle School Principal Anna Beatty was honored with the 2024 Education Impact Award from the The Chamber of Manitowoc County.

Intergenerational community-building: Wilson Middle School students played bingo, hallway mini-golf and other games with residents at Magnolia Meadows assisted living community last week.

Thanks to Principal Anna Beatty and all the teachers and staff who planned the Magnolia Meadows visit and all of the Warhawk activities to celebrate World Kindness Day Nov. 13.

#AttitudeOfGratitude

Wilson Middle School held its first Cultural Fair, inspired by Milwaukee's Multicultural Festival/Holiday Folk Fair. Students created displays celebrating cultural traditions, food, music, sports, games and more - to celebrate the diversity of student and family experiences across Wilson and our greater community. The end goal: learning about each other and building positive relationSHIPS!

#WeAreMPSD #WeAreWarhawks #ShipsPride

All MPSD elementary schools could have new youth sports programs such as basketball and running clubs next fall, under a proposal approved by the Board of Education.

Expanded youth sports opportunities will not only help strengthen MPSD's middle and high school athletic programs but also increase student engagement in elementary schools, which has shown to increase student attendance and academic achievement.

Supt. Lee Thennes told the Board, "We are thrilled to announce an exciting proposal. This initiative aims to expand our elementary sports programming for the 2025-2026 school year to include all schools and introduce several new sports options.

"We firmly believe that engaging students in sports at an early age fosters a stronger sense of belonging within their school communities, a factor that research consistently links to higher levels of student achievement. Additionally, introducing sports to more students at a younger age has the potential to strengthen participation in interscholastic athletics at the middle and high school levels.

"By broadening access and encouraging greater participation, we also anticipate that this initiative will enhance the overall competitiveness of our athletic programs across all sports in the years to come. We look forward to sharing more details and working together to bring this vision to life for our students."

Gratitude for Our Environment: 6th Grade Overnight Camp

It's one of the most memorable moments of grade school - overnight camp in the Rahr Memorial School Forest along the shores of Lake Michigan.

Did you know that the first overnight 6th grade camp was held on April 28, 1959?

The overnight camp fosters community-building and relationships, while providing lessons about science and the environment plus enjoyment of the outdoors. In these photos from last month, Wilson Middle School students prepared and cleaned up family-style meals, played games of Catch the Flag, toasted s'mores over a campfire and got to see a beautiful full moon reflecting over the lake.

#AttitudeOfGratitude #ThankYouEarth #RahrSchoolForest

Manitowoc Lincoln High School phy ed teacher and strengths and conditioning coach Michael Longmeyer donated white blood cells for a matched man with stage-four leukemia.

Longmeyer got a call out of the blue in August, asking if he remembered that nine years ago, when he was a student at UW-Stevens Point, he stopped at a college rec center table and gave a cheek swab for the NMDP "Be The Match" national bone marrow registry. Now, all these years later, he was a match. Longmeyer didn't hesitate to help, and went through various tests, paperwork and ultimately drove to Milwaukee to do the donation, which was swiftly flown to the recipient. Longmeyer's students were impressed and inspired, with some saying they want to be like him and join the national registry once they turn 18.

THANKS to Preston Stober at NBC26 for this great story! And thanks, Coach Longmeyer, for being such a great role model for your students and athletes!

Learn how YOU can join the national registry at https://www.nmdp.org/