Midland Elementary
Email: midland@fpschools.org
Website: http://midland.fpschools.org/
Location: Midland Elementary School, 105th Street East, Tacoma, WA, USA
Phone: 253-298-4500
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Midland-Elementary-Mustangs-112865059416899/?ref=settings
Dear Midland Families:
Dear Midland Families,
Since the first week of school, students at Midland have been learning about our school-wide behavior program called Mustang Pride. It is our goal to instill pride and enthusiasm for school in our students as research shows that students do better when rules and consequences are clear and consistent.
Our program asks students to follow our six schoolwide rules:
1. Follow teacher's directions right away.
2. Work when you're supposed to.
3. Stay in your seat unless you have permission to leave it.
4. Keep hands, feet, and objects to self.
5. Raise your hand for permission to speak.
6. Speak kindly to all students and staff.
These rules encompass our Four Be's:
Be Safe
Be Responsible
Be Respectful
Be Productive
We will continue to have positive incentives to help encourage and maintain expected behaviors. These rewards are Midland Pride Tickets, Golden Tickets, HOPE assemblies, on top of classroom incentives. Please feel free to reach out to myself or our assistant principal, Mrs. K, if you ever have questions about our Mustang Pride system.
P.S. Much of this information can be found in our Student & Family Handbook, which I have attached a link to below.
~ Ms. Frederick
IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER:
September 18 ~ 1:55 Dismissal
September 25 ~ 1:55 Dismissal
September 27 ~ Health and Dental Screening
October 2 ~ 1:55 Dismissal
October 3 ~ Fall Individual Picture Day
October 7 ~ No School for Teacher Training
Oct. 8-11 ~ 11:55 Dismissal for Conference Week
**For additional future scheduled activities, please check out our Midland calendar at https://midland.fpschools.org/**
Hello Parents,
Today, your child is bringing home a Parent Information Envelope letting you know about a safe and easy way for our school to raise funds for essential tools our students and teachers need to succeed.
The SchoolStore fundraiser is 100% online so there is NO face-to-face selling, handling money, or delivering products. Your participation will take less than 12 minutes, and there are exciting prizes to make it fun for the students.
Here is all you need to do to participate:
1. Go to https://www.schoolstore.net/sid.t?0000371254 to sign up.
2. Send form emails inviting family, friends, and co-workers to support your child.
3. Return the Envelope with the Student Prize Code to school for your child to get their fun participation prize.
Be sure to ask your child for the Parent Envelope tonight. Your participation will make a difference for our school and teachers!
**See Below for a List of Merchants**
Picture Day is coming!
Thursday, October 3rd is Picture Day for our students at Midland. Look for Photo Order Envelopes to come home soon. Picture envelopes should be returned on picture day with exact cash enclosed or a check made payable to QSP. You may also order pictures online with a credit card at www.qualityschoolportraits.com with the online code: MIDL
QSP asks that students do not wear green on picture day!
If your child misses picture day, we will have a retake day on November 7th.
Report Student Absences
Updating Family Information On-line
Now is a great time to check the contact information that we have for your child. If you have had any changes, you can always log on to your Family Access Account at fpschools.org and update your address, email, and phone numbers. If you need help, please don't hesitate to call the Midland Office at 253-298-4500.
Before and Afterschool Care for the 2024-25 School Year!
Serving students at ALL 8 Elementary Schools
Right at School will operate before and afterschool programs at all eight Franklin Pierce elementary schools! Right at School offers a safe environment for students to learn, to play, and to grow!
CALLING ALL VOLUNTEERS....
If you are interested in volunteering as a chaperone for field trips or in any other capacity that may come up, please complete the volunteer application as soon as possible. It may take up to two weeks to process an application and we don't want you to be left out of a volunteer opportunity because you are not approved yet! Click here to begin your volunteer application. If you were cleared as a volunteer last year, please complete a new application. Volunteer applications must be completed every year.
Stay in the know with the PTO! You can catch what's happening in the weekly newsletter as well as the PTO Bulletin Board in the main hallway!
If you'd like to know more about what the PTO does you can send an email to midlandspto@gmail.com
Would you like to know when your student’s bus is going to be late or what is happening?
Once you know your child's route, you should consider signing up for bus route notifications using Bus Bulletin. Bus Bulletin will send you text messages to your cell phone with real-time updates on your child's route. For instance, if your child's route is running late, Bus Bulletin will let you know.
How to sign-up to use Bus Bulletin:
- Log onto the website http://busbulletin.com/parents/ or click on the QR code and look to the right side of your screen. Click on “Sign In”, click on "Register Here," and answer the simple prompts. You will provide your name, your email address, a password, and select Franklin Pierce Schools. Then enter the code on the screen, accept the rules of use, and finally click on Submit.
- You will then be asked to select the route, which is written in code:
- The first two numbers are the ROUTE NUMBER, and the letters are the SCHOOL abbreviation:
- Preschool: HDS for Head Start and ELC
- Primary: BD, CA, CH, CO, ELM, HA, JS, MD
- Secondary: FMS, FPHS, KMS, WHS, GATES
- Example: 19MD is route 19, Midland Elementary School.
