Norris Middle School prepares all students for their future by providing a safe, caring, and diverse school environment that maintains high expectations, academic excellence, and respect for all. Success, achievement, respect…It’s a Redbird thing!

La Escuela Secundaria Norris prepara a todos los estudiantes para su futuro ofreciendo un entorno escolar seguro, atento y diverso que mantiene altas expectativas, excelencia académica y respeto para todos. Éxito, logro, respeto…Es una cosa de los Redbirds!

Name: Heather Blumel

How many years have you been teaching/in education? 12

What is your favorite thing about Norris Middle School? How well my team works together.

How would your friends describe you?

(I asked 3 friends) Intelligent, Athletic, Creative, I get things done, Speak my mind, kind, funny

What website/app do you use most often?

Snapchat

What is something we would never guess about you?

I failed a math class in high school

What is the funniest thing you have ever seen a kid do?

I saw a kid lick his tennis racquet

What is the worst food you ever ate?

Raw conch penis (can I say that?) It is a delicacy in the Caribbean

What’s the farthest you’ve ever been from home?

5779 miles Athens, Greece

Name: Katrina Jacobberger

How many years have you been teaching/in education? This is year 10 with OPS (8 at Norris) and 11 with MCC

What is your favorite thing about Norris Middle School? The cohesiveness of our staff is unparalleled. We are an excellent team and not everybody has that when they go to work every day.

What website/app do you use most often? Outlook… sigh.

What is something we would never guess about you? I am terribly, terribly shy with new groups of people. I get painfully nervous every time I speak in public.

What is the funniest thing you have ever seen a kid do? Friends, I teach the kids who revel in their own weirdness… Ah! Student at last year’s Rotary Honor Roll luncheon, ate her packed lunch from home under the table because the food was “strange.”

What TV show would you binge watch if you had the time? Doctor Who (again). Sherlock (again). Something new and a little bit scary.

What’s the farthest you’ve ever been from home? Rome, Italy

What would you sing at karaoke night? Well, apparently, Lizzo’s Truth Hurts and I can really nail Left Eye’s rap in the middle of Waterfalls.

Is a hot dog a sandwich? Why or why not? Not the way we do it in the United States. A French hotdog, sliced in half and served in a baguette? For sure.

I do three staff introductions each week. You'll be getting an email from me with questions. Even if you have done it before, please participate and do it again! Please respond and include a picture by Thursday! I will do the first week.

Up next: Teresa Faris, Cathy Lodge, and Blake Heybrock.

Taking care of your teeth and gums offers more reward than just a healthy smile: Research suggests your oral hygiene may also have an impact on your overall health.

So, during National Dental Hygiene Month, take a look at exactly how good a job you’re doing by capturing a video of yourself while you’re brushing. Why? One study found that people who recorded their toothbrushing sessions for just two weeks increased both their accuracy and number of brush strokes, helping improve their overall technique

Ms. Hardt has her students write the learning goal in One Note. Then, students restate in their own words. One lucky student gets to come to the board and write the LG in their own words and read it out loud to the class.

Amazing!

I can't express how moved I was by all the thoughtful cards, notes, sweets, coffees etc. for National Principal's Month. I really was just so overwhelmed with emotion. I had a few teachers take me on a scavenger hunt on Thursday. One of my stops was in the Chorus room and the students sang me a beautiful song! It was so wonderful.

Again, from the bottom of my heart, thank you. I love this place, our kids, our staff. I am so lucky.