Narragansett Middle School

Happy Friday to everyone in the NMS Community!

🗓 MCAS CONTINUES MONDAY with 5th Grade ELA!!  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. Also, please be sure students are supported at home by having them charge their Chromebook fully each night and remember their charger each morning as well. Getting a good night's sleep and eating healthy meals will also make this testing period go more smoothly.

📣 Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday of next week are all half days in order to accommodate conferences (Wednesday and Thursday) and staff Professional Development (Friday). See below in Important Dates & Reminders for more upcoming events of note!

🍎 Teacher Conferences will be held on Wednesday and Thursday, April 10 and 11!  On Wednesday and Thursday, conferences will be held in the afternoon (11:45 - 2:30) only.  Fifteen minute slots for appointments are now open.  Parents/guardians can sign up for a conference appointment by going to pickAtime, the platform for booking. Alternatively, go to our NMS website and selecting "Teacher Conferences" from the "Parents & Students" section of the dropdown menu on the top right side of the page.  From here, you will be prompted to create an account with the online conference scheduler, pickAtime, if you do not already have one.  The platform  pickAtime is an online appointment system that NRSD uses for parents / guardians to sign up for a conference slot.  Parents / guardians will be able to access pickAtime slots through 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, April 7.  This gives teachers Monday and Tuesday to prepare any materials that might be needed for conversations starting the following Wednesday.  Please join us for conferences and if you are not able to secure a conference due to slots booking up, you are welcome and encouraged to schedule a meeting with the grade-level team or teacher of your choice by contacting them directly.  

Permission slips were due today and we have more than 180+ received already!

☀️ It's coming....are YOU going?  We are holding our NMS Solar Eclipse Party on Monday, April 8th!  NMS is celebrating this exciting event with students in grades 5-7 who returned the permission slip to view this unique and awe-inspiring sight.  The NRSD Snack Shack will be open, selling food and drinks  (click here for the menu). Peaking just before 3:30 p.m., the eclipse will be well on its way to complete and the party will conclude and student should plan to be picked by 4:00 p.m. Certified* eclipse eyewear will be provided for safe solar viewing.   Eclipse glass availability is limited, so don't delay returning permission slips!  *Eclipse glasses purchased from certified dealer EclipseGlasses.com, an American Paper Optics subsidiary.  Students will be given thorough instructions on, and are responsible for, the safe use of their viewing glasses. Students are not to touch the eclipse viewing glasses of any other child to ensure inadvertent damage to to mishandling.

☀️ You don't have to be AT our Solar Eclipse Party to enjoy it, but you DO need to follow some simple tips to enjoy it safely! Click here for some very practical, easy-to-follow advice on viewing this once-in-a-lifetime event safely! Don't risk your eyesight for a momentary thrill!

🎉 Congratulations go out to the following students for winning the best Logo designs for this year’s  Art Show and Music Concert: 1st Place goes to Jack Melvin,  2nd Place goes to Giuliana Hendley and  3rd place goes to Brianna Beauregard.  Their awesome designs will be printed on our 2024 Art Show and Music Concert Program! 

🎶🎨 Save the date! Tuesday April 9th for our annual Spring Art Show and Music Concert. Art Show doors open at 5:30. Artwork of all our talented Middle Schoolers is on display in our large cafe. The High School art show is displayed in the High School Lobby. At 6:30– Enjoy the Music Concert starting in the auditorium. It will be Fun for the whole family!

💉A  COVID Vaccine  clinic has been scheduled for Thursday April 11, 2024 3:00-6:00 PM in the Narragansett Middle School Cafeteria. This clinic is open to anyone age 12 and up who wishes to be vaccinated. The CDC recently approved a booster dose for anyone 65 and older as long as it's been 4 months since their last dose.  Please Click Here to sign up.

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🪙 Penny Wars ended on 3/28! Stay tuned for totals and which grade triumphed!! THANK YOU to StuCo for organizing and running this fun event. All proceeds go to charity.

 📣 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. 

NRSD Food Services Department

From Nurse McKinnon:

• Friendly reminders from the Health Office…

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

  • For ALL medical absences (COVID, flu, strep, etc.) we require doctors notes to make absences excused

  • Please be mindful of the ill exclusion protocol, which can be found in the handbook. If you have any questions, please reach out to me!

• Field trip season is here!!! If your student requires any emergency medications (such as an Epipen, inhaler, etc.), PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE drop them off to the health office at your earliest convenience (if you have not done so already).

• We now have a Telehealth Cart in the health office, to rule out acute illnesses such as strep throat, ear infections, contagious illnesses, etc.. If the nursing staff deem your student appropriate for a telehealth visit, with your permission, we will get your student seen by our partnering Nurse Practitioner. ANY questions, please contact me.

From Melissa Oshman, NRSD Interim Nurse Leader:

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  ●  Text: 978-939-6326

NRSD Health & Wellness Department

CLICK HERE FOR THE SPRING SPORTS CALENDAR!

Athletics-related questions?  

Contact the Athletic Director: 

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

NRSD Athletic Department