The Eagles Nest NMAPA Newsletter
You Are an Essential Piece of the Puzzle- 2021-2022
North Metro Academy of Performing Arts
Email: rodriguez.johnson@gcpsk12.org
Website: https://www.gcpsk12.org/NMAPA
Location: 3159 Campus Drive, Norcross, GA, United States
Phone: (770)903-3400
Twitter: @northmetroapa
Our School Vision
Vision: North Metro Academy of Performing Arts will be the best charter school in the state of Georgia where students acquire the 21st century knowledge and skills ignited by the arts to be successful in high school and college.
Mission: NMAPA engages students in instruction that integrates academics and performing arts in ways that address the unique needs and interests of each student, while intentionally developing confidence, imagination and collaboration.
Instructional Expectations:
Workshop Model (Reader's, Writer's, & Math)
Integration of the Arts
High Levels of Student Engagement and Inquiry
NMAPA CREED
I am a NMAPA child of Excellence who always does my best. I am Respectful and Responsible. I am Creative and Innovative. I am Focused and Determined. I am Kind and Supportive. I soar as high as an eagle on the wings of my Integrity. I am a Courageous Leader who can achieve anything with hard work and dedication. I am a NMAPA scholar and I am committed to Success!
Winter Holiday Parties
How To Help Your Child Calm Down
Model Managing Difficult Feelings: Describe your own feelings to your child and model the coping skills you use to calm yourself, such as deep breathing or ranking the intensity of your emotions from 1-10. This will teach your child how to develop their own coping strategies and become more aware of their emotions.
Validate Your Child’s Feelings: By showing your child that you are listening and attempting to understand them, you can help to deescalate them and possibly prevent larger scale behaviors such as tantrums. It is important to remember that showing acceptance of their feelings is not the same as agreeing with them.
Utilize Active Ignoring: Ignoring inappropriate behaviors such as whining, arguing, and verbal outbursts can help to reduce the chances of these behaviors occurring again. The key to this tool’s effectiveness is to immediately give your attention back to your child as soon as they do something you can praise.
Provide Positive Attention: Providing positive attention for good behaviors increases their likelihood of reoccurring. It is important to provide praise for even your child’s seemingly small, positive behavioral changes.
Set Clear Expectations: Outbursts and tantrums can be prevented by setting clear expectations and setting up consistent routines for your child to follow. While changes can be unavoidable, their effects can be minimized by warning your child about them in advance.
Provide Options: Giving your child an option when asking them to perform a task they are unenthused about may reduce the likelihood of an outburst. This may look like giving your child the choice of which task they would like to complete first or where they want to complete it.
Plan in Advance: When you predict that a situation or scenario may be emotionally challenging for your child, prepare for it in advance by having a calm conversation prior to the event and strategizing about how you will make it through this obstacle together.
5 Special Minutes Per Day: Setting aside a small amount of time each day to spend time with your child and doing an activity of their choice can help manage your child’s stress and help foster a positive child-parent connection. These 5 minutes should not be contingent on good behavior.
Spellling Bee
GCPS Covid Protocol
If a North Metro Academy student tests positive for COVID-19 or is identified as a direct contact of a COVID positive person (and isn't vaccinated), please Gloria Thomas, Assistant Principal, as well as the homeroom teacher for next steps with our GCPS quarantine protocol.
Upcoming Events
Tuesday, December 14th- Holiday Program
December 20th-January 5th- Student Winter Break
Friday, January 7th- PBIS Party
Monday, January 17th-MLK Holiday
Friday, January 21st- 100th Day of School
Tuesday, January 25th- DLD #4