EAGLE PEAK MIDDLE SCHOOL
8601 West Road
Redwood Valley, CA 95470
707.472.5250
Dan Stearns, Principal Debra Kubin, Superintendent
Blair Carlson, Assistant Principal Ukiah Unified School District
August 7th, 2017
Dear Parents and Community,
Welcome to the 2017-2018 school year! I hope that your summer was enjoyable and that you had some good times outdoors with friends and family in our beautiful community and region. One of my summer highlights was spending time with my family in the Sierra Nevada, and even in July I could not believe how much snow still remained in the mountains.
I am looking forward to a great year at Eagle Peak and seeing all of our returning students and families, as well as meeting our new students and families. We are excited about our transformation into a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) magnet school, and you will be hearing more about this change at orientation. We have also hired several new teachers and staff members at our school that I am confident you are going to enjoy working with. Please don’t hesitate to come up and say hi to any of us and introduce yourself. As we are rapidly approaching the first day of school, note that our start time for this school year will be the same as last year: 8:05 am. Please make every effort to have your student arrive rested and on time each day. On Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday, school ends at 2:45 pm, and on Wednesday school ends at 1:15 pm. Our office will be open daily at 7:30 am and will close at 4:00 pm.
Student Orientation will take place on Thursday, August 17th, and it will be a little different this year. The schedule for orientation is as follows:
5th grade students:
10:00 am-12:00 pm: WEB (Where Everybody Belongs) orientation
5th grade parents:
10:00-10:30 am: Principal’s welcome in the cafeteria; return to Eagle Peak at 12:00 pm to meet up with your student(s) and visit their 5th grade teacher and classroom
New 6th, 7th and 8th graders:
10:00 am: Principal’s welcome in cafeteria, followed by schedule pick up, purchasing PE uniforms, and visiting your teachers in their classrooms
Returning 6th, 7th and 8th graders:
10:00 am: pick up schedules, purchase PE uniforms, visit your teachers in their classrooms
For 6-8th grade students, P.E. uniforms can be purchased near the front of the library at orientation (shirts are $7, shorts are $10, sweat bottoms are $12, and hooded sweatshirts are $20). Also, if you have not already done so please log into our online Aeries parent portal to update your contact information and review a number of documents (instructions about how to do this were mailed to your home recently). If you need assistance logging in we would be glad to help you at orientation. For 6th-8th grade students, the parent portal also allows you to view your students’ grades during the school year.
Again this year our after school program (ASES) will provide after school tutoring, snacks, sports, art, and enrichment. Applications for this program are available in the school office. Transportation home by bus around 4:30 pm is available for this program.
Additional school information, including a calendar of upcoming school events, can be found on our school’s website: www.eaglepeak.uusd.net.
And speaking of school events and calendar, here are some important upcoming school dates:
Wednesday, September 6, 6 pm: Back to School Night
Monday, September 11: Cookie Dough Fundraiser begins
Tuesday, September 12: Picture Day
Wednesday, September 14, 6 pm: PTO, School Site Council, Sports Boosters
Wednesday, September 27: Cookie Dough Fundraiser orders due
Once again, we are looking forward to a great year. If there is anything I can personally do to help your student be successful this year, give me a call or drop by the office. See you soon!
Sincerely,
Dan Stearns
Principal