Good Afternoon NMS Families!

I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving and enjoyed the long weekend. Our Parent/teacher conferences are scheduled for December 7. I am including more information below.

Have a great week

John Diorio

NMS
Community-Pride-Commitment

Upcoming events:

Wed.11/30- Community Closet open

Tue. 12/6- Picture retakes

Wed. 12/7- Early Release, Parent Conferences

Thur. 12/8- Student of the Month

12/12-12/23- NJHS applications can be picked up

12/16- Mobile dental clinic

1/11/23- completed NJHS applications due

Northbridge Middle School will be hosting our parent/teacher conferences this year on December 7th from 11:30-2pm and 6-8pm, virtually or in person. Similar to the past few years, we are using an online platform through PTCFast.com as a simple and fast way to make these appointments. You will first need to know your student’s teachers before you start this process and you can retrieve teacher names using your student's Infinite Campus account.

In order to sign up for conferences, please click on the link below or enter the following web address into your browser window:

https://www.ptcfast.com/schools/Northbridge_Middle_School

If you do not have internet access, contact your child’s teacher directly for an appointment via phone at 508-234-8718, email or send in a note to the teacher with your child.

Our National Junior Honor Society applications will be available beginning 12/12. Completed applications are due by 1/11/23. There will be a meeting to help with filling out the application on 12/19, from 2-2:45pm. I am including an information link for NJHS below.

Our grand reopening for Community Closet will be November 30. Special thanks to Nurse Sue Calabro,Tina Wildfeuer, Michelle Hazelwood, Lynne McNeil, and Pam Roche for all their hard work in upgrading the room! I am including the link to the flyer below.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kACpS4SxbIQTnbuc3uy0ku-TcNOhuHWpBCchLtoXiV0/edit?usp=sharing

Attention 8th grade parents:

Please submit your student's baby photo pictures for the yearbook to the following email with the first and last name of your student:

nmsyearbook@nps.org

Thank you!

Great news! Big Smiles, a mobile dental clinic, is coming to NMS on Dec. 16, 2022 (a backup date is Dec. 19, 2022) to provide in-school dental care. You can sign up your child today by clicking this link: NMS Mobile Dental Clinic . Paper registration forms in English, Spanish, Portuguese and Chinese are also available upon request. If additional translations are needed, please let us know.

For any questions contact Diane Williams, Resource Nurse, at dwilliams@nps.org.

Healthy Teeth - Healthy Students!

Northbridge Middle School offers a Vaping Diversion Program for students who are involved in vaping. Parents and Guardians may refer their students to the program. The program is managed by Lori Johnson, the School Nurse Leader. Students who are referred to the program participate in a 5 week program involving reading 2 articles and completing an online video program developed by the MD Anderson Cancer Center to teach adolescents about the dangers of vaping. The students meet with the nurse once a week. At the end of the program, students will write a 1 page essay on the dangers of vaping and develop a written plan to quit vaping. If you are concerned about your student and vaping, please contact Mrs. Johnson at ljohnson@nps.org or call her at 508-234-6221, ext 5110.

Names of students referred to the program by parents/guardians will be kept confidential and no disciplinary action will be involved because of participation in the program.

YEARBOOK:

Any parents who would be interested in helping out with the NMS yearbook, please contact Ashling Kelly-Keegan at akellykeegan@nps.org. This includes being available after school hours to help with the yearbook club.

Any parents or staff members who have photos of school events, including the Fun Run, or school sports games, please submit your photos to nmsyearbook@nps.org

Avoid cabin fever this winter by joining Ski Club for a fun night of shredding up the slopes at Wah, Wah Wachusett!

Sign up directly at www.wachusett.com/schoolgroup using this Join Code: NRMS

For more information, please reach out to Mr. Hay at mhay@nps.org.

Looking forward to seeing you on the mountain!

We are excited about the new science curriculum purchased by our district. OpenSciEd was launched to improve the supply of and address demand for high quality, open-source, full-course science instructional materials, while at the same time supporting the implementation of middle school science instructional units.I am including a link to learn more about the program, and a pdf explaining what you and your student can expect from the program.

https://www.openscied.org/about/