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Positive Attitude Respect Integrity Determination Empathy

April 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

Small Steps, Big Dreams, and Moonshot Thinking If you do not spend a lot of time inside our building, you may not know all of the small but amazing things YMS staff do on a daily basis to help achieve big things for kids. For example, our office professionals and office support staff lead teachers in nominating and awarding Student of the Month recognition certifi-cates. They also serve as informal mentors and coaches for students who need a little extra encouragement and support. They work hard to track student data and attendance that helps us best identify the needs of students and determine how to best support them. Our PBIS (Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports) Team worked to develop an academic recognition program that rewards students with GPAs of 3.0 or higher. Students will receive those rewards and recognition this week. If you attended conferences recently, you may have observed a teacher who spends extra time and goes the extra mile to guide, coach, and support students in reaching their goals. You also may not know that each week, teachers and staff “Share the Good,” which means they spend extra time ensuring that we all know about the stories of progress, perseverance, and success of individual students. The above are only a few of the many examples of YMS staff working toward building a positive learning environment and toward helping all students reach their maximum potential. At the front of our school hangs a banner that reads, “We are YMS! We DREAM BIG!,” yet we understand that big dreams are often achieved through small steps toward long-term goals. We pursue with daily persistence our “Dream Big” goal of creating a culture of high achievement where all students are proficient or advanced in math, reading, and writing. Yet, we also work on the positive mindset that will help us get there. Recently, the YMS staff has explored the idea of “moonshot thinking,” which means that instead of aiming for a mere 10% gain or small incremental improvement, we should aim for a 10x the improvement over what currently exists. The combination of a huge problem, a radical solution to that problem, and the breakthrough technology that just might make that solution possible, is the essence of a moonshot. When John F. Kennedy announced in 1969 the goal of putting a man on the moon by the end of the decade, no one knew how that could be done or if it could be done. Yet we saw Neil Armstrong walk on the moon by 1969. YMS, too, wants to achieve big dreams for kids, and though we may not always have the an-swers to our “moonshot” goals for students, we will steadily and persistently work toward them until we find a way. How can you as a family or community member support these efforts to maximize the growth of our kids and for to them create amazing lives for themselves? Talk to your kids about “moonshot thinking.” Ask them what they dream of achieving but fear it may not be possible. Let’s turn those dreams into real possibilities for kids. Together, we can achieve what we’ve previously thought impossible. Craig Curry, Principal

Janelle Embrey

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7th Grade Jenna Fournier

Angelina Gladwin Jakob Huttmann Matthew Nechvil Jaren Quintana

8th Grade Hailey Fox

Joseylyn Howard Daysha Martin

Andrea Robinson Seth Skinner

9th Grade Alayna Davidson Garrett Golden McKayla Mills

Kaitlynn Palmer Sherwin Williams

YMS honors You for consistently displaying Respect. You treat your peers, staff and school with dignity and apprecia on. You

consistently use appropriate language and demonstrate posi ve behavior. Congratula ons from the YMS staff!

Calendar of Events April-May April 14th Purple Up! Wear purple to support mili-

tary children (see the next page for more informa on).

April 17th thru April 21st Volunteer Week April 21st Spring Run/Walk April 28th Teen Night, 7 to 9 pm May 1st - June 2nd State Tes ng Window May 23rd 7th & 8th Grade Band Concert, YHS PAC,

@ 7 pm May 24th 9th Grade Band Concert, YHS PAC, 7 pm 7th, 8th & 9th Grade Choir Concert May 26th Teen Night, 7 to 9 pm

YMS Volunteer of the Year On behalf of all the staff and students at YMS we would like to thank Jamie Edmundson, our Volunteer of the Year! Jamie is our Booster Club President and works hard to make YMS a great place to learn and grow! Jamie is dedicated to our staff and students and we appreciate everything she does! When you see her around school please take a minute to thank her!

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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.

Upcoming Fund Raisers!

Spring Run/Walk/Friend-a-thon - April 21st - watch for more informa on! Students

will have the opportunity to earn a free year-end incen ve trip!

