Wicomico High

Fall sports competion offically begins this week! Join us for some Friday Night Lights on 9/1 as our Varsity Football team hosts Linganore! Be on the lookout for more information about our home game digital ticketing information through gofan.co. #ONETRIBE

Come out to the Wicomico Youth & Civic Center before 3 p.m. today for this fantastic community back-to-school Fresh Start event. Free school supplies, community resources and food while supplies last. Wicomico Schools is proud to be a Fresh Start partner.

Great community events for Wicomico students and families Friday night and Saturday afternoon. Saturday's Fresh Start back-to-school event at the Wicomico Youth & Civic Center is going to be huge! Be sure to take advantage of these opportunities to have fun and get prepared for the upcoming school year. Find even more event flyers on the eBulletinBoard on our website: https://www.wicomicoschools.org/o/wcps/page/ebulletinboard

ONE week until the football season kicks-off! Join us on Friday, September 1st as our Tribe lines up against the Linganore Lancers for our home opener in Wicomico County Stadium at 6:00pm! We are looking forward to a great season...#ONETRIBE

Good morning Wicomico High School students and families, The start of the 2023-2024 school year is only two weeks away! In order to ensure that our school year starts off as smoothly as possible, we will be distributing student laptops on Tuesday, August 29th – Thursday, August 31st. All laptop distribution events will occur in the WiHi Media Center. Please follow the schedule below when picking up your student device. - 9th Grade: Tuesday, August 29th from 5:00-7:00PM (During the Freshmen Barbeque) - 10th Grade: Tuesday, August 29th from 2:00-4:00PM - 11th & 12th Grade: Wednesday, August 30th from 3:00-6:00PM - Make-Up: Thursday, August 31st from 12:00-3:00PM Families with multiple students can pick up all their devices during their preferred time slot. As a reminder, to pick up your device, you must have returned your laptop from last school year or have paid any outstanding technology balances. If you have any questions, please reach out to Mr. Steve Romano at stromano@wcboe.org.

Week 3 of Fall Sports brings more scrimmages! Best of luck to our #OneTribe student-athletes as they continue to prepare for competition to begin!

ONE WEEK AWAY! Saturday August 26th! The “Fresh Start: A Wicomico County Back-to-School Event” is back! The event will take place at the Wicomico Youth and Civic Center on Saturday August 26th from 12 noon to 3 p.m. This is for Wicomico County students in-need from Kindergarten to Grade 12. ​Students will receive a Free backpack along with several essential school supplies (while supplies last as this is first come, first serve)​. -Free Haircuts -Fun Activities -Info about the upcoming school year -Community programming -Health Information and more See you Saturday, August 26th starting at 12 noon at the Wicomico Youth & Civic Center!

Back to School Information for ALL Wicomico Public Schools is now available. The latest on Open Houses, Supply Lists, and more. It's all right here at https://bit.ly/wcps20232024 Less than 30 days until students and teachers are smiling again in the hallways. Can't Wait!

The Fall Sports season officially kicks off on Wednesday, August 9th. At WiHi we are proud to offer the following fall sports; cheerleading, cross country, football, golf, boys soccer, girls soccer, girls volleyball, and unified tennis. To be eligible for participation, student-athletes must be academically eligible, complete the online registration (https://app.formreleaf.com/organizations/wicomico-high-school), and have valid physical dated after June 1st on file with our athletic trainer. Athletic participation in a fall sport is a great way to ensure your student will start the school year off right and can increase both their academic and extracurricular engagement for the entire year. Additionally, athletic participation fees have been waived for the 2023-2024 school year. Please review the following dates, times and locations of the first practices for each of our fall sports: Cheerleading – Wednesday, August 9th at 4:00pm in the Auxiliary Gym. Cross Country – Wednesday, August 9th at 7:00am in front of the stadium ticket booth. Football – Wednesday, August 9th at 5:00pm at the stadium field house. Golf – Monday, August 14th at 8:00am, meet in front of the auditorium. Boys Soccer – Wednesday, August 9th at 5:00pm on the soccer field. Girls Soccer – Wednesday, August 9th at 8:00am on the soccer field. Girls Volleyball – Wednesday, August 9th at 7:30am at Bennett Middle School Gymnasium. Unified Tennis – Will begin after the start of the school year. More information to come.

Wicomico High School will be hosting On-Site Sports Physicals on Tuesday, August 1st from 4:00pm-7:00pm in the Field House at Wicomico County Stadium. Student-athletes who still need a sports physical prior to the start of Fall Sports (Wed. Aug. 9th) are encouraged to take advantage of this opportunity. The cost of a sports physical is $30, which can be paid in cash or card. In order to be eligible for an on-site physical, a WCBOE Sports Physical Form must be completed (first page along with demographic information on the second page) by a parent/guardian before the physical can be conducted. Extra copies will be available prior to check-in. If attending, please utilize the baseball field parking lot on Civic Ave. If you have any questions, please reach out to Assistant Principal, Mr. Steve Romano (stromano@wcboe.org). Sports Physical Form - https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/3724/WCPS/3157196/WCBOE_Student_Athlete_Physical.pdf

