Staff Update Week of September 1, 2025

Jack is happy because he loves The Writing Revolution, but he wishes more of his colleagues would focus their lessons on it, so he talks about it during lunch everyday.

Anyone that sends me an email by 2nd period Tuesday with a Because, But, So sentence based on the Browns (or Steelers) will win a prize.

Important Dates

9/1- Labor Day (No School)

9/3- Picture Day

9/29- ICAC Assemblies (1st-3rd periods)

10/8- Picture Retake Day

10/8- Parent/Teacher Conferences 3:30-7:30

10/17- End of 1st Quarter

10/29- Parent/Teacher Conferences 3:30-7:30

Important Information

Safety

We will have our annual Safety Week the week of September 29th. We will be reviewing our safety protocols this week during PLCs. Here is a basic run down of what the week will look like

Monday (9/29)- ICAC Assemblies 1st-3rd periods, Fire Drill afternoon

Tuesday (9/30)- Lockdown Drill/ Barricade

Wednesday (10/1)- Mass Evacuation

Thursday (10/2)- Situational Drill

Friday (10/3)- Tornado Drill

CTE

Kirk Dressel and the rest of the CTE team will being working with 7th and 8th grade students this week for Career Connections.

ICAC Assemblies

The Internet Crimes Against Children Taskforce (ICAC) will be talking to our students on 9/29. This will be done in grade level assemblies as we have done in the past.

EMS Clubs

I will be sending an email out to parents later this week detailing many of the clubs and activities we offer here at EMS. If you are interested in starting a new club, please come talk with me. There might be supplemental money available.

PLCs

Reminder....Please make sure you are completing your Team's Academic Planner each week prior to your scheduled PLC meeting.

Supplementals

Just a friendly reminder to complete your supplemental applications. They are found online.

Dangers of AI

Although I feel strongly that educators need to embrace the use of AI, there are some areas of concern. The link below is a video from the Today Show about about parent's suing Chat GPT over it's role is assisting their son in ending his life. Unfortunately, this is something we need to be mindful of.

Today Show Video

PBIS Team

Thank you for a great Kick Off assembly. The connect four game as a big hit and the students had a lot of fun.