|
Principal's Message
Good Afternoon, Parents and Guardians.
Happy Mother's Day! I hope you all will be having a special day being celebrated by family and loved ones. Monday, we will be bringing more students back to campus. Those of you whose child will be joining us, should have received another email from me this morning. Remember, you can't just bring your child to school without first completing the survey. So, if you didn't get a notice, your child cannot begin on Monday.
The days are hot now. We have given water bottles to each of the students back on campus. Please make sure that your child brings their water bottle to school each day. We have a bottle refill station on campus, but due to COVID restrictions we don't have water fountains. The water bottles are important. If they have lost them, you can swing by the dollar store and pick one up for a dollar.
If you have questions, please reach out to our office staff at NMSvirtual@natomasunified.org.
In the spirit of service,
|
|
|
8th Grade Promotion!!!
Our 8th grade promotion this year will take place on June 10, 2021. We will need to split our students into two promotion ceremonies due to COVID restrictions. The first ceremony will be at 1:00PM and the second at 4:00PM. Below is link to a survey to get your preference for which ceremony you want to have your child participate in. This will be a first come first serve process. Those who respond first will get their choice. Once the first ceremony is filled, everyone else will be placed in the second ceremony. Don't delay in filling out the survey.
|
|
|
|
THIS WEEK'S HAPPENINGS AT NMS
- Monday, May 10
- SSC Meeting, 3:30-4:30, Zoom
- Tuesday, May 11
- Wednesday, May 12
- Thursday, May 13
- Gaming Club, 3:35 - 4:15 Contact Mr. Stone
- NMS International Club 3:35 - 4:15 PM Contact Mrs. SantaMaria
- GIRLS WHO CODE- 3:35- 4:15 ZOOM
- Friday, May 14
- Chess Club. Contact Mrs. Rocha - krocha@natomasunified.org for meeting information
|
|
|
|
INSTRUMENT RETURN
Parents of NMS Musicians, save the date. On Wednesday, May 26th from 4-6 pm, we are holding an Instrument Return Night. Further details to follow.
|
|
|
|
|
HOW TO PROPERLY WEAR A MASK
For the mask to be the most effective, it must fit as snugly as possible to the face, covering the chin, mouth and nose up to the nose bridge. The mask should not be below the nose or worn at the tip of their nose. The mask should fit tightly against the face.
STUDENTS WHO REPEATEDLY DO NOT WEAR THEIR MASK AT ALL OR CORRECTLY WILL BE REMOVED FROM IN-PERSON LEARNING AND PLACED BACK ON DISTANCE LEARNING.
|
|
|
Community Message for Self-Screening
As we continue to transition children to return to our school campuses, we wanted to share some helpful resources.
-
Screen-at-Home Checklist: All schools in Sacramento County are participating in the Screen-at-Home Campaign. This is an important part of keeping our schools safe and healthy. Please remember to take your child’s temperature each morning and screen for COVID-19 symptoms prior to coming to school. If the following apply, do not come to school:
-
Temperature (at or above 100.1 degrees), cough, shortness of breath, headache, sore throat, congestion/runny nose, new loss of taste or smell, fatigue, muscle or body aches, nausea or vomiting, diarrhea
-
When to Stay Home - Symptoms Checklist
COVID-19 Testing: Natomas Unified School District is offering free COVID-19 testing to ALL students, staff and families every Tuesday at the Natomas Unified School District Service Center located at 1931 Arena Blvd, Sacramento, CA 95834. Click here to register for a COVID-19 test.
|
|
|
Mensaje para la Comunidad para la Autoevaluación
Mientras continuamos con la transición de los niños para volver a nuestros campus escolares, queríamos compartir algunos recursos útiles.
Lista de verificación de la Evaluación en el Hogar: Todas las escuelas del condado de Sacramento están participando en la campaña "Evaluación-en-el-Hogar". Esta es una parte importante para mantener nuestras escuelas seguras y saludables. Por favor, recuerde tomar la temperatura de su hijo todas las mañanas y revisar los síntomas de COVID-19 antes de venir a la escuela. Si lo siguiente le aplica, no venga a la escuela:
-
Temperatura (igual o superior a 100.1 grados), tos, dificultad para respirar, dolor de cabeza, dolor de garganta, congestión o secreción nasal, nueva pérdida del gusto o del olfato, fatiga, dolores musculares o corporales, náuseas o vómitos, diarrea
-
Cuándo quedarse en casa - Revise la lista de verificación de síntomas
Prueba de COVID-19: El Distrito Escolar Unificado de Natomas está ofreciendo pruebas gratuitas de COVID-19 a TODOS los estudiantes, personal y familias todos los martes en el Centro de Servicios del Distrito Escolar Unificado de Natomas ubicado en 1931 Arena Blvd, Sacramento, CA 95834. Haga clic aquí para registrarse para una prueba de COVID-19.
|
|
|
ENSURING YOUR CHILD'S SUCCESS IN DISTANCE LEARNING
Here are some tips to help your child succeed during distance learning.
- Make it a norm in your home to have your student attend class daily with video on. We cannot ensure your child is learning if we cannot ensure they are there. Many turn off their video and don't respond when called on, indicating they are not there.
- Make sure your child is out of bed, sitting up in a quiet place. Please do your best to remove distractions from around your child during the school day.
- Check your child's Google Classroom daily for assignments, work returned, and missing work. Seeing that they submitted an assignment is not enough. Too many students are submitting blank assignments to give the appearance that they did the work or submitting partially done work. Incomplete work will be returned by the teachers.
- If your child is struggling, have them attend teacher office hours for support. All teachers have one hour of office hours daily immediately after school.
