This week, the students participating in Mrs. Robinson's Research/Forensics course were CPR-trained. Thank you to the St. Joe Community Foundation who generously donated the funds to allow students to take the CPR certification course and to be certified for two years! Check out Freeport Middle School’s Facebook page for more pictures.

At the beginning of football season, Coach Dennie Smith asked his players to give him three things: great attitudes, toughness, and effort. The players quickly bought into the process and gave the coaching staff all three at every practice and during every game.

The team has also been exceptional in the way they have treated each other. Coach Smith commended them for being great teammates. He said, “They did not point fingers, but instead took ownership of their responsibilities and worked hard to improve.”

On Tuesday, October 4th, all the conditioning and character building came together one more time for the Warriors in the Panhandle Athletic Conference championship game. In another overwhelming victory, Walton conquered North Bay Haven 44-14, closing out their undefeated 7-0 season.

Coach Smith, his coaching staff, and our entire school could not be more proud of the Warriors for the incredible growth they showed this season, both on and off the field.

We are one tribe, on one mission, proving we are Warriors--in classrooms, on courts, and on fields—one victory at a time.

The Tribe was wearing Neon today at WMS celebrating Spirit Week coming off a Championship win for Football last night!  1 Tribe on 1 Mission was on full display by students, teachers, and staff!  Lunch was being served to Sixth Grade; they were happy to take a break from the Nine Weeks Exam closing out the 1^st Nine Weeks of the 22-23 SY!  Go Warriors!

WMS has launched a committed mission “to be the highest performing middle school, both academically and socially, in Walton County.”

FAST progress monitoring data reveals that a substantial number of our students struggle to read at or above grade level. Knowing our reality, intensive reading teachers are determined to lift literacy for our tribe.

On Thursday, September 30th, Mr. Seth Mosley, Mrs. Amber Proffitt, Mrs. Emily Kent, and Mrs. Alex Parker worked closely with district literacy coach Mrs. Lynne Martin and WMS instructional coach Mrs. Kristen Nelson in a professional learning experience to examine data and finetune interventions for greater student outcomes.

This year, these teachers have worked extremely hard to grow their knowledge of the science of reading, seeking to improve students’ language comprehension and word recognition through powerful instruction.

We are one tribe, on one mission, rolling up our sleeves every day to lift literacy.

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