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Grading Dates
Please help monitor your student's grades throughout the school year. Click here to see Evergreen's Grade Dates for the 2011-12 school year.
Welcome Parents!
The key to the success of the EMS Parent Club is the involvement of many people. Together we can do great things. We hope you will join us!
Our Mission
To support the teachers, staff, and administration of Evergreen Middle School as they strive to provide the best education possible for our children.We provide this support in a variety of ways, including:
- Operating the Student Store
- Sponsoring 'Skate Nights' at Skate World
- Providing monthly staff appreciation lunches
- Assisting with the school's annual magazine sale
- Supporting the school's Holiday Food Drive and Summer Book Drive
- Working with the Leadership Team to host the annual Variety Show
- Assisting with the last day of school BBQ and party by providing volunteers as well as funding
- Providing the school with items to make the grounds more beautiful and comfortable
Evergreen Parent Club Officers — 2011-12
- Shena Clooten Rose — Facilitator
- Chitra Datta — Treasurer
- Anita Hiebel — Secretary
If you have any questions, or would like to get involved, contact us at: evergreenparentclub@yahoo.com
Student Store
The Evergreen Parent Club operates the Student Store every Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday during both lunch
times. The store offers convenience for the students, in that they can purchase school supplies and healthy
snacks at school. The store also supports the behavior management system in place at Evergreen (BOSS).
Students receive BOSS Bucks for positive behavior, and can redeem them at the Student Store. The store is run
by parent volunteers, and we could use your help! If you would like to work the store on a Tuesday, Thursday,
or Friday from 11:45 am—1:45 pm, or if you have any questions, please let us know. Contact us at: evergreenparentclub@yahoo.com
STUDENT STORE VOLUNTEER SCHEDULE 
Meeting Dates
We meet on the 2nd Monday of every month at 9:00am. The 2011-12 school year meeting dates are:October 10, 2011
November 14, 2011
December 12, 2011
January 9, 2012
February 13, 2012
March 12, 2012
April 9, 2012
May 14, 2012
June 11, 2012
Meeting Minutes & Treasurer's Reports
MINUTES FOR 2011-12
Updating Your Personal Information
Have you moved recently? Do you have a new home or cell number? If you have not contacted our registrar with these changes, please contact Lindi McGee at 503-844-1401 or email her to provide any updated contact information.
Homework Tips
- Agree with your child on homework rules — when it must be done, where it should be done, and what will happen if homework is not done.
- Many parents insist that homework be finished before TV can be watched.
- If missing assignments occur, set short-term goals focusing on the ones that are due most immediately, 1-3 assignments at a time. When those are complete, go on to the next ones.
- Set up a place for your child to do homework. Be sure that there is good light and that distractions are limited. Have necessary supplies including paper, pencils and a dictionary available.
- Expect your child to do homework each night. Ask about homework and show that you think doing homework is an important responsibility.
- Try to schedule homework time for when you are at home, so that you can supervise and help your student. If this is not possible, be sure to check on the homework each morning before your child goes to school. Ask them to make a note of any problems that will require your assistance or the assistance of his or her classroom teacher.
- Be sure that your student understands all homework assignments. If they have trouble with an assignment, work an example (not the actual problem) to help.
- Don't do your student's homework for him or her. Instead work with your child and encourage them to complete the work alone.
- Be sure all homework is finished in proper form and in your student's backpack before they go to bed — or before going out the door in the morning. Nothing starts the day off worse than a need to scramble to complete a forgotten assignment or hunt through the house for misplaced homework.
- Keep track of homework assignments and ask to see work that teachers have returned. Pay close attention to teachers' comments and look out for any recurring problems.
- Contact your student's teachers if you don't understand their assignments or if your child has special problems. Also contact his/her teachers if your youngster says they never assign homework!
- Discuss teachers' homework expectations during parent-teacher conferences and ask how much time your child should spend on homework each night.
- Don't forget to praise your child for a job well done when he or she completes the homework and when you see improvement.
Source: National School Public Relations Association
District Transfer Process
The Hillsboro School District takes pride in each of its schools and the staff that provides high quality instruction and support to our 20,000+ students every day. Through the boundary change process that began in 2007, we have been able to align our schools into four "feeders" — each of which contains one high school, one middle school and six to seven elementary schools. The feeder structure allows us to better articulate instruction and communicate individual student strengths and needs between levels. We believe students gain the maximum educational benefit when they attend their neighborhood elementary school and continue on to the middle and high schools in their feeder group.
We do understand, however, that there are circumstances under which families may wish to request a transfer of their student from one school to another in our district, or from our district to a neighboring district. In the past, this process has been somewhat open, with transfer requests being accepted on an ongoing basis. In an effort to bring some structure and control to the process and allow our school administrators to focus on the important business of education, the District is rolling out a new transfer process for the 2010-2011 school year and beyond.
Of course there are many other important dates and details you should know and we encourage parents to review the guidelines, which are available at www.hsd.k12.or.us under Parents/Boundaries & Transfers. Additional information will be mailed to the homes of all students currently on transfers.
Feeder Schools
The following schools are part of the Glencoe feeder line: