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EVERGREEN MIDDLE SCHOOL 6900 208th Ave. NE, Redmond, WA 98053 | (425) 936-2320
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CONTACT INFORMATION
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Secretary to the Assistant Principal
Counseling Secretary/Registrar
Main Phone Line 425.936.2320
Attendance Line 425.936.2321
Counseling Office 425.936.2326
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PRINCIPAL'S MESSAGE
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Hello Evergreen Families!
Welcome to the official start of the school year and an exciting year of learning ahead! In spite of the rain on Tuesday, it could not dampen staff and students' excitement for returning to school! There was so much enthusiasm and energy; we started off the day with Where Everybody Belongs (WEB) activities and there were many bright eyes full of amazement and wonder as we welcomed 418 6th graders to the EMS Family. We recognize that some students were nervous while others were excited; regardless of your student's comfort level in returning to school, we are excited to meet them where they're at and help them grow as learners and as young people. We focus on the whole child at Evergreen and will help them grow academically, behaviorally, socially, and emotionally through various activities at school. We are excited to partner with you in your child's education and help them grow this year.
With so many new students at Evergreen, you may have noticed changes in traffic as well. The district contracted with the King County Sheriff to help with traffic flow the first few days. This was designed to help the initial congestion; and as parents and families get more accustomed to their morning and afternoon routines, we're hopeful the traffic flow will sort itself out. Please remember that parent drop off and pick up can only occur at EMS. Please do not use Dickinson Elementary as their parking arrangements are not designed to support students coming down to Evergreen. When using the EMS parking lot for drop off or pick up, please pull as far forward as possible before dropping off/picking up your student. This ensures we get the maximum number of cars into the parking lot and off the street, thus creating a safer environment for all.
One way traffic may be minimized this week is when our athletic programs begin on Tuesday. Many students who ride the bus or carpool home with parents will now be participating in after school sports. It is not too late for your student to sign up. Boys are eligible to participate in Cross Country and Tennis. Girls are eligible to participate in Cross Country in addition to Badminton. Students can bring a check for $75 to participate and practices and competitions are held on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays; there are no athletics on Wednesdays because of early release and professional development for staff.
This week will hold many important events for your student; we will be explaining our student agenda to students in their core content classes and explaining how to best utilize this organizational structure. We are placing a greater emphasis on student organization this year and we think fully utilizing the agenda will help us accomplish this goal. Feel free to review your student's agenda with them and ask them to explain its functions and features. In addition, please ask your student about their green laptop user agreement form. As a secondary student, each learner receives their own laptop to use in class and home for academic purposes only. Your student will have their same laptop as last year and 6th graders will be issued a laptop for the first time. We will be distributing laptops through Science classes on Monday, September 14. Prior to receiving a laptop, your student must return their agreement forms. Also prior to issuing laptops, we will be covering our Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) and also explaining the importance of good computer hygiene and care with students to ensure there are no damages and the laptop runs at its peak performance.
Other school and district announcements will come through the Peachjar eFlyer system; you may have already received the first edition in your inbox on Friday. There is a hyperlink located on our school website and you can also access the flyers directly at this link if you are not currently receiving them and would like to do so.
We are excited to meet with you on Tuesday, September 15 at 6:30pm in the Fieldhouse (gym) for our Curriculum Night. This will be an opportunity for us to share with you an overview of our school including curriculum, assessment, and instructional strategies as well as athletics, activities, and club offerings; this will also be an opportunity to learn how you can be involved supporting our school through PTSA. Because we have over 1000 students, parking and seating will be very tight, so we encourage you to arrive early.
The school year is just beginning and we are excited to partner with you on this journey; please let us know how we can best support you and your learner.
All my best,
Robert Johnson
Principal
Evergreen Middle School
425.936.2320
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IMPORTANT DATES
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9/7 - No School: Labor Day
9/8 - 1st Season Sports Begin
9/10 - PTSA Welcome Back Coffee; 9:30-11am in EMS Library 9/10 - PTSA Meeting Gen. Membership Meeting; 11am-noon in EMS Library
9/14 - Laptop Distribution Day
9/14 - 8th Grade Washington, D.C. & New York Trip Info. Meeting; 6-7pm in Dickinson Elem. Library
9/15 - Curriculum Night; 6:30pm in the Fieldhouse (Gym)
9/15 - LWSD PTSA Special Needs Group Meeting
9/17 - LWSD PTSA Council Brown Bag Lunch
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SCHOOL NEWS
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 8TH GRADE WASHINGTON, D.C. & NEW YORK TRIP *new* 
Attention all 8th grade students and parents! There will be an informational meeting regarding the Washington D.C. and New York trip on Monday, September 14th from 6 -7 pm in the Dickinson Elementary library. Please contact Mr. Dowling or Mr. McMurtry for more information. Hope to see you there!
