EMS Wk1 S1 - Weekly Newsletter

The know-whats and know-hows at EMS

First Week of School Next Week: 8/29 - 9/1

6th Grade Only Day: August 29

All Students Return (7th and 8th Grade 1st Day): August 30

Review Last Week's Newsletter, Here

Learn About Last Week's Information, Here.

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Thank You for Attending "Soft" Open House: Come Again on 10/19

Last week EMS opened its doors for students and families to receive schedules, locker number and combinations, and tour the building.

August 18: 253 families attended

August 19: 90 families attended

80% of our families attended "Soft" Open House. We are very excited for the start of our school year. Thank you for being engaged with our school and for supporting your student's transition back to school from Summer.

Event Information

Open House

Come tour our school, visit our classrooms, meet your student's teachers, and ask questions about the Essential Learning Standards we have set for our students.

We are looking forward to sharing our middle school with you!

When?

Wednesday, Oct 19, 2022, 06:00 PM

Where?

Estacada Middle School, Northeast Main Street, Estacada, OR, USA

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Do You Know Your Student's Bus Pick-up Times, Routes?

Click this link to learn about our routes, pick-up, times, and to learn whether or not your student is a "walker" or a "rider."

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MyView Transportation Location Application

Does your student ride the bus? Your student must wear and swipe (when boarding the bus) the MyView card so you know where your student is. Please click here to view MyView's website.

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Know How Well Your Child Is Learning: PowerSchool and ParentSquare

We will communicate with you nearly-weekly about your student's progress toward learning grade-level essential standards. To get a jump-start or head start, be familiar with two important online-based resources:

1. PowerSchool Student/Parent View. Here you can view your student's attendance, work completion, and proficiency scores.

2. ParentSquare: Here you will receive messages from school staff. Weekly messages include Newsletters from administration as well as progress reports.

School Supply List for 22-23

Please click on this link (or view below) for school supplies.

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Does your family qualify for Free or Reduced lunch meals?

Please review the graphic below. If your family qualifies for free or reduced lunch meals, please reach out to our Director of Foods and Nutrition, Kyla Portwood (portwoodk@estacada.k12.or.us).

Not only will your student's lunch fees be free or reduced, your student will also qualify for reduced athletics payments.

The QR Code to the left (take a picture of me) will take you to "My School Bucks" to pre-pay any school lunches to your student's account.

Click Here to Review the Student Culture Handbook

This handbook provides students, families, and staff with the rules, systems, and procedures of the school.

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Student Schedules and Bell Schedule

Your student's schedule will be released in August. During Summer Open House - scheduled for August 18 and 19 - your student can pick up their schedule and make any schedule change request (a request does not guarantee a schedule change is possible).

Your student's schedule includes 8 sections. Of the 8 sections:

One section is "Life" which is a daily, 30-minute homeroom class where we teach social-emotional competencies, organizational skills, elicit reflection and learning progress, and host schoolwide assemblies and communication systems.
One section is "FLX" which is a daily, 40-minute enrichment or extension section where your student will focus on either a) strengthening/improving lagging prerequisite or foundational skills or b) enriching content knowledge in a specific content area.
Six sections are Core Classes which include your student's elective class as well as Math, Language Arts, Science, Social Studies, and PE/Health.

A snapshot of the bell schedule and a student's schedule matrix is posted below.

Student Voice and Student Engagement

Our students' engagement is important to our school. One opportunity for growth we have set to improve - as indicated by our student engagement survey - is "Students treat each other with respect at my school."

We will focus on fostering an environment in our school which asks students to consider what respectful actions look like and sound like. Please watch this video about our strategic plans to strengthen our students' respect towards one another.

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Teen Truth Guest Speaker

Estacada Middle School will host a schoolwide assembly about positive school culture and bullying to help establish a foundation and set the direction for the 22-23 school year. We will be bringing in Jared Scott from Teen Truth to present to our students.

In the Spring of 2022 our EMS students reported, on the annual survey, that the area of biggest growth to be made at EMS is students treating each other with respect. To coach, teach, and inspire our students on respect and kindness, EMS is bring in a guest speaker from Teen Truth to speak to our students about these topics.

This assembly - on Tuesday, September 6th - is designed to be impactful to all students as we continue to foster an engaged, respectful culture at EMS. This past Spring our students told us (on the student engagement survey) that students treating other students with respect is one area where we have the opportunity to make the most growth as a school.

Hometown Fan Sign-up App

Please click here to view Hometown Fan's website and learn more about signing up for all in-person, at-school events.

Click Here to View Cross Country (XC) Schedule

Click this button or view meet and competition schedules. View the image below to review our students' cross country practice schedule. Go Tigers!

Click Here to View EMS Volleyball Schedule

Please click this button or view the image below to review our EMS volleyball schedule. Reminder: You must use Hometown Ticketing to enter the facilities during home matches.