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Week 7, S1: EMS Family Newsletter

The What-to-Knows at Estacada Middle School for Families

Week 7, S1: EMSFamily NewsletterThe What-to-Knows at Estacada Middle School forFamilies

Week 7 at EMS: October 18 to Oct 22 Week 7 at EMS: October 18 to Oct 22

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Schoolwide Reading Supplemental
View this video to see how your student will be practicing reading when at school. Your student can read from home, too! And, we encourage it.
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Taking Action For Your Students' Learning in Reading and Math

Why? Below this text box are two images which describe our students' Reading and Math skills. Reading: 26% of our students are reading at or above grade-level and 74% of our students are reading below grade-level. Math: 13% of our students are answering grade-level prompts correctly whereas 87% of our students are unable to answer grade-level prompts correctly. Your Student's Scores: On Tuesday last week you will received your students' individual scores via ParentSquare.


What? Beginning on Tuesday, October 19 all students will be enrolled into a course which either provides enrichment or intervention for Math or Reading. Your student will be grouped with peers (in the same grade level) who have similar strengths so we can intentionally target Reading and Math learning. We will be using Imagine Reading as well as Corrective Reading to teach lagging reading techniques as well as iReady to develop Math skills.


How? Your student's schedules are ready to be viewed in PowerSchool. Your student will receive a hard-copy schedule on Monday AND Tuesday prior to beginning this new class. In January/February your student will be measured again with the iReady Diagnostic. We will either see growth or regression based on the work we have done throughout the year to determine whether or not these interventions are functioning as we intend. Your student can also practice reading from home. View this video to see what your student will be engaging in.

A, B, C Days

A, B, C Days

Why? EMS' Schedule Tier 1 Core Classes for all: A student spends 88.8% of learning time in core classes (25 hours/wk) SEL: A student spends 2.4% of learning time in Life class (0.67 Hours/Wk) Tier 1, 2, 3 Reading/Math Dvlpmnt: A student spends 4.1% of learning time (1.167 Hours/Wk) Tier 1,2,3 Con...

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Grade-level Reading Data Grade-level Reading Data

Grade-level Math Data Grade-level Math Data

Science Classes and MESA at EMS Science Classes and MESA at EMS

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Scientific Method!

6th Graders are practicing the scientific method with their first student-designed lab!
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Testable Questions!

Each class picked their own testable question that involves changing some aspect of a penny (ex. heads or tails).
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Thinking Critically

Groups determined if that change impacts how many drops of water a penny can hold.
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Engaging All Learners!

Shout out to this hybrid lab group (students working from home in Quarantine as well as here at school)!
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MESA Club!

MESA started this week with a super enthusiastic batch of inventors, coders, designers, scientists, and engineers! We're gearing up for a ton of skill building in the weeks to come! (This picture was taken super fast and then we went back to physical distancing)

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Zombie Walk!

8th Graders learned how to calculate an object's speed this week. They collected their own data to determine if they could outrun their zombie counterpart by calculating both the speed at which they travel running compared to their "zombie walk".

Join A Club At EMS! See Below! Join A Club At EMS! See Below!

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Positive Covid-19 Test During the Weekend? Let us know!

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.

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Estacada Middle School

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

Go Tigers! Go Tigers!

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