Erie Middle School

Erie Middle is a Pre-Advanced Placement Focus School implementing rigorous instruction to prepare students for AP and college-level coursework. Innovation and design thinking are integrated to push the limits of students’ imaginations.

FOCUS: Pre-Advanced Placement

PRINCIPAL: Dr. Andrea Smith

ENROLLMENT: 782 Students

CONTACT INFORMATION: 650 Main St., Erie, CO 80516 | 303-828-3391 | ems.svvsd.org

MASCOT: Tigers

Highlights

• Erie Middle School empowers all students to achieve academic growth and become lifelong learners, positive global contributors, and future leaders

• Rated at Performance, Colorado Department of Education’s highest level of accreditation

• Erie Middle is a Pre-AP College Focus School that prepares every student for Advanced Placement (AP) courses offered at St. Vrain high schools

• Students have access to high school Algebra and Geometry, and advanced classes in language arts and math

• Erie Middle School values relationships and ensures every student is connected with at least one trusted adult. Students are placed on teams in sixth grade, allowing teachers to focus on a smaller group of shared students

• Strong advisory program that implements the research-based social-emotional curriculum of 7 Mindsets, develops Individualized Career and Academic Plan (ICAP), and provides flexible academic grouping to meet the unique individual needs of our students

• More than 90% of students participate in clubs, sports, and co-curricular activities

• Students integrate technology and design thinking into their learning to push the limits of their imagination; students also enrich their skills through STEM and VEX Robotics

• The after school Tiger Support program connects students with academic tutors from the high school and Erie community

• Middle school orientation and transition programs for students including Where Everybody Belongs (WEB), which connects eighth graders with teams of sixth graders to provide support for students to be successful at Erie Middle

Athletics for Character, Discipline, and Collegiality

Basketball, Cross Country, Track, Volleyball, and Wrestling

Visual and Performing Arts

Music: A-Capella Choir, Band, Choir, Guitar, Jazz Band, Music Tech, Orchestra, Piano, Guys with Ties/Man Choir, and Tiger Lilly Women’s Choir Theater: Drama Art: 3D Art, Art, Commercial Art, Drawing, Graphic Art, and Photography

Co-Curricular Activities

Art Club, Beginning Band Club, Drama Club, Girls in Aviation, GSA, Good Movie Better Book Club, NJHS, Pep Band, Spelling Bee, Student Council, Brain Bowl, Tiger Lily Treble Choir, Vex Robotics, Vox Obsidian Baritone Choir, Wells and Main A Cappella Choir, Winter Running Club, and Yearbook Club

What do you like best about your school?

My favorite thing about Erie Middle School is all the people. Teachers are welcoming and supportive, and students are always kind and including of others. I am so happy that I get to learn in such a great place.

- Karyssa Radliff, 8th Grade