NEWSLETTERS
February, 2010 Dr. Richard Drolet
The Principal’s Corner richard.drolet@cumberlandschools.org
We are now officially halfway through the school year! Here is some updated school-wide information:
Congratulations to our December (2009) Students of the Month: Kate Foley (Tie-Dye Team – gr. 6); Kaitlyn Hamilton (Pioneer Team – gr. 6); Tyler Calabro (All Star Team – gr. 7); Kyle Benoit (Extreme Team – gr. 7); Alan Sprang (Team Aviators – gr. 8); Emily Hill (Team Evolution – gr. 8); Thomas Paoletti (Team Unity – gr. 6); Matthew Vallee (Team Unity – gr. 7); Meaghan Bessette (Team Unity – gr. 8)
The last day of the 2nd quarter was Friday, Jan. 29th, 2010. 2nd Quarter Report Cards were mailed home on Thursday, Feb. 4th, 2010. Please contact your child’s guidance counselor for a copy of the Report Card if you do not receive one by Monday, Feb. 8th, 2010.
Our Student Council will be sponsoring a Winter Dance for all students on Friday, Feb. 5th, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Tickets were sold the week of Jan. 25th.
We should receive your students’ Fall 2009 NECAP results soon. We will mail your child’s individual NECAP test score results home in our next 3rd quarter progress report March mailing (if they are not already included in this mailing). On a related note, we are happy to report that
We are pleased to announce that we will be rolling out iParent soon! Teachers are currently receiving training in using iGradebook. Your iParent Access Key will be mailed to you with our next mailing, the 3rd Quarter Progress Reports, in mid-March. At that time you will be able to see your students’ grades live once you register online. Please e-mail Mrs. Holmes donna.holmes@cumberlandschools.org or call her at 333-6306 with any iParent questions in the future.
The February Parent Coffee Hour will be held on Friday, Feb. 26th, from 9-10 a.m. All parents are welcome to attend.
NCMS Teacher of the Year 2010 – All members of the NCMS community (staff members, students, and parents) can submit nominations. Please forward a one page (250 words or less) essay explaining why you feel the nominee should be the 2009-2010 NCMS Teacher of the Year. Nominations are due by the end of March.
Congratulations to Edward Kwiatkowski (gr. 8) for winning our school-wide Geography Bee; also congratulations to Chase Boni (gr. 7), who was our Geography Bee runner-up. Eddie will represent NCMS in the future at the state-wide competition.
Congratulations also go out to our school Spelling Bee finalists. The winners from each grade level are: Virginia Cafferky (gr. 6); Nicholas Vo (gr. 7); and Samuel Ackerman (gr. 8). These students will compete in the District-wide Spelling Bee here at
Congratulations to all of our hard-working students who made honors for the 2nd quarter. We will have our 2nd quarter Honors Assemblies for each grade soon to recognize these students.
Attention Parents of 7th Grade Students: The school dentist will be coming to
Our 8th grade History Fair will take place here in the cafeteria and gymnasium on Tuesday evening, March 23rd, from 5 - 6:30 p.m. The History Fair packet was e-mailed to all parents on the ListServ. 8th grade students have also received the packets in their respective 8th grade social studies/history classes. Please contact Mr. Therien, Mrs. Mailloux, or Mrs. Sarah McLellan (8th grade social studies/history teachers) if you are interested in being a judge. Parents are invited at 7:30 p.m. to hear the winners announced.
Our Variety Show will be held on Friday, April 9th, at 6:30 p.m. in the CHS auditorium this year. Students have already had the opportunity to audition/practice for the Variety Show. Please contact Mrs. Emery rachel.emery@cumberlandschools.org with any questions concerning the Variety Show.
We are pleased to announce that Mrs. Patty Lambrou will be the long-term substitute guidance counselor for Mrs. Dubois (for students with last names L-Z). Mrs. Dubois should be back from her medical leave in May or June. Mrs. Lambrou may be e-mailed at patricia.lambrou@cumberlandschools.org or feel free to call her anytime here at school.
Our wonderful PTO has a new website. The web address is: http://sites.google.com/site/ncmspto. Please visit it soon!
If you are interested in sponsoring a book for our school's library, please return a completed "Sponsor a Book Program" form (hard copies recently went home with students and the forms are also attached to a recent ListServ e-mail I sent out) with a check made out to NCMS PTO. As a book sponsor, your child will be the first student to borrow that book from the library when it arrives! Please e-mail our PTO President, Liane Czirjak, with any questions about the Sponsor a Book Program program, at lianeczi@cox.net
January, 2010 Dr. Richard Drolet
The Principal’s Corner richard.drolet@cumberlandschools.org
Happy Holidays and Happy New Year! Thank you for your continued support in education. Looking ahead, here’s some school-wide information for the month of January:
Congratulations to our November Students of the Month:
Gr. 6: William Davock (Tie-Dye Team); Sean Bradley (Pinoeer Team)
Gr. 7: Molly Helms (All Stars Team); Hana Nuay (Extreme Team); Sarah Arribas (Team Unity)
Gr. 8: Allie Hemenway (Team Aviators); Erin Rosa (Team Evolution); Hailey Dodge (Team Unity)
December Students of the Month will be announced soon!
