Dear Wagner Family:
Welcome to the 26-27 school year! My entire team and I are excited and ready to safely welcome all of our students back to school starting August 24, 7:30 AM – the first day of school.
Wagner provides several supports that are unique and/or ONLY available at our school. We look forward to supporting your scholar’s progress with the following:
● 7 Mindsets Social Emotional Scholar-Centered Programming
● Multiple Community Partners providing Mentoring, Career Exposure, etc.
● #TheTRADESAtWagner : Monthly hands-on access to the Building Trades
● Wagner is the only school that provides Culinary Arts and Digital Literacy as full electives offered to ALL scholars
● PBIS: Rewards and Prizes to build school culture and encourage/reward scholars engaged in positivity
● And more!
All summer, we have been preparing for an incredible new school year. We are adding both physical and academic processes and tools to continue to protect everyone’s health and wellbeing in our school. One of those includes our mandate regarding footwear. Three important reminders:
● All scholars are to wear sneakers or closed toe rubber bottomed footwear. Middle schoolers are often very active, and non-rubberized bottoms are not safe.
● Scholar dress must be in line with the dress code outlined in our scholar handbook.
● Scholars are not permitted to have their cellphones on their person during the school day.
Our teachers and school staff are attending special training sessions to continue to support our students’ social, emotional and educational needs. Student schedules are being created. Our hard-working custodians have been cleaning and sanitizing our school. And, our cafeteria workers are preparing to serve your children a delicious and healthy breakfast and lunch each school day.
This year, we’re delighted to welcome a few new additions to our staff! Our Wagner team is growing and providing so many new wonderful things for our scholars!
Our Sixth Grade Orientation and our coming together as a school community will be on Thursday, August 20 from 10:30-12:30. This will be a great time to meet key staff members, learn more about the new school year and tour our school. In the meantime, I encourage you to take a few minutes to visit www.philasd.org/ringthebell for the latest back-to-school information in multiple languages.
We will continue to use Class Dojo for announcements and school event notifications. Click this link to get connected in ClassDojo!!
All of us at General Louis Wagner Middle School look forward to welcoming students back to school in person on August 24! As always, please feel free to reach out to me at 215-400-3560 or cgrier2@philasd.org with any questions.
Connie Grier
Principal
#JusticeAlways
The Wagner Way
Wagner Middle School is located in the West Oak Lane section of Philadelphia and serves over 300 children in 6th through 8th grade.
We are a caring school community that is on the rise.
