Erie Middle School
Tiger News
February 2, 2024

Hello Tiger Families!

Hello Tiger Families,

Today in Advisory we delivered our Principal’s Honor Roll and Honor Roll certificates and stickers. Are you ready for this?! 210 students earned a 4.0 in our school and 228 students earned a 3.5 to 3.99. That is a total of 438 students!

This is FANTASTIC! Our students are working hard and achieving really amazing things in our classrooms. This year, we moved to a new way to recognize our students. Along with their certificate, students now receive a sticker with the year and quarter marked on it. They can collect these stickers throughout their middle school career to show their achievement and dedication. We believe this is a more long-lasting way to celebrate our students AND a way to follow our district’s guidelines of not utilizing our school budget for food incentives.

This week, I also had the chance to get into 7th grade classrooms to work with students on the behaviors and skills that align with our school values. We did a really neat activity where students “connected the dots” between their daily actions and our ROARS values. I had a TON of fun with the students…and I strongly believe that these types of lessons and conversations make our school a more positive place to learn.

Also, parents, please take a moment to check out the Recent Updates section of our newsletter each week. This is where a lot of our information is posted.

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Late Start

Wednesday, February 7th is a Late Start. School starts at 10:30am. Buses run 2 1/2 hours later.

Late Start Bell Schedule

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	6th Grade	7th Grade	8th Grade
10:30 – 11:01	Pd 8 Advisory	Pd 8 Advisory	Pd 8 Advisory
11:04 – 11:35	Pd 2 Elective	Pd. 3 Core	Pd 3 Core
11:38 – 12:08	Pd 3 Elective	Pd 4 Lunch	Pd 1 Core
12:12 – 12:42	Pd 5 Lunch	Pd 5 Core	Pd 4 Elective
12:46 – 1:16	Pd 1 Core	Pd 1 Core	Pd 6 Lunch
1:19 – 1:50	Pd 4 Core	Pd 2 Core	Pd 5 Elective
1:53 – 2:24	Pd 6 Core	Pd 6 Elective	Pd 2 Core
2:28 – 3:00	Pd 7 Core	Pd 7 Elective	Pd 7 Core

Late Start Donuts and Suckers for Nashville

The 8th grade Choir and Band students have an opportunity to go to Nashville this summer to learn about the history of music. To help them go on this amazing adventure, students will be selling Krispy Kreme donuts and suckers before school on Wednesday, February 7th for $1.00 each. We appreciate your support. 

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Recent Updates

Please check out our “Recent Updates”. Each week, our newsletter topics will be in this area. Clicking on the button that says “View all News” in the above graphic or below is the best way to see new topics and also any older information you may be looking for. Thank you!

To see this school years newsletters please visit our EMS website and look under the tab “About”.

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Thank you to our EMS Sponsor of the Week!

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MOD Pizza EMS Fundraiser

Tuesday, February 6th

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PTO Connection

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Attendance Tips

Attend Today, Achieve Tomorrow

If your student is absent for a full day, you have 24-48 hours to call in with the reason for the absence, after that it will be marked unexcused. Per board policy, if a student is absent 10 days excused or not, absences will begin to be marked “unexcused” unless previously noted and approved by school administration or there is a doctor’s note provided to the school.

If you know your student will be absent, tardy or checking out of school please fill out this Google form.

Please provide the school with a note from the doctor, orthodontist, dentist, therapist, or any appointment each time you go.

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