NUMS Monthly Update

1. The 6th Grade Camp parents meeting will be April 3rd at 6pm. Please contact the 6th grade team if you have any questions about camp before then.

2. The 8th Grade Trip Chaperone list is being finalized. Parents will be contacted this week. If you have any questions or need additional information please reach out. Parent registration links will be coming out soon. Please keep an eye out for this.

3. There will be a MS Dance, Friday March 14th, from 6-8pm in the MS Gym. This is a reward activity for the MS and behavior requirements will be enforced in order to purchase a ticket. Tickets will be on sale March 10th-13th during lunch. See flyer below for more details.

3. A huge shout out to our FFA members for putting a very informative and enjoyable FFA Week celebration here at NUMS. The students enjoyed the daily themes and we had a lot of fun at the end of week assembly. Some pictures below.

4. More FFA Shoutouts: Congratulations to our NUMS FFA teams for a ton of success recently in the FFA Marysville Invitational. Results are as follows:

• The Agronomy Team consisting of Hudson Bugg, Dominic Hainline, Cain Holloway placed 1st with the 3 taking the top 3 individual spots!

• The Poultry Team consisting of Lily Hall, McKenzie Spencer, Owen Spencer, Jenson Stover, Joseph Wiley, placed 1st.

• The General Livestock Team consisting of Devyn Cox, Harrison Krebehenne, Liliana Mariucci, Allison Poling, and Jadyn Rowe placed 9th out of 35 Teams!

5. Good look to our NUMS Vex robotics teams as they look to continue their successful year at the 2025 Ohio VEX Robotics State Championship on March 13th and 14th. Good luck to all of our participants and coaches.

6. Congratulations to our winter athletic teams this year. Very impressed with the effort and growth each team showed this year. The future on NU athletics is bright and there is a lot of excitement about the future for our student athletes. Good luck to everyone as we move into the spring seasons.

Free and Reduced students will be receiving $120 per student on an EBT Card this summer. SNAP recipients will automatically have the money loaded onto their card. New cards will be sent to students on Medicare or qualify by application. Now is the time to make sure your application has been submitted for free and reduced meals. You can submit an application online at www.payschoolscentral.com or ask for an application in your student's school office and mail it to Bev Wasserbeck 12920 State Route 739 Richwood, OH 43344. Please apply by April 1, 2025 to insure you will receive the benefit. If your financial situation has changed you can apply at any time throughout the school year. This not only helps you but also your school district when we are applying for funding and grants. You will also need to make sure your address and the Custodial Guardian is updated in One View to make sure the card goes to the right address. There will be an April 1 deadline to make changes on One View.

As we get closer to the spring months, we are aware that some families may be planning vacations that will cause your student to miss some school. We ask that you please communicate with the office, as well as your student's teachers when you will be out. We are no longer using the prearranged absence forms. If you are aware of an upcoming, prearranged absence, please let us know by using one of the following options:

1. NULS App: You can go on to the app and set a range of dates now. This is the same process you would use for daily absences, just set a range of dates for the window of time your student will be out.
2. Call the MS Attendance Line: You can still call in and let our secretaries know the dates in advance so that they can make note of it prior to those dates. Again, same process as if you are calling students off for the day, but just leave details in your message.

January: Logan Rammelsberg and Zoey Hitchings

February: Preston Davis and Zoya Habib

January: Carter Duhl and Rilyn Peterson

February: Graydyn Wagler and Ella Lewis

January: Noah Huddleston and Kylynn Thompson

February: Devyn Cox and Lilleigh Beebe

• Parents/guardians can access their child's class schedule in ProgressBook. Please contact the MS Office if you have any questions.
• Parents/guardians may pay for your student's school lunches and fees and/or complete a Free and Reduced-Price School Meals Application by accessing the PaySchool site.
• ALL student absences must be reported by parent/guardian by calling the MS office or using the district app.
• ALL students arriving after 7:40am must check in to the main office to sign in.
• If you are picking your child up early from the MS, you will need to come into the Main Office to sign them out. You MUST have a State ID to be able to sign them out.

North Union Local Schools is responsible for locating any child birth through 21 with a suspected disability who resides within the North Union Local School District. The school district provides special education services to any child who qualifies as having a disability according to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEIA) or Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act ages 3 through 21 years of age. If you know of a child who is suspected to have a disability, please call Deana Adams, Director of Student Services, at 740-943-1610 or contact your building principal for more information.

• We value all students and their well being. If there are issues that are occurring at school where you suspect potential harassment/bullying or concern for a students welfare there is a system to process this. Please report this to our Public Works system.
• The online reporting system and the 1-866-listen2me phone system are for staff, students and parents to report concerns which may affect the peace of mind of students or jeopardize the safety of people or school facilities. Concerns may include, but are not limited to, bullying, abuse, bomb threats, cyber crimes, discrimination, drugs, health concerns, suspicious behavior, vandalism, fighting, & weapons. Helpline information helps us maintain school environments that are safe and conducive for learning.
  
• The ability to report Bullying and Harassment can be found on our website at the top right corner indicated by the blue hand (see graphic above).
• Once a student, parent, or staff member reports an issue it goes directly to the principal of the building for investigation.
• Administration will coordinate the appropriate investigation and communicate findings and outcomes to those involved.
• Administration will document the investigation and outcome in Public School Works.