More Middleboro Swag ... Wrestling This Time

THE MIDDLEBORO  WRESTLING TEAM

NEEDS WARMUPS!!!

And YOU can help!

The Middleboro High School Wrestling team is trying to raise funds to buy warmups for the upcoming season. So, we have decided to run a T-shirt sale supporting our grapplers.

For only $20 you receive this really cool 100% cotton Sachem Wrestling Shirt.

Not only will you feel great about helping support an incredible bunch of Middleboro students, you also get one heck of a good looking shirt.

If you have any questions or would like to order a shirt or 10,

contact Coach Paul Donovan

pdonovan@middleboro.k12.ma.us

Thank you so much for your Support!

GO SACHEMS!

NMS Girls Basketball Team Tryouts Schedule

NMS Girls Basketball Tryouts

Tryouts for the 2015-2016 basketball season will be held next week, and for the Girls team, the times will be as follows:

Monday November 9 -     4:30-6:30

Tuesday November 10       -     4:30-6:30

Thursday November 12      -     4:30-6:30
Friday November 13      -     4:30-6:30

Sign-up sheets and information packets are in the Main Office.  Parents/Guardians must receive the packets as there are a few things they will need to take care of before you can tryout.

Please check out this post for the other required paperwork. Click Here. For the link to Registering for Winter Sports.

Any questions, please contact MPS Athletic Director Mr. Mike Perry at mperry@middleboro.k12.ma.us

NMS Picture Re-Takes on Thur 11/12

NMS Picture Re-Takes Thursday, November 12

Picture Re-Takes are for any student who:
  * Was Absent on Picture Day
  * Forgot their Envelope
Or
  * Was not satisfied with your portrait.

If you would like your child's picture retaken you must return your complete package to the photographer on Thursday, November 12.

Your child will be re-photographed and a new portrait package will be printed for you.

If you have any questions, please contact LifeTouch Customer Service at 1-800-697-4451.

Say Cheese.

No Shave "Movember" Has Begun

Facial Hair for Charity

Welcome to Movember. 

Many of the male teachers, administrators, and custodians at the Nichols Middle School are growing out their facial hair for charity (Jimmy Fund, Dana Farber, and more).

In a week or so, when the beards have started to really form, there will be voting by the student body of NMS on whose mustache, beard, or lack there of looks the best.  There will be a bracket system of match-ups for the students to vote.  Voting will be done with pennies, nickels, and dimes.  NMS Student Council is running this very special month-long event.

Last year's winner, Mr. Leonard, and runner-up, Mr. Minarovich, are back in the running again this year.

Please keep an eye out for fully forming facial hair around the Nichols.

Student-Led/Parent-Teacher Conferences Thursday, 11/5 4-6:30PM

Blackboard Connect Message Going Out

This evening you will be receiving a BlackBoardConnect message reminding parents/guardians about our Student-Led and Parent-Teacher Conferences for Thursday, November 5.

Our Parent-Teacher and Student-Led Conferences were last Wednesday night, October 28, 6 to 8:30 PM, and then tomorrow, Thursday, November 5, from 4 to 6:30 PM.

The last couple of years, we have successfully piloted some Student-Led Conferences in pockets throughout the building, and we have continued this practice for we have seen the success it can have. 

Parents and Students, who presented to School Committee last Spring on the virtues of Student-Led Conferences.

This year, you may be engaged in a Student-Led Conference instead of a typical Parent-Teacher Conference.  The reasons for this are many-fold.

Your children have worked hard to prepare for these conferences so I hope you will come and listen to them as they explain for you what they have learned, how they are doing, and what they still need to continue to work on.

We believe Student-Led Conferences put the student, your child, at the center of his/her own learning.  Your child will sit and discuss with you how his/her learning is progressing and what he/she still needs to improve.

Research tells us that when we have the students at the center of their learning and give them a chance to explain it, they will achieve more.  So please come and experience this with us.

We understand that there also may be times where you need to talk with the teacher, and our teachers will be here on hand to do so as well.  But in the five minute time frame that you will have at a Parent-Teacher Conference, 

And if the night isn’t packed enough, we also have our Fall Book Fair in the Media Center and PTA will have raffles outside in the main hallway.

I have attached an excellent article on Student-Led Conferences.

As well as links to some of my blog posts from the last couple of years' Student-Led Conferences including last week's:

http://nicholsmiddle.blogspot.com/2015/10/excellent-1st-night-of-fall-student-led.html http://nicholsmiddle.blogspot.com/2015/04/spring-student-led-conferences-night-1.html
http://nicholsmiddle.blogspot.com/2014/10/parent-teacherstudent-led-conferences.html 

Thank you and hope to see you tomorrow, Thursday, November 5, 4 to 6:30 PM for you to see how successful your child has been.  

November PTA Meeting, Wed 11/4 at 7 PM in Media Center

NMS PTA's November Meeting 11/4 at 7 PM ... Be There!

NMS PTA November Meeting

The NMS PTA will hold its November meeting on Wednesday,

November 4, in the NMS Media Center at 7 PM.

Please come and support NMS.

Hear from Mr. Geoghegan and hear about all the great things NMS PTA does to support all of our students year-round.

Special Guest Speaker this month -- Mr. Paul Branagan, Principal of the Middleborough High School, Home of the Sachems.

Visit the NMS PTA website as well:  NMS PTA Blog

Come meet this helpful group of parents, who are working hard to make sure the Nichols Middle School is a sensational experience for each and every student.

7 PM in the NMS Media Center on Wednesday, November 4!  Be There.

Get Your Sachem Swag

Sachem Wear Now On Sale 

Please visit Middleborough High School's "Sachem Team Store," a fundraiser for the Boys' Varsity Basketball Program.

The store is open NOW until Sunday, November 8, 2015.

Under Armour T-shirts, long sleeve Ts, sweat shirts, sweat pants, jackets, and backpacks! Winter gloves, scarves, and hats are available too! 

Sizes range from youth extra small to 4XL--something for everyone!

Click HERE to start shopping for your awesome Middleboro Sachem Swag! 

Please spread the word!

The entire shipment of Sachem gear will be delivered to the high school before the holidays! 

Order your Sachem gear today!

The two top-selling items so far...

PLEASE NOTE: For an item to be produced by www.areswear.com, the store must sell a minimum of six (6) of that particular item (you don’t need to buy six, but six need to be ordered overall to be sent to production). Also, wherever you see a “bulldog” embroidered, it will be replaced with our MHS Sachem head logo. 

Click HERE to start shopping for your awesome Middleboro Sachem Swag!