As the Calendar Turns ...

A September Message 

I can't believe September is over.  It has been an incredible month of new beginnings.  We are over a month into our new school year.  It has been a joy to see the faculty, staff, and students of the Nichols Middle School attack the school year with such energy and motivation.  I have said this before, but I will say it again, the 6^thgraders have made their transition look as though they have been coming to NMS for years, and the 7^th and 8^th graders are taking the mantel of school leaders to a new level.  It has been a wonderful opening to the year.

Soon you will be receiving the Spring 2014 MCAS Score Reports, which will be mailed home Friday, October 3.  As you may be aware, last spring’s MCAS results were just received, and we can now release these scores to you.

Improvement of our MCAS scores is something that we as a school community know and understand that we need to do; for success to us will only be when we have 100% of our students in the Advanced and Proficient range.  Each and every day we are working to make this a reality.  We teach to the standards and we hold ourselves to a high standard of making sure we do the best we can with everything we do each and every day.  Trust us, we understand the work we need to do to make all Proficient/Advanced attainable.

It has unquestionably been a terrific opening for all of us here at NMS as we start the 2014-2015 school year.  Mr. McLaughlin and I could not be happier with how things are progressing.  We have started to put together many changes, which we feel will only make the Nichols' experience greater for all of our students.  Please stay in touch through this blog and also to us in the Main Office.  We are here for your students but also for you as well.  

Please remember to check out the calendar at the end of this site, for it holds a wealth of information.  As you can see, there are PTA Meetings, School Council meetings, Parent-Teacher Conferences, and Progress Reports all coming up.  Please get and stay involved with your child's education.  Middle school is such a special time and the children in these "tweener" years need our help and support more than ever. 

Please continue to visit this website, for I will be updating it as often as I can with posts, events, news, and other school proceedings.  Also continue to check the Twitter site or check on the right-hand side to see the Tweets I have sent out, which consist mostly of our daily announcements and reminders.

Sincerely,

M R Geoghegan