Midland Elementary
Dear Midland Families,
Thank you for a great first week of school!
As we go through the year, it will be important for you to know how to get information.
Communication...how do families know what is happening at Midland?
- The Midland Messenger is our newsletter that goes home weekly. This bulletin is designed to be a quick look at what's coming up, with some short articles of information. It goes home through SMORE to your email.
- The Sunday Night phone call from me. I hope you find it helpful about what's happening for the week each Sunday evening.
- Our school website can be accessed through midland.fpschools.org. Our website is updated regularly with important dates and information.
- Classroom emails and information come from your child's teacher. If you ever have a question about that, you are welcome to email the teacher directly!
- Like us on Facebook at Midland Elementary Mustangs for news and information almost daily!
I welcome your communication. Please call or email me to share your celebrations or concerns at (253)298-4501 or pdawson@fpschools.org
It's great to be a MUSTANG!
~Dr. Paula Dawson
Important Dates to Remember:
September 6 ~ First full day of school for Kindergarten
September 14 ~ 1:55 Dismissal
September 21 ~ Taproot Theater 12:45-1:45 pm
September 21 ~ 1:55 Dismissal
September 28 ~ 1:55 Dismissal
**For additional future scheduled activities, please check out our Midland calendar at https://midland.fpschools.org/**
2022-23 Midland Daily Schedule
8:50 Warning bell, students are in class
8:55 Tardy bell, school begins
11:20-12:15 Kindergarten Lunch/Recess
11:20-12:15 1st Grade Lunch/Recess
11:50-12:45 2nd Grade Lunch/Recess
12:20-1:15 3rd Grade Lunch/Recess
12:20-1:15 4th Grade Lunch/Recess
11:50-12:45 5th Grade Lunch/Recess
3:25 Dismissal
*MOST Wednesdays will be a 1:55 dismissal*
(PLEASE check the calendar for specific dates)
Social emotional Learning corner
Content by Mrs. Blaisdell
September 6th
Social Emotional Learning is a process through which individuals build awareness and skills in managing emotions, setting goals, establishing relationships, and making responsible decisions that support success in school and in life.
We have started the year by discussing and practicing the Core Practice of Breathing. We discussed the difference between “survival breathing” and powerful and purposeful breathing. Powerful and purposeful breathing can energize our brain and body, it can calm our brain and body, and it can soothe our brain and body. Ask your children about the breathes we have practiced.
- “Fill ‘em up—Whoosh it Out” 2. Square Breathing
BREATHE TO ENERGIZE, CALM, AND SOOTHE—HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEK. 💖
Anita Blaisdell
(she/her)
“I choose to travel forward with hope and gratitude. 💖”
Safety First
The streets around Midland will be extremely busy at arrival and dismissal times. We have endeavored to create areas that are safe and efficient for these purposes. Please help keep our students safe by following these procedures.
Arrival Time: Students should not be dropped off prior to 8:40
• When dropping students off, enter the main gate at the front of the school.
Swing left and drop your children off in the designated crossed lines area. Do not block passage lanes in center of parking lot, or our crosswalk.
Exit through the second gate.
• Please do not travel on 24th Avenue or drop children off in the bus crescent. We are keeping cars and buses separate.
Dismissal Time: Children being picked up will be gathered at the east end of the pick-up area.
• Enter the parking lot and swing left into the designated lined area to pick up your child(ren). Do not block passage lanes in center of parking lot, or our crosswalk.
• Please keep the pick-up area at the crossed lines moving.
· Please do not pick up children in the bus crescent.
• Children who walk home will cross the street at the crosswalk.
Thank you for cooperating in our efforts to keep our students safe.
Sign Up for the Bus Bulletin
Would you like to know when your student’s bus is going to be late or what is happening?
Once you know your child's route, you should consider signing up for bus route notifications using Bus Bulletin. Bus Bulletin will send you text messages to your cell phone with real-time updates on your child's route. For instance, if your child's route is running late, Bus Bulletin will let you know.
How to sign-up to use Bus Bulletin:
- Log onto the website http://busbulletin.com/parents/ or click on the QR code and look to the right side of your screen. Click on “Sign In”, click on "Register Here," and answer the simple prompts. You will provide your name, your email address, a password, and select Franklin Pierce Schools. Then enter the code on the screen, accept the rules of use, and finally click on Submit.
- You will then be asked to select the route, which is written in code:
- The first two numbers are the ROUTE NUMBER, and the letters are the SCHOOL abbreviation:
- Preschool: HDS for Head Start and ELC
- Primary: BD, CA, CH, CO, ELM, HA, JS, MD
- Secondary: FMS, FPHS, KMS, WHS, GATES
- Example: 19MD is route 19, Midland Elementary School.
Medication at School
The health room is staffed daily with a LPN to provide first aid to students who become ill or injured at school, and to give medications prescribed by state approved medical providers. Our goal is to keep healthy children learning in the classroom, and to get ill children home.
State law allows for students to be administered oral medications at school (including inhalers), ear drops, eye drops, and/or to apply ointments with doctor’s order only. All medications, even over-the-counter products such as pain relievers and cough drops, require an appropriate order from an approved medical provider. We must have a new medication order each school year. Please do not send medication with your child, as it is illegal for them to carry it on school grounds. Do not hesitate to contact our school nurse, Tia Stilson, at 298-4508 if you have questions or desire further information.
Report Student Absences
It is important that we hear from you when your student is absent. Please make sure you contact Midland to let us know the reason for the absence. You may report your child’s absence online at our district’s website. Go to www.fpschools.org, click on Schools, click on Midland, click on Report Students Absences and click on the icon. It will bring up an email window. You may also call our office at 253 298-4500.
Kids at HOPE at Midland!
At Midland, we utilize the Kids at Hope framework!
We believe:
· Children succeed when they are surrounded by adults who believe they can succeed.
· Children succeed when they have meaningful, sustainable relationships with caring adults.
· Children succeed when they can articulate their future.
We say the Kids at Hope pledge daily, so ask your child to say it for you!
Family Access: Update your information
We ask that a primary guardian log into Family Access and complete the Annual Student Information Update for your student. Please use this link to log into Skyward Family Access:
https://www2.franklinpierce.wa-k12.net/scripts/cgiip.exe/WService=wfrankls71/seplog01.w
Please enter your login ID- It will be either your email address or first name.last name (Sally.Jones)
Password will be something you chose in the past or you can set a new password.
From here you will see your student's name on the upper left-hand corner with multiple options available to you. If you have more than one student attending a Franklin Pierce School you will have a drop down that says All Students, when you click on the drop down it will have all your students and you would choose the correct student.
This screen shot is for a family with multiple students. Click the drop-down arrow to the right of All Students to select the correct student. Click on Annual Student Information Update and complete ALL steps.
If you need help gaining access to a computer, try the Pierce County Library, visit your school, or come to the district office.
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