As we prepare for our upcoming Parent-Teacher Conferences, we are seeking volunteers to help by providing food and snack items for our hardworking teachers. If you're able to contribute, please sign up using the link below:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0C4DADA822AAFA7-52386521-parent
Your support is greatly appreciated, and it truly helps keep our teachers refreshed during this busy time. Thank you for your continued involvement and generosity!
As we have done in the past, East Middle School will be using the online program PTC Wizard to schedule Parent-Teacher conferences. This year, conferences will be held Tuesday, October 22 and Wednesday, October 23 from 4:00 - 7:15. These conferences will be in-person at East Middle School.
Five minute conferences will be scheduled using an on-line registration tool – PTC Wizard. In order to schedule a parent-teacher conference, parents will need to do the following:
Create a PTC Wizard account (login & password).
Use your account to sign up for parent-teacher conferences with the teachers you would like to see.
Please be sure you use the pulldown menu to choose the correct date
You will receive a confirmation email with your parent-teacher conference schedule.
The following information will be helpful as you plan for East Middle School Parent-Teacher Conferences:
The online registration window opens at 8:00 AM on Monday, October 14 and closes at 11:59 PM on Sunday, October 20. If you do not register within that period of time, you will be unable to schedule a conference. Time slots fill up quickly.
Conferences will be scheduled for a five minute block of time.
When scheduling your conferences, be mindful of the time needed to move to your next appointment, please do not select back-to-back time slots (try to leave at least a five minute break).
In order to allow as many parents as possible to conference with East staff, please note that only one five minute time slot per subject area is available for each student. If you have twins or multiple children, you may want to have each parent set up a PTC Wizard account so the system doesn’t limit your opportunity to see each student’s teacher.
Please know that East Middle School staff is always available to communicate via e-mail or phone regarding your child’s progress if you are unable to schedule a conference.
If you have other questions, please feel free to contact me at ted.younglas@pccsk12.com.
We have noticed that it may be time for a reminder about pick up and drop off procedures at East. Please be reminded of the following important guidelines to ensure the safety and smooth operation of our school’s pick-up and drop-off:
No Cutting the Line: Please refrain from cutting the pick-up or drop-off line. It is important to maintain order and safety for all students and families. When you try to pull around another car, you may not see pedestrians walking through the parking lot.
No Students Walking into the Parking Lot: For their safety, students should not walk into the parking lot to be picked up. Please remain in the designated pick-up area, and students will be brought to you.
Thank you for your cooperation in keeping our school community safe and organized! Student safety is always our top priority.
The Lost and Found is OVERFLOWING with coats, jackets, water bottles, lunch boxes, etc. Please encourage your student to take a look through the items if they are missing something. The lost and found is located in the cafeteria against the right wall as soon as you enter the main doors from the red hall. Any items still in the Lost and Found after November 8 will be thrown out or donated to charity. Please check out the two videos below to see if you recognize anything.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dzn0B8Ry3UivanYoSXkknu2yXHvNUx-g/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/119tIy3eXj3jhx5F4cMJXf_G0salhg8AL/view?usp=sharing
School Pictures will be sent home with your students today. If you did not purchase school pictures but would like to, your student should bring home a packet with a sample picture in it.and a personalized student code that you can use to purchase pictures online. To order your picture packet online - please go to https://vando.imagequix.com/g1001131920. Anyone who has ordered pictures and would like a retake or if your student has not had their picture taken yet, Picture Retake Day will be on Friday, Nov. 1st.
By all accounts, it looks like 6th grade camp was a HUGE success! Camp is such an important way for us to build culture at East Middle School. Thank you to Mrs. Ruhno for being the unofficial photographer for camp this year. Please click tot link below to see all of the pictures she took.
With construction going on throughout the year, we have had to make a few adjustments to how students enter the building. If you drop off your student in the morning, students will enter through door 5. This is the doorway that is near the gym. Door 5 will be open from 7:55 - 8:15 each morning. For safety reasons, this door will lock at 8:15. If you drop your student off after 8:15, we ask that they enter the building through door 26.
Door 26 would also be the door that you would come to if you needed to pick your child up early from school. The main office has been moved to just inside door 26 during the construction. We apologize for the inconvenience. As I tell staff and students, the short term inconvenience will pay off when we have a beautiful new addition next year!
The last few years have been very difficult for many of our Rocket families. Each day we are finding out about more of our families that are in need. As a result, East Middle School will be starting the “Rocket Pantry”. The purpose of the pantry is to have a collection of food, hygiene products, and school supplies for any student that may be in need. If you are in a position to help out, we would greatly appreciate it. We are looking for donations for some of the most frequently requested items.
Protein/breakfast/granola bars, single serving pretzels/crackers/chips
Juice bags/Gatorade/water
Quick make foods for home: mac and cheese, flavored pastas or rice, pasta/sauce, peanut butter/jelly, kid friendly cereal, etc.
Deodorant, toothpaste, shampoo/conditioner, lotion, hand soap, etc.
Gift cards to grocery or multipurpose stores (Kroger, Meijer, Walmart), gas cards, Uber, etc.
school supplies such as single subject notebooks, lined paper, binders, index cards, pencils, etc.