Updating phone numbers & address information:
Please ensure we have the most current phone, email, and address in our system by either logging into the IC Parent Portal or by contacting our Registrar, Ms. Montanez erica.montanez@fayette.kyschools.us We need your most up-to-date info to be able to keep you updated on your student's progress and in case of emergencies.

Need to get into Infinite Campus?
Infinite Campus is a program we use to track student grades. To get started, you can visit our IC Parent Portal Support Page. There you can register for an account and update your password. Once you've accessed IC you can update address and contact information as well as check on your student's grades.

Tech Help:
If your student's Chromebook is not functioning correctly, has been damaged, lost or stolen, please contact the school immediately. We can fix it! Our phone number is 1-859-381-3967. We even help with missing or broken chargers.

You may also use the District's Tech Help Line: (859-381-4410) weekdays from 8am - 4:30pm.

A Note on Attendance

Tips for Families to Improve School Attendance

• Make education a family priority.

• Do not allow your child to stay home from school unless they have permissible excuses.

• Know and follow the school district’s attendance policy

• Set a regular bedtime for your child that provides your child with plenty of rest.

• Do not enable your child by encouraging unexcused absences.

• If your child does not want to attend school talk to him or her. Also, contact your Guidance Counselor, Youth Service Center Coordinator, or Title I School Social Worker for additional resources.

• If your child refuses to go to school, please contact the school for help.

• Praise your child for school work well done.

• Assist your child with homework and ask for resources to help your child with his/her school work.

*Parents remember you have (3) days once your student returns to school to get your note in.

On February 16th, our 8th grade band held their recital at the Whitaker Family YMCA here in Lexington. So proud of these Warriors as they showed their skills and growth over time.

Keep playing that music, Warriors! The Music is INSIDE YOU!

Welcome to our new families at Winburn Middle School! Title I schools are very fortunate to receive Title I funding to support various initiatives at our school. Schools with 45% or more of its children from low-income families can qualify and develop schoolwide Title 1 programs to serve all students with this funding. Schoolwide programs can combine Title 1 funds with federal, state, and local funds to improve school programs. To learn more about Title I, click here.

At our school, we believe that FAMILIES are our PARTNERS! It’s important that we work together to ensure your student’s needs are met. Families play an important role in their student’s education. The Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence shares the resource below to highlight how families and schools can work together. Visit this site to learn more about this and other helpful resources.

CONTACTING YOUR STUDENT’S TEACHER

We want to support you as we work together to ensure the success of our students. If you need helping connecting with resources or if you have questions or concerns, please contact your student’s teacher by calling the school at 859-381-3687 or by email. All teacher emails are listed on the Staff Directory on our school website.

Any time you have Title I questions, please reach out to BJ Martin, Associate Principal.

Our school support staff is here to help. Click each name to send an email directly.

Ms. Culbertson - School Social Worker
Ms. Helm - 6th Grade Counselor
Mr. Weaver - 7th Grade Counselor
Ms. Brown - 8th Grade Counselor
Mr. Alicea - District Mental Health Specialist (habla español)
Dr. Birdwhistell - School Psychologist

Students and families may also complete a STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES REQUEST and a member of our support staff will reach out to you.

Second Steps Information for January
Second Steps are lessons taught at Winburn geared towards understanding the socioemotional needs of all students.

6^th Grade

Lesson 18: What Works Best for You?
Summary: In this week’s lesson, your child will practice choosing an emotion-management strategy that works best for them in a given setting. They’ll look at several different settings and pick a strategy they think will work for them.
Question: Discuss different scenarios that might happen at home or school where your child might need to use an emotion-management strategy. Talk through the scenarios and ask your child to share their thinking and reasoning with you.

Lesson 19: Raising Awareness About Managing Emotions
Summary: In this week’s lesson, your child will create a storyboard (a visual plan for a video) that will inform their peers about the benefits of using emotion-management strategies.
Question: Ask to see your child’s storyboard. If they can’t bring it home, ask them to describe it to you.

Lesson 21: Why Conflicts Escalate
Summary: In this week’s lesson, your child will identify behaviors that can cause conflicts to escalate, so they keep them from becoming more serious.
Question: Tell your child about a time when you played a part in escalating a conflict. Explain what you wished you had done instead. Ask your child if they are part of a conflict right now that they need help with.

7^th Grade

Lesson 18: Practicing Positive Self-Talk
Summary: This week, your child will practice a strategy called positive self-talk to help them reframe unhelpful thoughts.
Question: Ask your child to explain what “negativity bias” is. Share with each other one or more good things that happened today.

Lesson 19: Making Better Decisions
Summary: In this week’s lesson, your child will share strategies for how to interrupt unhelpful thoughts and manage strong emotions with their peers by creating a comic strip. Question: Ask to see your child’s comic strip. If they don’t have the comic strip, ask them to explain it to you.

Lesson 20: What Makes a Conflict Escalate?
Summary: In this week’s lesson, your child will examine common reasons social conflicts escalate from minor to major.
Question: Discuss with your child a time in your life when you were involved in an escalating conflict. What do you wish you had done instead? Ask your child if they are part of a conflict right now that they need help with.

8^th Grade

Lesson 18: Changing Strategies and Getting Help
Summary: In this week’s lesson, your child will analyze stressful situations and decide if they need to change their strategy or get outside help to manage their stress.
Question: Tell your child about a time you needed help managing stress

Lesson 19: My Stress-Management Plan
Summary: In this week’s lesson, your child will complete their own stress-management plan. It will include their own signs of stress, the situations that contribute to their stress, strategies they can use to relieve stress, and people they can reach out to for help or support.
Question: Ask to see your child’s stress-management plan. Talk about the strategies they’ve identified and offer your support if you see them displaying any signs of stress.
Lesson 20: My Values
Summary: In this week’s lesson, your child will explore their values and identify how behaviors that are important to them show them what they value.
Question: Ask your child about some of the values they have identified and why. Share a few of your own values and how you live out those values in your day-to-day life.