Inside Story 3 Inside Story 4 Inside Story Northeastern Randolph Middle School MAY 9, 2016 VOLUME 2 ISSUE 39 The Husky Navigator Our Best on the Road to Success... Contact Us! Principal: Dana Albright Johnson, [email protected]Assistant Principals: Ralph Jarrett, [email protected]Jeff Minton, [email protected]3943 Ramseur Julian Road, Liberty, NC, 27298 phone 336.622.5808 fax 336.622.5868 Website: http://nerms.randolph.k12.nc.us/ Thanks for voting Northeastern M.S. Randolph County’s 2015 Best Middle School In the Courier- Tribune’s Readers’ Choice Poll! Proctors Needed for EOGs If you are able to volunteer one or more mornings beginning May 24th to help proctor year end tests please contact Ms. S. Hunt at: 622-5808 or e-mail: [email protected]THANK YOU! Research Scientist Visits Northeastern Classes Through an application process, Mrs. Gales' classes were chosen to participate in NC Science Festival's Invite a Scientist program. Our visiting scientist was Wesley Swords who is a graduate research scientist at UNC-Chapel Hill. His re- search focuses on dye-sensitized solar cells. Stu- dents had a lot of fun learning about what it is like to be a research scientist. They asked great questions about college as well as graduate de- grees and what a research lab is like. Mr. Swords brought materials for students to create their own dye-sensitized solar cells that worked! All 3 Grades Speed Past One Year of Growth! +153 6th Grade +153 +125 +112 7th Grade 8th Grade All three grade levels exceeded 1 year of lex- ile growth by the end of the 3rd quarter. 100 points is considered one year of growth. Combining quality classroom instruction with the use of Achieve 3000 is putting NE stu- dents in the driver’s seat for End of Grade Tests. GREAT JOB STUDENTS AND TEACHERS!
Proctors Needed for EOGs If you are able to volunteer one or more mornings beginning May 24th to help proctor year end tests please contact Ms. S. Hunt at: 622-5808 or e-mail: [email protected]
THANK YOU!
Research Scientist Visits Northeastern Classes
Through an application process, Mrs. Gales'
classes were chosen to participate in NC Science
Festival's Invite a Scientist program. Our visiting
scientist was Wesley Swords who is a graduate
research scientist at UNC-Chapel Hill. His re-
search focuses on dye-sensitized solar cells. Stu-
dents had a lot of fun learning about what it is like
to be a research scientist. They asked great
questions about college as well as graduate de-
grees and what a research lab is like. Mr. Swords
brought materials for students to create their own
dye-sensitized solar cells that worked!
All 3 Grades Speed Past One Year of Growth!
+153
6th Grade
+153 +125 +112
7th Grade 8th Grade
All three grade levels exceeded 1 year of lex-ile growth by the end of the 3rd quarter. 100 points is considered one year of growth. Combining quality classroom instruction with the use of Achieve 3000 is putting NE stu-dents in the driver’s seat for End of Grade Tests. GREAT JOB STUDENTS AND TEACHERS!
Warm Weather Ahead As the weather heats up, please remem-ber the expectation for school appropri-ate dress remains in place. We never want to have to call you to bring a change of clothes to school for your child, so please help us to maintain the standard of school appropriate dress for all. A link to the RCSS Student Handbook (dress code) follows:
May is Teacher Appreciation Month! A kind word and a thank you are a great way to show your appreciation of a NE staff mem-ber. Help us collect kind words for our teachers by completing the form at the ad-dress below so we can share some pats on the back with our teachers during the month.
http://goo.gl/forms/MswMHtG4Fp
NATIONAL SCHOOL BUS SAFETY WEEK POSTER CONTEST
Rules for the 2016 poster contest have been posted on the School Bus Safety Web site. The contest is open to students in grades K-8. More information is available at:
www.ncbussafety.org/Poster The theme this year is “# STOP ON RED” The deadline for submission to the state (through your transportation department) is May 20, 2016.
April Perfect Attendance Winner
Congratulations to Harrison Thorpe our April Perfect Attendance Winner. For his efforts, he was awarded a $20 Cinemark Theaters gift card.
FFA Banquet
Check out immunization requirements for 7th graders at the end of e-News.
Participation Reward
Media Specialist Jack Embree was awarded an iPad Mini in a drawing of staff who attended PTO meetings this year. We appreciate everything our PTO does for NE!
Please pay all cafeteria charges by Friday, May 27th.
NO charges will be permitted after the 27th.
It takes us some time to collect all money owed to the cafeteria and so students should plan to bring payment in the form of cash or check beginning Tuesday, May 31st. Thanks for your help! - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Price Changes for 2016-2017 Middle School
Breakfast: $1.25 Lunch: $ 2.35
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Proctors are needed for all year end tests. If you can help for one or more test sessions please call recep-tionist Ms. S. Hunt at:
Friday, May 27th Testing begins Tuesday, May 24th. We
cannot disrupt state testing sessions for early sign outs. Please plan accordingly and do not plan for early sign outs prior to 12:15 beginning Tuesday, May 24th.
