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Good Afternoon NMS Families!

Thank you for a great turnout at curriculum night! I am always amazed at the parent involvement in our school community. Our staff shared the grading practices with parents, and I would like to spend our next parent meeting explaining these in more detail.

Our mid-term ends tomorrow, 9/29. We do not close and re-open the parent portal anymore, and we do not post mid-term grades. Parents can log on and see the current grades of their students at any time.

This week students exchanged their PBIS stamps for for prizes. Thank you to Ms. Wildfeuer, the parent army, and our PBIS team!

Special thanks to Ofc. Dejordy, Northbridge police and the cadets for providing an escort and helping during the fun run. One of our raffle prizes is a ride to school in Ofc. Dejordy's police car. Looking forward to a great weekend and race day on Sunday!

Have a great night

John Diorio

NMS
Community-Pride-Commitment

Upcoming events

9/29- Mid-term ends

10/2- Family Fun Run

10/7- Pep Rally

10/12- Student of the Month

Virtual Parent Meeting

We have our first pep rally on Friday October 7th! The pep rally will feature performances by Ms. Hammer's chorus and Mr. Goguen's band. We will introduce our sports teams and then have our first unified intramural basketball game against the Palmer Panthers. Looking forward to a great time and a victory over my colleagues from Palmer!

Thank you so much to all the people who have helped and donated to our fun run on Sunday! Because of this generosity we are able to give some great prizes to our winners and for the raffle. We welcome runners, walkers, and spectators. Come cheer on our students and families in the stands as they complete their final lap around the track. Ofc. Dejordy will provide a police escort for the participants. Food, drinks and snacks can be purchased separately.

Prizes:
The middle school student who comes in first place for their age group (11-14) will win a 15 speed mountain bike

The overall winner will receive a $50 gift card

Anyone who pre-registers for the race will automatically be entered to win a $50 gift card

Other raffle prizes include a TV, golf foursome, art kit, ride to school in a police car and a ride to school in a Maclaren supercar!

Medals will be awarded for 1-3 place in different age groups

When- Sunday, October 2, 2022

Where- We will meet in the parking lot behind the snack shack

Time- Early registration begins at 8 am. Race starts at 10am.

Course- The course is a 5k and will start behind the middle school, down Pleasant St.- Left on Linwood Ave. Down Linwood Ave to RT. 122. Back down Linwood Ave. to the high school. One lap around the high school, then continue down Linwood Ave to the football stadium. Finish with 1 lap around the football stadium. We will have music playing in the stadium for our runners! We will have a police escort to for the race.

Everyone is welcome to walk or run. Participants who walk will have the option of skipping the loop around the high school.

Prizes- Awards will be given to the top 3 runners. Additional awards given to the winners in age groups 11-14, 40-55 and 55 and above

Food and music to follow. All participants will receive a t-shirt, lunch and non-alcoholic drinks. Additional food, snacks, drinks and raffle tickets can be purchased.

Donations for the Fun Run can be dropped off at the middle school between 7am and 3pm, Monday-Friday.

You can also contact Ms. Capistran at lcapistran@nps.org.

Registration and payment can be done online at:

https://forms.gle/8pvZR8iSgv548e3K8

or you can fill out the following registration form and return to the middle school.

Students and families can also register the day of the race.

Our next parent meeting will be held virtually on Wed. Oct 12, at 7pm. The majority of this meeting will revolve around our grading practices. I will be joined by our curriculum coach and math teacher, Dr. Kim Kelly. We will present the information and share the powerpoint with families during this meeting. Because there will be questions, will have an in person meeting the following week to answer questions from families. This will allow everyone to look at the information and prepare questions for the meeting. We will continue meeting on a monthly basis to answer questions around grades and grading practices. We will record the meeting. I am including the link below.

meet.google.com/qwh-nuqq-siv

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/