NMS Tech Help Night on Wed 10/4 at 7PM in Media Center

NMS Tech Help Night

The Nichols Middle School will host a Tech Help Night on Wednesday, October 4, at 7PM, in the NMS Media Center.  

This evening will be a place for parents/guardians to come in and have some of your technical questions answered about any of the technologies we are using here at the Nichols.

You might have questions about ...

Digits.

Or Aspen.

Or Google.

Or Google Apps for Education.

Or Google Classroom.

Or GMail.

Or Google Calendar.

Or Blogger.

Or Remind.

Or @JTNicholsMS on Twitter.

Or This Blog.

Or the New MPS Website.

Or Chromebooks.

Any Tech Questions you may have, we will be here to help you.

This night has been established to help you.

Please spread the word to anyone who may need support.

You don't have to bring your "computer" with you, but if you have a portable device that your child uses (Chromebook, Laptop, Tablet, etc.), please bring it with you and we will assist you on your own device.

We will though have Chromebooks available for you to use on Wednesday, October 4, at 7PM in the NMS Media Center.

We hope to see you there, so we can help you out.

Any questions, do not hesitate to call the Main Office or email Mr. Geoghegan directly.

NMS PTA's Meeting for October Moved to Thursday 10/5 at 7PM in Media Center

October Meeting of the NMS PTA

The NMS PTA will hold its monthly meeting on Thursday, October 5, in the NMS Media Center at 7 PM.  The meeting was moved to accommodate parents, who were going to the MHS Open House Night.

Please come and help support NMS.

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

Visit the NMS PTA website as well:  NMS PTA Blog

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

7 PM in the NMS Media Center on Thursday, October 5!  Be There.

NMS Hat Day for Harvey Relief Fri 9/29

Hats for Harvey Day on Friday, September 29

On Friday, September 29, our NMS Student Council will be holding a fundraiser for the Hurricane Harvey relief efforts.

This will be our first NMS StuCo event of many for the school year.

All NMS StuCo is asking is if anyone would like to contribute to the Hurricane Harvey Relief Fund for a student to bring in a $1, which will allow them to wear a hat during the whole school day.

Donating students will receive a stamp and be allowed to wear their hats all day.

If students choose, they may bring in more than $1, but it is not necessary.

NMS StuCo students made this video, which will be shown during Morning Announcements on Wednesday and Thursday.

#GoNMS!

Come to school on Friday, September 29, with a buck for Harvey Relief and Wear a Hat All Day!

Any questions, please contact Mr. Don Rothemich and Ms. Bonnie Hudson, our NMS StuCo Advisors.

A Letter from NMS PE/Fitness Department

Fitness Testing Letter for NMS Parents/Guardians

September 26, 2017

Dear NMS Parents/Guardians:

Over the past two school years we have been using Fitnessgram software to help us to analyze the results of each child to help you and your family understand what each test result means.  This software also allowed us to email home reports to each family with an email on file, or mail a paper copy home for those who requested one.  Although we will be continuing this process, we will be using a different software, IHT Spirit Assessment.  Mrs. Enos and Ms. Rich began using this software last year when they were participating in a statewide data collection initiative.  The reports will share the same data with you, it just may be in a different format than you’ve seen previously.

Information in the report is only shared with a child’s family, and it is not posted or shared anywhere else.  The information found in the reports include the child’s aerobic capacity, upper body strength and endurance, abdominal strength and endurance, and flexibility.  Along with each score is information about what the score indicates and what your child can do to either improve or maintain his or her  fitness level.  

As our department continues to move forward in terms of using technology and being able to share more information about your child’s performance you will begin to see other changes as well.  The IHT Spirit software will be able to use it to share more information with you about your child’s performance in various units.  These assessments will also be emailed for you to view. Our department is also hoping to continue expanding with this software to attain the Adidas Zone heart rate monitors which are connected to the software.  This will allow you, your child, and ourselves to look at each child’s heart rates during class to help us best suit the needs of each child.  As our department continuously works on improving our curriculum, we will keep you informed as changes are made.

If you have any questions please feel free to contact us at any time.

Meghan Enos

Fitness Teacher

Kelly Rich

Physical Education Teacher

2017 NMS Fall Intramural Flag Football

NMS Intramural Flag Football

Open to All

NMS Intramural Flag Football starts on Monday, October 3.

Please turn in completed intramural forms and $25 money order to Mr. Thompson to play.  Forms are available in the NMS Main Office as well as from Mr. Thompson in Gym.

All players will meet in the gym on Monday, October 3.  Late bus passes will be provided if needed.

Intramurals will meet on Mondays and Wednesdays after-school from 2:25 to 3:30 PM.

Questions, please contact Mr. Thompson at tthompso@middleboro.k12.ma.us

Have fun.

