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BAND
STUDENTS! You
can access work and ideas from your band teacher Mr. Johnson at this
site!
www.unionbands.org website |
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Relay for
Life Alert!
We
have a challenge to reach $8,000 this year. We need everyone's
help. Please contact Mrs. B. Inman if you would like to volunteer. |
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Our
School Calendar
is updated weekly!
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ALERTNOW
Notification System
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EXCELSIOR
MIDDLE SCHOOL'S "NO BULLY" POLICY AND PROGRAM
Visit with us
as Officer Mauney, our School Resource Officer, talks to us about
bullying. <more> |
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Excelsior Explorer
and Times
Keep up with the news by reading our
EMS Explorer and Times online.
<click>
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It is
self-improvement time! Check out the Counselor Page to learn
ways to improve yourself. <click> |
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Reading at EMS
Students! Don't forget:
- to use your
Lexile scores from your MAP testing to help choose books
in the library.
- BOOK IT--to
earn free pizzas at Pizza Hut!
- to read your book you got from
RIF (Reading is Fundamental, a program sponsored by Dollar
General), and to look forward to your
next book from them!
- to get at least 85% on all
Accelerated Reader tests so you can
be an Accelerated Reader Leader this nine weeks.
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Calling all Jr.
Scientists!
Reviewing for PACT or just wanting to learn more about 5th grade
science? Visit the
Science Explorer Zone
to learn more!
PACT STUDY:
Ecosystem Trivia Cards
Print these
using card stock. Cut them out, then study!
SC Landforms
PowerPoint Presentation
Inventions
Inventions Inventions
Take
a look at these websites that will help you out!
<more> |
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Reading
Is
Fundamental
Day at EMS
<click>
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High
Performance Partnership |
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Middle School enjoys a special partnership with Milliken's Excelsior Plant. Take a
look at some of the partnership kickoff reception photos. <click> |
Tell
us how many books you are reading.
<click here> |
Patriotic Websites
Surf these sites:
Dept.
of Veteran Affairs
Patriotic Fact
Sheet
Lessons
of Liberty
Holiday
Zone: Veterans Day
Veterans
Day Quiz
Veterans
Week |
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Parent and Teacher Forms |
EMS Online has a large set of forms that will
save time for parents and teachers alike. Please feel free to print out and use
these forms whenever you need them.
<click> |
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Student Writing Map
Here is the student
writing map your teachers have been talking about. Print out five or six to use as
you plan your essays.
<map>
Need Transition
Words?
<great list> |
Tell Your Friends About
Our Website.
We want all students, parents,
grandparents, friends, community members, and teachers to visit regularly.
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"There is always one moment in
childhood when the door opens and lets the future in."
Graham Greene |
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Miss South Carolina
Visits 5th Graders to Teach About Making Positive Daily Decisions.
<more> |
EMS Designated a South Carolina Arts in Basic Curriculum Site
It is official! Excelsior Middle School has been designated an Arts
in Basic Curriculum site by the SC Arts Commission. We will receive
up to $7,500 a year (around $4,500 for next year dependent upon
legislative funding). This funding will help with visiting artists,
professional development, and technology. It will also help us
towards our goal of becoming recognized as a Distinguished Arts
Program – worth $20,000 a year. Congratulations to our staff
members, community members, etc. who worked so hard on this
project. |
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School-Wide Positive Behavior Support Program
(PBIS)
Let's say our Positive Behavior
Goal each
morning together in homeroom after the Pledge to the Flag.
I will remember to:
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Excel
Academically
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Manage
Self
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Share
Respect
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New Office
Security Policies
Parents! Please note that
safety precautions have prompted several new procedures at EMS:
1. Please bring a photo ID.
when you come to sign out your child. If you send another person
to sign out your child, they must be listed on your child's sign-out
page in the office and must have a photo ID.
2. For security purposes, we
cannot take phone messages for students. Please make arrangements
before school, or come by the school to give your child the message.
If you cannot come, please send someone on your child's sign-out page to
bring the message. Please stop by the office on your way in.
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Let's Improve
the Environment
EMS is studying about the
environment. We are starting a "Green Team" to keep our school in
ship-shape condition. Here are some good environmental websites to
help. <click> |
School Map
Find your way around EMS with our 2004-05
school maps. |
Weekly PACT Words
Teachers, parents, and students can learn a
PACT word a day. Be sure to use your work several times each day so you will know
it when you see it on the PACT test in the spring. <click> |
Want to have a
virtual tour of Union County's historic landmarks?
Start here. <click> |
Teacher Renewal
Teachers earning Renewal
Points (for Recertification) will want to copy this notebook at the District Website.
<click>
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Union Native Author
Carolyn Strom
Collins Visits Excelsior--Click here to take a look at our
web page we've devoted to her work.
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The Lighthouse Cafe
Come take a look at our
lunch menus in the Lighthouse Cafe.
<more>
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Get
Published! |
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your stories at EMS Online. |
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Ragged Old
Flag
Listen to Johnny Cash
read his poem, "Ragged Old Flag" and watch a PowerPoint presentation that
illustrates the poem.
<click>
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Our Great Veterans
by Tyler L. <click>
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Virtual
Washington, DC Tour
Take a
virtual tour online to see our nation's capital.
<more> |
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EMS Kudos! |
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Dr. Susanne
Gunter, Principal |
Mrs. Kathy
Taylor, Assistant Principal |
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Computer Newsletter--Top Ten Excel Tips--Webmaster C. Bennett |
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Teaching
Strategies <click> |
Student and
Teacher
Tips:
Get Organized!
1. At the
end of the period, put your books from this class in your book bag and take out your
agenda, book, notebook, and pencil for
the next class. Just remember
A.B.J.P.
(stands for Agenda, Book, Journal,
Pencil). Then when you walk into your next class, you
can put these things on the corner of your desk. Try it! It works! Now we
don't have to wait five minutes for students to rummage through book
bags during the
period.
2. Are you
left wondering when it is time to pack up at the end of the period? Talk to
your teacher about packing and getting out books for your next class on the "8",
lining up desks, straightening the floor, and lining up at the door on the "9",
and leaving on the "0"!
This way, no one packs or
puts their book bag on too early. We all work and learn until the last
minute!
4. Remember,
you
must have a special pass to go anywhere in the school
-- school nurse, school counselor, restroom,
library, office, etc. This way
you and your teacher can keep up with when and where you are and keep you safe.
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Would
you like to be an Excelsior Middle School Volunteer? |
We need help from the
community in all kinds of ways. Your children may be grown, but you may still want
to be a part of our school community. Send an e-mail stating your name, address, and ways
you would like to help. We need tutors, classroom helpers, adults to read to
children, etc.
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Excelsior Middle School / Milliken
Excelsior Plant: High
Powered Partnership
<more> |
| Computer Newsletters
As we all worked to improve computer skills this year,
our webmaster offered basic computing newsletters that helped us become familiar with our
computer software.
<click> |
Field Trip Guide For Teachers
This guide contains almost everything
you need including forms. Plan your fieldtrip today!
<click>
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