Northbrook Focus

August 23, 2024

A Message from Dr. Baggett

Important Dates to Remember

August 26: 6th Grade Curriculum Night @ 6
August 27: 7th & 8th Curriculum Night @ 6
September 2: Labor Day - No School
September 20: Digital Learning Day

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Teacher of the Month

The vision of Northbrook Middle School is to be Grounded in Excellence as we cultivate High Performing students in a Nurturing Environment. Please consider nominating a teacher you feel exemplifies Northbrook's vision of excellence, professionalism, and a willingness to go above and beyond on a daily basis. Two nominated teachers per month will be recognized at the faculty meeting for this special recognition. Please use this link to nominate a Northbrook teacher for Teacher of the Month each month this school year - https://forms.gle/JtZG5jYEARC2jrfE6

Curriculum Night

Northbrook Curriculum Night is an opportunity for parents and guardians to meet each of your child’s teachers, get to know the expectations and procedures for each class, and to ask questions to better understand your child’s school experience.

Sixth Grade Students and Parents

Monday, August 26, 2024
6:00 - 7:00pm (doors open at 5:45pm)
Parking is in the rear of the school. Enter at Buice Center, travel past the white building (Northbrook Center), and enter the brick building (Northbrook Middle) under the awning.

Seventh and Eighth Grade Students and Parents

Tuesday, August 27, 2024
6:00 - 7:00pm (doors open at 5:45pm)
Parking for seventh graders is in the rear of the school. Enter at Buice Center, travel past the white building (Northbrook Center), and enter the brick building (Northbrook Middle) under the awning.
Parking for eighth grade families is on the P.E. field. Enter the front of the school at the bus lane and follow the directions to park on the gravel lot or P.E. field.

We can't wait to see you next week! Go Lions!

Media Center News!

Media Committee Members Needed!

Are you interested in being a member of the Northbrook MS Media Committee this year? It's a super easy job, I promise! The purpose of the media committee is to preview books we purchase for the media center, give ideas, encourage students to read, and if there is ever a challenge that might occur, you would help with that process. All correspondence will be via email, unless otherwise necessary.

Basically, you would be “on-call” to be on the media committee if a parent or teacher challenges a book in our media center. There is a county process that we go through if a book is challenged. If we have a challenge, then everyone on the committee would read the book and decide if it needs to stay on our shelves or be taken off. The chances of this are very slim, but a challenge can happen at any time during the school year.

If you'd like to be part of our media committee, please send me an email at nicole.cabezas@gcpsk12.org. Please send me your name, a good contact phone number. I will save your email address and send any communication that way. I need at least 3 volunteers. I look forward to your email

Thank you,

Mrs. Nicole Cabezas

Media Specialist

Northbrook Middle School

ParentVUE Grade Notification

Coming in September, parents will have the ability to enable Grade notifications in ParentVUE mobile application. Parents will be able to set an app notification based on the student class average or an assignment score when it falls below a certain score as chosen by the parent. More information will be coming from GCPS so please keep a lookout for updates.

ENGAGE, EQUIP, EMPOWER

The Office of Family Engagement's Engage, Equip, Empower Series presents Universal Screeners: i-Ready & MAP Family Night presented by Miranda McLaren, Executive Director for the Office of Accountability and Assessment on Tuesday, August 27th virtually from 5:30 pm until 6:30 pm.

Click the Zoom Link Below for Registration:

https://gcpsk12-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUkdO6qqjotGN2Rvsl1xxb3PwR9wY4vpl51

During this session, GCPS families of students in grades K - 9 will receive information about the i-Ready and MAP Universal Screeners, find out how they will help identify students' strengths and areas of need, and how they support instruction for all students.

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