Congratulations to our Band members and Mr. Bowser for a great
On Thursday, Jan. 7th, there will be a blood drive at NCMS from 2:00 to 6:00 p.m. The blood drive is being coordinated by our school nurse-teacher, Ms. Lynn Kelly, in conjunction with the
The annual 8th grade trip to
The January Parent Coffee Hour will be held on Thursday, Jan. 28th, from 8-9 a.m. All parents are welcome to attend.
The Winter Book Fair is set to begin on Monday, Jan. 25th, 2010, and will run through Wednesday, Feb. 3rd, 2010. The book fair will be coordinated by Mrs. Anne Oldmixon, our school librarian/media specialist, with the help of our wonderful PTO volunteers.
The last day of the 2nd quarter is Friday, Jan. 29th, 2010. 2nd Quarter Report Cards will be mailed home on Thursday, Feb. 4th, 2010. Please contact your child’s guidance counselor for a copy of the Report Card if you do not receive one by Monday, Feb. 8th, 2010.
You should receive your students’ Fall 2009 NECAP results in the mail soon. These state testing results usually arrive in late January/early February each year.
NCMS Teacher of the Year 2010 – All members of the NCMS community (staff members, students, and parents) can submit nominations. Please forward a one page (250 words or less) essay explaining why you feel the nominee should be the 2009-2010 NCMS Teacher of the Year. Nominations are due by the end of March, 2010.
DECEMBER NEWSLETTER:
Happy Holidays! Here’s some school-wide information for the month of December:
Congratulations to our October Students of the Month:
Gr. 6: Margaret Brochu (Tie-Dye Team); Virginia Cafferky (Pinoeer Team); Amy Laverty (Team Unity)
Gr. 7: Alden Leso (All Stars Team); Scott Smith (Extreme Team); Brendan Nigro (Team Unity)
Gr. 8: Kevin Seaver (Team Aviators); Jake Sotis (Team Evolution); Jamie Pelletier (Team Unity)
2nd quarter progress reports will be mailed home the week of December 21st. These Progress Reports will reflect mid-quarter grades for the core academic subjects (math, science, social studies, and English/language arts) and they will also include final grades for 1st “trimester” Unified Arts classes, which will end on Dec. 4th (tech ed/family and consumer science/art/PE/health). The 2nd trimester for Unified Arts classes will begin on Dec. 7th.
Student Council concludes a very successful food drive for needy members of our community tomorrow. Thank you for all of your canned good and non-perishable food item donations!
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he NCMS Band under the direction of Mr. Paul Bowser will be hosting their Holiday Concert on Dec. 17th at 7:00 p.m. in the NCMS gymnasium.
Due to the short month, there will not be a December Parent Coffee meeting. The next one will be held at the end of January.
NCMS Teacher of the Year 2010 – All members of the NCMS community (staff members, students, and parents) can submit nominations. Please forward a one page (250 words or less) essay explaining why you feel the nominee should be the 2009-2010 NCMS Teacher of the Year.
The Winter Book Fair is set to begin on Monday, Jan. 25th, 2010, and will run through Wednesday, Feb. 3rd, 2010. The book fair will be coordinated by Mrs. Anne Oldmixon, our school librarian/media specialist, with the help of our wonderful PTO volunteers.
Our winter sports (boy’s basketball, girl’s basketball, wrestling, cheerleading) are about to start their 2009-2010 seasons. We wish them healthy and successful seasons!
November, 2009 Dr. Richard Drolet
The Principal’s Corner richard.drolet@cumberlandschools.org
Here’s some information for the month of November:
The Wellness Company, through the R.I. Dept. of Health, will be administering the H1N1 vaccine to students here on Tuesday morning, Nov. 10th. If you are interested in this flu vaccine for your child, please make sure you have submitted the parent permission slip which was mailed to you by the Dept. of Health in mid-October. Additional information and permission slips can be found on the RI Dept. of Health website, as well as the school and district websites. Please contact our school nurse/teacher, Ms. Kelly, with any related questions.
On Tuesday evening, Nov. 10th, our PTO will be sponsoring “Family Portrait Night.” Please come with your family anytime from 5-9 p.m to get a great and inexpensive ($10) professional family portrait/pictures in time for the holidays.
The first quarter closes on Friday, Nov. 6th. First quarter Report Cards for the first quarter marking period will be mailed home on Fri, Nov. 13th.
Please contact your child’s guidance counselor for a copy if you do not receive one in the mail by Wed, Nov. 18th.
NECAP testing ended two weeks ago. Individual student results will be mailed home to you as soon as we receive them in late January/early February.
