The Ram Review

To ensure the safety of all students leaving the middle school, please pick up your child from the parking lot across the street. Please use the parking lot for pick ups during school hours, after school, and for after school clubs. Linwood Ave is a dangerous street and cars parked in front of the school block the passing driver view from seeing students waiting in the crosswalk.

Attention Parents and Guardians! - NMS Drama club needs your help!

We are excited to be producing our fall play, Camelot and Camelittle the weekend of December 15 and we are in need of costumes. For the current play, we need anything relating to knights, castles, and King Arthur, etc. but we would love to add to our inventory going forward so if you have any old costumes at all, that would fit middle school students and you don't want them anymore, please send/bring them in with your students. Thank you so much!

Ms. Tennyson

The Student Council is sponsoring a donation drive for collecting socks, stuffed animals, and blankets (NWTO) from 11/13 - 12/8. Each donation is worth points and the homeroom with the most points will win a hot chocolate & donut breakfast!

FYI - If a student donates something without tags, it can be donated to the Community Closet but would not count for this challenge.

• Boys and Girls basketball
• 7/8 graders can participate in
• indoor track
• wrestling

The team is open to 6,7, and 8th grade girls

Practice starts December 4th

If you are interested in signing up please go to https://students.arbitersports.com/northbridge-high-school-athletics/northbridge-high-school-unified-basketball-fall-2023

For more information you can contact Coach Alexander at kguertinalexander@nps.org or our Athletic Director at jmarcoux@nps.org

It is that time of year - Baby pictures can be sent directly to nmsyearbook@nps.org. The cut off date for accepting baby photos will be Friday Feb 16th 2024.

Yearbook Cover Contest

Requirements for submission:

• Should be created on a plain white piece of paper (8” x 10”)

• Original designs only (not computer generated or traced)

• FULL color (markers or colored pencils)

• Marker works best!

• Outline with black Sharpie or black marker

• Please include your first + last name + HR on the back of your submission

• Make sure your drawings are bright, creative, colorful, easy to read, and respectful

• Have entries represent school spirit, events and what it means to be a RAM!

• All submissions will be judged by Yearbook club members

• Winner will win a free yearbook & some serious bragging rights!

Please submit to Miss KK by 1/2/24 - (The day after Christmas break)

https://meet.google.com/upd-emxq-wgp?authuser=0

Starting in November I would like to hold once a month informal chat sessions with parents and community members. Coffee with the Principal is the time for parents to hear about instructional programs, gain instructional data knowledge, learn strategies to assist their children, ask questions and/or share concerns that will positively impact student academic achievement.

Future Dates:

December 21, 2023 (2:15-3:15pm)

January 18, 2024

February 15, 2024

March 21, 2024

April 11, 2024

May 16, 2024

Please fill out the survey for convenient times of additional chats:

Google best time survey

Please see the letter below from our Parent Liaisons:

Dear Parents,

NPS, through our Strategic Plan, has looked for creative ways to engage families in their child(ren)’s education(s). Part of that focus has led to the creation of Family & Community Engagement Liaisons at each of our schools.

Northbridge Elementary School - Sharyn Tritone (stritone@nps.org)

Northbridge Middle School - Tina Wildfeuer (twildfeuer@nps.org)

Northbridge High School - Tina Wildfeuer (twildfeuer@nps.org)

The role of your parent liaisons is to serve as a bridge of communication between NPS parents, staff and students. One goal of the parent liaison is to provide parents with practical information on how to support their child(ren) through their studies and social interactions. They strive to be resourceful in providing useful and valuable materials relating to questions, concerns and/or issues within our school community.

And they serve as a listening ear in an effort to help direct you as you work to resolve matters that may arise.

The Liaisons have created a website that is designed with parents and guardians in mind. Please visit: https://sites.google.com/nps.org/parentpartnership/home for access to important parent-related links and information.

Your Liaisons always welcome your thoughts and feedback, and are honored to help you when needed. Should the need arise, please feel free to contact them through the Contact My Liaison form found on the Family & School Partnership website linked above.

Interested in being a substitute teacher? If so, please contact Ms. Capistran at lcapistran@nps.org

Follow NMS on twitter @ MrsPH_nms