A note from the District office regarding updating your information in Powerschool

For each new school year, we need to gather accurate information about each student and family in our district. It is very important we have this information to ensure the safety of all students, fulfill state requirements, receive State and Federal funding, and communicate important messages to families.

The District requires that all student information be updated for the 2019-20 school year using our online system, PowerSchool. In the next week you will be receiving an email or text message with a link and instructions.

For the first day of school please bring:

1. 2 locks

   1. one for a locker by your core classes

   2. a second for PE

2. A change of clothes for PE.

Drop off and pick up expectations

• Students can enter the EMS building from South Union St. from 7:20 – 7:55 each morning.

• Students will also be able to use the South Union door for dismissal from 2:50 – 3:15 each afternoon.

• For the safety of our community – all students and visitors will enter using the new entrance off of Main Street except for the times identified above.

Additionally –

• students are asked to walk their bike on campus and to lock it up in the bike rack outside the gym.

• buses drop off and pick students up on South Union Street.

• students who aren’t accessing homework help or breakfast are expected to remain outside on the front lawn until the 7:50 bell.

• students should NOT use the driveway behind the school.

• if students are walking or biking to school they should either use the sidewalk path off Maple Street to the front of Edmunds Elementary school and along Main Street to South Union or bike down either Maple St, King St. or across Main St. directly to South Union.

• parents doing car drop off or pick up are also asked NOT to use the driveway behind the school.   Instead please designate a pick up location on either Maple or South Union St.

Friendly reminders

• Students will be reminded of their cafeteria pin number on the first day of school – it will be used when they participate in school meals.

• Upon entering the building you can find the Principal’s office on the left and Guidance on the right – please drop by with any questions.

• We will continue to have a Blue and White schedule for some exploratory classes.

  • Monday/Thursday = Blue

  • Tuesday/Friday = White

  • Wednesday’s rotate with August 28th = Blue

• The EMS website is a great resource – please visit here for more information.

A Note on Scheduling

• At Edmunds Middle School we use interest surveys whenever possible in placing students in their exploratory classes.

• 6th graders will have three exploratory periods this year – that will include PE, Health, Performance Music, Design Tech, Art, World Language and Music.  PE and Performance Music are year long classes while the others are taken on a 7 week cycle.

• 8th graders were given an opportunity to opt into taking Algebra, Writ/Lit and several other classes at the end of last year and were scheduled accordingly.

A note from the District office regarding updating your information in Powerschool

For each new school year, we need to gather accurate information about each student and family in our district. It is very important we have this information to ensure the safety of all students, fulfill state requirements, receive State and Federal funding, and communicate important messages to families.

The District requires that all student information be updated for the 2019-20 school year using our online system, PowerSchool. In the next week you will be receiving an email or text message with a link and instructions.

For the first day of school please bring:

1. 2 locks

   1. one for a locker by your core classes

   2. a second for PE

2. A change of clothes for PE.

Drop off and pick up expectations

• Students can enter the EMS building from South Union St. from 7:20 – 7:55 each morning.

• Students will also be able to use the South Union door for dismissal from 2:50 – 3:15 each afternoon.

• For the safety of our community – all students and visitors will enter using the new entrance off of Main Street except for the times identified above.

Additionally –

• students are asked to walk their bike on campus and to lock it up in the bike rack outside the gym.

• buses drop off and pick students up on South Union Street.

• students who aren’t accessing homework help or breakfast are expected to remain outside on the front lawn until the 7:50 bell.

• students should NOT use the driveway behind the school.

• if students are walking or biking to school they should either use the sidewalk path off Maple Street to the front of Edmunds Elementary school and along Main Street to South Union or bike down either Maple St, King St. or across Main St. directly to South Union.

• parents doing car drop off or pick up are also asked NOT to use the driveway behind the school.   Instead please designate a pick up location on either Maple or South Union St.

Friendly reminders

• Students will be reminded of their cafeteria pin number on the first day of school – it will be used when they participate in school meals.

• Upon entering the building you can find the Principal’s office on the left and Guidance on the right – please drop by with any questions.

• We will continue to have a Blue and White schedule for some exploratory classes.

  • Monday/Thursday = Blue

  • Tuesday/Friday = White

  • Wednesday’s rotate with August 28th = Blue

• The EMS website is a great resource – please visit here for more information.

A Note on Scheduling

• At Edmunds Middle School we use interest surveys whenever possible in placing students in their exploratory classes.

• 6th graders will have three exploratory periods this year – that will include PE, Health, Performance Music, Design Tech, Art, World Language and Music.  PE and Performance Music are year long classes while the others are taken on a 7 week cycle.

• 8th graders were given an opportunity to opt into taking Algebra, Writ/Lit and several other classes at the end of last year and were scheduled accordingly.