THE PRIDE REPORT
February, 2019
YELM MIDDLE SCHOOL
Scot Embrey, Principal
Brittany LaPalm, Assistant Principal
Yelm Middle School
P.O.Box 476
Yelm, WA 98597
Phone: 360-458-3600 Fax: 360-458-6122
FEBRUARY & MARCH AT A GLANCE..........
- School Board Mtg. 6pm at YCS District Office
- Canned food drive kickoff assembly
- Star Parties
- Annual Dollars for Scholars YHS 4pm
March 4th & 5th District Choral Festival
- RMS, Lackamas, Prairie, Mill Pond-March 4th at YHS 6-8pm
- YMS, Fort Stevens, McKenna, Southworth-March 5th at YHS 6-8pm
(YMS choir students will travel to YHS during school on March 5th to practice.)
March 6th
- Flash/Know 5th grade parent meeting 6-7pm District Office board room
- School Board Mtg. 6pm at Prairie Elementary
- NO SCHOOL-Teacher inservice day
- Daylight savings time begins, turn clocks 1 hour ahead
**February 27th, March 6th, 13th, 20th 1 hour late start Wednesdays, school begins at 8:30am**
Student Centered at YMS!
Sheri Roe, ELA
Sara Larsen, ELA
Justin Overlie, Science
District Choral Festival
YMS Choir to Mariners Game!
Get Vaccinated!
YMS is in need of pens and pencils!
Parents please make sure your student is coming to school with pens and pencils! It helps our staff and students tremendously when they are prepared for class!
Young People and E-cigarettes
According to the Centers for Disease Control, 4.9 million middle school and high school students nationwide used tobacco in 2018. In 2017 that number was 3.6 million. According to the National Youth Tobacco Survey the numbers are as follows:
27.1% of high school students and 7.2% of middle school students used a tobacco product in 2018.
For high school students, e-cigs were the most commonly used tobacco product at 20.8%, followed by cigarettes at 8.1%, cigars at 7.6%, smokeless tobacco at 5.9%, hookah at 4.1%, and pipe tobacco at 1.1%.
Among middle schoolers, e-cigs were 4.9%, which is also the most commonly used tobacco product, followed by cigarettes at 1.8%, smokeless tobacco at 1.8%, cigars at 1.6%, hookah at 1.2%, and pipe tobacco at 0.3%.
Among youth using tobacco products, 2 in 5 high school students and 1 in 3 middle school students are using 2 or more tobacco products — primarily e-cigs and traditional cigarettes.
These links are great resources for more information about the dangers of e-cigarettes on youths:
https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/infographics/youth/pdfs/e-cigarettes-usb-flash-508.pdf
P.R.I.D.E. JANUARY STUDENT OF THE MONTH
Our January student of the month winners we nominated for displaying determination, congratulations to:
6th Grade
Sondra Ellis
Mykayla Lima
Lillian Rankin
Savannah Walker
Glennah Wofford
7th Grade
Daniel Chirinos Serna
Alexander Keen
Darolyn Ioane
Lily Lawson
Griffin Rosnick
8th Grade
Ryder Chavez
Jordan Dean
Summer Hildreth
Morgan McDowell
Jada Pete
Evelynn Sem
Congratulations YMS Wrestlers on a great season!
The YMS Wrestling team had an outstanding year, completing an undefeated dual meet season with a strong showing at the Seamount League tournament.
We had 12 wrestlers make the podium. League Championships went to: Andrew Davis at 80 lbs., Charles Smith at 86, Jordan Katona at 105, William Carreto at 152, and Ray Wright at 210. 2nd place was earned by: Dallin Rosenberg, Daniel Snyder, and Buddy Merth. Third place finishes went to: Quintin Longanecker, Cammy Erickson, and Peyton Edkin. Fourth place went to Shawn Vasicek.
Andrew Davis, Jordan Katona, and Ray Wright went undefeated for the season.
End of season awards were:
8th Grade MVP-Ray Wright
8th Grade Most Improved- Shawn Vasicek
8th Grade Most Inspirational- Cammy Erickson
7th Grade MVP-Maddy Erickson
7th Grade Most Improved- Auto Gibeau
7th Grade Most Inspirational- Charlease Hyder
6th Grade MVP- Charles Smith
6th Grade Most Improved- TJ Vasicek
6th Grade Most Inspirational- Roman Rosenberg
PRIDE Coaches Awards: Jordan Katona, Quintin Longanecker, Ian Longanecker, and Andrew Davis
Special thanks to Abagail Ikari for two years of hard work as our lead manager.
Thank you to our W.A.T.C.H. dogs that have participated in our program!!
Thank you Mr. Ward!
Are you interested in being a W.A.T.C.H. Dog? Call our office for more information 360-458-3600
Thank you Mr. Huttmann!