YMS NEWS

Thank you to all parents who were able to attend parent-teacher conferences on February 5-7. Your attendance proves that you are making your child’s education a priority. If you were unable to attend for any reason and would like to speak with your child’s teacher you can call the school at 402-362-6655 option 1 or you can find the teacher’s e-mail by searching www.yorkpublic.org

In my office, I often get student issues with social media. Parents here are some tips on how you can keep your child safe and a responsible social media user from the National Crime Prevention Council and Parents.com

• Keep your home computer in a busy area of your house.

• Set up email and chat accounts with your children. Make sure that you know their screen names and passwords and that they don't include any personal information in their online profiles.

• Tell your children not to respond to cyberbullying threats or comments online. However, do not delete any messages. Instead, print out all the messages, including the cyberbully's e-mail addresses or online screen names.

• Regularly go over their instant messenger "buddy list" with them. Ask who each person is and how your children know him or her.

• Talk regularly and specifically with your children about online issues. Let them know they can come to you for help if anything is inappropriate, upsetting, or dangerous.

• Build trust with your children. Set time limits, explain your reasons for them, and discuss rules for online safety and Internet use. Ask your children to contribute to establishing the rules; then they'll be more inclined to follow them.

• If there are threats of physical violence or the bullying continues to escalate, get law enforcement involved.

• Tell your children that you won't blame them if they are cyberbullied. Emphasize that you won't take away their computer privileges - this is the main reason kids don't tell adults when they are cyberbullied.

With these few simple tips, you can help your child be a safe and responsible user of social media. If you have any concerns please don’t hesitate to contact Mrs. Badura or me.

Kenny Loosvelt, YMS Principal

We will not be mailing the 3rd quarter report cards home, until the end of the school year, in May. You can access grades on the parent portal on Infinite Campus. Please direct any specific grading questions to the classroom teacher. You can access the Infinite Campus parent portal using the directions below:

·Visit https://necloud1.infinitecampus.org/campus/portal/york.jsp

· Log in with the proper username/password (contact YMS to reset password if needed)

· You may be asked to verify your device as trustworthy for security purposes.

· Select your student.

· Click the three horizontal lines on the upper left hand corner.

· You will be able to access Grades, Schedules, Attendance Records, Fees, and Documents. (Q3/Semester Report Card can be found under Documents)

Spring Break

• March 6-11

March 15 YMS Honor Band @ YHS Theatre- 6:30PM

YMS Hope Week

• March 17-21

8th Grade:

Koleston Lee, Ronin Lee, Crue Eimermann, Rosalie Fairbanks,

Raina Simpson and Taylor Hanrahan

7th Grade:

Eleanor Houston, Jacoby Hansel, Austin Hills, Cortland Peters,

Marley Fowler and Joel Schneider

Good luck competing in Seward, March 4th!!

🎵Choir

Come see the York Middle School production of Dear Edwina Jr. on March 27th and 28th at 7:00pm in the YHS theater! Tickets are $4 for adults, $3 for students. We hope to see you there!

🎺Band

The York Middle School Honor Band performance will be on Saturday March, 15th at 6:30 PM in the high school theater. Tickets are $3 for adults and no charge for students.