Totem Middle School

Click HERE to see a flyer in English and Spanish for information about Summer Resources for Families: finance, meals, counseling, learning, and recreation.

All incoming sixth graders to Totem are invited and strongly encouraged to attend the Summer Success Camp held August 19, 20, 21 from 9:00 am to 1:30 pm and August 22 from 9:00 am to 2:30 pm. Students will learn study skills and habits, have in depth tours of the entire Totem campus, have fun team building activities and get prepared to be ready for middle school! There is no charge for the camp and lunch is provided.

An application for Summer Success Camp will be posted soon.

Students in Federal Way Public Schools options for maintaining, expanding and improving their academic skills and knowledge during the summer months.

The district offers fee-based summer school options for secondary students who want to take electives or advanced classes during the summer, or who need to make up credits in core classes .  Students who successfully complete credit retrieval classes over the summer break may be able to stay on target for graduation.

Click HERE for a link to the district information about Summer School.

Summer Hours -
June 18th to June 28th – Monday through Friday: 7:30 am – 3:00 pm.
July – OFFICE CLOSED
August – Mon through Friday: 7:30 am – 3:00 pm.

Schedule Pick Up Days

Everyone will receive the required forms in a mailing home in early August, 2013.
Completed Forms Required to pick up Schedule:

Electronic Device Policy
Health History
User Agreement and Parent Permission Form
Yellow Emergency Card

These forms MUST be filled out and brought to schedule pick up in order to get the schedule.

DATES/TIMES for Schedule Pick Up

8th Grade – Aug 20th – 2:30 PM to 7:30 PM
7th Grade – Aug 21st – 2:30 PM to 7:30 PM
6th Grade – Aug 22nd – 2:30 PM to 7:30 PM

Totem is a candidate school for MYPIB (Middle Years Program International Baccalaureate) and will our certification visit in May.

The Middle Years Program International Baccalaureate (MYPIB) provides a framework of academic challenge that encourages students to embrace and understand the connections between traditional subjects and the real world, to become critical and reflective thinkers. MYPIB prepares students to be successful in advanced course work at the high school level.
While all students at Totem experience MYPIB, we are offering an additional advanced route of MYPIB for a select group of our incoming 6th grade gifted students (2013-2014). The Advanced MYPIB is specifically designed to prepare students to enter, and successfully complete the requirements for our most advanced and gifted programs in high school, for example the IB (International Baccalaureate) Diploma Program at Thomas Jefferson, or Cambridge at Federal Way.

If you are interested in applying to the sixth grade Advanced MYPIB for next year please click the links below to print out the application.

Advanced MYPIB Application – PDF