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Due to a 75% chance of rain predicted for 10:00am and dangerous weather patterns heading towards Cumberland, RI, this morning's promotional exercises have been postponed to 7:00pm at McCourt Middle School. Mr. Drolet will be sending an e-mail this morning to 8th grade parents regarding promotional exercises. 8th graders are expected to come to school today.8th graders are also encouraged to arrive at McCourt Middle School at 6:15pm for tonight's ceremony.
Procedures for Grade 8 Promotional Exercise: *Location will be indoors at McCourt Middle School – June 18, 2009 – 7:00 pm Grade 8 students who are being promoted to grade 9 should: *Report to school as a regular school day on June 18th. *The mode of dress is the prerogative of the parents, however, “Sunday best” is appropriate attire for a ceremony of this kind. *After the ceremony, students must leave the building with their parents. This is the last day of school for these students. Parents and relatives are invited to attend the ceremony. Due to the fire codes and capacity limits, we can only allow up to a maximum of three guests per student.
June, 2009 The Principal’s Corner Rich Drolet, Ed.D. richard.drolet@cumberlandschools.org Here’s what’s happening during this last month of the 2008-2009 scool year. We hope you have a great summer!
June 11th High Meadows student field trip Students leave at 6 a.m. and return at 6 p.m. June 12th: 8th Grade Dance at NCMS 7-10 p.m. June 16th: Grade 8 students visit CHS for an orientation 11:45 a.m. – 1:15 p.m. June 16th: Grade 8 Awards Night at NCMS 7 p.m. June 18th: Grade 8 Promotional Exercises* 9:30 a.m. *The rain date/contingency plan if there is inclement weather the morning of June 18th will be for grade 8 Promotional Exercises to be held in the McCourt Middle School auditorium on the same night, June 18th, at 7 p.m.
To All NCMS Faculty, Staff, Parents, and Students: NCMS will be starting a new program next year called Positive Behavior Intervention & Support. The goal of PBIS is to establish three positive schoolwide expectations for our students. The following expectations or themes were selected and approved by the NCMS Faculty & Staff; Respect, Responsibility & Ready to Learn. During the next several months, members of the PBIS Leadership Team called Team Delta will 1) meet for training sessions, 2) develop a matrix for each theme, and 3) will collaborate with Faculty and Staff to discuss ideas and build our PBIS program for the 2009-2010 academic year. Click here for a copy of the March PBIS Minutes.
Click here for a copy of the newly released NCMS Expository Writing Rubric, which will be used school-wide in various classes for different assignments. It is intended to promote consistent writing expectations for all our students here at North Cumberland Middle School. In an effort to improve writing school-wide and to meet each student’s needs, the staff will be using a “hamburger” graphic organizer to encourage the students to use an introductory topic sentence, supporting detail sentences, and a closing sentence for each paragraph they write. In connection with the hamburger graphic organizer, teachers from the English/language arts department also created a PowerPoint presentation provided to the faculty. The PowerPoint describes what is expected for each “layer” of the hamburger. In the PowerPoint, a sample hamburger graphic organizer is included along with a sample paragraph based on the details presented in the organizer.
*We have a telephone line for parent convenience at 401-333-1262. Please remember to use this telephone line when reporting an absence, tardy, or dismissal for your child. This is important to insure that we receive the information in a timely fashion. You must also turn in a follow up note.
*Click here for the latest information on NCMS Athletics!
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