Erie Middle School’s Weekly Newsletter 5/3/24

Erie Middle SchoolTiger NewsMay 3, 2024 Hello Tiger Families! I put out an email to parents to write a staff appreciation note…and guess how many different notes were submitted? Over 150! And what is even better than that? Our students wrote over 1,250 total staff appreciation notes to our staff members. These notes will be […]

Erie Middle School’s Weekly Newsletter 4/19/24

Erie Middle SchoolTiger NewsApril 19, 2024 Hello Tiger Families! We did it! We have wrapped up our CMAS Assessments! We just have a few make-ups left to go, and then we will be completely finished. I want to take a moment to say THANK YOU to our amazing parents for supporting our efforts by donating […]

Erie Middle School’s Weekly Newsletter 4/12/24

Erie Middle SchoolTiger NewsApril 12, 2024 Hello Tiger Families! We had an AWESOME week! Our students did such a great job focusing on our state testing and making sure that our academic achievement is reflected in our state testing results. Nice work, Erie! We also had a VERY successful CMAS Snack Drive! Our students have […]

Erie Middle School’s Weekly Newsletter 4/5/24

Erie Middle SchoolTiger NewsApril 5, 2024 Hello Tiger Families! This week we held our annual food drive to benefit the Erie Food Bank, and our students collected over 441 food items! A huge thank you to our PTO for putting together all the information and taking the food to the food bank. And thanks to […]

Erie Middle School’s Weekly Newsletter 3/29/24

Erie Middle SchoolTiger NewsMarch 29, 2024 Hello Tiger Families! Holy Cow! How is it already April?!?! We have so much going on for our students, and we are working hard to support our students in finishing the year strong. Please take some time to read over the CMAS communication I sent earlier today. There is […]

Erie Middle School’s Weekly Newsletter 3/8/24

Erie Middle SchoolTiger NewsMarch 8, 2024 Hello Tiger Families! We had an AMAZING week! Tuesday included our orchestra honor chamber and philharmonic festival, Wednesday was our late start day and included valuable professional development and a WEB lesson for 6th graders during Advisory, and Thursday and today included challenge days for 6th and 7th grade. […]

Erie Middle School’s Weekly Newsletter 3/1/24

Erie Middle SchoolTiger NewsMarch 1, 2024 Hello Tiger Families! This week we started working with students about their course requests for next year! Current 6th and 7th grade students looked over elective course descriptions and entered their course requests into Infinite Campus. We ask that parents take some time to look over course requests with […]

Erie Middle School’s Weekly Newsletter 2/23/24

Erie Middle SchoolTiger NewsFebruary 23, 2024 Hello Tiger Families! We had our first home wrestling meet of the season this past week, and our students did so well! We had a HUGE turnout to watch our athletes up against Soaring Heights and Aspen Ridge. It was amazing to feel the energy from our student and […]

Erie Middle School’s Weekly Newsletter 2/16/24

Erie Middle SchoolTiger NewsFebruary 16, 2024 Hello Tiger Families! It has been a BUSY week at EMS! The middle school wrestling season kicked off on Monday with our first meet at Westview Middle School. Our wrestlers had a strong first showing! We had an outstanding band concert led by Mr. Tyler on Tuesday. Our students […]

Erie Middle School’s Weekly Newsletter 2/9/24

Erie Middle SchoolTiger NewsFebruary 9, 2024 Hello Tiger Families! Hello Tiger Families, We have been working hard on building community and cultivating a calm, focused, and fun learning environment. Part of this is the introduction of the Tiger Showdown. We have been tracking team challenges, academic progress, and attendance as part of a larger competition. […]

Erie Middle School’s Weekly Newsletter 2/2/24

Erie Middle SchoolTiger NewsFebruary 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! […]

Erie Middle School’s Weekly Newsletter 1/26/24

Erie Middle SchoolTiger NewsJanuary 26, 2024 Hello Tiger Families! Hello Tiger Families, I want to tell you about TWO things that happened this week that were so supportive of our students. First, the high school counselors from EHS were here to work with our students who needed to finish up registration for 9th grade. It […]

