Second semester is upon us, and we are in the throes of planning for next year already. On January 26th, we had our Parent Orientation Night. During February we will be conducting fifth grade visitations. Sixth and seventh grade students will be meeting with their counselors. Enrollment forms will be coming home for you to review and sign off on.

Please make sure you have Parent Teacher Conferences on the calendar. They are scheduled for March 8th, from 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM.

We are making changes to our Spring Honor’s Night ceremonies this year. We will have two evenings to honor our students’ academic achievement. The 6th Grade Honor’s Night ceremony will be held May 29th, and the 7th and 8th Grade Honor’s Night ceremony will be held together on May 31st. The change that we will be making this year is to raise the standard for receiving an invite to this ceremony for 6th grade students. For a student to participate in this event, their cumulative grade point average will need to be 3.5. Seventh and eighth grade honorees will need to achieve a 3.0 grade point average as they have in the past. Over the next couple of years we will increase the standard for 7th and 8th grades as well until all three grades receive the honor at 3.5. This will put us in alignment with all secondary buildings in TCAPS. Please contact your child’s counselor or administrator if you have any questions.

Recently, the PTO did an outstanding job of organizing a Student Activity Night for all three grades. We are so incredibly grateful for their dedication, hard work and creativity. There were so many volunteers - parents and staff alike – coming together to help out in many different ways. The result was a fun-filled evening for our students. We would also like to publically thank Peegeo’s and Pepsi for their generous donation of pizza and pop. We at East Middle School are so blessed to have many caring families and community members looking out for us.

There is one area in which we could use your help. In order to keep all of our students safe, we would like to remind parents who either drop off or pick up their student(s) to please drive carefully in our parking lots and make sure that the traffic lanes are followed. We have had near misses with people pulling out in front of others or not watching their speed when there are many people coming and going. If we could all be a little more mindful as we drive, we will be able to do a better job of keeping all of our students safe. We thank you for your cooperation.

As always, if you have any questions, concerns, or comments we would love to hear from you.

Take care,

Cathy & Steve

Dear EMS Families,

Dear EMS Families, 

It is hard to believe the first marking period is over and the holiday season is upon us. With basic operations up and running, we all should take time to reflect on our year thus far. Most important are the children – where they are and where they are headed. Teachers have already done many formal and informal assessments of your children. With that information, the teachers are busy addressing and adapting curriculum. Our library staff asked the students what they were most thankful for at East Middle School. We wanted to share some of their comments with you below –
 

from the mouths of Babes…
 

• The after school activities
  
• Being able to go here
  
• Fun classes
  
• How awesome this school is
  
• All the electives we can choose from
  
• For all the teachers putting in hard work so we students can learn
  
• A clean school
  
• Fridays
  
• Our own lockers
  
• Our counselors
  
• Creative living class
  
• The education
  
• Teachers to help us to learn
  
• Teachers and lunch
  
• The music program
  
• My awesome teachers
  
• Art class
  
• Gilly Blue (the fish)
  
• The big library
  
• The help and support of friends and teachers
  
• The library contests
  
• The principals
  

   

We, at East Middle School, are thankful for all of you – your support, commitment and for sending us such incredible students. Together, we make an unbeatable team for your children, our students!

 Dr. Cathy Meyer  

 Mr. Steve Urbanski

Dear East MS Families,

None of us want to think our child is bullying other children or are a victim of being bullied. However, research is showing that one of five children is bullied at some time during his/her school years. Bullying can affect many aspects of a child’s’ self-image. When children feel anxious about their personal safety, it significantly affects their learning.

Research states four types of bullying to include the following: physical, verbal, relational or indirect, and reactive victims. Physical bullying includes hitting or kicking the victim. Verbal bullies use words to hurt or humiliate another person. Relational bullies try to convince their peers to exclude another person and/or cut the victim off from social connections. This type of bullying is linked to verbal bullying and usually occurs when children spread rumors about others. Reactive victims can act like a bully and a victim. Reactive victims often taunt bullies. They will approach a person who has been bullying and say, “You better not bug me today, otherwise I will tell the teacher, and you will be in trouble.” Statements such as that might provoke a bully into action.

When bullies use the electronic medium to carry out their bullying, it is referred to as cyber bullying. This can happen through texting, emailing, posting messages or pictures on facebook or other websites. Many times this kind of bullying can be more harmful.

Bullying can be significantly reduced in schools if teachers, parents, and children work as a team against bullying. If your child is bullied: Do talk about it. Your child might only feel safe opening up to you. Do take it seriously. Do role-play with your child and practice how to speak to a bully. “Leave me alone” and walking away is great advice. Don’t keep this information to yourself. Inform your child’s principal as soon as possible.

Bullying and being bullied cannot be ignored. Our counselors and staff have been working on a yearlong campaign to “Unite Against Bullying.” October 31 was the kick off to this campaign, and we asked staff and students to wear orange in support on that day. Each month, there will be some positive education and efforts to support our students in providing a safe and respectful environment. We would like to invite you to join us in Uniting Against Bullying.