To participate in the 8th grade dance, all fines, fees, and other obligations must be settled prior to Monday, May 16th. This includes school fees, ath-letic uniforms, candy money, lost textbooks and lost library books.
Please find the proctor volunteer form at the end of e-News
Parents are invited in 6-6:15 pm to see the decor, take photos, etc.
Students have been informed of behavior ex-pectations for the opportunity to participate.
We want all of our students to partici-
pate! Formal attire is NOT required! (It's not the prom, but we know you will want to look nice!)
How you can help? We need any size canned drinks and
bottled water. We also invite Walmart card donations
for other refreshments. Drop off all donations at Ms. Becky Brady's room. Questions? Contact her at : [email protected] or 336-622-5808 x615. Please note that some 8th grade students will be taking the science end-of-grade exam on that day and we expect all of our students to be with us on campus until at least 12:15. Please plan accordingly!
8th Grade Dance - Important Info
Year End Testing Begins
Tuesday, May 24th
We cannot disrupt state testing sessions for early sign outs. Please plan accordingly… Avoid early sign outs prior to 12:15 beginning Tues., May 24th.
Northeastern toppled Randleman by a score of 4-0. Scoring for NE were Brynne Ingram on a breakaway and Olivia Tuck with a penalty kick. NE will play their final game of the season at Super Saturday at NAMS.
NE 0 - SAMS 4
SAMS shut out NE 4-0 last week. Despite the loss, providing leaders for Northeastern were Kirsten Hicks on defense, at midfield Taylor Waugh and on offense were Brynne Ingram and Saray Morales.
Northeastern Randolph
MS Athletic Banquet Thursday, May 26th, Gymnasium
Doors Open 5:15pm
Meal Service Starting at 5:30pm
Awards Ceremony Starting at 6:00pm
The Banquet is free to student athletes, managers
and coaches.
$12.00 for adults attending the meal
$8.50 for children attending the meal
RSVP by Tuesday, May 17th to Coach Benbow
Sponsored by NE Boosters
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and its length. It’s recom-
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First of all, I would like to thank you so much for your interest in volunteering at NERMS! It really does “take a village” to meet the needs of our children, and NERMS is definitely a better place because of the community support it receives!
As you may know, we have end-of-year testing right around the corner, and we are very much in need of proc-tors. We are required to have a proctor in each testing session with the staff member who administers the test. On math and reading days (June 1st and 2nd) we should have about 36 testing sites each day. That is about the size of our faculty, so without volunteers we don’t have enough staff members to put a proctor in each room and a hall monitor or two in each hall. For science testing (May 26/May 27) we anticipate having about 25 test-ing sites, so we will be in a similar situation---25 teachers administering tests while at least 8 stay with classes of students who are not testing on that day. Without you, we really can’t get this done!
I am hoping that you can proctor for one or all three of those dates. I am offering the required proctor training at different times throughout the day on Friday, May 13th. What I hope to accomplish with this letter is to get the dates to you, let you check your calendar to confirm availability, get back to me with specific dates you are will-ing to proctor, and let me know which training session you can attend (or give me an alternate training date/time). Here are a few things to consider when making your decisions:
1. Proctor training is very casual and only lasts about 20 minutes. 2. Proctors and hall monitors are usually needed between 7:40 and 11:00 or 11:30 on testing days. 3. We do everything we can to replace volunteers with staff members as testing wraps up in various rooms so that you can leave as soon as possible. (Please let me know if there is a specific time you have to leave.) 4. The primary job of a proctor is to witness the testing administration process and do little things like hand out pencils and monitor students as they test. The actual testing process is the responsibility of the teacher in the room who was trained to administer the test. 5. Proctors cannot work in rooms where teachers or students are relatives. 6. We prefer to have the same proctors in the same rooms throughout testing, but if you can only volunteer one or two of the days, we appreciate the time and we can work with that.
On May 13th, I have proctor training sessions at four different times throughout the day, but I will accommodate other needs as well.
Please reply with what date(s) you are able to proctor (May 26, 27, and June 1st & 2nd) and what time (7:40, 12:15, 2:30 or 5:30) you can be here for proctor training on May 13th. If May 13th does not work for you, please send alternate dates/times so that we can find a time that works for us both.
Thank you so much for your willingness to help during this time that can be so stressful for students and teach-ers. It truly makes a difference!
With gratitude, Jeff Minton, NERMS Testing Coordinator
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I need an alternate proctor training day of (include dates and times requested) ________________________.
_________I have a volunteer application on file in the office.
_________I need an application. (Applications can be found at the end of the Husky Navigator and also in the front office.)
