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New for Watch DOGS: When you or a family member is the Watch DOGS of the day, you will have your own parking space at Gateway! This is one more way we can "thank you" for your time here. Thanks to a donation from Cripple Creek Victor Gold Mine and volunteer labor, this parking spot should be ready by next week. Look for the purple post and Watch DOGS sign!
Watch for it!!! An email for SlyReply for Fall Parent/Teacher conferences will be coming tomorrow Sept. 27, 2013.
WPHS Homecoming September 30 - Oct. 4, 2013. Go Panthers!
Do you like to play chess? Would you like to learn? Join the Gateway Chess Club! Chess Club meets every Monday from 3:05-3:45 in Mrs. Jackson’s Room (Starting next Monday, September 30th). All ages and abilities welcome, but we ask that kindergartners and first graders bring an adult with them. Parents are encouraged to participate also. For more information call Mr. Davis at 686-2044.
MIDDLE SCHOOL NEWS:
Parents:
Help us FILL THE BUCKET*Calling all Boxtops- 4-Education AND Labels for Education. Please help us ‘fill our bucket’. If you are not already a support member for WPMS, please go to www.boxtops4education.com and www.labelsforeducation.com to sign up! There are usually great coupons for boxtop products and we receive bonus points for each new member. We also ‘purchase’ school supplies from Labels for Education- where you can also register your City Market card and the MS will receive bonus points. This site also offers many coupons for Campbells’ products. The please start saving today!
Students:
Thursday, Sept 26, 2013
The panther volleyball teams were back at it last night. In the 7th grade game, Rachel Roulette, Sammy Buchholz, and Libby Blacklock had some aggressive serves while Morgan Rose had some awesome saves. Anna Hovanaetz and Nikki Kemp had the best hustle, but unfortunately fell short good job panthers.
For the eighth grade game they started off strong with great hustle from Natalie Graber and great sets from Ashley DeLarm. They finished powerful in the second game with killer serves from Ariel Waite, good blocks by Mackenzie Shultz, and ending the game with Taylor Alvarez's powerful serving. The panthers are in action again tonight at home. Great job panthers!
*The football games last night were nail-biters! The Woodland Park 8th grade team started strong and kept up the pressure on Fremont. We did not let up at all, and showed our guests that WP is not to be trifled with. WP won 32 - 0.
The 7th grade team had their work cut out for them. The game went back and forth between offences, and both teams pushed their hardest to score. In the 3rd quarter, Fremont got by WP to score a touchdown, but WP would not let the other team do anymore scoring. The ending score showed Fremont won 6-0.
The eighth grade class is starting their Baby simulators. You will see and hear them crying and being cared for. This is a class project and they get a grade so any interference by other students will be noted and dealt with severely. Do not touch, grab or otherwise interfere with the students taking care of the simulators.
ROAR store will be open Friday morning starting at 7:00AM.. Take your ROAR bucks home with you today so you have them to use Friday morning!
If you missed the book club kickoff last week, never fear - you can still join a group! Just come see Mrs. Walter sometime this week to be placed in a club.
Come swing with us! The Middle School is hosting a swing dance on Saturday, September 28th. There will be lessons starting at6:30pm and the dance is from 7-9pm. You can come and dance, or just come for the live music! The community jazz band, Swing Factory, is playing and students from the high school Madrigals will be singing standards from the 1940's. This is a dance for the whole community, so bring your whole family to listen or dance! Tickets are sold at the door for $8 per person or $15 per couple and the lesson is an additional $4 per person. There will also be refreshments for sale. All proceeds go to the Disneyland trip. It's going to be lots of fun, hope to see you there!
Open gym will run from 7:05-7:35 every morning. Come down to the gym for some morning exercise and fun. Get those brain cells working in the morning!
WOODLAND PARK HIGH SCHOOL WORKROOM NEWS:
Everyone!!! Join us for the WPHS annual Talent Show tonight at 7:00 and Friday at 7:00. Tickets are $5
The Rocky Mountain Field Institute has added more volunteer days this fall to help with the Waldo Canyon and Black Forest burn scar restoration, as well as Garden of the Gods and Barr Trail projects. The minimum age for work on the projects is 16, but if you come with a parent volunteer it is 13. Go to the events calendar on their website for more information – www.rmfi.org.
Starting today, join Book Club at lunch in the library to read The Fault on Our Stars by John Green. Everyone is welcome!
McPherson College will here on campus to meet with interested students on Wednesday, Oct. 2, at 1:15. If you would like to attend the representative's 30 minute presentation please stop by Counseling and sign up with Mrs. Rucker.
A reminder to students that the deadline to sign up for the October
26th ACT is this Friday, Sept 27. If you have questions see your
counselor
A reminder to newly invited Beta Club member there is an informational
meeting Friday at 7:30 in the library. If you cannot attend but you
are interested see Ms. Foster
ATTENTION!! Junior and Senior girls!!! You need to get your Powder Puff forms in ASAP! Tomorrow, the 26th, will be the last day to turn in forms!!
FORENSICS! There is a MANDATORY Parent Meeting on September 30th! Parents will enter by the clock tower, and the meeting will last roughly an hour. ALSO:
FORENSICS! Your pieces MUST BE SELECTED BY
TOMORROW!!! FRIDAY THE 27th!! That includes Oratory, and individual events!!!
Calling all student artists!!! Your student newspaper, The Panther Perspective, is hosting an art contest. Turn any of your art work in to Mrs. Gus in room 225 or email it to thepantherperspective@gmail.com for your chance to WIN! You could see your artwork featured on thepantherperspective.com and one lucky winner will even have an article written about them! Enter by this Friday, September 27!
Starting on Thursday during lunch, join book club in reading, The Fault in Our Stars by John Green. Everyone is welcome.
To All Students: Are you a student who's making a difference through volunteering? Apply for a 2014 Prudential Spirit of Community Award and you could win $1000 and a trip to Washington, DC, next May! For more information come by the counseling office and talk with your counselor
To all college-bound best and brightest WPHS seniors: If you are considering attending college in Colorado, come to the counseling office to talk with your counselor about the Boettcher Foundation Scholarship. If you are successful through the application process, Boettcher offers a full tuition, expenses and grants scholarship for 4 years of undergraduate studies.
Homecoming week is Sept 28 - Oct 5. Come to Swing Night on Sept 28 to begin the activities, then come to Powderpuff on Monday night! The Parade and Bonfire are on Wednesday, Oct 2! Line-up begins at 5:45pm! Finish the week with the Panther's Homecoming game on Friday and the Dance on Saturday! Go Panthers!
Aloha!!! The Homecoming dance will be on October 5th from 8-11pm in the main gym. Dress attire will be semi-formal: Girls must wear dresses, and guys must wear pants and a tie. Tickets will be sold at both lunches for $8 and will be sold for $10 at the dance door. Bring your friends and enjoy a night in Hawaii!!!
nights, they donate money to our school! Pizza night is the 2nd 
