EEM Newsletter (August 18-22, 2025)

We value your feedback! It takes a village, and our goal is to partner with our families to best support our students. Please complete this survey to help give us feedback on how we can best meet your child's needs.

Please make note of the following important dates:

• August 18th: Community Pep Rally @ SHS Arena, 6:00pm
• August 19th: V/JV Preseason Exhibition Game @ Malvern, 7:00pm
• August 26th: Middle School Orientation Night, 6:00pm
• September 1st: Labor Day, No School
• September 5th: Progress Reports Go Home
• September 8th: Grades 6-12 Parent/Teacher Conferences, 2:00-8:00pm *More info TBA*
• September 8th: School Board Meeting, 7:00pm
• September 11th: Early Dismissal, PK-5 Parent/Teacher Conferences
• September 12th: No School
• September 22-26th: Scholastic Book Fair @ EEM
• September 23, 25, 30, & October 2nd: ATLAS INTERIM ASSESSMENT #1 *More info TBA*
• October 3rd: No School

Do you want your child to have more support in middle school readiness? Click the link below to sign up your child for a small group with our counselor!

• Student ID badges will be passed out in JacketTime on the first day of school. ID Badges are required to be worn on a student's person during school hours. Replacement badges, due to being lost or damaged, is $5.00.
• Dress code is strictly enforced. Please see the 2025-2026 Student Handbook for our dress code policy.

Please watch the video below on our arrival/dismissal procedures. A few important things:

1. Please wait to drop your child off until 7:30am. Students are not allowed to wait outside the building before 7:30am. They must remain in vehicles.

2. Please be patient with us the first week! Things tend to run a little slower, but with time...we will make sure your child is safely and efficiently dropped off and picked up from school. 🤗

At EEM, it is important that we have a safe, orderly, and caring environment. When our students feel safe and procedures are in place to ensure the building is orderly, students can learn to their maximum potential. We follow the SSD Student Handbook (please see link below). We expect our students to be a BOSS at EEM, and we will hold our students accountable for those expectations! Thank you for partnering with us to ensure EEM is a safe, loving school where your child can truly succeed.

Welcome back to school! I hope everyone enjoyed their summer break. If your child will be taking meds at school, a parent/guardian needs to bring the medications to the nurse. Meds from students will not be accepted. Also please be prepared to spend some time in the nurse’s office: signing forms and med consents and counting meds. Thank you!

The Reminders:

1. Parents/guardians this first time dropping off your student’s meds with the nurse will take some time: forms and consents need to be signed and meds need to be counted.

2. Please make sure your child is up to date on immunizations or that their exemption is up to date. Exemptions need to be renewed every new school year. If you’re not sure about your child’s status, please don’t hesitate to contact the school nurse.

3. If your child has a health condition, please inform the school nurse. We want to keep all our students safe and make sure they are receiving proper care while at school.

4. If your child needs a check-up, immunizations, or is feeling ill our Jacket Health and Wellness Clinic is convenient and quick. For more information click the link Jacket Health or call (870) 484-4411 to set up an appointment.

5. Please keep your child at home if they have a fever, vomiting, or have diarrhea. Students must be 24 hrs without fever or symptoms in order to return to school. Please also let attendance or the school nurse know.

6. The Sheridan School District is a peanut/tree nut free district. Please do not send or allow your child to bring food items into the school that contain peanuts, peanut products, or tree nuts. This information will be found on the label under ingredients. Due to continual changes in manufacturer packaging and processing, please read the ingredient label to ensure that it does not contain any of the following: peanuts/ nuts, peanut/nut butter, peanut/nut oil, peanut/nut flour, peanut/nut meal, or any of the statements “may contain traces of peanut/nuts.” (M&M’s, Butterfinger).

7. Parents, be on the lookout for head lice and remind students not to share combs/brushes or clothing items.

Thank you and please contact me with any questions or concerns.

Cynthia Terrell, RN (501) 261-6565

All grades can be accessed on Home Access Center (HAC): http://hac23.esp.k12.ar.us. HAC Parent Access Codes will be sent home the first few weeks of school, which will allow all parents to login to view their child's grades. If you have any questions or do not receive your parent letter, please contact Dr. Williams at heatherwilliams@sheridanschools.org. Thank you!

Please feel free to contact East End Middle administration for any reason. We are here to partner with you to ensure success for your child. You may call the office at 501-261-6565 or email those listed below.

Dr. Heather Williams, Principal

heatherwilliams@sheridanschools.org

Mr. Alan Westfall, Asst. Principal

alanwestfall@sheridanschools.org

Ms. Jessica Ashcraft, School Counselor

jessicaashcraft@sheridanschools.org