1 Thank you Business Partners! We are lucky to have you on our team! Positive Attitude Respect Integrity Determination Empathy May 2017 Scot Embrey, Principal * Craig Curry, Assistant Principal Yelm Middle School * P.O. Box 476, Yelm, WA 98597 * 360‐458‐3600 * Fax: 360‐458‐6122 * www.ycs.wednet.edu Janelle Embrey Being Your Best Self at YMS Beginning next week, YMS students will begin SBA (Smarter Balanced Assessment) tesƟng in English Language Arts and Math. Students have been asked to make the connecƟon between being their best selves and giving their best effort on the SBA. For the rest of their lives, students will have to take tests to both prove their knowledge of a subject and demonstrate the applica‐ Ɵon of that knowledge in performance. When they apply for a driver’s license, they must take a wriƩen test of their knowledge and a driving test of their performance. It will be the same on the SBA, which will require both a tesƟng of their skills and knowledge along with a performance task to assess their applicaƟon. Teachers and staff use the results of the SBA to make decisions about student instrucƟon and placement, and we use it as an assessment of how well we are doing as a school to improve student learning and growth. So it is important for students to give their best effort on this assessment. Parents can help in this effort by ensuring students get plenty of sleep, eat a nutriƟous break‐ fast, and avoid distracƟons to academic focus. Encourage your students to use the following checklist to ensure their best chance of success: ExpectaƟons for Students During SBA TesƟng Good luck to all YMS students during testing. Work to be your best self each day, and you will be successful. Parents, let us know if you have questions about SBA testing. You can send inquiries to [email protected]. Students should be able to check off the following before submiƫng their tests I spent at least 35 minutes on my test. ✔ I read each quesƟon more than once before I answered. ✔ I checked all my answers before moving on or finishing my test. ✔ I showed my work on the math part of the SBA. ✔ I read the test more than once before answering the quesƟons on the ELA part of the SBA. ✔ I highlighted the most criƟcal words in the quesƟons. ✔
Scot Embrey, Principal * Craig Curry, Assistant Principal Yelm Middle School * P.O. Box 476, Yelm, WA 98597 * 360‐458‐3600 * Fax: 360‐458‐6122 * www.ycs.wednet.edu
Janelle Embrey
Being Your Best Self at YMS Beginning next week, YMS students will begin SBA (Smarter Balanced Assessment) tes ng in English Language Arts and
Math. Students have been asked to make the connec on between being their best selves and giving their best effort on the SBA. For the rest of their lives, students will have to take tests to both prove their knowledge of a subject and demonstrate the applica‐on of that knowledge in performance. When they apply for a driver’s license, they must take a wri en test of their knowledge and
a driving test of their performance. It will be the same on the SBA, which will require both a tes ng of their skills and knowledge along with a performance task to assess their applica on.
Teachers and staff use the results of the SBA to make decisions about student instruc on and placement, and we use it as an assessment of how well we are doing as a school to improve student learning and growth. So it is important for students to give their best effort on this assessment. Parents can help in this effort by ensuring students get plenty of sleep, eat a nutri ous break‐fast, and avoid distrac ons to academic focus. Encourage your students to use the following checklist to ensure their best chance of success:
Students should be able to check off the following before submi ng their tests
I spent at least 35 minutes on my test. ✔
I read each ques on more than once before I answered. ✔
I checked all my answers before moving on or finishing my test. ✔
I showed my work on the math part of the SBA. ✔
I read the test more than once before answering the ques ons on the ELA part of the SBA.
✔
I highlighted the most cri cal words in the ques ons. ✔
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Smarter Balance Assessment (English and Math) and Science MSP:
State testing begins for 7th and 8th grade students next week. The Smarter Balance Assessment and the Science Measure of Academic Progress (MSP 8th grade only) are used for school im-provement planning, course development, master scheduling and for student placement, so we encourage students to give their best effort. Students may have less homework than you are used to seeing; however, they should still have some homework during the testing window. Please continue to monitor academic progress using Family Access or contact your student’s teacher or school counselor if you have any questions.