SCHOOL PICTURES *updated*
All proofs (and any ordered packets) from school pictures that were taken during Back to Business Days should have gone home with your student on Friday, 9/4. If you haven't already ordered, you can do so at Mylifetouch.com by entering the portrait ID and access code that was given on your proof sheet.
Proofs from school pictures taken on Thursday, 9/3 should be back in 2-3 weeks. Retakes will be in October.
STUDENT ID CARDS AND VOLUNTEER BADGES *updated*
Student ID cards taken at Back to Business Days were handed out on the first day of school. Those taken on 9/4 are still being sorted but should be handed out early this week. For volunteers who took pictures during Back to Business Days, your badges are here. We will be cross-checking names to see if each LWSD volunteer approval is updated before we hand those out. Questions? Please contact EMS PTSA Co-VP Services, Allyson Cohen, at allysoncohen66@gmail.com. LWSD VOLUNTEER APPROVAL Do you need to update or check on your LWSD volunteer approval? Perhaps you have never applied to volunteer in our school district before? Please click here for more information from the LWSD website.
LONG-TERM FACILITIES TASK FORCE SURVEY, OPEN HOUSE COMING SOON
Over the last few years, Lake Washington School District's enrollment has been growing by the equivalent of an elementary school each year. There is little space left in current school buildings, some of which need replacing due to their age and building conditions. That was the challenge facing the Long-Term Facilities Task Force as it began its work last December. They have now developed a set of recommendations that may affect your child's school in the future.
You can review the recommendations and provide feedback beginning September 1 through an online open house. A survey on that site will be open September 1 through October 11. There will also be meetings in each of the district's learning communities in late September: information will be in the next issue of this newsletter. Save the date now for a Task Force Town Hall on Wednesday, October 7, at Rose Hill Middle School at 6 p.m.
NEW DISTRICT ELECTRONIC FLYER SYSTEM On August 24, our district launched a new electronic flyer (or eflyer) system called "Peachjar." This system will help families learn about events, classes and other programs in our community that may be of interest. It replaces the "Community Bulletin Board" that was on our school's website.
The Peachjar system distributes eflyers from nonprofit organizations as well as from our school and school-related organizations such as PTSAs or booster clubs. Parents will receive direct mails with new eflyers. All approved eflyers will also be posted on the Peachjar page on our school website.
You should have received a welcome email from Peachjar that includes a username and password. This email gives instructions on how to manage your account and flyer delivery preferences. You can determine how often you get these emails and can unsubscribe if you wish. If you do nothing, you will begin receiving one email each day that a flyer is approved. To ensure smooth delivery of this communication, we suggest that you add lwsd@peachjar.com to your email contacts. When you receive your first eflyer, be sure to click "always display images." The Peachjar system will only be used for distribution of district- and school-approved flyers. Your email address will not be shared or used for any other purpose.
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EVERGREEN ATHLETICS
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1st season sports start on Tuesday, 9/8. The deadline to register for sports is on the first day of practice, which is Tuesday, 9/8. Practices will run every day afterschool except on Wednesdays. Match and game schedules will be distributed by coaches and posted online once they are finalized.
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PTSA
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 EVERGREEN PTSA WEBSITE *new*
The brand new Evergreen Middle School PTSA website is up and running! For the latest news on EMS happenings, please visit http://evergreenptsa.org.
PTSA WELCOME BACK COFFEE *updated*
All parents are invited to attend our Welcome Back Coffee on Thursday, 9/10 from 9:30-11am in the EMS Library. Meet new friends and catch up with those you haven't seen over the summer.
Meet your PTSA Executive Board, the Evergreen Office Staff and Counselors. Principal Robert Johnson, Associate Principal Anne Balicki, and Associate Principal Katy Rudolph will also be on hand for everyone to meet.
Feel free to stay for our PTSA General Membership Meeting which will be directly following this from 11am-noon.
VOLUNTEER THANKS *updated*
A huge thank you to all of the volunteers who handed out schedules and ID cards to over 1,000 Evergreen students in about 1 hour on the first day of school.
Alpana Agarwal
| Becky Grandmont
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| Branda Andrade
| Stephanie Hajicek
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| Kara Bond
| Patricia Holcomb
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| Diana Brown
| Yenhui Lee
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| Kirsten Burke
| Ragini Murthy
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| Sara Carroll
| Sabrina Schriner
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| Jasmina Cernak
| Lisa Seeley
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| Emily Chelius
| Lisa Sharp
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| Allyson Cohen
| Lana Stein
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| Rachel Dahl
| Wei Tao
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| Cherene Dodge
| Lesli Verellen
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| Marcie Dominguez
| Annette Wolf
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| Jiarui Ge
| Karen Yamashita-Uraine
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Another big thank you to those volunteers who spent many hours helping out with school pictures this week.
