October Newsletter
October is here and we're exited to be well into the school year! Thank you for being such important partners in your student's learning and growth.
As we move into this part of the year, please take time to check your student's grades regularly and reach out to teachers with questions or concerns. Monitoring attendance is important too, as consistent attendance helps with students staying connected to school and keeping up with the learning. Lastly, we could use your support talking with your child about what is appropriate to bring to school. We are having an increase of students bringing toys, gum and other non-instructional items. Many times these items distract the student or peers during learning time. Please talk with your child about what is appropriate to bring to school each day.
We have a lot of fun events coming up, such as STAR celebrations, and assemblies that help provide the fun as we get into the school year. We appreciate all you do to help our students thrive. Please read on to learn a little more about events happening this month.
As always, thank you & go North!
With Gratitude,
Monika, Michael & Holly
North Middle School
MTabor@everettsd.org - MMoore2@everettsd.org - HSullivan@everettsd.org
Phone: 425-385-4800
At North, we utilize a regular STAR block to connect with our students beyond their "graded" classes. This block occurs after third period, on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. The intent for these near-daily blocks are "advisory" in nature as we work to ever-improve how we grow and support our students.
During STAR, we structure everything from academic interventions (including iReady Pro) to teaching specific skills that support executive functioning. Students can complete i-ready lessons at home to continue to get just the right instruction that they need. For more information about i-ready please see the guide below.
Our North PTA is planning and preparing for a forthcoming North favorite, the Scarecrow Social. This annual, pre-Halloween event is purposefully family-friendly and open to our entire North Everett community. This year's event is planned for the evening of Friday, October 23rd, from 5:00pm to 7:00pm, here on our North campus. Students and families are encouraged to break out their favorite Halloween costumes as part of the festivities. Planned for this year's Scarecrow Social is our Trunk & Treat, a Chili Cookoff, and other family-friendly activities. This is a stop-in-whenever event so please mark Friday, October 23rd on your family calendar.
Please see the below needs associated with helping our PTA host this event. If you can volunteer and/or donate in any regard, please contact our PTA at northmspta@gmail.com. Thank you and see you on Friday, October 23rd!
Decorate a Trunk
Chili Cook-off
Sign-up to Help
As students enter middle school, regular attendance becomes even more important to their present and future opportunities to succeed. In fact, by the sixth grade, absenteeism becomes the most significant red flags signaling that a student is not on track to graduate high school. Eighth grade attendance rates of 90% and above (no less than 18 absences in a year) is a stronger predictor of high school graduation than eighth grade test scores. As such, we view regular attendance with the utmost importance at North as our STARs cannot learn at high levels if they are not present for these opportunities.
As your child/children do need to be away from school for illness and other understandable reasons, please know that you will receive an automated message confirming your child's absence. This communication will allow you to confirm their absence/reason for our records. You can also excuse your child's absence by email or phone (information/link below).
Attendance Email: NORAttendance@everettsd.org
Attendance Line: 425-385-4805
Please CLICK HERE for our North Attendance page including multilingual access to related information.
Chocolate money needs to be turned in by October 15th with prizes being delivered the following week. Students with outstanding balances will not receive their prize(s) until they are paid in full. Additionally, unpaid balances will turn into fines beginning in November
With cold mornings and warmer afternoons this month, we have accumulated more items in our lost and found. This is located right next to our commons where students eat breakfast and lunch. We typically donate once a quarter, so please encourage your child to find lost items.
