Principal Peoples' Notes

Help us celebrate School Attendance Awareness Month by having your child at school everyday! We will wear green every Thursday in the month of September to show our pledge to attend school daily.

The Tuscaloosa City Schools are hosting a series of community input sessions on Sept. 11, 13 and 14. We want our TCS families, as well as any Tuscaloosa resident, to come and give us their thoughts on what we are doing well as a school system that we should continue to fund, as well as what would they like to see us do differently that requires financial commitment.

We are making plans for the next several years, and the input gathered at these sessions will help set our roadmap of priorities as a school system for the future. Again, the input gathered at these sessions are crucial to our future, and we want as many members of the public to attend as possible. Strong schools mean strong communities.

The input sessions are open to anyone, and it is not required that you attend only the one within your feeder zone. Choose any input session that fits your schedule.

Community Input Sessions:

Monday, Sept. 11, 2023

6-7:30 p.m.

Central High School Auditorium

905 15th Street, Tuscaloosa

Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023

6-7:30 p.m.

Northridge High School Auditorium

2901 Northridge Road, Tuscaloosa

Thursday, Sept. 14, 2023

6-7:30 p.m.

Paul W. Bryant High School Auditorium

6315 Mary Harmon Bryant Drive, Tuscaloosa

Last call for Project Impact registration! There are only a few spots still open. Click on the link for more information. Email Maria Makarov at mmakarov@tuscaloosacityschools.com with questions.

bit.ly/projectimpact23

Welcome to Battle of the Books 2024! To promote this year's titles, Ms. Hammonds from NMS has organized a series of discussions. The launch is September 28. See the flyer for more information and click the link below to register!

Registration form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfr0H0nu4cr62yGdFpmO48tg064I14bly8H-Pud7aw1nUmKmw/viewform

Congratulations to the following students for being selected as 23-24 EMS Yearbook Staff Members! We look forward to seeing what you create this year!

• Assil Azookari
• Zion Cade
• Noa Crumpton-Upchurch
• Jordyn Eatmon
• Sasha Gaines
• Christina Grice
• Kamari Harris
• Nathaniel Jones
• Mariah Lang
• Casey Mann
• Noah Milien
• Ja'mya Mims

Students interested in being on the 23-24 EMS Robotics Team can get an application outside Ms. Anderson's door (room 305 near the gym) Monday-Thursday this week. Applications are due Friday 09/15. No applications will be accepted after the due date.

Mr. Hinton will host a parent meeting Thursday, September 14th from 5:30pm - 6:30pm. The meeting will be held in the band room. If you have any questions, please contact Mr. Hinton at whinton@tusc.k12.al.us.

Remind Codes

All- @7b4fbb

1st Period- @emsband7g

2nd Period- @emsband06

3rd Period- @emsband8g

5th Period- @emsband7g

6th Period- @emsband06

7th Period- @emsband8g

Congratulations to our Stampede players and coaches on their victory against Hillcrest Patriots!

Please see the schedule below for date changes. Homecoming will be held October 12, 2023. More information about homecoming is forthcoming.

Our first in-school volleyball game was a success! Shout-out to our Lady Stampede players and coaches on a job well done. Also, a huge shout-out to the EMS Band and cheerleaders for keeping the crowd actively engaged. Join us this Monday, as we take on ACA and Hillcrest.

It is important that students follow all safety rules while riding the bus. While not all students ride to and from school on a bus, all students benefit from the use of transportation for field trips, athletic events, or other extracurricular activities. Bus safety procedures can be located in the Parent/Student Code of Conduct on pages 22-23.

PTA helps parents, students, school staff, and the community work together to share ideas about programs and activities that benefit children.

• October 9: Staff Planning Day/No School for Students
• October 12: Parent Visitation Day- Middle School