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Welcome to Evans City Middle School
Passport to Excellence is our theme for the 2009 - 2010 school year.

Together, we can prevent bullying because Evans City C.A.R.E.S.
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Evans City Elementary School
Seneca Valley School District


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Reading Lists Seneca Valley staff members are often asked by parents/guardians for recommendations about book selections for their students. Please remember that choice of reading materials differs greatly from student to student. With this in mind Seneca Valley suggests that parents/guardians use the lists provided by the American Library Association as a starting point for finding quality literature for students to read. A web link to the ALA lists have been provided for your convenience. www.ala.org/yalsa/booklists/obcb/index.html

The educational mission of Evans City Middle School is the holistic development of each student by using a variety of current teaching strategies. The expectation is that every student will attain the self-discipline, social, creative, and intellectual growth needed to succeed in today's world and the future.


Evans City Middle School
345A West Main Street
Evans City, PA 16033-1235

Phone 724-538-8800
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724-776-3330

Fax 724-538-3660

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Approximately 500 fifth and sixth grade students attend Evans City Middle School (ECMS). Special education, art, music, physical education, library, technology, speech and language, guidance, instructional support facilities, Accelerated Reader, and Compass Learning Odyssey are available in our building. Students, faculty, staff, administrators, and community members are also actively working together to prevent bullying by implementing the Olweus Bullying Prevention Program.

ECMS shares a building with Evans City Elementary School . This allows students in both the elementary and middle schools to experience many wonderful learning opportunities, as elementary and middle school students and faculty collaborate on various educational activities and projects.


EC Students wear blue to support Children's Grief Awareness DayEvans City Elementary and Middle Schools showed support for the Caring Place by wearing blue on Children's Grief Awareness Day (11-19-2009).

5th Grade Girls and Boys

Mr. Thomas R. Hallman,
Principal

Dr. Sandra Fowler,
Asst. Principal

Mrs. Carla M. Wright,
Secretary

Mrs. Kendra L. Bertoti,
Secretary




In collaboration with family and community, the mission of the Seneca Valley School District is to provide an academically rigorous learning experience in a progressive environment, emphasizing civic responsibility and global awareness




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Visitor Procedure
Access to Seneca Valley School District buildings are restricted to visitors during the school day. Those wishing to gain entrance are required to be given access by office personnel. Please note that video cameras tape activity at all school entrances and in various parts of the buildings. All visitors are required to sign-in, providing a vehicle description, time of visit, and person/place they are visiting. Visitors will then be provided with a visitor badge that must be worn at all times while on school property. Upon leaving the building, visitors are required to sign-out and leave the visitor badge with the office staff. We thank you in advance for following these procedures for the safety of all students and staff.


ECMS and ECE Receive the 2009 Outstanding Youth in Philanthropy Award
The University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute nominated Evans City for our fundraising efforts through our annual STOMP (Saulle's Teddy bear Official Memorial Parade) walk in honor of former Kindergarten teacher, Mrs. Linda Saulle, who lost her life to cancer in 2007. The Western Pennsylvania Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals announced the winners of its 2009 National Philanthropy Day® Awards, which will be presented during the National Philanthropy Day® Celebration on November 11 at the Sheraton Station Square Hotel. Evans City Middle and Elementary Schools will receive the 2009 Outstanding Youth in Philanthropy Award. (Founded in 1960, the Association of Fundraising Professionals represents over 30,000 members in 206 chapters throughout the world. The Western Pennsylvania Chapter, with over 300 members, represents 12 Pennsylvania counties and the state of West Virginia.)

ECMS Students Learn about Different Cultures
In October, 2009, ECMS celebrated "Cultural Day." Our sixth grade students learned about different cultures by touring the Nationality Rooms in the Cathedral of Learning on the University of Pittsburgh campus. Our fifth grade students welcomed guest speakers who shared their knowledge of various cultures. All the students learned a lot and enjoyed the day!
Cultural Day 1 Cultural Day 2 Cultural Day 3 Cultural Day 4

ECMS Students Participate in Academic Games
Evans City's Academic Games team consists of more than thirty sixth-graders.  The coaches are Miss Tomayko and Mrs. Droz.  Members of the team learn to play various games and then compete against neighboring school districts.  The team gets to travel to many interesting places including Heinz History Center, Soldiers and Sailors, Duquesne University, and possibly even Ohio!
For this only being Evans City's second year with an Academic Games team, they've already made a name for themselves.  Most recently, the Evans City team shined at the Presidents' competition.  They offered fierce competition against surrounding school districts. In fact, our Pumpkins Team (Bailey Hauserman, Emily Haus, Zach Wilson, Mark Stephenson, and Gage Bitzer) placed second out of fifteen teams! Also, a special congratulations goes out to Bailey Hauserman and Lauren Stanick for qualifying for Nationals. Their scores earned them a spot at the annual Tri-Bowl competition.
Second Place team
 National Qualifiers

At the beginning of the school year, we (both Evans City Elementary School and Evans City Middle School) held a "Kick-off" for our "EC C.A.R.E.S. Be Bully Free" Program. Students, faculty, staff, administrators, bus drivers, and members of our community joined together to form a circle around our school. It was quite an impressive sight as you can see in the picture on the right. While in the circle, we repeated our four anti-bullying rules. Everyone then proceeded to the flag pole for the raising of our EC C.A.R.E.S. banner and the U.S. flag. Finally, "Pop Rocks" sang The Evans City No-Bullying Song and a few other songs during a concert on the playground. Throughout the year, we will hold class meetings once every six days as we implement the Olweus Bullying Prevention Program. (Photo is courtesy of Ray Thompson)

 Aerial view of Evans City

ECMS and SVMS Earn State Recognition
Evans City and Seneca Valley middle schools were recently recognized by the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) as having demonstrated the highest level of academic growth during the 2007-08 school year. Based on testing data from the Pennsylvania Value-Added Assessment System (PVAAS), Evans City, grades 5-6, and Seneca Valley, grades 7-8, middle schools earned high positions for estimated mean gain and achievement, placing them in the top 20% of Pennsylvania's schools demonstrating great improvement. PVAAS is a relatively new type of data that offers an objective and more precise way to measure student progress and the value schools and districts add to students' educational experiences. Pennsylvania is one of only three states providing this information statewide to all school districts. PVAAS is one of the tools in the cadre of tools provided to districts from PDE. Districts and schools are using PVAAS (progress data), in conjunction with achievement data, to make sure all students are on the trajectory to proficiency. "Excellence is our goal and here is more data that we are on our way," said Thomas Hallman, Evans City Middle School principal.

Disclaimer  These Seneca Valley pages are a tool used by the students and staff of Seneca Valley School District. They will always be under construction. These pages are written and produced by students and/or faculty as a learning experience in conjunction with their individual curriculum needs. These pages are projects in staff development classes and in other curriculum areas to teach students and staff how to produce a homepage and better understand the use of the internet as another tool in their learning experience. These pages are, as a result, not a finished product, nor a professional publication, but a step in the learning process towards better use of technology within the learning environment.


Updated -December, 2009