The end of the first nine weeks is THIS TUESDAY, October 18th so there are just a few more days to reach your goals!

On October 28th NMS will be hosting a "Harvest Happenin'" awards day for students who have achieved certain goals during the first nine weeks. To be invited to this award event, students must not have any F's and must have a cumulative 2.5 GPA on their first 2022-2023 report card. Students also cannot have any incidents of in-school suspension (ISS), out-of-school suspension (OSS), or after-school detention (ASD) for the first nine weeks.

Just a few more days to work hard and achieve those goals! Parents, look for report cards to come home on October 25th!

FREE online tutoring is now available for students in grades K - 12 in the areas of Math, English (Reading and Language Arts), Science and Social Studies.

This opportunity is open to any Berkeley County Schools student.

Tutoring will run every week, Monday - Thursday 5 - 7 p.m. Your tutoring session will be approximately a half hour in length.

For more information and to sign-up, please click the button below.

If you plan on attending the Spring Mills High School football game this evening, look for the North Middle Band! They've been invited to play with the high schoolers! Come on out and support our musicians as they represent the Blue Devils!

Way to go NMS Band & Ms. Cline!

On Wednesday, NMS Cross Country competed in their last meet of the season! The championship standings were as follows:

Girls: 1st Place Musselman 2nd Spring Mills 3rd- Hedgesville 4th- Mountain Ridge 5th- North and 6th- South

Boys: 1st Place South 2nd Place- Spring Mills 3rd- Mountain Ridge 4th -North 5th place- Hedgesville and 6th Musselman

North's top runners were:

Boys: 5th Brayden Allnut 4th Brady "The Machine" Steen, 3rd Liam Kradel, 2nd Dayon Fischer, and 1st place Kam Forberger

Girls: 5th place Jasmine Waldon, 4th place Riley Martirano, 3rd place Abby Lanham, 2nd Place Melissa Gutierrez, and 1st place Bri Gutierrez

Coach Malcolm and the entire NMS family are so proud of all the hard work and progress that these student athletes have made! If you see a North Middle runner today, be sure to congratulate them on a GREAT season!

The Martinsburg Initiative invites all parents and caregivers to a FREE viewing of the film "Don't Wait" (a film by Addiction is Real) followed by a conversation led by Dr. Fred Rottnek and a group of panelists. The focus of this film is toward parents and caregivers and offers insights on:

· Why it's essential to talk to your kids early & often about the dangers of drugs & alcohol

· How to best approach these conversations based on your child's age

· How and why 90% of addiction develops during the teenage years

· Proactive measures you can take to prepare and protect your children from addition

· What to do if you spot signs of drug and alcohol use in your child

We hope to see parents at the Ramer Center Conference room--515 W Martin Street, Martinsburg-- on Monday, October 17th from 4:00-5:00pm. Please use the link below to register or click on the flyer below for more information.

A school bond is a financial instrument issued by a public school district to finance approved capital projects. The Berkeley County Board of Education is placing a bond measure on the November 8, 2022 ballot.

Funds raised from a bond must be used for construction, renovation, and improvements to schools. The funds cannot be used for general operations or salaries. Simply put, bonds are for buildings.

Our School Superintendent, Ron Stephens, will be holding several community information sessions about the proposed school bond.

Thursday, October 20, 2022 at 6:30 PM

Berkeley 2000 Center, Martinsburg, WV

Tuesday, October 25, 2022 at 6:30 PM

James Rumsey Technical Institute, Hedgesville WV

Thursday, October 27, 2022 at 6:30pm

Bedington Ruritan Club, Martinsburg, WV

To see a list of planned repairs and renovations that would be covered by this year's bond, please click the button below.

Boys basketball conditioning will begin on October 24th from 3-4:30. Copies of physicals will need to be turned in to Coach Rhoden prior to conditioning.

Girls basketball conditioning is now happening every Monday & Thursday throughout October from 5:00-6:30pm.

TRYOUTS ARE RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER! Physicals MUST be completed by the first day of tryouts!

Please take advantage of our partnership with Shenandoah Community Health, a great resource for student sports physicals since they come to our building to see students. For more information, contact the main office.

Martinsburg Starbase, a Department of Defense youth program, is hosting a STEM Night on Wednesday, October 26th from 6-8pm at the Sino-Swearingen Hangar (751 Novak Dr, Martinsburg). Many community organizations and groups will be on hand to help students enjoy Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math activities. If your student is interested in these career fields, you don't want them to miss this opportunity!

For more information, call 304-616-5501.

After school on Wednesday, October 27th, the student council will be sponsoring a Halloween Dance. Students can purchase $5 tickets IN HOMEROOM ONLY on October 27th. Only 75 tickets per grade will be sold.

Students may wear costumes to school that day in preparation for the dance, but costumes must not distract from the school day or include hats/ masks or weapons (real or fake). For more guidelines and information about the dance, please click on the flyer below.

The Scholastic Book Fair will begin in the library on October 27th and run until November 4th! Family Night is Nov 3rd during Parent/Teacher conferences from 5-7pm. There will be a raffle, games, and a grab and go treat. Click the link to preview books, sign up for e-wallet, learn about Family Night, and sign up to volunteer.

VETERANS! We want to thank you!

On Monday, November 7th, North Middle is proud to invite all veterans to a special student-led program at 8:00am in our gymnasium. Veterans are encouraged to RSVP using the button below.

If you would like to send in a photo for our veterans slideshow, please email your photo to mupdike@k12.wv.us by October 31st.

We look forward to honoring those who have sacrificed so much!

Need a shirt to wear on school spirit days? Want to be prepared for the basketball season? Check out the link below to purchase your favorite North Middle athletic gear!

Over the summer, 7th grade Science teacher, Melissa Gantt applied for her students to work with NASA on a special project--growing plants for the International Space Station. Her classroom was the ONLY one in the entire State of West Virginia selected to conduct experiments for NASA! This week, Ms. Gantt's 4th period class began their NASA experiments by prepping the growth medium, planting seeds, and recording their data. This semester they must follow NASA's instructions and report back their findings. Next semester the students will be able to change the conditions to see how the plants grow differently. All of this research will assist NASA scientists as they decide how to grow plants in outer space! NMS students are truly impacting the universe!

Another out-of-this world event occurred in the library this week, as Ms. Mills' classes had to find the launch codes to save the planet from an asteroid! Luckily, most of our students were able to find clues and open the locks to their Breakout boxes and save the planet, while learning about online databases at the same time! This "escape room"-type activity was extremely motivating to all of the students, causing them to problem solve, persevere, work as a team, and use their knowledge of the library.