June, 2010                                                                                                        The Principal’s Corner                                 

Dr. Richard Drolet                                                                                            richard.drolet@cumberlandschools.org          

We are nearing the finish line! Some of the highlights for the concluding month of June at NCMS include:

In May we announced the 2009-2010 NCMS Teacher of the Year: Mrs. Rachel Emery. Mrs. Emery uses effective instructional practices, such as using an agenda to clarify classroom procedures and expectations for her students. Mrs. Emery allows students to make up quizzes and tests they might not have done well on. Mrs. Emery frequently conducts hands-on experiments/activities with her students, displays exemplars of student work, invites parents to come observe her classes, and uses an e-mail ListServ to provide updates to parents for her classes. Besides raising four children of her own and also working as a registered nurse, Mrs. Emery also chaperoned the Washington, D.C. and Quebec trips this year. She coached the girl’s soccer team and again coordinated our Variety Show. Mrs. Emery is always open to new ideas. She is always willing to help a lending hand, collegially working with others in the process. Mrs. Emery has selflessly contributed her time, energy, positive attitude, and devotion to NCMS, and we are all better for it!

NCMS will be hosting a Blood Drive from 2-6 p.m. this Thursday, May 27^th, in the NCMS cafeteria. Please come donate if you get this in time and you are able to do so.

Our Spring Book Fair will be held from June 1^st – June 4^th. The book fair will be coordinated by Mrs. Anne Oldmixon. Summer reading books and a selection of popular titles for middle school students will be available for purchase.

Our 5^th grade “Step-up Night” is Thursday evening, June 3^rd, at 6:30 p.m. Current 5^th grade students who will be attending NCMS as 6^th graders in the Fall and their parents are welcome to attend this brief orientation.

Our 6^th & 7^th grade Field Days will take place on June 16^th & June 17^th. More information will be upcoming.

Listed below are the important 8^th grade dates/activities for the end of this school year.

      June 1^st:           Boston Freedom Trail field trip for Team Evolution   Students return at 3:15 p.m.

June 3^rd:          Boston Freedom Trail field trip for the Aviator Team   Students return at 3:15 p.m.

June 10^th          High Meadows student field trip   Students leave at 6 a.m. and return at 6 p.m.

June 11^th:         8^th Grade Dance at McCourt   6:30-10 p.m.

June 15^th:         Grade 8 Awards Night at NCMS   7 p.m.

June 17^th:         Grade 8 students visit CHS for an orientation

June 21^st:          Grade 8 Promotional Exercises*   9:30 a.m.

*The rain date/contingency plan if there is inclement weather the morning of June 21^st will be for Grade 8 Promotional Exercises to be held in the McCourt MS auditorium on the same night, June 21^st, at 7 p.m.

Please note that 4^th Quarter Report Cards will be given to students to take home on the last day of school, which will be June 18^th for 8^th graders and June 23^rd for 6^th & 7^th graders. They will not be mailed home.

Congratulations to our April Students of the Month: 

Gr. 6: Ashley Bears (Tie-Dye Team); Meaghan Sullivan (Pinoeer Team); Dante Baldelli (Team Unity)

Gr. 7: Ryan O’Neill (All Stars Team); Chris Jalbert (Extreme Team); Victoria Amadio (Team Unity)

Gr. 8: Joe Almeida (Team Aviators); Rebecca Mitchell (Team Evolution); Allie Elliot (Team Unity)

We are unable to honor parent scheduling requests for students to have particular teachers/teams for the 2010-2011 school year. All of our teachers/teams are highly qualified and we consider all teams to be equitable.