SPARTAN SHIELD
ARCADE MIDDLE SCHOOL - WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 19, 2021
VERY IMPORTANT UPDATES THIS WEEK!
Concerning TikTok Trends
We need your help with a concerning new TikTok trend that is impacting our Arcade Middle School campus. The trend encourages students to break, take, or vandalize items on school campuses. Unfortunately, this trend has come to Arcade, and our boys bathrooms have been vandalized repeatedly in recent days. Students have also begun to steal personal items from teacher's classrooms.
Please talk with your child(ren) about this. Each incident has both a human and financial cost, and negatively impacts our school community. Our custodial staff is already very busy with the additional Covid-related cleaning protocols, and these incidents stretch them even thinner. Our teachers work very hard every day to provide meaningful and worthwhile instruction to students, while now dealing with the impacts of Covid, so these thefts have been especially demoralizing in these times.
Thank you for your help and support in keeping Arcade Middle School a positive and safe learning environment!
Changes to our Parking Lot
Some changes are coming to the Arcade parking lot in order to better ensure the safety of our students at pick-up and drop-off. You will notice that the red, "no parking/fire lane" area has been extended; in the coming weeks it will be barricaded off as well with delineators, so cars will not be able to drive in the red, "no parking/fire lane" area.
Starting on Monday, students will no longer be able to wait for pick-up by the MP Room. Please arrange to pick up your student in the back of campus, where there is teacher and staff supervision, or have your student meet you a few blocks from campus.
Also, the parking lot is a one-way parking lot during pick-up and drop-off times. (There is a sign at the entrance of the parking lot stating that it is a one-way parking lot during certain times of day.) If you cause an accident by exiting the parking lot going the wrong way during those times, you will be “at fault” in the accident.
Lots of students are exiting campus at the end of the day in the front of campus, please drive safely and follow the traffic rules in the parking lot, so that all of our students may exit safely.
Makeup/Retake Picture Day is scheduled for Tuesday, September 21
Time:
Last Name A-Ma 9:00 -9:51 AM
Last Name Me-Z 9:55 - 10:29 AM
Students that did not have their picture taken will receive a pass in class to have their picture taken.
Students will need to let the office know if they will be retaking pictures that they previously purchased.
Retakes are only for students that purchased photos.
There is no charge for students to have their picture taken. They will receive an ID card at no charge. There is a fee to buy a replacement card if the original is lost.
Picture Makeup/Retake Picture Day is scheduled for Tuesday, September 21!
Direct Link: https://vando.imagequix.com/g1000867464
Or
Go to http://www.campuscolorstudios.com/
Select Order School Pictures
Select ARCADE MIDDLE FALL 2021-2022
Select your package
Questions? Call (916)749-1026 and select Option 1 or email services@billsmithphoto.com
Progress Notices were handed out Thursday, September 16th
Progress Reports were handed out to students Thursday during 6th period classes. Progress Reports are simply a snapshot of your student's grades at this point in time. Quarter 1 does not officially end until October 7th, which is when your student's grades become final and become a part of their official transcript. So there is still time for students to improve their grades before the end of Quarter 1.
Please take this opportunity to discuss your student's grades with your student. If you would like to see a detailed list of your student's assignments in each class and the grades on each assignment, please check the Parent Portal (directions below). If you have any questions or concerns about your student's grades, please contact your student's teachers directly.
CALENDAR ITEMS - Looking Ahead
- September 21 - Makeup/Retake Picture Day
- September 30 - English Learner Advisory Committee (ELAC) Meeting
- October 8 - NO School
ARCADE MIDDLE SCHOOL OFFICE
- Monday - Friday from 7:30 AM to 3:30 PM
- Please wear a mask and maintain social distancing
- Attendance Phone Number: 916-971-7300 ext. 1
Email: arcadems@sanjuan.edu
Website: sanjuan.edu/arcade
Location: 3500 Edison Avenue, Sacramento, CA, USA
Phone: 916-971-7300
Facebook: facebook.com/ArcadeFundamentalMiddle