Narragansett Middle School

🔔 Activity Day and Delayed Opening bell schedules have been adjusted.  These also do not change arrival or dismissal time of the overall school day, but there are minor adjustments to balance out the length of class periods.  For Activity Days, our assembly block will now be held in the afternoon, and during days where a conditions warrant a delayed opening, all classes will meet instead of skipping the first two periods altogether.  Our new 2-lunch schedule successfully kicked off this week!

📚 In quarter two of Ms. Cosentino’s Literacy in Action class, 6^th grade students read a book called Posted by John David Anderson. The book touched on themes about empathy, bullying, technology in school, as well as adolescence and growing up. Throughout reading the book students had kept mentioning how they wished it was a movie that we could watch after. Once the book was complete, Ms. Cosentino asked each student to complete a movie poster that they feel would catch someone’s attention and want to see the movie the most. Some students really stuck with the theme of sticky notes and secret messages that were passed in the novel’s school, while other students chose to illustrate moments of action, like “the big game” in the football field, or when characters raced their bike down the gauntlet. For each poster students had to write a movie summary, featuring keywords important to the novel and themes, as well as the main characters of the story.  Below, several examples of the posters created by students.

🧢 Spring Athletic registration is OPEN!  Click here to access the NRSD Athletic Department webpage and the teams whose registration is currently open.  

Easter Basket Raffle , sponsored by NRSD Leo Club! Tickets $1.00 each and all proceeds go to charity. Our Leo Club members did an awesome job creating these beautiful Easter Baskets to raise funds for charity. They are  filled with stuffed animals, small toys, stickers and fun Easter theme items! The raffle will start on 3/12 winners will be called by 3/28.

🗓 MCAS is coming!  Click here for the Narragansett Middle School MCAS calendar!  Please avoid any unnecessary absences during MCAS and whenever possible, avoid scheduling appointments during testing that will require students to miss classes for make up sessions.

💻 Families, do you wish you knew more about Google Classroom?  How does it work?  How do I log in?  How do I make it a tool that helps me monitor my students' progress?   Click here for Google Classroom for Parents (YouTube) and Parents' Guide to Google Classroom (PDF).  Thank you to 5th Grade teacher, Mrs. Ehnstrom, for her help in organizing this helpful resource!

☀️ It's coming....are YOU going?  Do not miss the once-in-a-lifetime solar eclipse or our NMS Solar Eclipse Party on Monday, April 8th!  NMS is celebrating this exciting event with students in grades 5-7, who will be invited to return the permission slip (coming soon) to attend a party with classmates and staff to view this unique and awe-inspiring sight.  The NRSD Snack Shack will be open, selling food and drinks.  Peaking just before 3:30 p.m., the eclipse will conclude and student should plan to be picked up by 4:00 p.m.  Certified* eclipse eyewear will be provided for safe solar viewing.   Eclipse glass availability is limited, so don't delay once permission slips are released!  *Eclipse glasses certified by EclipseGlasses.com, an American Paper Optics subsidiary.  Click here to see a short video about the event! (Pictured, left to right, are NMS staff members, Mr. Dufour, Mrs McNamara, Mrs. LaFreniere, and Mr. McNamara, just some who are participating in the Solar Eclipse Party who have been wearing t-shirts to help promote this exciting event!)

 📣 A reminder that any student who remains on school grounds after dismissal must be scheduled to stay with a teacher, or NMS activity.  For safety and security reasons, students are not permitted to loiter in or around the building when the day is over.  Don't forget that all students riding the late bus are required to have a pass signed by the teacher with whom they stayed after school. 

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NRSD Food Services Department

From Nurse McKinnon:

With cold and flu season fast approaching, please remind your students to wash hands FREQUENTLY, bring a water bottle THAT SEALS to school, and to NOT touch their face and mouth.

Did your student test positive for COVID? Here is the timeline...

• Day 0 is the day you develop symptoms OR the day you test positive- whichever is earlier.

• Remain Isolated through Day 5

• Come out of isolation and return to school on Day 6 with a mask

  • If you have a negative test result on day 5, or later

  • you no longer need to mask (although we are encouraging masking through day 10)

• Mask at all times except while eating and drinking through day 10

• WE ARE REQUIRING DOCTORS NOTES FOR ALL COVID POSITIVES TO MAKE THE ABSENCES EXCUSED.  Most doctors have not had a problem with this, even with a positive home test

Any questions please call/email/text Nurse McKinnon:

Narragansett Middle School Nurse:

Alyssa McKinnon  ●  Email: amckinnon@nrsd.org

Phone:  978-939-2113  ●  Fax 978-939-8634  ● **NEW** Text: 978-939-6326

NRSD Health & Wellness Department

SPRING SPORTS REGISTRATION IS OPEN!

Athletics-related questions?  

Contact the Athletic Director: 

Brad Bond ● gansettathletics@nrsd.org ●  978-939-7325

NRSD Athletic Department