Ms. Christina Hadreas, Principal

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Ms. Brittany Birchall, Assistant Principal

Monday, Feb.20: No School

Tuesday, Feb. 21: B Day

Humanities Help: 3:15-4:15 PM Rm 15

8th Grade Math Help: 3:15-4:15 PM Rm 26

EL Reading: 3:15-4:15 PM Rm 13

Weightlifting: 3:15-4:15 PM Rm 42

Drama: 3:15 PM-5:00 PM

Game Club/Library: 3:00- 4:00 PM

Beginning Band: 3:00-4:30 PM Rm 10

Wednesday, Feb. 22: A Day

Dance tickets sold during lunch

Humanities Help: 3:15-4:15 PM Rm 15

6th Grade Math Help: 3:15-4:15 PM Rm 4

7th Grade Math Help: 3:15-4:15 PM Rm 42

EL Math: 3:15-4:15 PM Rm 13

Weightlifting: 3:15-4:15 PM Rm 42

Drama: 3:15 PM-5:00 PM

Book Club/Library: 3:00- 4:00 PM

Beginning Band: 3:00-4:30 PM Rm 10

Thursday, Feb. 23: B Day

Dance tickets sold during lunch

Humanities Help: 3:15-4:15 PM Rm 15

8th Grade Math Help: 3:15-4:15 PM Rm 26

EL Reading: 3:15-4:15 PM Rm 13

Weightlifting: 3:15-4:15 PM Rm 42

Fishing Club: 3:15-4:15 PM Rm 51

Drama: 3:15 PM-5:00 PM

Chess Club/Library: 3:00- 4:00 PM

Beginning Band: 3:00-4:30 PM Rm 10

Friday, Feb. 24: Early Release A Day

Library: 1:30- 3:00 PM

Open Gym: 1:30- 4:00 PM

• February 23, 2023: ELAC Meeting 5:00 PM in Room 13
• February 23, 2023: DC/NY 8th Grade Parent/Student Night 6:00 PM- 7:00 PM in PAC
• February 24, 2023: 7th and 8th Grade Winter Ball 5:30P M-7:30 PM
• March 3, 2023: Soquel High Counselor Presentations- Students will receive printed information about registration and course selection.
• March 6, 2023: NBMS Parent Night: Anti-Vaping Presentation 6:00 PM PAC
• March 8, 2023: Soquel High Counselors- PE Periods 1, 3, and 5 'A' Day students submit schedules for next year, and counselors answer questions. Parents are welcome to attend this brief meeting with your student.
• March 9, 2023: Soquel High Counselors- PE Periods 2, 4, and 6 'B' Day students submit schedules for next year and counselors answer questions. Parents are welcome to attend this brief meeting with your student.
• March 10, 2023: NBMS Auction at Seascape- Purchase tickets Here

5:30-7:30 PM

"In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, the worst you can do is nothing."

-Theodore Roosevelt

Silence is not an acceptable response to bullying. Ignoring it won’t work. Everyone needs to be empowered with options for responding to bullying situations.

What is cyberbullying?

Cyberbullying is bullying with the use of digital technologies. It can take place on social media, messaging platforms, gaming platforms, and cell phones. It is repeated behavior, aimed at scaring, angering, or shaming those who are targeted. Examples include:

• spreading lies about or posting embarrassing photos or videos of someone on social media
• sending hurtful, abusive, or threatening messages, images, or videos via messaging platforms
• impersonating someone and sending mean messages to others on their behalf or through fake accounts.

Face-to-face bullying and cyberbullying can often happen alongside each other. But cyberbullying leaves a digital footprint – a record that can prove useful and provide evidence to help stop the abuse (source: Unicef)

Take the Anti-bullying pledge by agreeing to:

• Treat others respectfully.
• Try to include those who are left out.
• Refuse to bully others.
• Refuse to watch, laugh or join in when someone is being bullied.
• Refuse to take out your cell phone and record interactions where someone is being bullied.
• Refuse to send hurtful or threatening messages, create fake accounts and send mean messages, spread lies or post embarrassing photos or videos of others on Snapchat, Instagram, and other social media platforms.
• Tell an adult.
• Help those who are being bullied.

STOPit is an online reporting tool designed to deter and mitigate bullying, cyber abuse, and other inappropriate behaviors. STOPit is an anonymous, comfortable way for students to share information so that they can either provide or get help as quickly and as efficiently as possible.

How Does STOPit Work?

1. Submit a tip via the website (bookmarked on all school devices), 24/7 phone hotline, or mobile app.
2. Incident Response Center monitors and reviews your submission.
3. School Administrators receive and act on tip submission.

What Can Students Report?

• Bullying
• Cyberbullying
• Harassment
• Violence, threats, or weapons possession
• Alcohol or drug-related issues
• Discrimination

Students have the power to help put an end to harmful and inappropriate behavior they see online through social media and other means. They can use STOPit to reach out for help if they or a peer are facing a personal crisis or experiencing bullying, abuse, or are otherwise in need of assistance. Our goal with STOPit is to create a safer, kinder, school community both online and off.

According to California law, anyone under the age of 18 must wear a bicycle helmet if using the following modes of transportation: bicycle, e-bicycle, non-motorized scooter, skateboard, inline/roller skates or as a passenger. Wearing a properly fitted bicycle helmet can dramatically reduce your risk of serious injury from a crash or fall!

NBMS Students are required to wear a helmet to and from school when riding a bike, e-bike, scooter, or skateboard. If a student does not have a helmet, the bike/ebike/scooter/skateboard will be confiscated by NBMS staff and remain in the office for parent pick-up.

