Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School

Greetings King Families, We have two short weeks in a row, with no school on Friday to recognize Lincoln’s Birthday and no school on Monday to recognize Presidents’ Day and Washington’s Birthday. Here’s what to expect this week: Grades are due this week for teachers, and they should be finalized for Quarter 3 Progress Reports by the end of the week. After the weekend’s holidays, classes will resume on Tuesday, February 17. Thanks and have a wonderful week ahead! With love, Mi

Greetings King Families, This week, we enter the first week of February, with the Quarter 3 Progress Report term ending on Friday. At this rough halfway point in the Third Quarter, this is a great time to check the Infinite Campus portal to look at grades and have discussions with students about progress. Here’s what to expect this week: On Thursday, February 5 , there will be the second Family Equity Night . Messaging will be sent out from Ms. Yesenia Moran and Abbie Gregor

Greetings King Families, This is the last week of January coming up! We will begin the week with a Professional Development day for BUSD staff on Monday, January 26 . There will be no school for students. Classes will resume on Tuesday, January 27. Here’s what to expect this week: On Wednesday, January 28, 6th Graders will go on their Exploratorium Field Trip.  Please reach out to teachers or Ms. Ortega if you have any questions. As a friendly reminder, if your 6th or 7th Gra

Greetings King Families, We hope you have a meaningful day of rest and service on Monday, honoring the legacy of our namesake, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. There are no classes, and school will resume for students on Tuesday, January 20. Here’s what to expect this week: On Tuesday, January 20, there will be a School Site Council meeting on Google Meet from 6:00 - 6:30 PM, followed by at PTA meeting online, beginning at 6:30 PM. Wednesday, January 21, there is a field trip for 7

Greetings King Families, Thanks for an amazing first week back from break! It was a delight to reunite with students and staff with the energy of a fresh semester. We are excited to continue onward in Semester 2 and to keep up our momentum in a great year so far. Here’s what to expect this week: Music programs have some events on Monday and Tuesday.  On Monday, Band and Orchestra students will have a field trip to BHS (8th Grade). On Tuesday, BUSD Jazz students across all mid

Greetings King Families, We hope you had a restorative and restful Winter Recess! Classes resume tomorrow, January 5, with typical bell schedules throughout the week. Please be sure to check in with your student about the new semester–for many, classes will shift in small but significant ways. For example, some classes are only one semester long, or your student may have an intervention class placement. Additionally, in 6th Grade, all students change their wheel and PE teache

Greetings King Families, This is the last week of school in December, and before we know it, we will be ending our first Semester! We want to take a moment to thank you for your partnership and support this school year thus far–this work wouldn’t be possible without you! Here’s what to expect this week: This Wednesday , the King Bands Winter Concert  is happening from 6:30 - 9:30 PM in the Auditorium. On Thursday, the King Orchestra Concert  will perform from 7:00 - 9:30 PM.

Greetings King Families, Approaching the middle of December, I wanted to extend a gratitude to all of the parents who have contributed to our annual Friends of King fundraiser , which directly supports our PTA programming.  As of last week, we cleared the halfway point to the annual goal of $125,000.  As a reminder, this annual goal is what is needed to continue to fund existing programs, which include:    Staff salaries for our amazing Community Building Counselor position T