Erie Middle School, Pre AP Focus School

Todd Bissell, Principal

Dr. Rachel Heide, Assistant Principal

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Monday, May 23rd

Extra iPad Check in

Tuesday, May 24th

Extra iPad Check in

8th Grade Bridge to High School Ceremony

7:00 pm Erie High School

Reception to follow

Wednesday, May 25th

Last Day of School

Have a great summer!

Tuesday, August 16th

First day for all new incoming students

8:00 am-3:00 pm

Wednesday, August 17th

First day for returning students

8:00 am—3:00 pm

We are pleased to announce the recipients

of the St. Vrain Valley School District

Encore Teacher Awards!

Ms. Norma Eitemiller

Special Education Teacher

Mrs. Lindsay Kervan

6th Grade Science Teacher

Mr. Ben Tyler

Band Teacher

Mr. Tyler won the overall Teacher Award!

Congratulations to these educators!

Important Bus Pass Information for Parents/Guardians of Students Riding the

Bus

Dear Parent or Guardian,

As we near the end of the 2015-16 school year, I would like to thank you for

encouraging your student/s to show up with their bus pass each day this past school

year. Doing so has provided our students with a greater level of safety and security.

As was explained when your student received the pass; they only receive one free

bus pass. Therefore, we are asking that parents/students safely store the assigned

pass over the summer months until the start of the new school year to avoid and cost

of obtaining a replacement.

Should your student require a replacement pass, please contact the Bus Pass

coordinator by sending an email to buspass@svvsd.org or calling 303-702-7540.

The replacement cost for lost, stolen and/or mutilated bus passes is $5.00 and shows

up as fee under your student’s name in Infinite Campus.

Lastly, we are very excited to announce the initiation of Zpass+, a sophisticated

notification system that will allow parents to receive text notifications with time and

location information when your student scans on and off the bus. For more

information, and to sign up for this free service, please go to www.zpassplus.com.

When signing your student up, when asked for their First Name, you will need to

enter their first and middle name. If student does not have a middle name, enter first

name and “nmn”, Example (Jim nmn). In addition you will need to enter your

student’s bus pass card number. If all else fails you may contact Transportation for

Assistance at 303-702-7540.

Sincerely,

Randy McKie

Director of Transportation

A note from the Health Clerks’ desk:

Regarding medications at school:

To families of students who have medication(s) at school, according to district

guidelines, we are unable to store medication over the summer. Please stop by the

school to pick up your student's medication(s) as the school year wraps up. If you

need to stop by after the school year ends, office staff will be in the office until

Wednesday, June 15, 2016. After that we will be disposing of the medications in the

Health Office.

We will start fresh in August. New paperwork for medication at school will need to be

filled out, signed and turned in as we start the school year. Students that currently

have an Individual Health Plan for asthma, food allergies, etc. at school will receive

paperwork to be filled out over the summer. In August, when dropping off medication,

please remember a parent or guardian needs to bring it in and it must be in the

original container (prescription or over the counter.)

Medications may be dropped off starting Monday, August 8, 2016. We would like

them dropped off sooner rather than later.

Please see the Permission for Medication included in this weekly update to use for

medications during the 2016-17 school year.

Regarding immunizations:

1.) As the school year comes to an end, we will be notifying parents of needed

immunizations for their students via mail.

2.) In the fall, please drop off updated immunization records, so we can update

Infinite Campus. Per Colorado law students entering 6th grade are to have received

the Tdap vaccination.

3.) Non-medical exemptions (religious and personal belief) will expire June 30th of

every year. Non-medical exemptions (K through 12th grades) are to be submitted

annually at each new school year.

It has been a pleasure getting to know your students and to assist them

regarding their health needs.

Have a safe and fun summer!

If you have any questions, please contact,

Nicole Meadows or Felicia Sanchez

Health Clerks