William Thomas Middle School

Thanks to Mrs. Coleman, Mrs. Crompton and the science department, every student in the school was given a native Western White Pine sapling from the Idaho Forest Products Commission in celebration of Arbor Day. We can't wait to see these beautiful trees added to our town.

7th Grade Science keeps knocking it out of the park! Mrs. Crompton creates opportunities for students to understand biology with real-world investigations. This time, students (and some teachers) checked their blood-types to understand how family genetics really work!

On Friday, April 10th, 11 8th grade students, accompanied by Ms. Clark and Mrs. Leisher, spent the day on the Idaho Falls campus of INL learning about different science fields and the future of AI. They joined other 8th grade students at an event called My Amazing Future. Big thanks to everyone at INL for hosting this awesome event!!

Thanks to the hard work of our maintenance department, the leak has been fixed and school will be back in session at WTMS tomorrow!

For those who may have missed the text alert, WTMS classes are cancelled today due to a broken water main. The transportation department will make sure that any student already on a bus will be returned home.

Mrs. Coleman's classes are doing fun things! This is what she said, "We are building pasta cars to see Newton's laws in action. We will test the cars made of pasta to see how far they go after rolling down a ramp."

Timothy’s graphic novel Orange the Cat is published and ready for checkout in our school library. It’s seriously amazing and he is working on a sequel right now! 104 pages!

Last week, our WTMS librarian created an exciting "escape room" experience for our 6th, 7th and 8th graders during their ELA classes! Students worked their way through ISAT test prep questions, using their reading and critical thinking skills to solve clues. Each correct answer helped them unlock the next step--first discovering the locker number, then cracking the locker's code to "escape"! Their hard work paid off with a golden ticket that led to a sweet reward--Smarties Candies! It was a fun, engaging way to build skills and confidence while getting ready for ISAT testing. Great job to all our students, and a big thank you to Mrs. Matthews for such a creative learning experience!

Congratulations to our 8th grade students of the month for March- Hailey Avalos and Leif Frazier. Learner is Alexis Sanchez for all of his hard work in classes. Leader is Bethany Bolgen for all her help and support of student council and the food drive. Succeeders are Lainey Moore and Melisa Mendez for being finalists in the state civics bee.

Congrats to our 6th grade March Student's of the month! Ivan and Seleny great work!!!!

We have some seriously talented students at our school. As 8th graders in Art 4 with Mrs. Jenks, they are given the chance to paint a ceiling tile to be hung somewhere in the hallways. Pictured are Taylor Evans and Chloe Clinger with their amazing tiles. Also pictured are some tiles done by former students. We love the lasting mark they make on us and our school!!

Nothing better than some warm weather and a SOTF Spring concert!

Why celebrate twin day when the entire 7th grade team can celebrate septuplet day? Yes, we know, there are only six of them in the library picture, but Mr. Leisher was there in spirit :)

The Spirit of the Falls Music Department is excited to announce the "Going to Disney Spring Concert 2026" on Wednesday March 18th at 7pm in the American Falls Performing Arts Auditorium. Family friendly and the cost is free. This concert will feature the exciting sounds of all 3 of the bands in the program including the 6th Grade Beg. Band, the 7/8th grade intermediate Band and the SOTF High School Wind Ensemble. This year's concert will be extra special because the band has been selected to represent Idaho and perform on the big stage at Disneyland and they will be playing the songs from their California performance for the home crowd. So make sure to mark your calendar for a fun evening of great music!

7th Grade students at WTMS spent a spectacular morning having fun and learning about STEM careers and their accompanying programs at Idaho State University. What a great experience for students and teachers, alike! Thank you to everyone who helped make this happen!

In Mrs. Cysewskis class students are creating their own game board for review questions!

Parents and community members! Let’s work together to make American Falls the best possible community for youth!
Join us for a free, interactive event to explore the Idaho Youth Well-Being Survey results for American Falls teens and learn how we can help them thrive.
Dinner and childcare will be provided, so bring the whole family! Spanish translation services will also be available.
When: Thursday, April 2nd | 6:00 - 8:00 PM
Where: William Thomas Middle School
If you are interested in attending, please RSVP at: https://bit.ly/Youth_Well-being

In February our student council planned a food drive competition between our grades. The 8th grade won by donating over 900 food items. Overall, we were able to donate 2,200 food items to the AFSD Food Pantry to help food insecure families in our community.

In 6th grade science we are learning about Newton's Laws of Motion. In this week's experiments we are seeing how objects of different mass move when force is applied and how applying different amounts of force will affect motion of the object.