Last month, all students at EMS completed our bi-yearly Student Engagement Survey. We celebrated our top indicators and are working with student council to overcome and build actions plans for our lowest-rated indicator.

Highest Rated Indicator: Learning is Important at My School

Highest Rated Indicator: I enjoy my Art, PE, and Music classes

Lowest-Rated Indicator: Students show respect for each other at my school

We elicit student voice to help guide our actions. The student council has worked to identify strategic actions we will begin to implement before the end of the school year. The two top-voted strategic actions are: #1: Student-led Respect Forms and #2: Teaching Respect and Kindness, schoolwide.

We measure your student's reading (and Math next week) skills to ensure our instruction is strengthening your student's reading skills and preparing students for reading at-or-above grade-level text.

Your student's reading comprehension for informational and literary texts as well as vocabulary development will be measured this week during our Spring iReady Diagnostic.

Your student will be completing the iReady Reading Diagnostic in their Life class. When finished we will be sending you their assessment results. Your student's achievement will help guide their enrollment in FLX sessions for the upcoming school year.

In 3D Art, students learned about the Alebrije tradition from Mexico that involves painting patterns and bright colors on little wooden figurines. Students took this idea and created their own interpretation of the folk art tradition. Their only requirement was to include two patterns in their design and to practice their craftsmanship with handling paint. Well done students!

If you would like to see more student art, head to our classroom instagram page: #estacadamiddleart

Call the weekend COIVD-19 case hotline on the weekend. It is self-automated; select the right school (per the prompt) and leave a message. The voicemail you leave will be directed to our Vice-Principal, Mr. Kelley so we can begin to identify potential close contacts.

The number you need to call to notify us about your student's positive case is: 971-220-6594. Thank you for partnering with use to keep our students in the classroom with as little interruption as possible.

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