Trail Talk

If your student will be absent from school, please call in the absence by 9:30 AM to the Attendance Secretary at 816-986-2577. The attendance voicemail line is available 24/7.

Dear Caregivers,

As your student’s School Counselor, it is our privilege to partner with families and teachers to provide programs and services to help students achieve success in school. The knowledge, attitudes and skills students acquire during middle school in the areas of academic, career and personal/social development serve as building blocks for future success.

This year, your student will receive lessons based on the Missouri State School Counseling Standards:

• Bullying

• SE 2: Exhibit mutual respect and compromise in relationships.

• SE 2: Review and implement strategies to resolve problems and conflicts successfully.

• SE 3: Apply personal safety strategies as they relate to violence and harassment.

• Conflict Resolution

• SE 2: Identify and develop strategies to promote acceptance and respect in the school and community.

• ACT Mental Health First Aid

• SE 3: Identify safe/unsafe situations.

• SE 1: Identify issues that impact personal safety.

• Careers

• AD 6: Developing and monitoring Individual Career and Academic Plan (ICAP).

• CD 7: Applying career exploration and planning skills in the achievement of life career goals.

• CD 8: Knowing where and how to obtain information about the world of work and post-secondary training/education.

• CD 9: Applying skills for career readiness and success.

• Dignity & Belonging

• SE 1: Understanding self as an individual and as a member of diverse local and global communities.

• SE 2: Interacting with others in ways that respect individual and group differences.

• Enrollment

• AD 5: Apply information and skills necessary to transition into the next grade.

• Body Safety

• SE 3: Utilize effective problem-solving, decision-making and refusal skills needed to make safe/healthy choices in social situations.

• SE 3: Apply personal safety strategies as they relate to different situations.

Warm Regards,

Your LSR7 School Counselors

Stacey Haselhorst, 6th grade counselor, stacey.haselhorst@lsr7.net

Molly Beuke (Boy-Key), 7th grade counselor, molly.beuke@lsr7.net

Rebekah Schreckenghaust, 8th grade counselor, rebekah.schreck@lsr7.net

To help support our efforts of inclusion, review the following with your student(s) at home:

1. Notice: Is someone being left out?

2. Attention: Get the person’s attention. Say hello. Tell them your name.

3. Ask: “Do you want to hang with us?”

4. Explain: Tell them what you are doing or how to participate. .

5. Welcome: Make sure they feel comfortable. Smile. Be friendly and encouraging.

Students,

Would you like to know the Bus Line Up at the end of your day?

You can download the sportsYou app and enter the code: Y62DDK8M and add yourself to the group.

We have two paraprofessional position openings at ETMS. If you know of anyone interested in working for the school district, please have them apply online (benefits, retirement, hours 7:55-3:25).

Applicants may indicate on the paperwork or in the interview that they would like to work at ETMS, yay!

Bison Theatre Announces the production, Wizard of OZ: Youth Edition this Fall 2024 at ETMS.

Auditions will take place Monday, August 26th and Tuesday, August 27th.

For more information please click the link below.

Are you interested in Robotics? Robotics is a time-intensive, team-centered activity stretched out over a long competition season. It often ramps up in the weeks prior to competitions, where extra practices are needed to get projects, presentations, and robots ready for competitions.

**There are a limited number of slots on the BisonBots Robotics Team.

Applications are due Friday, September 6, 2024 by 3:15PM, to Mrs. Dumler, in the front office.

The application link is below or students are welcome to pick up applications in the front office.

Go BisonBots!

ETMS Yearbook Club is looking for photos!

If you have photos you've taken and would like to share,

please go to HJESHARE.COM or download the

free HJ ESHARE APP then use our school code: etmsybk

*Yearbook will accept photos until the end of March 2025.

Ways to get involved! We want every BISON to love being a part of our school!

The first week of school is in the books and what a great week it was! It was great seeing so many new faces and also our returning Bison. Here are just some of the moments captured during our first week of school.

Looking to add to your Bison Spirit Wear Collection?!

Spirit wear can be purchased through the front office.

ETMS can only accept CASH or CHECK.

Students are welcome to decorate the INSIDE of their locker using magnets or sticky-tack.

Please do not use tape or other adhesive strips.

Here are some steps if your student is having trouble using their new password.

• Completely restart or shut down their chromebook (not just closing the lid)
• Once they log in, if they can't access some things on chrome (like final form), they need to clear cache/cookies and restart. It's probably a good idea to clear cache anyway before school starts.

• Open chrome.
• At the top right, click the 3 dots, and then Delete browsing data.
• Time frame should be "all time" and check (cookies and other site data) and (and cached images and files). Then click "clear data"
• And restart chromebook
• When you log back in, give it about 5-10 minutes to sync the data before opening chrome again.

More detailed directions can be found here: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/32050?co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop&hl=en

When Chromebooks are damaged and in for repair, students will not receive back their original Chromebook. They will receive another new or repaired Chromebook, so students are not able to personalize their Chromebook.

We want to remind students not to place stickers on their Chromebooks. We need for all Chromebooks to stay sticker-free. Thank you!

• August lunch menu
• August breakfast grab & go menu
• September lunch menu
• September grab & go menu
• Breakfast is $2.00; Plate lunch is $3.20
• Free and reduced lunch application

Help East Trails Middle School raise funds by submitting your Box Tops online at: https://boxtops4education.com/s/

Email: stacy.patton@lsr7.net
Website: www.etms.lsr7.org
Location: 1001 Southeast Bailey Road, Lee's Summit, MO, USA
Phone: 816.986.2575
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ETMSbison/
Twitter: @ETMSbison