Parent/Teacher Conference nights are approaching. Conferences will be from 6:30-8:30 p.m. The first night will be Thursday, Nov. 19th. The second night will be Wednesday, Dec. 2nd. Other parent/teaching meeting times may be designated by the teams. You will have received your child's 1st quarter report card in the mail prior to these nights. All core curricular teams should be communicaitng with you in the near future to either have you sign up for a time slot or let you know how they will be administering the Parent/Teacher Conferences. All other Team Unity teachers (art, tech ed, family/consumer science, library, PE/health, guidance, foreign language) will be available to meet with you on either night in the cafeteria (except Mr. Bowser, who will only be here on the first night, Nov. 19th). Special education teachers should be availble to meet with you on both of these nights as well.
We will host our November Parent Coffee Hour on Monday, November 23rd at 10 a.m. in our school library. Please let me know ahead of time if you plan on attending.
Congratulations to the following September “Students of the Month!”
Gr. 6: Brandon Krobath (Tie-Dye); Salvatore Ciolino (Pinoeers & Team Unity)
Gr. 7: Allison Mosichuk (All Stars); Caitlyn Pratt (Extreme); Alvin Krawiec (Unity)
Gr. 8: Elena Rittling (Aviators); Jake Waxgiser (Evolution); Hannah Tavares (Unity) Students are nominated by their teams of teachers for being exemplary students who serve as peer role models. Our October Students of the Month will be named soon.
Our Fall sports teams had great seasons. Mrs. Rachel Emery led a group of fantastic girls soccer players; Mr. Anthony Silva coached our boys soccer team to an undefeated season; and Mrs. Kerrie Carpenter led our boys and girls cross-country teams both to 2nd place in the their division and then the boys placed 4th and the girls placed 2nd overall in the state championship meet.
Our winter sports athletes are busy preparing for their upcoming seasons. All of our winter sports teams will be led by returning coaches: Wrestling will be under the direction of Coach Steve Gorman; Girls’ Basketball will be under the direction of Coach Elizabeth Shields; Boys’ Basketball will be under the direction of Coach Jack Madden; and our Cheerleading Program will be under the direction of Coaches Heather Jarry and Ellie Dwyer. Good luck to all of our winter sports athletes and coaches!
*No school on Veteran’s Day: There will be no school for students on Wednesday, Nov. 11th (Veteran’s Day), and Thurs & Fri, Nov. 26th & 27th (Thanksgiving Break).
October, 2009 Mr. Drolet
The Principal’s Corner richard.drolet@cumberlandschools.org
It’s October, which means it is NECAP testing month! Here’s some information for the month of October:
Our late bus started this week on Sept. 28th. It will arrive to NCMS each Monday and Wednesday afternoon to bring any student home who stays after school on a Monday or Wednesday. The late bus pick up time is 3:15 p.m. Students must have a signed pass from the staff member with whom they stayed after in order to ride the late bus. There will not be a late bus on the 3rd Wednesday of each month due to teacher meetings.
The Drama Club will now start to meet on Friday afternoons until 4 p.m. The Drama Club is coordinated through our PTO and will once again work in conjunction with Trinity Rep. Student generated performances will be presented in the Spring. Thanks to Mr. Andraly Horn for coordinating our Drama program!
NECAP (New England Common Assessment Program) testing will take place this month. The tests will be administered to students during the weeks of October 5th, 13th, and 19th. We ask for your support in getting your students to school on time and avoiding the scheduling of appointments, especially during the mornings, during these aforementioned weeks. It is also important to make sure that our students are well-rested and have eaten a healthy breakfast (no sugary foods, like sugar cereal or Pop Tarts). In the future, these test results will be mailed home to you and they will be analyzed by teachers and school administration; the data from these high-stakes tests will also be used to assist us with placing students. All students are tested in mathematics and reading, and 8th grade students will also be tested in writing.
Progress Reports for core classes for the first quarter marking period should be mailed home October 14th. Please contact your child’s guidance counselor for a copy if you do not receive one by Saturday, October 17th. The first quarter will close on Friday, November 6th.
Student Council elections will be held shortly. Each homeroom will elect one representative that will serve on the Student Council for the 2009-2010 school year. In addition, there will be two at-large members chosen from each grade. Our student council members coordinate many activities such as school dances, Spirit Week, and various fundraising drives for charity.
We will host our October Parent Coffee Hour on Tuesday, October 27th, from 9-10 a.m. The theme for the October meeting will focus on NECAP testing, but there will also be time for any questions you might have to be addressed by myself or Mr. Masterson. Please let me know if you plan on attending. Thank you for your continued support in educating students at NCMS.
We have scheduled our two Parent/Teacher Conference nights. Conferences will be from 6:30-8:30 p.m. The first night will be Thursday, Nov. 19. The second night will be Wednesday, Dec. 2nd. You will have received your child's 1st quarter report card in the mail prior to these nights. Many teams of teachers might choose to hold team conferences in which you can have a little more time meeting with the whole team of teachers instead of meeting with the teachers individually. You will hear from the team of teachers ahead of time to schedule times on one of these two nights. If you do not hear from the team of teachers for you to schedule an individial team conference, parents of students with the last name beginning with the letter A-K should come on Nov. 19th, while parents of students with the last name beginning with the letter L-Z should come on Dec. 2nd.