NMS Student Newsletter

Our Newsletter team asked a variety of students and staff to share something they are giving thanks for this holiday season. Below is our Gratitude List:

1. Food & Water

2. Shelter

3. Our Health

4. Pets

5. Friends and family

6. People we know

7. A decent car to replace an old car

8. Having the opportunity to teach in 6th grade with friendly colleagues and great kids

9. The time I get to spend with family over Thanksgiving

10. Family

11. My job, family, friends, students & life in general

12. A supportive group of teachers to work with

13. Working at NMS

14. Teaching Middle School

15. Support of family

16. Working in a community where students are kind and caring

17. Cats

Thank you to Enfilio Portesi and Emmett Linder for showing kindness and support to a friend. Thank you to Madelyn Hickey for being kind and inclusive to classmates while on the D.C. trip. Shout out to Valerie Wappett for helping a friend in Science and to Joseph Yazbeck for working with a younger student during Flex to help him finish a project. And a teacher noted that Luciano Sanchez was helpful to a classmate as well.

A smile—
just a small thing, right?
But sometimes,
it’s all it takes
to brighten someone’s day.

Time working here: 6 months

Favorite thing to serve: Homemade Pizza

Favorite thing about being a lunch worker: Making salads, and serving the kids healthy meals.

Dream thing to hear from kids: Compliments on food and that lunch workers are important.

• What gets placed on the table but never eaten? A: A plate.

• Q: What’s a turkey’s favorite movie? A: “The Fast and the Feast-ious.”

• Q: What kind of key won’t open any doors but fills your plate? A: A cookie!

• Q: What did the pilgrims use to bake their bread? A: May-flour.

• Q: What kind of vegetable is the most talkative? A: A corny one.

• Q: What did the tablecloth say to the dishes? A: “Dinner’s on me tonight.”

• Q: Why was the bread roll so confident? A: It knew it could rise to any occasion.

• Q: Why did the corn tell jokes? A: Because it was a-maize-ing.

• Q: Why was the pumpkin invited to every party? A: It was a real smash!

SOME OF OUR FAVORITE CAKES: Chocolate, Vanilla, Red Velvet...what's your favorite? 😀

Lions vs Packers at 1:00 pm

Chiefs vs Cowboys at 4:30 pm

Bengals vs Ravens at 8:00pm

• 27th varsity boys football vs. Hanover High School 10-10:30am

• 4th varsity boys football vs. Fairhaven High 7:45-9:45pm - SUPERBOWL!

• 5th varsity boys Basketball vs. South Shore Tech 5-6:30pm

Varsity Boys Football: Thanksgiving game 10:00am vs. Hawks

At CCC STADIUM

Congratulations Norwell varsity Boys Soccer for winning state!

A: A plate

A: “The Fast and the Feast-ious”

A: A cookie!

A: May-flour

A: A corny one

A: “Dinner’s on me tonight”

A: It knew it could rise to any occasion

A: Because it was a-maize-ing

A: It was a real smash!