Erie Middle School’s Weekly Newsletter 1/19/24

Erie Middle SchoolTiger NewsJanuary 19, 2024 Hello Tiger Families! Holy Cow! Check out that picture above. Over 654 certificates to recognize students that outpaced a year’s worth of math or reading growth…in only one semester! We started the process of handing out these certificates in math and language arts classes this week. We will continue […]

Erie Middle School’s Weekly Newsletter 1/12/24

Erie Middle SchoolTiger NewsJanuary 12, 2024 Hello Tiger Families! Hello Tiger Families, Happy New Year! We are cranking away already in 2024! As a staff, we have been working on some key professional development topics, including Schoology organization and specific strategies to boost opportunities for our students to write as part of the learning process. […]

Erie Middle School’s Weekly Newsletter 12/21/23

Erie Middle SchoolTiger NewsDecember 21, 2023 Hello Tiger Families! We finished our final week of 2023 with smiles, field trips, treats, final projects, and classroom celebrations. We are all feeling ready for winter break, and we wish you happy holidays! Our third quarter will start on Monday, January 8th and third quarter schedules will be […]

Erie Middle School’s Weekly Newsletter 12/15/23

Erie Middle SchoolTiger NewsDecember 15, 2023 Hello Tiger Families! How are we already finishing out last full week of school in 2023?! This school year has gone by so fast, and we are so grateful to be part of such a great school community. This week, students finished up their iReady mid-year assessments. Our student […]

Erie Middle School’s Weekly Newsletter 12/8/23

Erie Middle SchoolTiger NewsDecember 8, 2023 Hello Tiger Families! There were so many moments this week that reminded me how much I LOVE working with middle school students and how much I LOVE this community… chaperoning the SIX field trip…collaboration at late start professional development on Wednesday…amazing conversations with parents at the Parent Leadership Collective […]

Erie Middle School’s Weekly Newsletter 12/1/23

Erie Middle SchoolTiger NewsDecember 1, 2023 Hello Tiger Families! And just like that…it is DECEMBER! We had a fantastic week back from Thanksgiving Break, and we are gearing up for the last few weeks of the quarter. I would like to take a moment to give families a heads up on our upcoming iReady testing. […]

Erie Middle School’s Weekly Newsletter 11/17/23

Erie Middle SchoolTiger NewsNovember 17, 2023 Hello Tiger Families! Happy Thanksgiving! We had a FANTASTIC week with our students. Sixth graders got the chance to participate in our Challenge Day activity and counselors, teachers, and administrators supported students during our Tiger Support time. We also enjoyed a Spirit Day competition where over 35% of our […]

Erie Middle School’s Weekly Newsletter 11/10/23

Erie Middle SchoolTiger NewsNovember 10, 2023 Hello Tiger Families! This week we introduced CHALLENGE DAYS during Advisory. Each grade level will have one challenge day each month to earn points for their grade level. The purpose of Challenge Days is to create and foster a sense of community and FUN. We want to promote the […]

Erie Middle School’s Weekly Newsletter 11/3/23

Erie Middle SchoolTiger NewsNovember 3, 2023 Hello Tiger Families! We had our Open House event this week and got to meet all of our future Tigers. The energy was AMAZING, and it was fantastic to get to tell so many families about all the great things happening at our school. We had a wonderful selection […]

Erie Middle School’s Weekly Newsletter 10/27/23

Erie Middle SchoolTiger NewsOctober 27, 2023 Hello Tiger Families! Spirit Week was NEXT LEVEL this week. We had students dressed like teachers, decades, and Barbieland! We loved seeing all the creativity and fun that our students brought this week! The kids at Erie Middle School are THE BEST. Thank you to the WEB Leaders and […]

Erie Middle School’s Weekly Newsletter 10/20/23

Erie Middle SchoolTiger NewsOctober 20, 2023 Hello Tiger Families! I am overwhelmed by the generosity of this amazing community. Our families donated over $35,000! THIRTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS! That is so incredible! I want to take a moment to thank our amazing PTO co-presidents, Katie Curtis and Candice Carter (pictured above). Their hard work and […]