Nauset Regional Middle School ROCKS
A Weekly Update from NRMS - October 25, 2024
Reminders & Headlines
Parent-Teacher-Student Conferences - October 29 and 30
The upcoming Teacher Conferences are scheduled for the following dates:
Tuesday, October 29, 2024 from 3:30pm - 7:00pm
Wednesday, October 30, 2024 from 12:30pm - 3:30pm
Teacher Banquet - Donations & Volunteers Needed
Please help our PTO provide a great dinner for our staff during Teacher Conferences on Tuesday, October 29th.
Signups are available for salads, main dishes, paper goods, desserts, and more!
Please click here to help if you can - it would be so appreciated!
NRMS Student Council and PTO Halloween Movie Night!
Come join us for a fun Halloween Movie Night Friday 10/25 from 5:30pm-8:00pm
Hang out with friends while watching Charlie Brown The Great Pumpkin and Hocus Pocus. A $5.00 suggested donation gets you a ticket to the movie and a small bag of popcorn. Additional refreshments will be available to purchase. All proceeds go to Student Activities.
NRMS Student Council/PTO Halloween Movie Night Permission Form 10/25/2024, 2024
Mark your calendars now! Don’t miss our Scholastic Book Fair!
The book fair will run Monday, October 28th through Friday, November 1, 2024, and will be held in the library. Students will have an opportunity to visit the book fair during an ELA class. It will also be open Tuesday, October 29, 2024 during parent conferences, from 3:30pm - 7:00pm, & Wednesday, October 30, 2024 during parent conferences from 12:30pm - 3:00pm.
The book fair helps raise money for the Library and Summer Reading Celebration events. Below is a link to our online book fair toolbox, brochure and other important information, please check it out! You can also create an ewallet for students to use during the fair.
https://www.scholastic.com/bf/nausetregionalmiddleschool
Yearbook Information
Preorder the yearbooks at yearbookforever.com
Preorder before December 1st: $30
After December 1st: $35
Write your student a personal message in the yearbook! You can do this by purchasing a personal ad on yearbookforever.com/personalad and following the instructions.
Please email yearbook advisor Cali Conroy at conroyc@nausetschools.org for any questions.
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Hello NRMS Families,
There are many indicators that our school climate and culture continues to improve as compared to last year. Thanks to our strong partnership with you, the parent/guardian community, we have experienced a great first two months of the school year. There are some small, noticeable indicators that taken together are indicative of the positive shifts in our school. At drop off in the morning, students are arriving on time and are politely saying "good morning" as they see me or our school resource officer. Last year, we had too many late arriving students and a greeting was not as common. Additionally, we have noticed students saying "please" and "thank you" and an overall increase in professional, polite interactions when interacting with adults in the school and with our administrative staff in the office. While vaping continues to be an area of concern, we have had significantly fewer incidents of vaping in school then we had last year. All of these updates are positive signs. Our students are taking school seriously. Respect and kindness are ruling the day. Middle school is a time when students may make poor choices. Our students are receiving the feedback and learning from these mistakes. We are proud of how far our students have come and we will continue to work on maintaining this positive learning environment.
Last week, some of our 7th grade cross-country team members exhibited the best qualities of our student body. A few of the runners encountered an elderly woman who had fallen, was injured and disoriented while they were on a training run. Our students stopped and assisted the woman. A gentleman was driving by and noticed our students huddled around the woman. He stopped, assisted, and called 911. Both the good samaritan and the responding EMT commented at how impressed they were with our students. He called me and shared this story with me the next morning. He could not say enough positive accolades about how our students remained calm, did the right thing, and it gave him hope for the future. He then stopped by and dropped off gift cards to the Hot Chocolate Sparrow for each of the students. We then recognized these heroes among us at a 7th grade meeting in our cafeteria. I notified the parents of the students who assisted. I am proud of our students and it is wonderful to know that we are all looking out for one another here at NRMS.
Earlier this week, our 7th grade students traveled to the dunes in Truro on a field trip. The hike is not easy in the soft sand. Our students had an amazing experience. It is important for us to showcase for our students the wondrous beauty of the place where we all live. Our hope is that field trip experiences like this coupled with the lessons in our curriculum will inspire students to proactively work toward implementing conservation and preservation of this special place. To that end, our cafeteria composting program has started. It is totally student-inspired and student-led.
Good stuff happening all around NRMS.
The 8th graders will be traveling to Boston in June for an overnight trip. Fundraising information and trip details will be shared with students and families soon. In order for this exciting educational experience to take place we need 130 or more of our 8th graders to register for the trip. We hope that all of our 8th graders will participate. Scholarships will be available, so please do not let the cost of the trip be a barrier to participation.
Please consider helping out with the upcoming dinner for teachers during conferences, working at the Craft Fair, making a donation to offset the cost of field trips, or joining the PTO. There are many ways for you to support our students and our school.
Parent-Student-Teacher conferences are next week. Wednesday is a half day of school for students. Halloween is next Thursday. Student costumes are allowed, but please no masks or weapons.
Enjoy the weekend.
Peter Cohen, Ed.D.
Principal
