Nichols Middle School Community,
Well, we have finished our first full cycle of A through G day here at Nichols and the students, teachers, faculty, and staff are starting to get to know what the whole schedule means.
The students have gone to all of their academic classes (Math, Science, Social Studies, ELA1, and ELA2) as well as their Unified Arts classes (with either Art, Health, or STEM, and Physical Education, Fitness, Technology, and Music [including Chorus, Band, and Orchestra]).
The students have begun to see the resource of the DIAL periods (Differentiated Instruction And Learning) as something that is established to support them in their learning either through remediation, support, or enrichment.
The school year has definitely begun.
Please note that if you ever need to get in touch with any of your child's teachers, email is probably the best avenue for this communication. It can be as easy as an email to have the teacher call you, but our teachers typically have their email system open at the ready to see your message. When emailing, most of our teachers have their address set-up by our Technology Department as their first initial last name @middleboro.k12.ma.us; for example, my email address is mgeoghegan@middleboro.k12.ma.us. Again, most of the teachers are set-up in this manner, but some may have a different variation, so you can check here to make sure: http://www.middleboro.k12.ma.us/NICHOLS/Nichols-Staff11-12.htm
Some news and notes:
Announcements: We will be adding after-school activity dates to the calendar at the bottom of this page. On Mondays and Wednesdays, we have late buses and most activities are scheduled for these days. But we will update the calendar as we get those dates in, so please check this site regularly.
Also, please make sure you sign up for email updates when this blog is updated. The spot is in the right hand column to enter your email address.
7th and 8th Grade Open House: Next Wednesday, September 18, from 6:30 to 8:30 PM, we have our 7th and 8th Grade Open House. I will be sending out an Alert Now to remind you, but please make sure you put it on your calendar. (Our 6th Grade Open House was in August prior to the start of the school year.)
I hope everyone is having a wonderful start to the school year; the students here at NMS seem to be falling into a great routine for their own learning and in turn their success.
Thanks; have an excellent weekend,
M R Geoghegan
