Welcome!

November 6, 2023

Hello Wolf Pack Families!

We have a short week with NO SCHOOL on Tuesday 11/7, and only 11 days until Thanksgiving Break. We are committed to staying consistent with our academic and behavior systems to make the most of each day. 

The last two weeks, we have taken a small dip in our student attendance dropping from 95% to 94%. I have been encouraging our students the importance of showing up to school each and every day. Thank you for your partnership in our school wide attendance goals. 

This Friday, we would like to celebrate and recognize all of the Veterans in our Wolfpack Family. I would like to extend a thank you to those who serve and have served our country. 

Also this week, we will be hosting our “Family Locker Night” on Thursday 11/9. Please click here for more information. 

Our PTSA is closing out our Membership Drive on 11/8. Our goal is to increase our membership by 50%. In order to reach our goal, we need 50 new members. Thank you to those who have already joined, and everyone who will join to continue to support our school. 

We have had some awesome celebrations recently:

• Our PTSA has successfully approved our mascot costume “GREATIE” and in the ordering process. 

• We had an outstanding first home basketball game. Congratulations to our basketball teams, cheerleaders, and dance team for representing the WOLFPACK! Thank you to our families, staff, and students who came out to support.

• Congratulations to Alex, Paco, Brayden, and Chev for competing and representing our Chess Team by earning our first team points. 

Week at a Glance: 

Monday 

Dress Down Day- Students who returned the SB150 Letter 

Guidelines can be found here

Basketball Game @ Brown 5:00 and 6:00 

Tuesday 

No School- Election Day 

Wednesday

PTSA Membership Drive Ends 

Core Counseling Lesson (Endurance and Determination)

GSA Meeting room 228 2:30-3:30

Thursday 

Men of Quality in YSC 

Chess Match at ET (multi-purpose room) vs. Newburg 4:00-5:15

Locker Afternoon 2:30-5:00

Friday 

Team Endurance Field Trip 

Core Counseling Lesson (Perseverance)

Save the Date(s):

11/8/23 Term 1 Grades Distributed 

1/8/23 School Day for Students 

4/12/23 PTSA Spring Fling Festival 

#ExpectgreaTness 

Dr. Ammerman, Principal

Twitter: @KaraJo_Ammerman 

Dear Parent or Guardian, 

As part of our effort to support the Whole Child, JCPS will be implementing a universal social and emotional screening for students in grades 6 - 12. We will be utilizing the BESS (Behavior and Emotional Screening System). 

Universal social and emotional screening can provide a fair and impartial way of looking at how students are progressing in their social and emotional development. Screenings can also help identify areas where school personnel can improve or adjust our supports. Please understand that screening is NOT an assessment or an evaluation. 

Students will be given the opportunity to complete a self-screener that will take approximately 10-15 minutes. Information from this survey will be used to help our staff identify supports that may benefit our students. 

Participation in the screener is completely voluntary. Parents may review the screener upon request. If you do not want your child to participate, please complete the Google Form attached here by Nov. 10.

We appreciate your assistance as we work together to educate and support our student(s)
Sincerely,
Echo Trail Counseling Team

New Spirit Wear Shop

Shop the Echo Trail Middle School Holiday spirit wear store! Get ready for these colder months with new designs on short and long sleeve shirts, stocking caps, flannel pants (for Fridays) and more! 

Open now through November 19, so get your orders in soon!
https://etms-holiday-2023.itemorder.com/shop/home/

Holiday Assistance Program

If you would like to receive Holiday Gift Assistance for your child, please click HERE to complete a Google Form. Make sure to complete the form for each child in your home that attends Echo Trail. Read below to ensure you understand how Holiday Gift Assistance will work this year.

We will provide Holiday Gift Assistance for the first 20 families who complete the form. IF we have additional sponsorship, we may be able to support more families.

If you are not one of the first 20 families to complete the form, you will be added to a wait list. You will also receive information from our school about other ways you can obtain holiday gift assistance. 