Reminder: 2017-2018 NMS School Council, 1st Meeting, Wed September 27 3PM

2017-2018 John T. Nichols, Jr. Middle School Council

Are you interested in getting involved with your child’s education in another way besides PTA or fundraising?

Would you like to be more involved in some of the academic aspects and decision making of your child's education here at Nichols?

If you are, then seriously consider whether you would be interested in joining the Nichols Middle School Council (also called a School Improvement Council).  By law, every school in the country has to have a School Council.  

The law outlines four major areas of responsibility for councils.  School councils are to assist principals in:  

1. Adopting educational goals for the school that are consistent with local educational policies and statewide student performance standards; 
2. Identifying the educational needs of students attending the school; 
3. Reviewing the annual school building budget; and 
4. Formulating a school improvement plan.

Over the past five years, our School Improvement Plan and School Council have been instrumental in helping us to change our bell schedule, adding back a second assistant principal, obtaining a consistent math program throughout the building, affecting change in all areas of our curricula, securing more technology to being a 1-to-1 Chromebook school, getting more student recognition to be a priority for us as a school, to name just a few.

We meet once a month on the 4th Wednesday of each month, except where specified below – starting Wednesday, September 27, for about an hour, beginning at 3:00 PM and ending around 4 PM, in the NMS Media Center to discuss such items as our School Improvement Plan, parent involvement, how we are working with MCAS data, what we are doing to improve teaching and learning, different curricular ideas, courses, etc.  In all, the group is not so much similar to the “PTA” in improving the school through fundraising; it is more a group of community members who are looking into school improvement and how we can get the improvement we are looking for.

The group is made up of parents, teachers, and at least one community member.  If you are interested or would just like to come and check it out, please come to the first meeting, Wednesday, September 27, at 3 PM, in the Media Center at NMS or email me at mgeoghegan@middleboro.k12.ma.us.

If you have any questions, please let me know.  Thank you.

2017 – 2018 NMS School Council Meetings

October 18, 2017**

November 29, 2017**

December 20, 2017**

January 24, 2018

February 28, 2018**

March 28, 2018**

April 25, 2018

May 23, 2018

** All dates are the 4th Wednesday of each month – except where specified

Reminder: NMS Tigers School Store Is Open Until 10/1

Get Your NMS Tiger Swag

The time is here. The NMS School Store is open until October 1, for business! 

Here is the link:

​NMS School Store

We have a wide variety of items and a variety of price points. 

We hope to open the store 2 or 3 times during the year. The goods in the store right now are the base store, while every season we hope to add and change out different items. 

While the store is open please let Mr. Siciliano know if people are looking for a specific item then we can try and add it the next time that we open the store.

Anybody can order from this site. When they order there is a sport line in the order form that allows them to customize and put anything they want under the

 ​ Tiger​

  logo. 

Remember:  The store closes in just under a week on October 1st, so order now, if you are interested. 

NMS Art Club -- Open to All Students

Get Involved with Art Club

NMS Art Club begins on Tuesday, September 26, after-school in Ms. Tucker's Art Room AR2.

Art Club occurs on Tuesdays after-school.

If you are interested, just come, sign-in, and plan to stay!

NMS Art Club goes from 2:25 to 3:40 after-school.  Late Busses are available.

There will also be a student-run Anime Group for interested students that will be a part of NMS Art Club.

For information, please see Ms. Tucker in AR2.

Make Art!

NMS Builders Club -- Open to All Students

Building a Better World Together

The Nichols Middle School Builders Club will be holding their meetings each week on Wednesdays with their next meeting on Wednesday, September 27th in Mr. Redpath’s room A100 after-school.

Builders club is a community service club dedicated to improving our world, our community and ourselves.

If you want to work on some great projects to improve your town, your school and yourself, then this is the club for you!  

ALL grades are welcome! We will be taking nominations for club officers as well as giving out information about the club. Come and check us out!

Any questions, please contact NMS Builders Club Advisors: Mr. Redpath at sredpath@middleboro.k12.ma.us or Mr. Candler at wcandler@middleboro.k12.ma.us or Ms. Borges at aborges@middleboro.k12.ma.us.

NMS Picture Day is Wednesday, September 27

NMS Picture Day

Wednesday, September 27, is Picture Day for all of our NMS students.

Reminder from Lifetouch:

John T Nichols Jr Middle School Picture Day: Wednesday, September 27
Picture Day ID: MV037281Q0

Picture Day flyers have been distributed. 

If you don't get one or your child may have misplaced it, please just check with the Main Office; we have extras.

Simplify Picture Day by ordering online at mylifetouch.com. No need to send cash or flyer back to school when you order online

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• Use credit card or PayPal on our secure site

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Satisfaction guarantee: Love your portrait or Lifetouch will retake it (or refund it).

Smile.