NMS Family Update

April 27- 6th Grade Choir, Band and Jazz Band concert @ NMS - 7:30pm

May 5- Early Release SIP Day- 10:50 Dismissal for Students

May 10- National School Nurse Day

May 16 - NMS PTO Meeting @ 4:30p

May 19- 8th Grade Rocket Launch

May 19- RBHS Graduation Walk- 9:45-10AM

May 22, 8th Grade- Rain Day for Rocket Launch

May 23- 8th Grade Dance 6-8:30

May 24- Graduation Practice@ RBHS until 10:30AM

May 24- Graduation Graduation Ceremony 6:30PM

May 25- Quarter 4 Grades Due

May 29- NO SCHOOL- Memorial Day

June 1- Last day of school (6th/7th only)

Just a reminder to our 8th grade Families. If you have any outstanding fees on record, these fees must be paid. Unfortunately, if there is still an outstanding balance, and there has been no attempt to set up a payment plan and payments made, students will NOT be allowed to attend the 8th grade dance on May 23rd. In addition, students will not receive their certificate of completion on the night of our promotion ceremony. Please contact the main office with any questions or concerns.

Nominations are being taken for the Nippersink Middle School PTO Executive Board for the 2023-2024 school year. If you or someone you know wants to be part of the board next year, please see the attached nomination form along with the description of each position. Positions are a one-year term. Anyone can be nominated, or you can nominate yourself for any position.

All positions will be open for nominations and elections. Currently the president, vice president and treasurer plan on running for re-election. There is a vacancy for the secretary position. If you, or someone you know would like to be a part of the PTO Executive Board, please fill out the nomination form.

Nominations can be made for anyone interested in any of the board positions. All nominations are due May 16th. Voting will take place at the May PTO meeting.

If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to anyone on the board, or you can also come out to our next two meetings and show your support – April 18th at 7 pm or May 16th at 4:30 pm. PTO monthly meetings are held on the third Tuesday of the month in the cafeteria.

Thank you,

NMS PTO Executive Board

Carrie Miller – President carrie061310@gmail.com

Stefanie Roedel – Vice President stefanie@futurelinkit.com

Gabi Aron – Treasurer g.aron@hotmail.com

Julie Fak – Secretary Julie.fak18@gmail.com

As we approach the end of the 22-23 school year, we are starting to look at scheduling for next year. We have an exciting new opportunity for all incoming 8th grade students. Over the course of 6th and 7th grade, each student takes a quarter of Art, Spanish, STEM, and Computer Applications (STEAM). New next year, 8th grade students will be able to select two semester long exploratory classes to focus on. This will not only allow for students to be in a course of interest, but also allow for more in-depth work in the area of study.

Last week on April 18, students listened to a presentation from the teacher of each course and then completed a Google survey ranking the exploratory offerings in the order of preference. Students will be placed according to preference for the 2023-24 school year. Please note, we will do our best to give each student at least one of their first or second choices, but will need to fill all available course sections.