Narragansett Middle School

Happy Friday to everyone in the NMS Community!

🗓 MCAS CONTINUES MONDAY!  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.

💉The FINAL COVID Vaccine clinic for the year has been scheduled for Thursday May 9, 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.

📝 On Wednesday, May 1, NMS 7th Grade Literacy in Action teacher Mrs. King and some of her students attended the NRSD School Committee meeting to share their experiences completing their project practicing skills involved in being a change agent (check out the presentation, here). Several NMS 7th grade students who participated in the project attended and spoke about their work. Shown during the presentation at Wednesday's meeting, below, (back row, left to right) are Mrs. King, Wesley Blood, Ellison Ambrogi, Bryce Doucette, Gershwin Lewis, Caidence Scoville, and Karlee Lefebrve.

In Mrs. King’s 7th grade Literacy in Action class, students have been focusing on skills including creativity, innovation, leadership, and advocacy as they complete a unit on what it means to be a change agent. Guided by their teacher, students studied the status of a historical structure in Nashville, TN, and then worked to help try and save it from being torn down. Monell’s at the Manor, formally known as the Colemere Mansion, has been part of history since the early 1900’s. Businessmen, Presidents and many celebrities would come here to discuss business, trade and to just get away from it all. The manor is now being run by Michael King, a former resident of Templeton. The local airport is looking to expand onto land where the manor is, which means the manor would be demolished if not saved.

The 7^th grade class came together and created posters and letters to help save this historical landmark. The students mailed their work to Tennessee, where their work was then displayed and shown throughout the mansion. Students even got recognized on the local news stations in Nashville. In their efforts to help save the manor, the current owner sent the students t-shirts and a personal video of thanks. Even though the fate of the mansion is still unknown, the students truly got to see first-hand what it takes to become a change agent in the world.

Above, right, is a picture of several students sporting the t-shirts given to the whole grade by the owner's mansion as a token of his appreciation. (shown, back row, left to right, are: Victoria Gentile, Morgan Habel, Karlee Lefebvre, Mrs. King, Braeden Krapf; front row, left to right: Ellison Ambrogi, Wes Blood, Cody Ablaza).

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☺️ Students in Mrs. Ehnstrom's 5th Grade Foundational Literacy classes are currently studying Kindness in Literature. They read Will you Be the I in Kind? by Julia Cook and We're All Wonders by R.J. Palacio. Students took the Kindness Pledge and identified 10 acts of kindness to "Be the I in Kind." They then identified 8 positive characteristics that make them a "Wonder" like Auggie. 

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From NMS Nursing:

• 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 us!

• 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, Middle School Nurse and NRSD Interim Nurse Leader:

Any questions please call/email Nurse Oshman:

Narragansett Middle School Nurse:

Melissa Oshman  ●  Email: moshman@nrsd.org

Phone:  978-939-2113  ●  Fax 978-939-8634 

NRSD Health & Wellness Department

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(below: week of MAY 6TH)

Athletics-related questions?  

Contact the Athletic Director: 

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

NRSD Athletic Department