Dr. Cathy Meyer and Mr. Steve Urbanski

Dear EMS Families,

Second semester is upon us, and we are in the throes of planning for next year already. On January 26th, we had our Parent Orientation Night. During February we will be conducting fifth grade visitations. Sixth and seventh grade students will be meeting with their counselors. Enrollment forms will be coming home for you to review and sign off on.

Please make sure you have Parent Teacher Conferences on the calendar. They are scheduled for March 8th, from 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM.

We are making changes to our Spring Honor’s Night ceremonies this year. We will have two evenings to honor our students’ academic achievement. The 6th Grade Honor’s Night ceremony will be held May 29th, and the 7th and 8th Grade Honor’s Night ceremony will be held together on May 31st. The change that we will be making this year is to raise the standard for receiving an invite to this ceremony for 6th grade students. For a student to participate in this event, their cumulative grade point average will need to be 3.5. Seventh and eighth grade honorees will need to achieve a 3.0 grade point average as they have in the past. Over the next couple of years we will increase the standard for 7th and 8th grades as well until all three grades receive the honor at 3.5. This will put us in alignment with all secondary buildings in TCAPS. Please contact your child’s counselor or administrator if you have any questions.

Recently, the PTO did an outstanding job of organizing a Student Activity Night for all three grades. We are so incredibly grateful for their dedication, hard work and creativity. There were so many volunteers - parents and staff alike – coming together to help out in many different ways. The result was a fun-filled evening for our students. We would also like to publically thank Peegeo’s and Pepsi for their generous donation of pizza and pop. We at East Middle School are so blessed to have many caring families and community members looking out for us.

There is one area in which we could use your help. In order to keep all of our students safe, we would like to remind parents who either drop off or pick up their student(s) to please drive carefully in our parking lots and make sure that the traffic lanes are followed. We have had near misses with people pulling out in front of others or not watching their speed when there are many people coming and going. If we could all be a little more mindful as we drive, we will be able to do a better job of keeping all of our students safe. We thank you for your cooperation.

As always, if you have any questions, concerns, or comments we would love to hear from you.

Take care,

Cathy & Steve

Dear EMS Families,

Dear EMS Families, 

It is hard to believe the first marking period is over and the holiday season is upon us. With basic operations up and running, we all should take time to reflect on our year thus far. Most important are the children – where they are and where they are headed. Teachers have already done many formal and informal assessments of your children. With that information, the teachers are busy addressing and adapting curriculum. Our library staff asked the students what they were most thankful for at East Middle School. We wanted to share some of their comments with you below –
 

from the mouths of Babes…
 

• The after school activities
  
• Being able to go here
  
• Fun classes
  
• How awesome this school is
  
• All the electives we can choose from
  
• For all the teachers putting in hard work so we students can learn
  
• A clean school
  
• Fridays
  
• Our own lockers
  
• Our counselors
  
• Creative living class
  
• The education
  
• Teachers to help us to learn
  
• Teachers and lunch
  
• The music program
  
• My awesome teachers
  
• Art class
  
• Gilly Blue (the fish)
  
• The big library
  
• The help and support of friends and teachers
  
• The library contests
  
• The principals
  

   

We, at East Middle School, are thankful for all of you – your support, commitment and for sending us such incredible students. Together, we make an unbeatable team for your children, our students!

 Dr. Cathy Meyer  

 Mr. Steve Urbanski

Dear East MS Families,

None of us want to think our child is bullying other children or are a victim of being bullied. However, research is showing that one of five children is bullied at some time during his/her school years. Bullying can affect many aspects of a child’s’ self-image. When children feel anxious about their personal safety, it significantly affects their learning.

Research states four types of bullying to include the following: physical, verbal, relational or indirect, and reactive victims. Physical bullying includes hitting or kicking the victim. Verbal bullies use words to hurt or humiliate another person. Relational bullies try to convince their peers to exclude another person and/or cut the victim off from social connections. This type of bullying is linked to verbal bullying and usually occurs when children spread rumors about others. Reactive victims can act like a bully and a victim. Reactive victims often taunt bullies. They will approach a person who has been bullying and say, “You better not bug me today, otherwise I will tell the teacher, and you will be in trouble.” Statements such as that might provoke a bully into action.

When bullies use the electronic medium to carry out their bullying, it is referred to as cyber bullying. This can happen through texting, emailing, posting messages or pictures on facebook or other websites. Many times this kind of bullying can be more harmful.

Bullying can be significantly reduced in schools if teachers, parents, and children work as a team against bullying. If your child is bullied: Do talk about it. Your child might only feel safe opening up to you. Do take it seriously. Do role-play with your child and practice how to speak to a bully. “Leave me alone” and walking away is great advice. Don’t keep this information to yourself. Inform your child’s principal as soon as possible.

Bullying and being bullied cannot be ignored. Our counselors and staff have been working on a yearlong campaign to “Unite Against Bullying.” October 31 was the kick off to this campaign, and we asked staff and students to wear orange in support on that day. Each month, there will be some positive education and efforts to support our students in providing a safe and respectful environment. We would like to invite you to join us in Uniting Against Bullying.

Dr. Cathy Meyer and Mr. Steve Urbanski

Dear EMS Families,