Well, we marched through March at YMS! Our vocal music students put on a fantastic performance of “Seussical Jr”, we completed a tornado drill, had our 8th-grade Presidents’ Fair & track practice got rolling.
With Spring Break over, it is time for everyone at YMS to do our best work. We are going to challenge your student(s) to do their best in class, in the halls, at performances, and especially on the Nebraska State assessments.
Speaking of those state assessments, the name has changed. What you might have once known as NeSA is now called the Nebraska Student-Centered Assessment System or NSCAS. At YMS, it doesn’t matter what anyone calls it; we are here to give our very best effort, and we are constantly trying to improve each and every day.
Here is our NSCAS Assessment schedule:
Week of April 7-10 8th Science
Week of April 13-17 6,7,8 English Language Arts
Week of April 20-24 6,7,8 Math
Week of April Makeup assessments
Here are a few tips that you can do as parents to help ensure that your child performs to the best of their ability as we tackle these important tests.
Encourage your child to do their best while reminding them that these tests are not “all or nothing” exams. Yes, we want all our students to do well on these exams but we are very confident in what we are doing at YMS. A substandard result on a test will not result in anything more than a chance for students to grow. We know that we are doing great things for kids not only academically but socially and emotionally here at YMS and that is as important as any assessment grade.
At YMS we want to let everyone know that this is the time when we do our best work. This is the time that we show why we give a great effort. This is a time we show everyone that York Middle School has the hardest working students, the most dedicated staff and is the best middle school in the state.
Kenny Loosvelt
