This Week at PRMS

Hello families,

Dear PRMS Students and Families,

Welcome back! I hope you all enjoyed a restful and fun-filled summer break. As we gear up for the new school year, I am absolutely thrilled to welcome our returning families back and to extend a special greeting to those joining our school community for the first time.

Our teachers and staff have been hard at work preparing for your arrival. This year, we are especially focused on:

• Building Community: Creating a safe, supportive, kind, and welcoming environment for everyone.

• Teaching & Learning: Delivering strong, engaging instruction across all classrooms.

• Student Well-Being: Ensuring every student has the support they need to succeed and thrive.

We cannot wait to open our doors and fill our hallways with your energy and enthusiasm once again. Let’s work together to make this our best year yet!

We look forward to seeing you at our upcoming Open House and on the first day of school.

Our school community is focusing on the following priorities:

• Teaching & Learning: Supporting strong instruction and consistent expectations across classrooms

• Student Well-Being: Reinforcing positive behavior and kindness

• Attendance: Encouraging daily attendance and on-time arrival

• Accountability: Owning our choices https://docs.google.com/document/d/11p-H7rxY2aRhG0s7FYqyHyoytrbXIQEQ_o2qRj8oNAs/edit?usp=sharing

To ensure a safe and smooth start to the day, we have updated our traffic flow for the new school year. All student drop-offs and pick-ups will now take place in the front of the school. Please be aware that the parking lot has transitioned to a one-way traffic pattern, and the designated drop-off zone is now restricted to a single lane only. We kindly ask that all drivers remain patient, follow the directed traffic flow, and exercise extra caution during arrival and dismissal times to help keep our school community safe

Help Desk: Starting Tuesday September 8th, every Tuesday and Thursday from 3:20-4:30 is help desk. Students can stay after school in Mrs. Hill's room to get caught up on their homework. There is at least one teacher that is available to help students during this time. Please make sure you are here at 4:30 to pick your student up.

Popcorn Fridays: Starting Friday, September 11th, popcorn will be available to purchase every Friday. Your student can pay each week or there will be a form sent home from the Middle School Parent Group

After School: We always encourage students to attend sporting events after school. However, student spectators may not stay after school while waiting for the sporting events to begin. They need to go home at the end of the school day and come back at the time of the event. Siblings also cannot stay during practices.

Mr. Brian Jackson serves as Pine River’s 4th - 7th-grade Student Success Coordinator. You can reach Mr. Jackson by emailing brian.jackson@pineriver.org. Parents who would like Mr. Jackson to meet with their student for any social, emotional, or academic needs are encouraged to use this form: https://forms.gle/3F7jpHig45S9JzBY6

Pine River Middle School Parent Group is putting on a Mum's Fundraiser! Forms were at the open house. Forms and money are due Monday, September 14th. Pick up day is Thursday September 24th from 3:30pm to 7:00pm. Location is at the Leroy Ball Fields, behind the Pine River Elementary. There is extra forms in the office.

Below are a few important dates and resources for families.

• Friday, September 4: No School

• Monday, September 7: No School

• Friday, September 11: First popcorn Friday

• Tuesday, September 15: NWEA Reading

• Thursday, September 17: NWEA Math

• Friday, September 18: Football Tailgate

• Tuesday, September 29: Picture day