DON’T DELAY! PAY TODAY!

Does your student have out-standing fines or fees? Students with fines or fees will not qualify to participate in the end of the year recognition trip or incentive activities! Statements

for students with fines or fees were mailed home right before Spring Break. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact or office.

Eagle Scout Project Completed at YMS!

Bryce Cerkowniak recently completed his Eagle Scout project at YMS. Using the specifications

for each running event at YMS, Bryce painted the track markings on our track curb. He started researching and planning the project in the fall and spent numerous hours getting approval from our district office, completing forms, gathering information, seeking donations, purchas-ing supplies, and recruiting volunteers. The project took

Bryce and his team of volunteers two days to complete. His team consisted of Jay Yates, Ethan Beyer, Daniel Johnston, Cody Johnston, Brett Cerkowniak, Ian Cullum, and Jared Cullum. Thank you for completing this project. It will be a great contribution to the track and field program at YMS!

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:family_access@ycs.wednet.edu. 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.

All Families are strongly encouraged to sign up!

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Wear Purple on Friday, April 14th & show

support for military children!!

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7th & 8th Grade Term 3 Honor Roll 7th Grade 4.0 DALLIN G. ALLRED AUSTIN J. ANDERSON ASHLYN S. AVEN FRANKILYN M. BLAS KATELYN M. CEDERBURG MOLLY H. CORAK MOLLY L. EMBREY CAIN A. FRYE CAEL L. GENDRON NOELLE J. HARSHFIELD ELI A. KLEIN CLARE D. LAWLOR KENDALL A. LAWSON ZOE M. MATHSON HANNAH R. NEIR GRACE V. STEWART RYAN M. UNRUH LISA E. WAX ALEXIA S. ZUMEK

3.50 to 3.99 JAYDEN B. ANDERSON LOGAN R. BABB-DAY VANESSA M. BLEDSOE DYLAN C. BLEVINS ELENA G. CASTANON SORAYA M. CHAMPLIN ASHLEY C. CRUMPACKER RALPH R. DAHLBERG AUSTIN C. DEWEES ARIANA M. ERKELENS KAYLEE R. FABER TANNA M. FLEWELLEN ANGELINA N. GLADWIN CALVIN GRIGGS BENJAMIN A. HICKLIN JAKOB R. HUTTMANN SHALEE J. JONES-HOLT GABRIELLA J. JORDAN RYAN A. LANGE EWEN A. LEREST IVY RENEE O. MARTINEZ TRENT D. MASCHERINI EMILY G. MONTAT EITHON A. O'REILLY MADISON M. OVERLIN JULIA J. PARKER ALYSSA M. PECK ARIANNA M. PERIC GAVIN D. POWELL JAREN ISAIAH V. QUINTANA KEVIN REA JEREMY L. REIMERS GABRIELLA V. RIVERA BIANCA F. ROBERTO

LANDON T. SCHMIDT CAITLYN E. SHELDON JASON T. SOWERS CHELSEA R. STINSON TIFFANY N. TRUITT HUNTER W. VENABLE ASHTYN R. VESCHIO WYATT D. VICKLUND KYLE P. WEBER GWYNETH H. YABSLEY ANNABELLE C. ZOLMAN WESTIN J. ZURFLUH 3.00 to 3.49 ETHAN G. ALLEN ALISHA G. BARLOW KASSIDY BONNEMA MIKAYLA P. BRUNET STERLING H. BUSHNELL JR SPENCER T. BUSSELL ALEXANDER B. CHARVET BLAINE R. CLEMENTS ZANDER J. CUTLER ASHLEY S. DUZENSKI MYA R. EDMUNSON CARLOS E. ENRIQUEZ GABRIEL L. FOLEY AYLIA J. FORTUNE JENNA FOURNIER KOLLIN A. GIFFORD BRIANA M. GONZALES MORGAN C. GRUCELLA ISABELLA P. GUTIERREZ LEAH J. HARRIS ALYENA J. LAFRAZIER ERIC W. MAIER CONOR G. MCCORMICK HEIDI E. MCDONNELL GAVIN M. MCINNIS KADEN M. MERTH ALEXI M. MICHAELSON CONNER E. MILLER SKYLAR R. MYERS MATTHEW J. NECHVIL FAITH A. PELAYO MICAH F. PISCOPO LOGAN D. PLATT CASSANDRA J. POWELL GLENN A. QUESENBERRY VIVIANA C. REYES DYLLAN M. ROGERS ROBERT A. RUSSELL JOSEPH T. SAPEGIN ASHTON T. SCHMIDT DALLAS A. SHORT CODY A. SHROAT CONNOR J. SMITH-ARMSTRONG

