Middle School Matters
Family Edition, December 13, 2020
A Message from Coach Kuperus:
Hello NMS Families,
First I would like to say thank you to all the students and parents for a strong start to our wild school year. I wanted to send an update on some of what will be happening coming up in PE.
1- We have a lot more flexibility with PE when we are outside, inside we are limited to anaerobic activities which can only get our heart rates up for a low amount of time and would then also need to be 12 feet apart from each other. As often as possible we will be going outside for PE, upcoming units include snowshoeing and sledding, so be prepared for the cold weather with coats, hats, gloves, boots etc etc.
2- If you have the opportunity, please log onto school tool and check your students PE grade. If they have a 0, that indicates that they were absent for class that day and it should be written that way in the notes for the grade. If it is less than a 5 then your student lost a point or a couple based on our PRIDE grade in PE. Have no fear with the 0, all 0's are able to be made up. In your students PE schoology page is a 2nd quarter PE make up folder, depending on how complete they fill it out they can earn up to 5 points for that class.
Overall PE is off to a great start, students are more regularly showing up to their scheduled zoom classes and actively participating.
I want to emphasize not to stress if you see a 0 in your daily grades and take a little bit of time to be active and fill out the activity log to make up class.
Please email me if you have any questions.
Go Reds!!!
Coach Kuperus
Attendance Matters!
Please reach out with any concerns you may have concerning your child's attendance. Our Counseling Team is ready to help in any way that they can. You can contact your child's Counselor by calling 315-332-3304.
If your child is experiencing tech issues that are causing them to not be online during distance learning days we encourage you to reach out to their teachers to let them know. Additionally, you should make an appointment with IT as soon as possible. An appointment can be made by clicking here.
PRIDE Recognition
12/02/20
6th Graders Receiving at least one badge 14.47%
7th Graders Receiving at least one badge 15.72%
8th Graders Receiving at least one badge 6.71%
Total Student Body receiving at least one badge 12.21%
Staff Participating 20.88%
12/09/20
6th Graders Receiving at least one badge 39.47%
7th Graders Receiving at least one badge 15.09%
8th Graders Receiving at least one badge 35.98%
Total Student Body receiving at least one badge 30.11%
Staff Participating 49.45%
Our Yearbook!
There will not be extra yearbooks ordered this year. Yearbooks need to be ordered by February 21st. Yearbooks can be ordered by clicking here.
Holiday Spirt Week
Health and Wellbeing
Recording Zoom Lessons is Prohibited
- We just want to make sure that everyone understands that recording live lessons on zoom is not permissible. Our students’ privacy and the confidentiality of their personally identifiable information are protected under federal law. Accordingly, we wish to remind students, parents and the community that audio or video recording of virtual classroom sessions, instruction or services is prohibited without express prior written permission from the building principal. Taking, sharing or posting of images, videos, or screenshots of classmates, students, teachers, or class content to the web, to social media or any other forum is strictly prohibited and may subject the offender to disciplinary or legal consequences. Further, it is prohibited to share virtual classroom invites with any other individual.
Update Contact Information
We are also providing more communication to families through email.
We would ask that you contact the middle school counseling office 332.3304 with any updates.
If you do not have access to parent portal in schooltool a family account can be gained through this link.
Newark Middle School
Email: teresa.prinzi@newarkcsd.org
Website: newarkcsd.org
Location: 701 Peirson Avenue, Newark, NY, USA
Phone: 315.332.3291
Twitter: @newark_ms