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Good Afternoon NMS Families!

We had a great time at our first pep rally on Friday! I am including pictures below. Student of the month has been changed to Wed 10/19 at 8:30. Don't forget our next virtual parent meeting is this Wednesday at 7pm. This will be virtual and recorded for parents who cannot attend.

Have a great night

John Diorio

NMS
Community-Pride-Commitment

Upcoming events

10/13- Virtual Parent Meeting

10/19- Student of the Month

We had our first unified intramural basketball game and pep rally on Friday and everyone had a great time! Our kids were awesome and I don't think there was a dry eye from any adult. What an inspiring and uplifting event. Special thanks to our friends at Palmer schools who came out to play our team. Also thank you to Mrs. Alden, school committee member, Brandon King, SEPAC president, Superintendent McKinstry and everyone from our central office for your support!

RAMS Notices

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

Attention all 8th grade parents:

This year NMS will be holding a Halloween Dance for the 8th graders. This will take place on Friday, October 28th from 6-8pm. Students are encouraged to dress up in a costume! We ask all students to have appropriate clothing, with no masks, anything that could cover their face, or accessories such as weapons of any sorts.

The dance will be $5 at the door, all profits will be put into the 8th grade events account to be used for their end of the year events.

Snacks and drinks will be available to purchase at the dance - cash only!

We are hoping for families to donate any halloween decorations and/or snacks, water or drinks that can be used to help set up for the dance. If you are able to donate supplies, please drop them off at the main office or send them in with your student to give to Ms. KK or Ms. Hickey. Email us with questions at akellykeegan@nps.org or khickey@nps.org

Thanks to everyone who came out to brave the cold at our Family Fun Run! This year had over 100 runners and raised almost $1000! Thank you to our parent army, student volunteers, and of course our staff! Congratulations to NMS own Mr. Legendre for a first place finish!

And Shane Paulhus for winning the 11-14 age group and a new bike!

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!

Our next parent meeting will be held virtually tomorrow Oct 12, at 7pm. The majority of this meeting will revolve around our grading practices. 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/