Each week we will be sending home Individual Student Reports for you to review with your student. This week your student will be bringing you their Math report. Individual Student Reports are published records of your student's proficiency measures, assigned learning tasks (whether or not they are turned in), and indications about assessments and assignments.

You can expect to receive one individual student report each week from your student's teachers. Next week: Language Arts.

Please review this video, here, to learn about check your student's achievement in PowerSchool ParentPortal. We want you to know how well your student is learning.

Your student has begun (will begin, schoolwide) measuring their own achievement of essential standards in their Daily Planner. We want your student to own their learning; we are empowering students to reflect on their individual goals for each class as well as make predictions about future achievement based on engagement they demonstrate in the classroom. Take a peek at your student's planner!

Next week your student may* be enrolled in a new FLX section based on your student's most recent learning. Staff measure all students on essential skills. Depending upon your student's responses and abilities, your student is enrolled into an enrichment, intervention, and/or extension class to develop and strengthen your student's skills.

Below is an image of your student's schedule and the FLX period that will change next Monday 10/17. Go Tigers!

This is a reminder to all that Homework Support at EMS has started. All EMS students are welcome to join in room #213 (Elizabeth Warren) for extra support on assignments and assessments of any subject matter. HW Support will be hosted directly after 3:45pm - 4:45pm on Mondays and Wednesdays.

Email Mrs. Ashley Jarvis for any information needed: jarvisa@estacada.k12.or.us

On Tuesday we will host our first Music Concert of the year. Our students in Band and Choir will perform in our auditorium. Our students are excited to host our families to demonstrate their learning and music acquisition.

We want to communicate key data regarding our school's academic behaviors and focus on learning. Estacada Middle School follows the PBIS model. PBIS is a positive behavior approach to discipline and school rules and expectations. At EMS students are rewarded, with points, for modeling and demonstrating desired behavior. Students are then allowed to purchase items, rewards and are eligible for incentives based on their points from the school PBIS store. Below is a current breakdown of points that have been earned and by grade level.

Data this Week:

--We averaged 91% of students attending a day this week.

--Of students in attendance 85.7% of students were on time for 100% of their class per day

--97.5% of students were referral free, 95.4 % of students are referral free for the year

This past week was particularly challenging for our male students at EMS. We have observed an increase in physical aggression including roughhousing/play-turned-fighting, choking and choke-holds, and hugging-turned-falling. Please speak with your student about your family's values regarding physical contact, personal space, and addressing conflict with peers. Below is a link which will take you to our school's handbook. The handbook provides you with language about appropriate, prosocial behaviors and our threshold for student physical contact before restorative or punitive consequences.

If your student is experiencing any unwanted behaviors from peers, encourage your student to come to the office and make a report to our Vice-Principal. These reports allow our office team to problem-solve with students about unwanted behavior and limit conflicts at EMS.

This last week students harvested peppers and tomatoes from our school's garden. We are proud partners with SEED and our community support from Mary Ann Bugni and Jane Reid. Go Tigers!

Last week students at EMS practiced bus safety and evacuation drills. It is important all students are aware of transportation safety. EMS partnered with the Department of Transportation to prepare students for potential emergencies when riding our District's buses.

Our mission is to equip each student with the skills necessary to be resourceful and successful.

Email: emsinfo@estacada.k12.or.us
Website: www.ejhs.estacada.k12.or.us
Location: 500 Northeast Main Street, Estacada, OR, USA
Phone: (503) 630-8516
Facebook: facebook.com/estacadamiddleschool
Twitter: @estacadamiddle