Diana Brown
| Kelli Landers
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| Jeanette Cadman
| Ingrid van Veen
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| Jiarui Ge
| Annette Wolf
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PTSA MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS *updated*
The EMS PTSA is able to provide so many things for our school and kids each year. In addition, here are just a couple of the bonus benefits to you for signing up!
 Hertz
The world's largest airport general use car rental brand, operating from approximately 8,500 locations in 146 countries worldwide is proud to offer PTA members up to 20% off using discount CDP# 1929580 every time you reserve.
 Washington State Fair
Save up to 49% on tickets to the Washington State Fair, September 11-27 and #PARTYBIGWA with tons of free entertainment, concerts, fabulous fair food, animals, and much more! Click here for more information and promotion code.
JOIN EMS PTSA FACEBOOK PAGE
EMS PTSA invites you to join our discussion on Facebook. Click here for up-to-date notices about school activities and communicate with other Evergreen families.
PTSA PASS THE HAT FUNDRAISER
Thanks to those of you who donated to our 2015-16 EMS PTSA Pass the Hat campaign during Back to Business Days! Our goal is to have Pass the Hat as our primary fundraiser each year. Money donated ensures that wonderful programs supporting Evergreen students and staff can be continued. If you weren't able to give at Back to Business Days you can also send in a donation to the front office with your student. Look for the blue PTSA "All in One" form in your back to school packet the first week. We are fortunate that many companies will match your donation ... please check with yours to see if they have a matching program.
EVERYTHING PARTY 
Buying party supplies? If you shop at Everything Party in Redmond, Everything Party will donate 10% of your purchase price to the PTSA general fund. Please tell the cashier at the beginning of your transaction to ring it up under Evergreen Middle School. What an easy way to help us raise money to support the staff and students at Evergreen!
ATTENTION FRED MEYER & SAFEWAY SHOPPERS!
Fred Meyer shoppers can now support the Evergreen PTSA through their community rewards program! Link your Fred Meyer rewards card to EMS PTSA and they will donate a percentage of your purchase to the PTSA. Go to Fred Meyer - My Account, Add Evergreen PTSA as your charitable organization or 87519 to select Evergreen PTSA.
Safeway recently decided to conclude their association with eScrip, as the mechanism to donate to local organizations. The current program officially ended August 1, 2015 after 16 years and over $300 million donated to support schools and education-based programs in their neighborhoods.
SHOPPING WITH AMAZON SMILES BENEFITS EVERGREEN
Please use Amazon Smiles when doing your online shopping!
Amazon gives 0.5% of your purchases to the charity of your choice ... so choose the Evergreen PTSA! Use http://smile.amazon.com as the URL to get to Amazon.com. When you "Select Charity", choose "Evergreen Middle School PTSA" (Tacoma, WA) and it will remember us as your selected charity for next time. It's easy to earn money for Evergreen by shopping with Amazon Smiles!
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EXTRACURRICULAR
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REDMOND AT THE END OF THE ICE AGE: WHAT THE BEAR CREEK SITE TELLS US. *new*
Saturday, September 12th @ 10:30am. Redmond Historical Society Saturday Speaker Series
The discovery of an ancient tool-making site near the mouth of Redmond's Bear Creek has led to national attention. It has shed new light on early Native American lifeway in the Puget Sound Lowlands at the end of the Ice Age over 10,000 years ago. SWCA Environmental Consultants has been conducting investigations for the City of Redmond as part of a salmon habitat restoration project. Dr. Robert Kopperl will share a wealth of new insights. Doors open at 10am. Old Redmond Schoolhouse Community Center, 16600 NE 80th Street, Redmond WA. $5 suggested donation for non-members. Details.
 SOUNDERS DAY 2015 *new*
Lake Washington PTSA Council Presents Family Fun Day with the Seattle Sounders! Sounders v. Galaxy Sunday, Oct 4 6:30 p.m. Century Link Field. Tickets are discounted, and a portion of each ticket will go back to your PTSA.
Purchase tickets at this link: http://www.soundersfc.com/lwptsa. Once you get to the landing page, copy the promo-code above your school, and click onto your school. Once on your individual page, use that promo code so that you can sit with your school. Tickets are sold in a first come first serve basis, so book early to secure best available seats. Need ten or more tickets? contact Sounders rep Gary Boyle @ (206) 512-1220 Questions? Email at sounders.day@lwptsa.net.
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NON DISCRIMINATION POLICY
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The Lake Washington School District does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, gender, marital status, creed, religion, honorably discharged veteran, military status, sexual orientation including gender expression or identity, the presence of any sensory, mental or physical disability, or the use of a trained guide dog or service animal by a person with a disability, in its programs and activities and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups.
The following person has been designated to handle inquiries regarding the nondiscrimination policies:
Director of Human Resources
16250 NE 74th Street
Redmond Washington, 98052
(425) 936-1266
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