*HALF DAY*
Tomorrow, Spartans that attend Hillsdale Area Career Center have class. LISD Tech Center and Branch Area Career Center are closed. Classes are 1st, 2nd, 5th, 6th, and 7th. Fifth hour begins at 9:26am for those who do not have 1st or 2nd hour classes. Reminder that dismissal is 11:55am.
*NO CODING OR TUTORING* Due to Thanksgiving break, there will be no coding or tutoring this week. Remember that Wednesday, Nov. 23, students will be released at 11:55AM. There will be no school Thursday or Friday. Enjoy your Thanksgiving!
*PICTURE RETAKE DAY* Tomorrow, Monday, Nov. 21 is picture retake day! Please make sure your child returns their original picture packet. If your child missed the first picture day, make sure they get them taken tomorrow, including all seniors. We want to include everyone in our yearbook and schoolwide photos.
*HELPING* Thank you to all who are asking to help our Spartan family who had a house fire. The following are their clothes sizes. The main office will be a drop off center for this family. We will make sure they receive all donations.
Boy:
Shirt-Large
Sweat pants - Size 16 or men's medium
Girl:
Shirt-Large
Pants: Large tights or 11/12 jeans
Mom:
Shirt: Small
Pants: 3/4
Dad:
Shirt: Small/medium
Pants: 29x30 or 30x30
*EAT FOR A CAUSE*
Pappa Joe's will be at Northside Carry Out this evening, 3pm-9pm. They will donate $2 from every meal to our Spartan family who lost their home. Please consider eating there this evening!
*CHEER PRACTICE* Cheer practice will be tomorrow, Friday, Nov. 18 from 4-6pm in the media center.
*OPEN*
We will have school tomorrow! This includes tech, work, and college. Woo hoo!
Reminder: Tonight's FAFSA event had been postponed with a tentative new date of next Wednesday.
*MS BOYS BASKETBALL GAME RESCHEDULED* We have rescheduled Wednesday's MS boys basketball game for Friday at 5:30pm at Pittsford. Go Spartans!
*WANTED: BLOOD*
Waldron National Honor Society is hosting their blood drive this Thursday and are short many donors. Please consider donating. Click on the link to sign up. Thank you!
https://www.redcrossblood.org/give.html/drive-results?zipSponsor=SPARTANS
*CLOSED WEDNESDAY*
After meeting with the Jackson ISD Supt and Tech director, the cybersecurity team is nearing completion of securing the network. However, they will require tonight and tomorrow to complete the restoration, barring any big setbacks. That means that school will be closed again tomorrow and we will plan on opening again Thursday.
FAFSA will be rescheduled, as will the Pittsford basketball game. Thank you so much for your patience, Spartans.
*PRACTICE TONIGHT*
We are excited to announce that there will be the following practices this evening:
Girls basketball will practice at 3pm.
JH basketball will practice at 5pm.
Good news! They are making progress on getting our network up and going again!
*FAFSA PREP*
Senior and parents! Prepare ahead of time for our FAFSA night tomorrow! Go to the link below and create your account! Parents and students need to create their own seperate accounts!
https://studentaid.gov/fsa-id/create-account/launch
Spartan Community,
Over the weekend we, along with Jackson County and Hillsdale County schools, were the victims of a cyberattack. This ransomware is a threat to both our individual and collective security. At this moment teams of cybersecurity experts are working to secure and bring the network systems back online.
Because of this school will not be in session tomorrow, November 15. We will provide more information as it becomes available.
Thank you for your patience!
Jack Ledford, Superintendent
Waldron Area Schools
*CANCELLED*
The MS basketball game at Litchfield has been cancelled. There are also no practices or other activities at the school this evening. Coaches will follow up with teams. There is no update at this time regarding the network outage affecting the district.
*SCHOOL CLOSED*
Over the weekend, our tech consortium suffered a systems outage. The outage affected critical operating systems in the district. Jackson Cty ISD tech staff is working to fully investigate the disruptions & to restore affected systems.
Because this will take some time, superintendents from both Jackson and Hillsdale counties have determined the best course of action is to close schools for tomorrow, Monday, November 14.
We understand the difficulties this decision may cause & appreciate your understanding & patience as our tech team works around the clock to get our systems back online & our students back in school. We will provide more info as it becomes available.
*SMILES ON WHEELS* Smiles on Wheels dental program is returning on Nov. 28 & 29. If you would like to have your child's teeth cleaned, please fill out a form and return. Forms can be found and returned at the main office.
*SPIRIT WEAR SALE* Looking for Waldron apparel? The Spirit Wear sale is going on for another week. Please have your money and orders to the main office by Friday, Nov. 18. Thank you for showing your Spartan pride!
*FAFSA NIGHT*
Calling ALL senior parents and students! Wednesday, November 16th at 6PM in the cafeteria! We will be filing for financial aid! Bring snacks! A packet will go home with your seniors tomorrow with helpful information to prepare and some FAQ's! Contact Jenn with any questions!
*POPCORN FRIDAY* Tomorrow will be another popcorn Friday! Bring your 50 cents and enjoy a snack.
