Northbridge Middle School
Newsletter December 2017
“There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humor.”
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NMS 2017 "Report Card"
We are pleased to provide an overview of Northbridge Middle School's "Report Card." Report Cards answer important questions about a school's overall performance and contain information about student enrollment and teacher qualifications, student achievement, accountability, how a school is performing relative to other studools in the district and the state, and the progress made towards narrowing proficiency gaps for different groups of students.
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If you or your child needs information about athletics, please click the link below.
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On Thursday, November 16th from 6pm-8pm the middle school held its 2nd Annual Family Fun Night. The teachers & staff planned an exciting evening for students and their families. A great turnout made the night one to remember. Thank you all for coming.
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What Is Going On In 7th Grade Science?
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In 7th grade Science, students have begun their Life Science Unit. They are currently exploring the Law of Conservation of Matter as it relates to Diffusion, Osmosis, Respiration and Fermentation. Questions to ask your student:
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The Northbridge Middle School Community Closet exists to provide new and gently used clothing, school supplies, and other daily essentials at no cost to Northbridge MIddle School’s students and their families. The service will empower students and families to lead healthy and productive lives making it possible for them to achieve success at greater levels.
In addition, the Community Closet aims to nurture compassion, through service, within the community and to foster awareness of Northbridge’s diverse community.
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Grade 7 Extra Learning Block (ELB)
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The grade 7 enrichment math extra learning block has been diligently working to create board games that incorporate fraction and decimal problems. The creativity behind these games is exemplary and with the games now complete, its time to play!
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In Mrs. Ouellette’s ELB, students enjoyed using close reading skills to derive the meaning of real world word problems and acting out the solutions in the form of mini “plays.” Students performed these
Word Problem Plays
for Dr. Stickney, Mr. Zywien, and Mrs. Roche just before Thanksgiving break. Students reflected that their experience will help them view word problems in more of a visual way. Student comments included “I found it creative and fun;” “I like making the props;” and “I feel like it will make it more fun to do word problems.” The students did a fabulous job working with partners and using their reading, speaking and listening, and problem solving skills for this fun activity.
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As we wind down the week and enter winter break, we want to bring to your attention an event happening on New Year’s Day here in town.
MRA Multisport, is hosting the 6
th
annual 1
st
Day 5k. This year they are supporting the
Northbridge Middle School Boosters Club
, with a donation from the race.
We cannot thank them enough for their support!
In return, the boosters are asked to supply volunteers for the race on the course, at water stations, parking.. ect.
And for that we need your help! Can you spare a couple of hours of your time to kick off the new year?
Please click on the link below for volunteer times, locations and job details.
And while you are volunteering, have your family run the race! The field is capped at 300 and sells out every year.
Best Wishes to you and your families for a joyous holiday and very happy new year!
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DELL GUEST SPEAKERS
In honor of Computer science week, DELL sent over three guest teachers to the computer lab. They spoke with the students about their roles at DELL, and the the high school/ college classes that helped them get there. One of the Dell employees had a special connection with Northbridge MIddle School and shared how 10 years ago, he was a middle school / jigh school student at Northbridge. The guests spoke about the importance of communication, collaboration and perseverance when it comes to succeeding each day. The walked them through some coding challenges on the Code.org website.
In the middle school the students have opportunities to explore programming topics. There are: We Do and Mindstorm Robots, MIT’s Scratch Programming and a Java Scripting Unit in their computer classes.
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Computing jobs are the number one source of wages in the United States and these jobs are in every industry and in every state and are projected to grow at twice the rate of other jobs. (code.org)
We were thrilled to bring DELL to the school and share this opportunity with the students.
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On Thursday, December 21s Ms. Coady’s grade 6 math class will be making jolly jars. The activity will take place in the classroom. We will be incorporating math concepts we have been working on, while creating a jar of jolly. After creating the jars, students will take them home to share with their families.
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Space Camp February 20-23, 2018
The Northbridge High School Science Club is sponsoring a camp for students in grades 5 through 8 during February vacation. The hours of the camp will be 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM Tuesday, February 20 through Friday, February 23. Camp will open with a video discussion with a retired NASA Astronaut and engineer, Dr. Charles Camarda, who will give the students a challenge to work on during the week. Participants will work on 3D printer and use virtual reality to study Mars. On Friday, Dr. Camarda will be joining the students during camp to learn how the groups responded to his challenge and what design they developed. Cost for the program is $100. A link to register may be found at - https://sites.google.com/nps.org/epicchallenge/space-camp If you have any questions, please contact James Gorman at jgorman@nps.org or Christine Cote at ccote@nps.org Thank you for your support and we look forward to seeing you there.
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5TH D
5th GRADE BAND'S FIRST CONCERT%
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The 5
th
Grade band has been hard at work getting ready for their very first concert! These students have been playing their instruments since September, and are very eager to show what they have learned in their months of playing. For the first quarter, students had small group lessons with similar type instruments. In second quarter, the band has been playing all together as a group. The 5
th
grade band has been working on three pieces for the NMS Holiday Concert on December 15th- “Good King Wenceslas”, “Jolly Old Saint Nicholas” and “Jingle Bells”. In preparation for the concert, students have been practicing together in small groups of different instruments during class time and performing in front of their classmates. Also, many students have been coming after school for additional lesson time to become even stronger musicians. Miss Oestreicher is very proud of their hard work, and we cannot wait to share our progress with the whole NMS community on December 15
th
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National Geographic Geography Bee
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Congratulations to eighth grader, Ethan Connolly for winning the Northbridge Middle School Geography Bee. He battled some tough opponents in our school level bee including 5th graders Johann Banaqid, Gianna Hayes, Caitlin Walker, 6th graders Marcus Reilly, Emma Vaughan, and 7th grader, James Otis. Ethan has now has the opportunity to take the qualifying test to move on to the Massachusetts State Geography Bee on April 6th. If he wins the state bee, he will move on to the national bee in Washington D C in May. Good luck Ethan! We are rooting for you!
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From all of us at Northbridge Middle School:
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We wish that all of our students have a wonderful and safe holiday. School resumes on Tuesday, January 2, 2018
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