NORTH NEWS

ATTENTION PARENTS DROPPING OFF THEIR STUDENTS IN THE MORNING!!!

If you are the parent of a student who is being dropped off in the morning, PLEASE DO NOT PARK IN OUR SCHOOL PARKING LOT. Teachers have not been able to get into the building for work because all of the parking is being taken by parents. If you do not want to wait in the drop off line running down the access road between the school and the Rec center, we ask that you park at the Rec center and have your student walk across the field to the school. We need our staff to be able to park their cars and get inside to work. Thank you for your help with this matter.

NMS BASKETBALL WILL END THE REGULAR SEASON NEXT WEEK

This week our girls basketball team defeated county rival, South Middle School! Great job Lady Blue Devils!! Congrats to our boys teams as well for two hard fought games!

This week, our girls team will travel to Mountain Ridge on Monday, January 30th and play at home on Thursday, Feb 2nd against Wildwood. The boys teams will be at home on Monday against Mountain Ridge and away at Wildwood on Thursday. All games start at 6pm! Come out and support our teams! These are the last two games in the regular season! Stay tuned for playoff information!

STUDENT COUNCIL NEWS

Save the date for the next student council meeting which will be on Monday, February 6th after school. Please have your rides to go home here promptly by 4:00pm!

Student Council will also be hosting the Valentine's Day dance on Thursday, February 9th from 3:00-4:15pm. Tickets will go on sale Feb 8th during recess for $5.00. Only 75 tickets will be available per grade.

HEADSTRONG AFTER SCHOOL CLUB

Headstrong is a new school club whose purpose is to promote healthy self-esteem among teens. This club will meet after school every Tuesday and Thursday from February 7th to March 28th and will be led by Ms. Kocik, our school social worker. Students who participate will be provided an afternoon snack while interacting in a talking circle to share characteristics and qualities of healthy self-esteem. They will also be invited to eat breakfast together from 7:10-7:35am. Students must have rides available at 3:50pm after school if they want to participate in this club. For more information, contact Ms. Kocik at 304-267-3540 or fill out the form in the link below.

SAVE THE DATE: PICTURE DAYS

All sports teams will have pictures taken after school on February 10th starting at 3:00pm. Cross Country, Girls/ Boys Basketball, and Cheer/Pep teams & coaches should expect to attend. Have your rides available to pick you up by 4:00pm.

Spring pictures for all students (who desire them) will be on Friday, March 24th.

A COOL THING HAPPENED IN CLASS...

Students took over Ms. Long's Family & Consumer Science class today to make homemade torillas & tacos!

Ms. Shade & Ms. Moreland's 7th grade social studies classes are playing the "Rome Game." Students faced real scenarios that Ancient Rome faced and they had to see if their decisions could keep Rome from falling!

Ms. French's class created winter paintings this week!

On Thursday, several 8th grade students participated in the county History Bowl. Congratulations to Riley Martirano, McKenzie Langevin, Destiny Robinson, Lily Salisbury for representing NMS well! We are so proud of your hard work! Thanks to Ms. Dusing for coaching the History Bowl team this year! This team will move on to the next History Bowl match at the end of February.

According to our attendance records, students have been doing an amazing job coming to school. Our daily attendance rate has been better than last year's for the past two months!

Our school IXL (ELA & Math testing) increased for all grades as recorded by our last round of testing this January. Sixth grade should REALLY be proud! As an average, this class increased their scores by 8 months in math and 1 year, 2.5 months in ELA!!! Great job sixth grade!