CARENDA L. THOMPSON KRISTAL A. THORNTON CARLOS TURCIOS WILLIAM E. WATTS GAGE M. WOLF VIOLA M. WOOD THEODORE R. YBAY

8th Grade 4.0 MYKALA R. BLEVINS MYLES E. CASTANEDA BRYCE J. CERKOWNIAK KAYLEIGH L. DAVIDSON KAITLYN M. HILLEMANN KENDRA L. KING JACOB E. PHILLIPS JANESSA M. SUTTON

3.50 to 3.99 JADA J. ARNOLD OLIVIA A. BENNETT KAYLYNN M. BERNHARD LYDIA J. BOVEE JENNA R. BRAAE ISABELLA M. CALVERT SETH J. CHENEY TENNESSEE T. COPPEDGE SADIE D. CUSHMAN FERN M. FARMER HAILEY A. FOX MORGAN FRANKLIN SHELBI A. FULNER CAITLYN E. GARVEY ALEXIS R. GILLESPIE ARTHUR D. GOULEY JR ALEXA G. GULLEY JOSEPH O. HARRISON RYAN J. HOLCOMBE CELTAN G. HOLMES JOSEYLYN J. HOWARD KELLEN M. JORDAN HANNAH E. LAND NAOMI E. LARSON JAYLENE R. MCCARTHY KAILEIGH A. MCCARTNEY VINCENT K. MCCULLAH JOELLA M. MCDONNELL LENNA R. MISKIMENS D'ASIA J. MOIR ARIEANNA S. MORGAN-CORBIN JULIANA E. PATIN LAILAUNI R. PHILLIPS KYA R. RAMIREZ ANDREA K. ROBINSON SAMANTHA J. ROHWEDDER JAZMIN L. RUSSELL MEGAN T. SHERWOOD

TRENTON K. SLEDGE ASHLYNN L. VILLEGAS ANGELINA J. WALKER LEILA M. WALLACE SOPHIA R. WIGREN ISSAC W. WILLIAMS IV ETHAN J. YABSLEY JAY T. YATES 3.00 to 3.49 GABRIEL M. BATTLE ETHAN BEYER ETHAN R. BOSTWICK MALIA N. BREITENBACH WILLIAM J. CHAIDEZ WYATT E. CHAIDEZ RAILLY J. CHICHIPAN ALEC E. CLARK AIDAN A. CRAMER TIMOTHY E. CRAWFORD SEBASTIAN R. CREAMER KAIL T. FINDLAY SETH FOSTER ALEJANDRA GARCIA NICHOLAS E. GORMAN TYLER B. GUMESON BAYLEIGH N. HARDER TYLER S. HART KEAN HILL EVALYNN HUMPHREYS SARAH A. HYDE TINA M. KIEHN SAED A. KRAUSE ROBERT A. KUHN FRANCISCO LUCATERO LARA DAYSHA J. MARTIN GRACE J. MARTIN JONATHAN D. MATTHEWS SEQUOIA Y. MILLER SYDNEY J. MORDEN CHLOE M. NICKERSON PRESLEE R. OLSON ROSALVA ORTIZ-BAGBY ANGELA J. PACE TIERRA T. PASCOE TYLER I. PEREA SHERIDAN E. READEL SETH E. RODGERS TYLER L. SILVER MACKENZIE N. SMITH KELSEY L. TAYLOR-HAMILTON KAYLEY ALISA TEIXEIRA JAZMIN URENA MADISON R. WHEELER CHRISTOPHER J. WIND VICTORIA K. WOODS JUSTIN R. WORKMAN

