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Welcome to Weis Middle School
OUR VISION
Equitable Opportunities. Extraordinary Experiences.
OUR MISSION
Caring Community Members [One Love + One Community]
We’re one community and there’s a special bond we have on the island.
We’re all different, but we work hard to understand, celebrate, and learn from each other.
It’s cool to be kind, and here, there’s nothing but love.
Courageous Learners [Confident in our Abilities + Fearless in the Face of Failure]
We’re confident in our abilities. If we’re not great at something—yet!—we keep working at it.
We’re not afraid to take risks, and when we fail, we learn from it.
We keep trying, because we’re not afraid of getting knocked down.
We always get back up. Stronger.
Confident Leaders [We Own Our Actions + We Lead Our Academic Journeys]
We’re confident in who we are and we know we’re in control of how we show up each day.
We manage our emotions and regulate our behaviors.
We are the leaders of our academic journeys—we own our learning and advocate for what we need to ensure we’re on track for unlimited choices for the future.
OUR CORE VALUES
At Weis Middle School, we do things the RITE way:
Respect
We respect one another’s right to safety and dignity at school.
We will speak to each other with calmness, politeness, and civility.
Integrity
We exercise the moral courage to do the right thing at all times.
Trustworthiness
We are honest in our communication and in our conduct.
We follow through on what we say we will do and when we say we will do it.
Effort
We recognize that learning is hard but we can reach our learning goals with the guidance of our teachers and the support of our friends.
SCHOOL HOURS:
7:50 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
(All scholars should be picked up by 3:45 p.m.)
BEFORE SCHOOL:
Students are welcome in the building by 7:15 a.m. Personnel will be available to supervise students after this time. Therefore, for safety reasons, we appreciate your assistance in refraining from dropping our scholars off before this time.
WE ENCOURAGE, AND URGE, OUR STUDENTS TO ARRIVE BY 7:40 A.M. EACH DAY.
Instruction will begin promptly at 7:50 a.m.
If scholars arrive after 7:50 a.m., they will be counted as tardy.
Breakfast is served every morning starting at 7:15 to 7:40 a.m. ALL students are eligible for free breakfast.
IGEN: 11:14-11:44 am
CONATUS: 11:34-12:04 pm
CONFIAR: 12::11-12:41 pm HESHIMA: 12:31-1:01 pm
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District News
Congratulations to Dr. Julia Ramirez, Rosenberg Elementary Principal, for being selected as GISD's E3 Employee of the month!
"My favorite part of my job is the opportunity to collaborate with staff, students, parents and the community to provide educational opportunities for students in the best environment possible," Dr. Ramirez said.
Galveston ISD organizará una feria de inscripción gratuita de 7:30 a.m. a 5 p.m. el lunes 10 de abril, en el edificio Annex del distrito ubicado en 3906 Ave. T para cualquier familia o persona que desee asistencia bilingüe en persona con el proceso de inscripción y reinscripción en línea del distrito para los grados de prekínder a 12.
GISD está organizando este evento el 10 de abril porque es un día festivo para estudiantes, lo que permitirá que el distrito tenga varios miembros bilingües del personal disponibles. El evento está destinado a familias de estudiantes que regresan y estudiantes nuevos al distrito.
Galveston ISD will host a free registration fair from 7:30 to 5 p.m. Monday, April 10, in the district’s Annex Building located at 3906 Ave. T for any families or individuals who would like in-person bilingual assistance with the district’s online enrollment and re-enrollment process for grades pre-K through 12.
GISD is hosting this event on April 10 because it is a student holiday, which will allow the district to have multiple bilingual staff members available.
The City of Galveston and GISD's Police Department will present valuable opioid and fentanyl overdose education and vaping awareness information from 5:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday April 4, in Ball High School's cafeteria.
As student safety is always our district's highest priority, GISD would like to encourage all parents, staff members, and community members possible to attend.
Please see the flyers below for additional information, including participating community partners and event specifics.
Thank you for your help in prioritizing student health and safety in every way possible.
GISD Science Teachers were among the presenters at the 6th Annual Greater Houston Area STEM Conference on Saturday, March 4th, 2023.
Lori Williamson, Dr. Jean Langevine, Cathy Nall, Laura Hurt and Catherine Thomas did a great job representing GISD.
Galveston ISD is proud to welcome James Grant as the district’s new Executive Director of Operations.
Grant, who prefers to be called “Jim,” has worked in education for 39 years, including serving 14 years as assistant superintendent of operations.
A shop teacher by trade, Grant joins the GISD team by way of Florence, Texas, having served New Caney ISD for 17 years.
To say that 19-year-old Ball High School alumna Kaylhan Garcia is impressive is an understatement.
A 2021 Ball High School graduate and Galveston native, Garcia is currently a sophomore attending American University in Washington D.C. while pursuing a degree in data science for justice law and criminology with a minor in Spanish.
Why should your family consider Galveston Independent School District? Find out March 1!
GISD will host its annual Schools of Choice Fair from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 1, in the Ball High School cafeteria in an effort to display all the reasons why GISD is a fantastic educational choice to current student families and Galveston residents who may be considering the district for their child’s education.
The gymnasium in Galveston ISD’s Austin Middle School was brimming with young scholars and approximately 300 science projects on display recently during the district’s STEM Science Fair.
The fair is only the second of its kind to be hosted by the district, with the first occurring before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Galveston ISD is proud to announce Delton Kelly as the district’s new Director of Maintenance and Operations.
While Delton is new to the role, he is not new to the island, or GISD for that matter. He is a proud “BOI” (born on island) who has attended GISD from kindergarten through graduation from Ball High School in 1983, and he’s worked for the district full-time for 15 years.
The highest priority of Galveston ISD’s leadership surrounds one thing and one thing only: student safety.
To increase security measures at Ball High School, GISD will install a weapons detection system at the school’s entrance in the near future.
It may not be a well-known fact that dyslexia can affect up to 20 percent of a student population. It can, and that presents a significant number of students who struggle with dyslexia-related challenges, such as learning to read or interpret words, letters, and other symbols, to name a few.
While the season is soon coming to an end for Ball High School’s Tor band, the influence of one band member - senior drum captain Colin Thomas – is sure to echo forward even after the marching stops.
During a time when Galveston ISD is looking ahead to exciting new developments such as an upgraded football stadium, an innovative new high school...
The photography offerings available to students at Galveston ISD’s Ball High School have expanded rapidly recently, growing from one course offered to now four in just a two-year span.
The classes, part of the school’s Media Arts and Digital Technology Community, provide students in grades 9 through 12 with opportunities to gain first-hand digital photography experience in a variety of ways, including photographing district and community events.
A first-of-its-kind unmanned aerial and marine piloting program is gaining momentum for students in Galveston Independent School District’s Career and Technical Education (CTE) program at Ball High School this fall.
Originally taking flight this summer as a prototype internship through a partnership with the National Science Foundation and Texas A&M University...