Timberworlf Monthly
🦃 November 2026 🦃

Please review this newsletter periodically throughout the month for the most current information, as updates will be provided as new details become available. Additional information can also be found on our website.
Upcoming Events
Upcoming in November
- 11/3 Teacher Workshop Day (No school)
- 11/11 Veterans' Day (No school)
- 11/25-11/27 Thanksgiving Break (No school)
Upcoming in December
- 12/23 Early Release Day @11:30
- 12/24-1/1 Holiday Break
Upcoming in January
- 1/1 New Year's Day - No school
- 1/18 Martin Luther King Day- No school
- 1/29 Teacher Workshop Day- No school
Upcoming in February
- 2/10 Early Release Day @11:30
- 2/22-2/26 Winter Break
2026-2027 Calendar
Things to Celebrate
Gratitude Tree
This November, our staff will be sharing what they’re grateful for by writing it on leaves and adding them to our gratitude tree.
Veteran's Day Assembly
Hello RMS Families,
We are in the process of getting ready for our annual Veterans Day Assembly on November 10th, 20206. We are excited to invite the veterans of our community to another celebration of service at Rochester Middle School! If you have any family members or friends who have served in the military and live in the area, please provide us with their full name (first and last) as well as their full address so we can invite them to attend our Veteran’s Day Celebration! We hope to reach as many honored guests as possible.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YEyZC4Rue9leimU_DHjZVxZqd8cOkqvEXVFM8L5SzkE/edit?tab=t.0
Team Drexel's Distinguished Dragons
Team Drexel celebrated October Distinguished Dragons! These are students recognized for being consistently helpful, hardworking, and kind.
Hawaii
Hawaii social studies students race to complete a “survivor style” challenge, putting vocab terms in the correct order to fill in a reading about the French and Indian War
Boston University
Boston University monthly bulletin board! Students created leaves and wrote down something they like about 7th grade or something that is going well so far!
Georgetown
Georgetown is proud to recognize our weekly student leaders in 7th grade who have been doing amazing things both on our team and throughout Rochester Middle School.
These Timberwolves are showing leadership, making positive choices, supporting their peers, and helping make our school community a great place to learn and grow. We are so proud of their hard work and the positive impact they are making!
Congratulations to our Team Georgetown student leaders! Keep up the great work, Timberwolves! 🐺
Door Decorating for Red Ribbon Week
Red Ribbon Week highlights the importance of living a drug free life. It presents an opportunity for parents, educators, and communities to reinforce the drug-free messages they share with their children throughout the year.
In support of this mission, Rochester Middle School came together to participate in a scary fun door decorating contest. The door decorating contest combined some scary facts about substance misuse and the theme of Halloween!
Surprise judges went around scoring doors. Here are the winners.
Overall best door- Pizza party for the class
Most creative anti-drug message- Cookie party for the class
Most educational door- Candy for the class
Best looking door- Popcorn party for the class
RMS Conferences
Stem Club
Book Club
Video Club
Want to see what life is like at RMS? For your viewing pleasure, go onto the RMS website and look at a few videos. There you’ll find the three Timberwolf Log videos from this past school year. The Timberwolf Log is Rochester Middle School’s Video News Magazine, covering the life, the people and the events at the school. There is a link on the home page.
You can also view some specific events from the past year…such as the Olympics, the 8th grade Talent Show, Band and Chorus concerts and the Student/Faculty basketball game. For these, click on “Menu” – then drop down all the way to the bottom where it says, “RMS Events.” Click there!
Guitar Club
Yearbook Club
Yearbook Information
Teen Night
Halloween Costumes
Thanksgiving Side Dishes
RMS Nutrition Information
Athletics
Stay up to date on all things Athletics here:
INTRAMURAL CO-ED LACROSSE
All students interested in participating in Intramural CO-ED Lacrosse are asked to pick up a permission slip located on the bulletin board in the gymnasium. The permission slip for Lacrosse must be returned by Friday, November 7th to Ms. Smith, Ms. Lloyd or Mr. Cheek. After returning the permission slip you will be placed on a team.
Intramural Lacrosse will begin on Tuesday November 10th and end on Tuesday December 8th . Games will be played on Tuesday and Thursday from 2:25 – 3:15 pm.
Thanks,
Ms. Smith
Ms. Lloyd
Rochester Public Library Teen Zone
Meet the Teachers at RMS
Parent/Student Handbook
Infinite Campus
Transportation Information
If you need to request a school bus change, please contact the Rochester School District Central Office, at 603-332-3678. Please allow more than one day notice and understand that most requests cannot be honored because of School Board policy and bus capacities. Sending a note into the school will not replace the need contact the RSD Central office. Thank you for your cooperation in keeping the buses rolling safely. HSMS-Bus-Routes-26--27-8-12-2026.pdf
Contact Information
Principal- Lyndsey DeTroia (detroia.l@sau54.org)
6th grade Assistant Principal- Jackie Tassinari (tassinari.j@sau54.org)
6th grade counselor- Melissa Gamirov (gamirov.m@sau54.org)
7th grade Assistant Principal- Caroline Allen (allen.c@sau54.org)
7th grade counselor-Lauren Jerr (jerr.l@sau54.org)
8th grade Assistant Principal- Nick Sullivan (sullivan.n@sau54.org)
8th grade counselor-Michael Tritter (tritter.m@sau54.org)
Special Education Coordinator- Annmarie Prochilo (prochilo.a@sau54.org)
Special Education Administrative Assistant- Tina Litchfield (litchfield.t@sau54.org)
Main Office Administrative Assistants
Michelle Nicholson (nicholson.m@sau54.org)
Katrina Mirasola (mirasola.k@sau54.org)
Kara Landry (landry.k@sau54.org)
Guidance Secretary & Registrar- Michaele Williamson (williamson.m@sau54.org)
School Resource Officer- Sgt. Deluca (deluca.a@sau54.org)
Rochester Middle School's standard operating hours are Monday through Friday, from 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., excluding specific dates outlined on the accompanying school calendar.
2026-2027 School Calendar