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From July 17-21, eight Wicomico High School students attended the Maryland Action for Drug Discovery and Pharmaceutical Research at UMES. Topics covered over the course of the week included Going after Breast Cancer, Animal Behavior, Using History to Learn about HIV, Stem Cells, Antimicrobrials, Mechanisms in Prostate Cancer, Components of Physical Fitness and Testing, and Career Options/College Readiness. The students engaged in a variety of hands-on lab activities gaining skills in microscopy, cell imaging, cell culturing, classical and operant conditioning, micro pipetting, cell assay and its applications, bioinformatics, colorimetric analysis, and various tests of physical fitness. #doscience #wihi

Positions Open Today! We Are Now Hiring here in July 2023! -3 Secondary Math Positions - Contact lmckinno@wcboe.org -1 Middle School Social Studies - Contact lbock@wcboe.org -PreK - K - 1st & 5th grade positions - Contact jldavis@wcboe.org -8 Special Education Positions - Contact kesmith@wcboe.org If interested, contact the person next to the listed position. www.wicomicoschools.org

Over a dozen students are participating in Wicomico County Public Schools' C.R.E.W. program this summer. C.R.E.W. stands for Career Research Education and Work, and gives rising 10th, 11th and 12th grade students the opportunity to work in a paid position in the community for 6 weeks during the summer. Students also get classroom training on communication soft skills needed to be successful in the workplace. On Wednesday, the students were visited by Lower Shore Workforce Alliance's Sherri Sigrist who spoke to the class about various job opportunities available on the Eastern Shore and how to pursue those careers.

We are truly enjoying our new website for Wicomico Public Schools. You can see what's happening in the school system or at your child's particular school. Just type www.wicomicoschools.org into the browser of your choice. We also have a new MOBILE APP! It's everything Wicomico Public Schools in your pocket. Watch this video on how the new app works! https://youtu.be/2BvvpMGxq6Y Download the app for Android - https://bit.ly/3nTv1Le Download the app for Apple - https://apple.co/4542oLO We are glad to partner with Apptegy in bringing this essential communications tool to Wicomico Public Schools families and staff to keep you in touch with alerts, closings/delays, grades, events and wonderful student stories. Download the free app today!

Dear Wicomico Public Schools community, We are thrilled to announce a new WEBSITE for Wicomico Public Schools. Just type WICOMICOSCHOOLS.ORG into the browser of your choice. We also have a new MOBILE APP! It's everything Wicomico Public Schools in your pocket. Watch this video on how the new app works! https://youtu.be/2BvvpMGxq6Y Download for Android - https://bit.ly/3nTv1Le Download for Apple - https://apple.co/4542oLO We are glad to partner with Apptegy in bringing this essential communications tool to Wicomico Public Schools families and staff to keep you in touch with alerts, closings/delays, grades, events and wonderful student stories. Download the free app today!

The next monthly meeting of the Wicomico County Board of Education is scheduled for 7 p.m. Tuesday, July 11 in the Board of Education Auditorium at 101 Long Ave., Salisbury. For the July 11 Board meeting, the Board will convene at 6:30 p.m. and immediately vote to go into closed session. The open portion of the meeting will begin at about 7 p.m. The agenda for this meeting will be available by the Friday before the meeting on BoardDocs: https://go.boarddocs.com/mabe/wcboe/Board.nsf/Public In accordance with the Board of Education Public Comments Protocol Policy, pre-registration for public comments is required. Public comments during the Board meeting will be limited to 20 participants. To register for public comments, please visit the pre-registration page (https://board_public_comments.wcboe.org/), which will be open starting one week prior to this Board meeting (at 7 p.m. Tuesday, July 4) and will close one day before (at 7 p.m. Monday, July 10) before the Board meeting. Anyone unable to pre-register online may visit the school system office at 2424 Northgate Drive during that timeframe (on any day except July 4, when the school system is closed for the holiday) to fill out a paper copy of the pre-registration form.

Ever consider being a SUBSTITUTE TEACHER? Watch this video and the rewards of substitute teaching, which provides a flexible schedule where you determine the days you work. Full and half-day positions are available, as well as long-term substitute assignments for when a teacher is out for an extended period. Video link - https://youtu.be/ENJDZyidz_0 Substitute teaching lets you choose when to work and guarantees nights, weekends, and holidays off. Join Our team and become a substitute in Wicomico Public Schools. #substituteteachers #WicomicoPublicSchools

COMING JULY 2ND!!! We are thrilled to announce a new WEBSITE for Wicomico Public Schools. Just type WICOMICOSCHOOLS.ORG into the browser of your choice. We also have a new MOBILE APP starting July 2nd! It's everything Wicomico Public Schools in your pocket. Watch this video on how the new app works! https://youtu.be/2BvvpMGxq6Y Download for Android - https://bit.ly/3nTv1Le Download for Apple - https://apple.co/4542oLO We are glad to partner with Apptegy in bringing this essential communications tool to Wicomico Public Schools families and staff to keep you in touch with alerts, closings/delays, grades, events and wonderful student stories. Download the free app today!

Looking ahead to next week: Wicomico County Public Schools will be closed Tuesday, July 4. School system offices, secondary summer school and some programs are open July 3. Check with other programs for schedule that day.