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NMS has a culture of continuous improvement--improvement in every aspect of teaching & learning and the student experience in order to support students being productive at their highest levels. We are in the business of student achievement and building a positive school culture--these are the only agendas at NMS that count!

🏈 Join the NMS community for FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS! Tonight's NRHS Varsity Football Game starts at 7:00 p.m.! Wear your pink to support October's Breast Cancer Awareness!

Thank you for your input for the question of the week about least favorite chores! Here's the data so far. You have one more week to weigh in on this one!

✏️ Click HERE to answer this week's survey question: What is your least favorite chore to do at home?

Make-up Picture Day / Picture Retakes is coming!

On Tuesday, October 15, Lifetouch Photography will be at NMS to get pictures of any students who were absent for picture day AND anyone who needs a photo retaken! Check out the QR code on the form below for more information!

Student Council members (above) contribute to the building each Friday by taking out the recycling bins and returning empty ones to classrooms around NMS 😃

Top, Mrs. Parker's 6th Grade Math class during a turn 'n talk moment where students discuss their thought process as they work through a concept; above, 6th Grade students in Ms. Cosentino's Literacy in Action class listen to a podcast and periodically stop to discuss as they sharpen their skills in identifying tone and mood from the narrator's use of his voice reading The Creeping Hour.

Top: Mr. McNamara's 6th Grade Science Class during a peer-review process as part of the culmination of their physical model project; above, the International Club helps celebrate Spanish Heritage Month with a display; below, students in Mr. Aubuchon's Digital Literacy during a role-play activity about cyberbullying and what it means to be an UPstander vs a BYstander and why it's important to speak up and support someone experiencing cyberbullying.

🎃 Don't miss out on the always popular LEO CLUB BASKET RAFFLE!

Above, great advice about reading posted outside Mrs. Tominsky's door (6th Grade ELA); below, the bulletin board challenging the 6th Grade ELA "houses" to a reading contest. Stay tuned for details!!

Below: students in Mrs. Gelinas' Reading class have been working on a theme about TIME, including how telling time has changed throughout the years while incorporating reading, spelling and writing skills. Their unit project was to write a personal narrative about an experience when time was important and create a working sundial as a culminating project! Students then tested their sundials outside recently on a beautiful sunny day which practices skills in recording data and making observations!

🗓 Important Information for Any Student Staying After School & Late Bus Details!

Students who remain after school must be with a school-related activity (club or sports), or meeting with a teacher. Students are not permitted to loiter on school grounds after dismissal. The district offers a late bus to students on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday which departs from the rear parking lot at 2:55 p.m. sharp. Any student looking to utilize the late bus must be aware of two important details:

• The late bus does NOT follow routes of the morning or afternoon buses that bring students to and from school. Check HERE for the list of stops the late bus follows; and

• ALL students riding the late bus must obtain a pass from the teacher with whom they stayed after school. Students will not be permitted on the late bus without a valid pass from the teacher the student was with after school.

😃 Get involved! Join a Club or Activity!

NMS offers several ways for students to get involved beyond the school day. Students should listen for morning announcements, read The Friday Memo, and watch the lobby whiteboard and monitor for announcements regarding club start dates, directions for joining, and when the club runs. Clubs meet right after school until the late bus

Check out these awesome options from Family Resource Centers in Gardner!

Click here for the NRSD Athletics webpage!

Click here for the form, or use the QR code below for Templeton Parks and Recreation Basketball registration!