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9th Grade

4.0

SOPHIE A. HALL GRACIE N. MATHIS LYRA F. TOULON 3.50 to 3.99 TAYLOR M. ANDERSON JACOB W. BARNERT HAILEY G. BROWN SYDNEY M. BRYMER HAILEY L. BUCHMILLER NATHAN R. CAROLLO MADISON A. CASHORE LUCY M. COOK BROOKLYN J. CUTLER TRISTEN B. DAINS ALAYNA R. DAVIDSON CLAIRE F. FARMER KARA E. FOURRE KEYLIA R. FREYMANN MAKAYLA L. FRODESEN ELIZABETH R. FRUCHELLA KAYTLYN C. GAY SIENNA M. GOGUE-GARCIA MCKENZIE C. HALL MONTANA M. HALLOWAY KYLA J. HAMRE ALEX M. HENLEY-

KILLINGSWORTH TIFFANY A. HILL ALLISON C. HOFFMANN NOLAN HOOKER STEPHANIE M. JENDRASZEK JAZZLYN K. JOHANSEN DANIEL W. JOHNSTON LAUREN A. JONES JENNIFER J. KETCHER GINA A. KNIGHT GABRIELLE E. LABRIOLA SAMANTHA M. LANE KAYLYNN L. LINGLE RHIANNON M. LOTT LUKE P. MARTIN ZECHARIAH E. MATHSON NICOLE R. MCGAHAN HAYLEY J. MCINROY ALICIA L. NELSON EMILY M. NESHIEM CHRISTOPHER K. OBEDOZA ELI A. OSSO AMAYA J. PAULSEN MALIA B. PAULSEN KYAN H. PRICHARD KYLER A. ROBISON ALEXANDRA J. ROE AUSTYN R. SGROE LARA A. SKINNER KAMYLLE E. SPRENGER JUAN D. SUAREZ VICTORIA A. SUTTON CLOIE E. SWEET

NEVAEH K. TALANOA-WATKINS TYLER J. THORNDIKE ALYSSA N. TREJO SETH D. WEBER LAKEN C. WELSH DECEMBER M. YORK 3.00 to 3.49 MONICA L. ALVAREZ TYLER J. BATEMAN MAKENZIE A. BELL ANITA S. BENNETT NADIA BHOLA TAYLOR D. CARLSON ALEXANDRIA R. CARTER DAVID A. CEBULA ANNA E. CESMAT ALEXANDER COOK NATASHA A. COOK TRINA A. CORDOVA KRISTOPHER W. DEMINT JR LOGAN J. FABER CORY D. FORTUNE JR GARRETT P. GOLDEN NATHANIEL R. GOULD DAMON S. HEARD-SHACKELFORD BRADEN E. HILL BENJAMIN M. HOFFMANN WILLIAM O. HOWARD

SAVANNAH S. HYDER BRENDAN R. KEYES GENEVIVE S. KILGORE WILLOW S. LE HEW THOMAS J. MCAULEY WILLIAM G. MCCLOUD-VANEVERY LOGAN C. MILLER VINCENT C. NAYLOR BRIAN K. PERSELL LE'SHAI A. PHILLIPS ASHLI J. POLZIN PATRICK K. QUAIDOO CHASE D. QUAILS NATALIA A. ROGERS RICHARD ROMO JR SHAELENE A. SAN NICOLAS-CRUZ JERILYN J. SCHRADER HAILEY R. SMITH JENNA Y. THOMPSON ELIZABETH S. UNRUH COLTER M. WEVODAU JAMES T. WILDISH ANABELLE R. YOUCKTON CORA L. ZUMEK BRAEDEN P. ZURFLUH

9th Grade Mid-Term Roll, Term 3