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Hello RMS Families,

How is it second semester already?! We feel like we blinked and first semester was gone!

We have had the pleasure of working with and talking with your students a lot over the first semester. As we have grown in our roles as Co-Principals, we have been blown away by how amazing our students and staff are.

We gave our student and parent engagement surveys a couple weeks ago and were excited to celebrate the growth we have experienced and are ready to dig into the opportunities for improvement that were presented in our feedback.

Specific results we would like to celebrate from our building goals:

By March 31, 2026, the middle school will administer a student engagement survey three times—once during each of the first three quarters of the 2025–26 school year. This baseline data will be analyzed within two weeks of each administration and used to inform school-wide strategies to improve student engagement in order to improve math and literacy academic outcomes across the building.

Student Engagement Survey:

We were thrilled to see that we have improved every score across all of our student engagement questions. We will continue to work to move toward students responding “Strongly Agree-5” for all statements as we work our way through second semester. We will be administering this survey again at the end of March in order to gauge progress and determine what else students are asking for in order to help them be successful.

By May 31, 2026, the middle school leadership team will conduct quarterly student rounding conversations with 25 students per grade level, totaling 225 students across the year, to gather input. This baseline data will be documented, analyzed quarterly, and used to inform building-wide strategies in order to improve math and literacy academic outcomes across the building.

Student Rounding Conversations:

Through the 150 student 1:1 conversations we have had so far this year, we have gathered a lot of information and identified action steps we can take as a building to be responsive to what our students are asking for. The specific action steps we have taken toward the end of second quarter and will remain intact for third quarter are:

6th grade action item: Create a system for knowing when assignments/homework is being given to lessen the load for students
7th grade action item: Work towards adapting at least one more activity/lesson per unit to make it hands-on.
8th grade action item: 8th grade teachers will administer a common survey regarding seating preference and develop seating charts based on these preferences to give students more ownership in their learning environment.
Electives: commit to having an increased adult presence in hallways. Focus on hallway behavior and volume.

We are committed to continuing to respond to the needs of students. In order to do that, we know we need to continue to ask students and parents what they feel they need from us. We look forward to a great third quarter!

Please reach out with any questions!

Leigh Ann Graf

Mike Cunningham

RMS Co-Principals

Feb 9 - No School

Feb 13 - School Dance 6pm - 8pm

Feb 14 - Solo/Ensemble Festival @ WHS

New to our building this year is an attendance email address for Parents and Guardians to use to report that your student will be absent. As always, you can still call and leave a message with attendance. It is important that you let us know in advance if your student will be absent. That way attendance can be marked accordingly and automated absent phone calls will not go out. Adding RMS as a contact in your phone also helps you to know who is calling, if your student needs something. Thank you!

Attendance Email: rmsattendance@mywusd.org

Attendance Phone Number: 920-262-1480 - EXT 5811

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