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North Naples Middle School 
Wildcat Wisdom 
PTO Newsletter 
December 18, 2017                                                 Volume 5 Issue 8
Important Dates At A Glance:

December 18th: Periods 1 & 4 Midterm Exams
December 19th: Periods 2 & 6 Midterm Exams
December 20th: Period 5 Midterm Exam and Early Dismissal
December 21st: Period 7 Midterm Exam and Early Dismissal
December 22nd thru January 3rd - Winter Break - No School
We Wish you a Wonderful and Safe Winter Break!
PTO is sending NNM Staff off to celebrate their 
holidays with a catered lunch on Thursday.
NEWS FROM THE MUSIC DEPARTMENT
We are celebrating our music students in a variety of ways as we approach the end of the first semester.
 
  First off, congratulations to our all state band, orchestra and chorus students who will attend the FMEA All State conference in Tampa in January.  This is the thirteenth consecutive year NNMS Music has students attending all-state in all three disciplines of music from NNMS. That is quite an accomplishment!
  
  Recently a good number of our students auditioned for and were selected to our CCPS All County Honor groups. This distinction will place our music students in groups with other very highly accomplished singers and musicians from our county-"the best of the best"!  We have a notable representation for all of our music ensembles again for All County.  Performances for All County will begin in January.
  
   Solo and Ensemble successes were recently had by our orchestra students. We congratulate these students on their Superior and Excellent commendations. The band S&E students will perform in February at Lehigh Sr. High School.
  
   Our recent Krispy Kreme doughnut/coffee fundraiser was a sweet success.  The music staff appreciated the efforts of many of our music students and families as well as friends of NNMS Music. We were able to raise over $6,000 for the NNMS Music Dept. 
 
  Our community enjoyed some very fine performances for our Holiday Concert series. The intermediate and advanced music groups combined for a Holiday Spectacular featuring orchestra, band and chorus in one program.  Our youngest musicians and singers had top notch first performances this past November and December.  
 
   We applaud all of our singers and musicians for a first semester of outstanding accomplishments.
  NNMS MUSIC
Mr & Mrs Claus with NJHS and LAMA
Brought tons of presents donated by NNM staff and families to Immokalee. Thank you for your donations!
In an effort to gather feedback from our employees, parents and community, the District has posted the draft 2019-2020 academic calendar along with a survey which allows for specific input. This survey will be available until 6:00 pm on December 22nd, 2017. 
Your child's Interim is now delivered ELECTRONICALLY!
If you did not receive an alert from the CCPS Portal, you can still view the interim as a PDF online. It will be available for 28 days beginning Friday, December 8th, 2017.
Please keep in mind that your child's grades in FOCUS may have already changed since the Interim. The Interim is like a snapshot.

Here is the process to access the Interim.

  • Go to www.collierschools.com
  • Click on the Parent Tab
  • Click on CCPS Portal
  • Enter FOCUS
  • Under Messages-Communication Options, click on Download Report Card (Interim 2)
**Please REMEMBER TO SIGN THEIR TRACK CARD!!!**
Click the pic above for more pics from the Walk-Run...
In November, twenty of the finest math minds gathered to compete for one of five spots on the Math Counts Team.  Three 8th  grade students,  Carson Hedrich, Jonah Rachman , and Kevin Faist,  made the team.   Two 7th grade students, Noah Thorne and Hudson Fry, also qualified.  On December 1st, the team traveled to the District Administrative Center to compete against all other middle schools in the county.  Our team persevered through the challenging Sprint Round, breezed through the Target Round, and crushed the Team Round.  The competition was fierce, but in the end, North Naples prevailed and brought home another championship!! The team will be preparing from next level of competition which takes place in February in Fort Myers.  We are all very proud of them and wish them the best!
Mr Brosig
click the pic to go to the website

Yearbook Needs...
·          Any pictures showing your family celebrating on Thanksgiving. What you ate together, games played, family traditions, etc.
 
·          If your child has a unique talent or collection, send in a picture of them showing their skill or with their cool collection.
 
·          From the recent music concerts - if your child was at the Dec 7th concert performing, please send in any pictures.
 
·          Winter Break!!! - Planning any family trips or celebrating locally? Send in photos of what your family does over winter break!
 
**Photos can be uploaded to the Replayit app or emailed directly to Ms. Murray at [email protected].

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Eighth grade send-off ads  - you have until December 20th to turn in your ad and receive $10 off! It must be in by that day in order to receive the discount. It does not apply on December 21st or after. Space is limited and first come, first serve.
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The price for the yearbook is currently $35  and is selling fast! Get your child's yearbook ordered before the end of January, because the price goes up February 1st!!
Escape Rooms at NNM
Mrs. Bertuna's class all survived their Ela midterm review escape rooms! The students were given a series of tasks, clues, and locks and had to work collaboratively as a team to solve the problems and escape the room. They had a blast! 

The Wildcats Would Like To Thank the Following Business Partner for their Support:


Naples Park Music
9331 Tamiami Trail N, Naples, FL 34108
 Phone (239) 598-9954
Online at  http://naplesparkmusic.com/

If you are interested in seeing your business logo, address, and contact information here, and supporting NNM PTO please email Tricia Otto at [email protected] or you can fill out this form (business partner form) and turn it in to the NNM front office.
Thanks for keeping up with our news!
Debbie Borowski
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