Note from Admin Team
Greetings Wildcats,
This week, we wrapped up with our second annual Trailridge Career Fair. Over 40 volunteers spoke with our students about a variety of professions. Our students were engaged and seemed to truly enjoy the day. A big shout-out to Holly Barnhart for organizing the event, and another shout-out to all of our volunteers for making it such a success. This was a perfect example of our community coming together to support our students. Check out the awesome pictures below!
Also, please note the date change for our second-quarter celebration day. Due to a scheduling conflict, we have moved the celebration to December 20, which will also be an early release day. Any student who is eligible (no D's or F's and no suspensions) will be permitted to attend the movie for the celebration field trip. Permission slips will be shared as we get closer to the date. Please encourage your student to finish the quarter strong so they can participate.
Have a wonderful Thanksgiving Week!
Sincerely,
Matt, Cara and Ericka
Trailridge Middle School Administration
#ShowUpShowOut!
One of the ways that we help celebrate students at Trailridge is through the Way to Go Wildcat positive office referral. Our teachers have the options of "writing up" a student for positive reasons. Our students do amazing things each day and the Way to Go Wildcat is one way we hope to recognize them. This week we celebrate the following students. Great work and congrats to them!
Xavier House
Quincey Walker
Lincoln Evans
Joseph Tyre
Bacary Dieme
Copelyn Musil
Zoe Pattison
Abraham Herr
Ruby Pakzadeh
Marian Losh
Dear Families,
This week in Wildcat Hour we continued our gratitude learning. This included understanding what gratitude means and what we are thankful for. We also started our gratitude challenge which includes many activities such as journaling, making a point to do something nice for someone and appreciating nature.
As always, please do not hesitate to let us know if there is anything we can do to assist.
- Elisabeth Johnsrud (8th Grade Counselor) elisabethjohnsrud@smsd.org
- Kristin Warner (7th Grade Counselor) kristinwarner@smsd.org
- Anna OConnor (School Social Worker) annaoconnor@smsd.org
Important resources:
- If you or someone you know is experiencing a mental health crisis, call or text 988 immediately.
- If you are uncomfortable talking on the phone, you can chat the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988lifeline.org.
- You can also text NAMI to 741-741 to be connected to a free, trained crisis counselor on the Crisis Text Line.
Other links for Suicide Prevention:
CANVAS Parent Portal
If you have not logged into your parent portal of Canvas yet, I would highly recommend doing so. Canvas is the learning management system that SMSD uses. It allows you to view assignements, assessments, grades, schedules and many more important items regarding your student's day at Trailridge.
Here is the link on how to access your Canvas parent portal. If you need additional assistance, feel free to contact the office.
Device Maintenance
- 1st Incident: $100 charge
- 2nd Incident: $150 charge
- 3+ Incident: ~$750 charge (full device replacement)
If a device is intentionally damaged the student may be responsible for a full device replacement cost of approximately $750.
Trailridge PTA
Our PTA is very active in supporting students and staff at Trailridge through grants, assemblies, student activities and celebrations, and more and while our events and activities will undoubtedly look different this school year, our commitment to supporting our students, staff, and families is as strong as ever! Please consider joining and getting involved in your Trailridge PTA as we find new and creative ways to support our students, staff, and families in 2024/2025!
The Trailridge Spirit Wear Store is live!! Visit the PTA website for a link to the store and to check out all of our new designs! Items are shipped directly to you and you can order anytime.
Please use the link or the QR Code to access the PTA website:
ATTENDANCE IS IMPORTANT!
Attendance Line: 913 993-1012
If your child is going to miss a class for an appointment or any reason, please make sure you are calling the attendance hotline listed above and leave a message for the attendance clerk. This is important so that we can excuse the absence.
Early Pickup for Appointments:
If your student will need to be picked up early, please call the main office (913-993-1000) when you are on the way to pickup your student. We will immediately call them down so that they are ready when you arrive. Please avoid calling too far in advance.
INFORMATION ABOUT TRUANCY
The administration of Trailridge may begin to request documentation for all absences after the 10th absence in a school year. Absences without a doctor's note or administrative approval may be recorded as unexcused. A student with three consecutive unexcused absences, five unexcused absences in a semester, or seven unexcused absences in a year is considered TRUANT according to Kansas State statues. A truancy report may be filed with the Johnson County District Attorney's office.
Important Trailridge Numbers
- FRONT OFFICE 913 993-1000
- SECRETARY: Angie Marsh 913-993-1002
- ATTENDANCE CLERK: Francy Johnson 913 993-1012 (Absences should be reported by 9:30 AM)
- SPANISH INTERPRETER: 913 993-1062 Ms. Veronica Simonetti
- DS BUSING: 913 384-1190
- BOOKKEEPER: Ms. Gina Bristow 913 993-1003
- NURSE: Ms. Darla Denny 913 993-1007
Cara Kearney, 7th Grade Associate Principal
Matt Engler, Principal
Ericka Corrado, 8th Grade Associate Principal
Trailridge Middle School
Email: trailridge@smsd.org
Website: trailridge.smsd.org
Location: 7500 Quivira Road, Shawnee Mission, KS 66216
Phone: (913) 993-1000
Facebook: facebook.com/trailridgemiddle
Twitter: @Wildcats512