NMS Update 10.13.2024

Middle school families:

We have listened to our families who continue to fill out our district surveys and brought back a couple of days of in-person walk-in style individual conferences.

For those of you who are new to walk-in style conferences, this means that families can attend anytime during the set conference time and meet with any of their students' teachers. Teachers are asked to keep conferences to no more than 10 minutes. Families will wait their turn outside of the classroom to meet with a teacher. If you feel that you will need more than 10 minutes for a conference, please reach out to your student's counselor or teacher to set up a time on another day.

Our first conference date is on Thursday, October 24 from 3:30-7:30 and the second date is Tuesday, March 18 from 3:30-7:30. If you are in need of an interpreter, please contact Jen Henriksen in the main office at 507-663-0651 or by email jhenriksen@northfieldschools.org.

The Middle School will be hosting a Scholastic Book Fair online October 16th - October 25.

IN PERSON BOOK FAIR OCTOBER 22ND and OCTOBER 23 in the MEDIA CENTER. The Book Fair will be open before and after school.

Use the link below to shop online and to fill out an ewallet for your student.

Book fair link https://www.scholastic.com/bf/northfieldmiddleschool1

Parent Volunteers are needed for the in person fair. If you'd like to volunteer, please be sure to fill out our background check, and then use the Signup Genius link to helpout.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C084AA4AE2AA3FCC43-52191926-middle

en Español (Google Translate)

SUBJECT: Register your child for the Northfield Middle School spelling bee program by November 1, 2024

Dear Parents/Guardians,

All Northfield Middle School students in grades 6-8 are invited to participate in this year’s District Spelling Bee. This year, we are hosting the district spelling bee earlier to give our champions more time to study for regionals in the new year. Your child received with this letter a packet of words to study. I also recommend downloading the Word Club app for free for a fun way to study.

The first step for your child to participate in the spelling bee is to email Mrs. Holland at cholland@northfieldschools.org. In the email include the following information: your child’s name, grade level, your preferred email addresses, phone number, your name(s).

Students will compete at the District Spelling Bee on November 21st at 6:00 pm. The Spelling Bee will be held in the middle school auditorium. Your child’s family is welcome to come watch.

The top two student champions will then move on to represent Northfield Middle School in the next level of the Rochester regional spelling bee program, which also may include online tests in lieu of in-person spelling bee events. The third place speller will act as an alternative in the event that one of the others can not attend.

Remember, the first step to spelling bee participation is to email Mrs. Holland by November 1st.

Please reach out to me if you have any questions about our school spelling bee program. I look forward to having your child compete to represent our school!

Sincerely,

Cara Holland, Spelling Bee Advisor

cholland@northfieldschools.org

Bell Schedule/Wednesday One hour Late Start

Monday, October 14: Gold - Day 2

Music Lesson Day 8

• Math League Competition, 3:00 pm
• School Board Meeting, District Office, 6:00 pm

Tuesday, October 15: Maroon - Day 1

Music Lesson Day 1

• Knowledge Bowl, 3:00 pm, Room 171

Wednesday, October 16: Gold - Day 2

Music Lesson Day 2

• One hour late start, 8:57 am

Thursday, October 17 & Friday, October 18: No School

Monday, October 21: Maroon - Day 1

Music Lesson Day 3

• Math League, 3:00 pm

October 17 & 18 - No School, MEA Break

October 22 - WEB Leader Meeting, 7:30, MS Auditorium

October 22 - Bookfair, Media Center

October 23 - Bookfair, Media Center

October 24 - Student Council Meeting, 7:15 am

October 24 - Fall Conferences, 3:30 - 7:30 pm

October 25 - AVID U of M Field Trip, 9:00 am - 2:00 pm

October 28 - Math League Competition, 3:00 pm

October 30 - WEB Monster Mash, 12:40 - 1:25 pm

October 31 - End of 1st Quarter

November 1 & 4 - No School, Teacher Prep Day

November 3 - Daylight Savings Time

November 5 - Quarter 2 Begins

November 7 - Student Council Meeting, 7:15 am

November 8 - Student Council's Film for Foodshelf, 3:00 - 5:00 pm, Auditorium

Tutoring Hotline is a volunteer program that matches Carleton volunteers with Rice County students of all ages in need of free, one-on-one academic assistance in any subject. Our program supports students who already have a set curriculum; our tutors are not equipped to assign new content. Approved tutors sign up for specific tutoring requests depending on their academic interests and availability and will meet with students for about one hour, once a week in a public location or via Zoom. Tutoring sessions are individualized to the student’s needs and may include review of concepts learned in school, preparation for upcoming tests, help with homework, etc.

The owner of the Jersey Mike's that is opening in Northfield reached out and would like to do a fundraiser to support Northfield Middle School during their grand opening!

Jersey Mike's will provide us with promotional cards to distribute to families during the week of conferences. The card will indicate if that if you donate $3 or more to NMS, you will receive a free sub. NMS will receive 100% of the donations. We will have cards available for parents during the week and night of conferences in the main office.

Jersey Mike's is currently anticipating a grand opening on 10/23. The fundraiser will run Wednesday-Sunday that week (10/23 - 10/27).

Activities Hotline

507-645-3559

Attendance Line

507-663-0655

Benjamin Bus

507-645-5720

NMS Main Office

507-663-0650

NMS Office Hours

7:15 am - 3:45 pm

Nurse

507-663-0656

School Fax #

507-663-0660

Student Support Office

507-663-0664

Building Notfications for Community Events

District 24-25 Calendar

NMS Athletics

NMS Daily Schedules

NMS Parent Skylert Communications

NMS Website

RevTrak

Tech Support

Volunteering

Our School Counselors are available to assist families with class schedules and questions you may have:

Jenny Streefland - student last name A-H
Natalie Amy - student last name I-P

Cori Yamry - student last name Q-Z

On Nov. 5, 2024 the Northfield School District will ask voters to consider authorizing bond to Reimagine Northfield High School. The high school facility faces numerous problems. This referendum will address these problems because the proposal is Safe, Smart, and Sustainable. Go to our website to get additional information regarding the bond referendum. Or better yet, attend a presentation or come to one of our high school tours!

Email: ggelineau@northfieldschools.org
Location: Northfield Middle School, Division Street South, Northfield, MN, USA
Phone: 507-663-0650

Email: mokeefe@northfieldschools.org
Location: Northfield Middle School, Division Street South, Northfield, MN, USA
Phone: 507-663-0650