YMS School Counselors would love to hear your ques ons,
concerns, comments:
Students last name A‐K: Mr. Fields 458‐8288
Students last name L‐Z: Mrs. Rolen 458‐6154
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7th Grade Jakob Huttmann
Conor McCormick Logan Platt
Jeremy Reimers Ashtyn Veschio
8th Grade Olivia Bennett Wyatt Chaidez Jacob Huster Tina Kiehn
Grace Martin
9th Grade Aryanna Foster
Tiffany Hill Emily Neshiem
Cloie Sweet Trey Williams
YMS honors you for consistently displaying INTEGRITY! Whether completing class work or interacting with teachers and peers, you act with honesty. You take ownership for your mistakes and demonstrate a strong sense of
values. Congratulations from the YMS staff!
Calendar of Events May and June May 1st ‐ June 2nd State Tes ng Window
May 23rd 7th & 8th Grade Band Concert, YHS PAC, at
7:30 pm
May 24th 9th Grade Band Concert, YHS PAC, 7 pm 7th, 8th & 9th Grade Choir Concert 7 pm
May 26th Teen Night, 7 to 9 pm
May 29th No School, Memorial Day
June 1st District Award Night
June 7th Guitar Concert, 7:00 p.m. in the YMS Commons
June 11th YHS Gradua on, Tacoma Dome, 9:30 a.m. June 14th 5th Grade Visit
7th Grade Reward Trip
June 15th 6th Grade Visit 8th Grade Reward Trip
June 16th Full Day of School 9th Grade Cruise
June 19th Full Day of School ‐ Snow Make Up Day 7th, 8th & 9th Grade Award Ceremonies
June 20th Full Day of School ‐ Snow Make Up Day STAR Bingo ‐ A.M. Yearbook Signing ‐ P.M.
June 21st Half Day of School Last Day of School Slide Show!
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2017-2018 Transfer Requests
Yelm Community Schools is now accepting Transfer Request for the 2017-2018 school year. If you wish
to enroll your student in a school outside of their home school attendance area please click here to
visit our website for key dates and forms.
DON’T DELAY! PAY TODAY! Does your student have out-standing fines or fees? Stu-dents with fines or fees will
not qualify to participate in the end of the year
recognition trip or incentive activities!
School Supply Drive for
Hospital School Programs
We are collecting school supplies to donate to local hospitals for students who are receiving treatment to help them keep up on their school work. Some of the items needed are: Lined paper Folders Pencil/Pens Notebooks Sticky Notes Crayons/Colored Pencils Rulers Scissors Erasers Glue Highlighters Etc. If you would like to donate, just drop the items off in our office before May 10th! Thank you!
It Is Not Too Late to Buy a Yearbook! You can still purchase a yearbook for your student! They are sold on a first come first served basis and are selling fast! The cost is $22.00 with an ASB sticker and $24.00 without. Order forms are available in the office.
Sign up for Skyward Family
Access and view your student’s grades and information 24/7!
The administration and staff at Yelm Community Schools recognize that many parents would like to play a greater role in their child’s education. To make it easier for you to get involved, we are providing you with the ability to view student information anytime, day or night. The software that makes this possible is our student infor-mation system, known as Skyward Family Access. Family Access is available through the website found at http://family.yelm.wa-k12.net. Every web page on this site has a link to Family Access at the top of the page. To set up your account, please submit a request for a user ID and password by sending an email to:[email protected]. If the link above doesn't work, copy and paste it into a new message in your personal email service provider (eg., GMail, Yahoo, Hot-Mail, etc.) PLEASE INCLUDE: SUBJECT LINE: name of the school your child at-
tends. BODY OF MESSAGE: parent's full name, child's full
name
(Your child must be an active student in our school to provide you with Family Access.) Your user ID and password will be returned to the email address you are using to submit the request. If you prefer to have us respond to a different email address, other than the one you are using to submit the request, please indi-cate that in your email. If your email gets rejected by our security system, please contact our support desk at (360) 458-6232 with your request, and inform them that you need to have your email address "white listed." Please be aware that requests made during high vol-ume times, such as at the beginning of the school year, will take longer to process.
