Welcome to Wind River Middle School

by Kathleen R. Browning, Principal

Wind River Middle School draws its students from the communities of Stevenson, Carson, Home Valley, Hemlock, Stabler and a variety of outlying areas. Students usually come to Wind River from either Stevenson or Carson Elementary. Students enter WRMS as seventh graders and transition to the high school as ninth graders.

Wind River Middle School provides the full range of supplementary programs for students. These include special education, a learning assistance program, and an extracurricular activities program. It is my belief that our staff members are the key to student success at Wind River. They are dedicated and caring educators who are willing to give of their time and energy above and beyond the call of duty.

Middle school children have special needs. Among these are social, emotional, physical and academic concerns. Because these needs can not always be met within the classroom we believe that our students require a support system. We want children to be confident and to succeed.

The aim of our advisement program, entitled Home Base, is to insure that our middle school students have the support and the opportunity to succeed. Home Base allows students to get to know at least one adult staff member well. It is this staff member's job to "watch over" his or her fifteen or so charges for the duration of their stay at Wind River. The purposes of Home Base are many and varied, but the basic purpose is to give students someone upon whom they can call in times of need.

An innovation that has been in place at Wind River for some time is an alternating block schedule where students attend four classes per day instead of the traditional seven or eight. Essentially, students have the opportunity to choose three exploratory or elective classes along with taking traditional classes such as math, English, science, social studies, physical education and health.

The pace of the block schedule contributes to a more relaxed atmosphere for the highly energized middle school student. Fewer bells eliminate the loss of learning time, and start up and clean up times are reduced. The block schedule provides a better transition for seventh graders who have been relatively self-contained for the duration of their school experience.

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