Students:

• Follow the rules of the road (California Vehicle Code).
• Wear properly-fitted bicycle helmets at all times
• Ride your bike on the right side of the street in the SAME direction as traffic
• Riders and passengers should only ride on a permanent seat of a bicycle, never on the pegs or handle bars
• Learn and use proper hand signals when riding.
• Avoid using cell phones or other distracting devices when riding your bicycle.
• Parents: plan and practice the safest route to school with your child before allowing them to ride

Four common California Vehicle Code bicycle violations:

21212 CVC- Helmet Requirements

(a) A person under 18 years of age shall not operate a bicycle, a non-motorized scooter,

or a skateboard, nor shall they wear in-line or roller skates, nor ride upon a bicycle,

a non-motorized scooter, or a skateboard as a passenger, upon a street, bikeway...or any bicycle path or trail unless that person is wearing a properly fitted and fastened bicycle helmet.

22450 CVC – Stop Sign

(a) The driver of any vehicle approaching a stop sign at the entrance to, or within,

an intersection shall stop at a limit line, if marked, otherwise before entering the

crosswalk on the near side of the intersection. If there is no limit line or crosswalk,

the driver shall stop at the entrance to the intersecting roadway.

22350 CVC Unsafe Speed

(a) No person shall drive a vehicle upon a highway at a speed greater than is

reasonable or prudent having due regard for weather, visibility, the traffic on, and

the surface and width of, the highway, and in no event at a speed which endangers

the safety of persons or property.

24016(b)(4) CVC Motorized Bicycle:

In summary, Type “B” e-bikes must be operated by a person at least 16 years old

and shall obey bicycle laws.

Volleyball

Mon. 2/20:

• 6th Grade: NO SCHOOL

• 7th Grade: NO SCHOOL

• 8th Grade: NO SCHOOL

Tues, 2/21:

• 6th Grade: 6:30 PM Away Game @ Mission Hill

• 7th Grade: 4:00 PM Away Game @ Mission Hill

• 8th Grade: 5:15 PM Away Game @ Mission Hill

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Wed, 2/22:

• 6th Grade: No practice or game

• 7th Grade: 5:15 PM Home Game vs Notre Dame

• 8th Grade: 4:00 PM Home Game vs Notre Dame

Thurs, 2/23:

• 6th Grade: No practice or game (Home Wrestling Match)

• 7th Grade: No practice or game (Home Wrestling Match)

• 8th Grade: No practice or game (Home Wrestling Match)

Fri, 2/24:

• 6th Grade: No practice or game

• 7th Grade: No practice or game

• 8th Grade: No practice or game

Flag Football

Mon, 2/20:

• 6th Grade: No practice or game

• 7th Grade: No practice or game

• 8th Grade: No game or practice

Tues, 2/21:

• 6th Grade: No practice or game

• 7th Grade: Practice 4:00 PM- 5:30 PM

• 8th Grade: No practice or game

Wed, 2/22:

• 6th Grade: Practice 3:30 PM-5:00 PM

• 7th Grade: No practice or game

• 8th Grade: Practice 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Thurs, 2/23:

• 6th Grade: Practice 3:30 PM-5:00 PM

• 7th Grade: Practice 4:00 PM- 5:30 PM

• 8th Grade: No practice or game

Fri, 2/24:

• 6th Grade: 3:45 PM Home Game vs Mission Hill

• 7th Grade: 3:45 PM Away game @ Mission Hill

• 8th Grade: 5:00 PM Away game @ Mission Hill

Wrestling

Mon. 2/20: 4:00-5:30 PM

Tues. 2/21: 4:00-5:30 PM

Wed. 2/22: 4:00-5:30 PM

Thurs. 2/23: Home Match - 4:00 PM Weigh-in 5:00 PM Match starts

8th-Grade Expectations

Each year the 8th Grade class has the privilege of participating in special end-of-the-year activities, including the promotion ceremony. In order to participate in the 8th Grade activities, each student must uphold the general classroom and school-wide behavioral expectations.

A student may be excluded from end-of-the-year activities, including promotion if any of the following occur:

• The student has excessive behavior infractions including detentions, and/or Friday schools or has been suspended from school.

• The student has excessive absences and tardies.

• The student has any outstanding school fees or fines.

• The student has an ‘F’ as reported on the final report card and/or does not have a passing GPA (no F’s).

Counselors from the high schools will be here at New Brighton on Friday, March 3rd to present to the students during their PE period. At this meeting, your student should receive printed information about registration and course selection. The counselors will then return to New Brighton on Wednesday, March 8th and Thursday, March 9th during PE to meet with your student about their schedules for next year and answer questions. You are welcome to attend this brief meeting with your student.

Please be sure to review the information that your child brings home from the March 3rd presentations. There will be a lot of important information included for parents to review.

Soquel, Harbor, and Santa Cruz High are in a different school district- the Santa Cruz City Schools district- and you will need to register your child for high school. This can be done in person at the high schools or online through Infinite Campus. Please note that you will need a NEW Infinite Campus login, different from the one here with Soquel Elem School District. Your current Infinite Campus account WILL NOT transfer to Santa Cruz City school district.

More information about registration coming soon!

All of our NBMS students have daily on-campus access to our school counselors who are happy to help address a wide range of social-emotional, behavioral, and academic needs.

Additionally, families in need of support may consult with our counseling staff for information regarding access to local programs and resources, including mental and behavioral health support. Please call the office to speak with a counselor, or email Vanessa Eaton at veaton@suesd.org

@NBMSVIKINGS

Vanessa Eaton, Counselor ext. 487

Lynn Nakao, Office Manager ext. 400

Alicia Gomez, Attendance ext. 490

Desiree Method, Account Specialist ext. 491

New Brighton Middle School

250 Washburn Avenue

Capitola, CA 95010

Phone: (831) 464-5660

Email: nbmsoffice@suesd.org