Our sponsors will focus on providing clothing items or other gift items that you rank as priority.

Membership Drive & Dress Down Day

To reach our goal of a membership increase by 50%, we need 50 more people to join by Wednesday, Nov 8! 

We can do it! If we meet this school-wide goal by November 8th, our students will receive a dress down day. 

You can join at the Echo Trail Givebacks page here. Thank you for your continued support!

Save the Date - PTSA Spring Fling, April 12

The Inaugural Echo Trail PTSA Spring Fling will be held the evening of Friday, April 12, at Echo Trail Middle School.

There will be games, food and a lot more fun!! More details to come soon.

Link your Kroger Card to Help Echo Trail

Whenever you shop at Kroger and use your Kroger Card, you use can help Echo Trail!

Kroger Community Rewards

• Link Echo Trail Middle School PTSA to your Kroger Card and every time you scan your card, Kroger will give back 1% of all your purchases ETMS!

• Click here to get started and search for “Echo Trail” in the organization search!

Chess Club

Chess club will meet on THURSDAY this week (instead of Wednesday) as we host the chess team from Newburg Middle School. 

Chess club and team members can leave at the regular time of 3:30 or stay and participate in the match where we will be finishing at 5:15 or 5:30. Please see Mr. Durbin if you'd like to participate. 

We would like to have at least 8-10 chess club and team members compete. 

Basketball Game Schedule

We'd love for anyone and everyone to come out and cheer for our Wolves in their first season of play!

Check out the upcoming games:

Monday, Nov 13 @ Westport

For the entire game schedule, click here!

Basketball Spirit Shop - open til Nov 12!

The basketball teams invite you to put on a little Spirit!

Head over to the basketball spirit wear shop and grab some gear. Your purchase serves as a fundraiser to support our teams!

Quick Reference & Reminders

• Bus App Directions

• Please reference this map for AM arrival and PM dismissal 

• Echo Trail MS School Number 502-485-8398

• Expectations Slide Deck 

• Technology Slide Deck 

• Gum/Candy/Food - we ask that students do not chew gum (it finds its way to new furniture or the floor, etc.) and that any candy/food remains put away unless in the cafeteria.  

• Please review the uniform guidance and slide deck linked below:

Uniform Written Guidance

Uniform Slide Deck (visuals)

Spirit Store Items and Uniform Approved Items

Common Items we are correcting:

• Full zip jackets will need to be removed (once we have assigned lockers students will store them there)

• Hoodies that are non-Echo Trail (Echo Trail hoodies with hoods down can be worn on Fridays) Nike women’s dry tempo short, AC women’s tempo luxe 5 in short, and general athletic shorts are not approved school items to be worn. 

• The only athletic shorts approved on Friday’s are: BSN Sports Agility 2 pocket Short and Nike Flex Woven Short.

Family Feedback Survey

Families, we need to hear from you! 

The staff at Echo Trail Middle School are thankful that you have chosen to partner with us in the care and education of your child. We value your partnership and invite you to provide your thoughts on this survey to help us provide the best services for your child and family. Thank you!

Click here to take the survey!

JCPS Exceptional Child Education (ECE) Website

Are you the parent or guardian of a student with a disability? This website is designed with families in mind as a user-friendly information resource hub for families of students with disabilities. 

Visit the JCPS ECE Families Website

School Contacts

If you need to reach out to any of our administrators, front office staff, core content teachers or other staff, you can find their names, roles and emails on our school website: bit.ly/echotrailmiddle

Counseling Request Form

If your student has an academic question or social-emotional need, you can reach our counselors (Mr. Rul-lan and/or Ms. Thomas) or our Mental Health Practioner (MHP) Mrs. Sanders by filling out the Counselor Google Form.

Weekly Newsletter

Errors? Omissions? If something is missing or needs to be corrected, please email Michael Etter, michael.etter@jefferson.kyschools.us.