Coming Soon!
After school Coding will be starting soon, but it is open enrollment at any time. All student are welcome, and no coding experience is necessary. Students are self-directed and learn or code in languages of their choosing. This year there will even be some robots to code! We meet every Thursday after school. Information and permission slips are on the window outside the Library Lab at North or you can access it here. Contact Celise Hall-Huber chall-huber@pennridge.org if have any questions.
North Middle School Band
Band sign-ups were held on Wednesday, August 28 during 11th period. If your child did not attend this, but would like to start an instrument it is not too late! Please email Mr. Vollberg at pvollberg@pennridge.org and he will explain what you need to do to start the process. All returning students who attended this will begin having lessons on Wednesday, September 4. New band students will likely start the week after this. Parents should be on the lookout for a schedule to be emailed to them. Please reach out to Mr. Vollberg if you do not receive this.
Sixth Grade: Ms. Marchese introduced herself to Team Gemini on Thursday, 8/29. She will be meeting with all the 6th grade students individually as well, so all students have a chance to personally meet her and know how to sign up to see her if they need.
Seventh Grade: Mrs. DeMichele re-introduced herself to Team Hydra on Wednesday, 8/28, reminding them who their school counselor is and how to sign up to see her if needed.
Eighth Grade: Mrs. DeMichele and Ms. Marchese re-introduced themselves to the 8th grade on 8/27, reminding them how to sign up to see them if needed.
This year, the counselors will continue working with all grades to enhance Career Exploration with SmartFutures activities that cover many career-related areas. More to come about that in future newsletters!
If you need to get in touch with your child’s school counselor, please feel free to email or call and she will be happy to help in any way she can!
Stacey DeMichele
School Counselor Grade 7 (A-Z) and Grade 8 (A-L)
215-453-2765 Extension 851007
Nickie Marchese
School Counselor Grade 6 (A-Z) and Grade 8 (M-Z)
215-453-2765 Extension 861006
PBIS and our RAMS
This year will be our second year implementing our RAMS program at North Middle School. It is a PBIS, short for Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports, program designed to reward good behavior for our students by catching them at their best. When observed doing a good deed or following the rules, students will earn a ticket and can place it on our RAMS 100 board. Every time the board is filled, ten students will be selected at random to receive a prize of their choice .The tickets remaining are pulled and put into our "Second Chance Drawing" bin for other opportunities throughout the year. Our acronym to remember our good behavior is RAMS -- be Respectful, Accountable, Motivated, and Safe. Ask you child about our kickoff assembly from the first day of school!
What is Canvas?
Canvas is a Learning Management System utilized by Pennridge School District in the secondary schools. If your child is in sixth grade, Canvas will be new to them. Each grade level has been set up with their own Class of ... course in Canvas. This course will have announcements, links to information, and important dates for the students will appear on their Canvas calendar through their grade-level specific course. In addition to this course, their teachers will have courses and share assignments, notes, and important information for their content via Canvas. Encourage your child to check Canvas regularly, especially if they are absent!
Mrs. Rabecca Hester, Librarian
Mrs. Hester is thrilled to be the new North Middle School librarian! To her, a library is a place for reading and learning, coding, video making, podcast creation, makerspace, and more! A little about Mrs. Hester… she loves Vietnamese food, her favorite genres are science fiction and historical fiction, and she enjoys creating on the computer. She can’t wait to meet the students at North when arrives in October! In the meantime, students, please use this link to help her select the library decoration theme for this year: tinyurl.com/mpzwpm6e
Mrs. Olivia Butera, Learning Support
Mrs. Butera has been a learning support teacher for six years. This is her first year teaching at North Middle School. Previously, she taught mostly elementary school students. Mrs. Butera lives at home with her husband and dog, Laney. She comes from a large family and has five siblings and five nieces and nephews. When Mrs. Butera is not at North Middle, she enjoys reading, spending time with her family, and walking her dog. Mrs. Butera looks forward to working with the sixth grade students this year and creating a classroom environment in which her students feel excited to learn each and everyday.