The first learning opportunity each day is in Life (Homeroom) Class. Each day, students are welcomed by their teachers to sit together to review previous and upcoming learning opportunities.

In Life class, students engage in SecondStep curriculum to build social-emotional competencies like self-awareness, social-awareness, self-management, responsible decision-making, and relationship skills. Students also monitor their progress in attendance, work completion, proficiency, and on-track towards goals.

All classrooms and teachers have set goals for student learning. Goals are aligned to our school's goals for learning outcomes. Students and teachers have co-created classroom mission statements which describe the classroom actions all students must exhibit to increase the potential to meet the goal.

Teachers are beginning to measure your student against learning expectations. Students and teachers are discussing the ongoing learning of each class to provide feedback for improvement.

Please review this video, here, to learn about check your student's achievement in PowerSchool ParentPortal. We want you to know how well your student is learning.

This is a reminder to all that Homework Support at EMS will begin on September 26th. All EMS students are welcome to join in room #213 (Elizabeth Warren) for extra support on assignments and assessments of any subject matter. HW Support will be hosted directly after 3:45pm - 4:45pm on Mondays and Wednesdays.

Email Mrs. Ashley Jarvis for any information needed: jarvisa@estacada.k12.or.us

We want to communicate key data regarding our school's academic behaviors and focus on learning. Estacada Middle School follows the PBIS model. PBIS is a positive behavior approach to discipline and school rules and expectations. At EMS students are rewarded, with points, for modeling and demonstrating desired behavior. Students are then allowed to purchase items, rewards and are eligible for incentives based on their points from the school PBIS store. Below is a current breakdown of points that have been earned and by grade level.

Data this Week:

--Last week 99% of EMS students were referral free during the week of 9/19/22.

--To date, for the school year, 97.5 % of EMS students are referral free.

--Last week 88% of students were on time to 100% of their classes per day.

We are starting to see tradies increase, please talk with your students about the importance of being on time to class, with all materials and prepared. Students who do receive two tardies in one day will be assigned a lunch detention for the next school day and will problem solve with Mr. Kelley about how to prevent future tarides.

If your student is experiencing any of the following unwanted behaviors from peers, encourage your student to come to the office and make a report to our Vice-Principal. These reports allow our office team to problem-solve with students about unwanted behavior.

Our mission is to equip each student with the skills necessary to be resourceful and successful.

Email: emsinfo@estacada.k12.or.us
Website: www.ejhs.estacada.k12.or.us
Location: 500 Northeast Main Street, Estacada, OR, USA
Phone: (503) 630-8516
Facebook: facebook.com/estacadamiddleschool
Twitter: @estacadamiddle