NP3 Middle School Weekly Update

• Parent and Family Survey: We want to hear your thoughts about our schools. Please complete this short survey, it should take no more than 10 minutes. Your feedback will help us to plan how we use our resources to continue to make NP3 a great place to learn.This survey is an important part of our work to make the best use of limited state resources to make our schools the best they can be. It is also part of the State of California's Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) and Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP) that schools annually review their progress to make decisions about the best way to support students as part of a new 3-year LCAP for 2020 through 2023. Know that your feedback will make an impact on the allocation of resources for our schools. There are no right or wrong answers, it is your opportunity to share your thoughts about what makes NP3 great and what else we can do to make NP3 even better.
• Multicultural Festival: We're on the way to our annual multicultural festival and not only should this date be saved because it's an awesome K-12 event of celebrating each other, but we'd love your help if you're available. That's right! We have spaces available for adults to come and help out - there are a variety of options! The multicultural festival is scheduled for Fri Mar 6 5:00pm-8:00pm on the MS/HS campus. Contact Ms. Anzelc for more information at lanzelc@natomasunified.org.
• Q3 Conferences: Our Q3 student lead conferences will be held the week of March 9-13. Mon-Wed dismissal time will be 12:59. Thurs-Fri dismissal time will be 12:11. Students will be off for Spring Break following conference week Mon March 16- Fri March 27. School will resume on Mon March 30.
• Q3 Dance: Our Q3 dance is on Feb 28 from 3:30-5:30. Tickets will be sold the week of Feb 24 for $3 at lunch and $5 at the door. Please pick up your student at 5:30 in the NP3 parking lot.
• Zoo Escape Room: The Event Planning action team is hosting a zoo themed escape room from 3:10-4:10 on Wed Feb 26. Students will be in groups of 4-6 and will try to solve a series of riddles to exit the room. This is a free event and all middle school students are welcome. Students should check in at Ms. Holdredge's room, 202 the day of the event. Another RAD action team event! Yasssss PIRATES!
• Q3 Spirit Week!!!: Our Q3 Spirit Week is coming your way next week! Mon March 2 is Denim Day; Tue March 3 is Style Swap Day; Wed March 4 is Celebrity Squad/Duo Day; Thurs March 5 is Sports Day and Fri March 6 is Culture Day. Students who are not participating in Spirit Week must be in dress code.
• Natomas 5k: Save the date! Sat April 25 NP3 will participate by running/walking in the Natomas 5k "Run for Their Future" at Inderkum HS. ALL NP3 students will be sponsored. Click here to register your student for free and use the promo code "NP320" when checking out. If you would prefer us to register your student click here and turn this in to your teacher or front office staff. If you would like to run with your student, there is a $25 fee per runner/walker. This is a fun community event for all ages and the proceeds will be used by the Natomas Foundation to help students within the Natomas community. We hope to see you there!

• English: Students will continue working on their lyrics project, focusing on mood and theme. Ask you student what the mood is of their song and how they know.

• Math 7: Students will begin a new unit on angle relationships, which will also involve using equations to solve for a missing angle. Ask your student to draw two complementary angles and two supplementary angles and explain why they are complementary and supplementary.

• Math 8: Students will engage in a review and summative for systems of equations, which involves solving systems by graphing, elimination, and substitution and using word problems in solving systems. Ask your student how to solve 2x+y=5 and 3x-2y=4 by elimination.

• History: Students will be reviewing the Aztec, Mayas, and Incas. They will be presenting on one of the groups in preparations for the end of the week summative. Ask your student if they have been reviewing and completing their notecard for the summative?

• PE: (Zerpa) Students will continue with basketball activities in the gym. Ask you student to give examples of what one might say when another student doesn’t perform at the level they would want. [(Hint: We only want positive, encouraging remarks. :) (Clark) We are back on the field in this great weather, putting together our catching and throwing skills with Flag football games. Ask your student how they deal with conflict? Discuss what ways we can manage disputes that come up in sports and life when both sides think they are correct.

• Science: Investigations GaLOOORE. Beginning to Grow some plants. Ask your student about how do plants and other organisms produce the food we consume by photosythesis?

Website: https://natomasunified.org/np3m/
Location: 3700 Del Paso Road, Sacramento, CA, USA
Phone: (916) 567 - 5740