- Sign your child up for additional tutoring through the after school program or NUSD virtual tutoring program. (see message below)
If you can ensure these things are happening, our teachers can better support your child's learning. As always, feel free to reach out to your child's teacher or an admin if you need assistance.
|
|
|
|
Bullying Prevention Newsletter (V1, Issue 7)
Bullying Prevention happens all year long. To continue to stimulate dialogue around bullying prevention, another issue of the Bullying Prevention Newsletter (V1, Issue 7) is available to inform students, parents, and staff of bullying prevention resources and information.
|
|
|
|
MASTERS AFTER SCHOOL EXTENDED LEARNING PROGRAM
The Masters After School Program offers tutoring for students in need. After school supervision is provided until 6pm. To sign up, click the following link, After School Program Application.
|
|
|
|
NUSD VIRTUAL TUTORING AND WELLNESS SERVICES
NUSD Virtual Tutoring and Wellness Services offers support for students, which includes general tutoring and academic supports. Support is available in ELA, math, science, social science, and world languages. Sessions are offered in 30-minute increments. To sign up for an appointment click the link, VTWC.
Also, encourage 8th graders only to attend the Mentoring meetings on Thursday. Please reach out to APs at mkhasimuddin@natomasunified.org and jthomas@natomasunified.org. We can connect your 8th graders with IHS Mentors/ Tutors.
|
|
|
|
Appointments no longer needed. Simply register at COLOR and come when convenient between 10-12:30 and 2-5:30
|
|
|
VIRTUAL OFFICE
Our physical school office is closed due to COVID-19. We have set up a virtual office for those of you in need of support. You can email our office staff at NMSvirtual@natomasunified.org. Someone will respond to you in order to answer your questions. You can also still call the office line at (916) 567-5540, it will be transferred to a staff member.
|
|
|
CLICK ON THE IMAGE ABOVE The Digital Backpack is a place where you can go to access any resource you will need to navigate the school year virtually. There you will find communication from the principal and the district, academic support links, applications for free/reduced lunch, school calendar, technology guides, mental health support, and much more. Check it out! It's a tremendous resource.
|
|
|
INFINITE CAMPUS
IF YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY DONE SO, GET SIGNED UP FOR INFINITE CAMPUS TODAY!
The following is the account creation process for parents/guardians:
- Each Monday, NUSD will generate Portal usernames and passwords for new parent/guardians. An activation notice with the URL, username, and password will be sent to the parent/guardian at the email address they have on file in Infinite Campus (comes from donotreply...check your spam).
- These activation notices expire each week, so new activation notices will also be sent each Monday to existing users who have not yet activated their accounts. If you don't get a notice, that means you already have an established account.
- Parents/guardians will be prompted to set a new password and to establish security settings so that they can reset a forgotten password.
|
|
|
New IC Mobile Apps
I have been told that not everyone is successful in activating the new Infinite Campus application. Everyone not on Infinite Campus should have received an activation email last week. You will receive one weekly as long as you are not on Infinite Campus. Check your spam if you do not see it. That email will contain your activation code.
If you are having trouble you may need to change your password. Here is the link to change your password. If you are still having issues, please contact our IC help desk at: (916)567-5819 or email them at icportal@natomasunified.org.
Download the new app today. Instructions linked here. |
|
|
|
|
|
CDC HAND WASHING VIDEO
|
|
Follow NMS on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/ThePantherWay and @natomasmiddleschool on Facebook.
See what is going on at NMS daily; classrooms, events, students...
|
|
|
|
Principal's Message
Good Afternoon, Parents and Guardians.
Thank you to all of you who got school supplies for your children. We have seen many more of our scholars show up with the right equipment to succeed this week. Trust me it makes a difference. I have a couple more things I would like each of you to help us out with.
One of the reasons many of our scholars struggled during the distance learning period was lack of organization skills. To support organization skills, at NMS have always given the students a daily planner to write what they did in the class that day and their homework for that night. We have each student who returned to campus a planner on day one. Please check your students planner each night to ensure they have completed it.
Lastly, it is getting hot outside. Keeping our students hydrated is important. Due to COVID safety procedures, we don't have water fountains on campus this year. We do have a water fill station on campus, so that students can fill up water bottles. We gave each student on campus a water bottle (white with blue top). Many of our students are forgetting to bring them daily. Please remind your child to bring their water bottle or one of their own to school daily.
If you have questions, please reach out to our office staff at NMSvirtual@natomasunified.org.
In the spirit of service,
|
|
|
8th Grade Parents!!!
I sent an email with a survey for 8th grade promotion. Due to COVID restrictions, we need to social distance the promotion ceremony and possible have two ceremonies. I need to know ASAP if you are planning on having your child attend the in-person promotion ceremony. Please respond to this survey ASAP.
If you have already taking the survey, Thank You! Please do not respond again. One response per student.
|
|
|
|
THIS WEEK'S HAPPENINGS AT NMS
- Monday, May 3
- Tuesday, May 4
- Wednesday, May 5
- Thursday, May 6
- Gaming Club, 3:35 - 4:15 Contact Mr. Stone
- NMS International Club 3:35 - 4:15 PM Contact Mrs. SantaMaria
- GIRLS WHO CODE- 3:35- 4:15 ZOOM
- 8th Grade Mentoring with IHS scholars at 2:30. Invite sent by email. Contact APs for information.
- Friday, May 7
- Chess Club. Contact Mrs. Rocha - krocha@natomasunified.org for meeting information
|
|
|
|
NMS LATE BUS
Last week, we sent out an email advising of restarting our late bus. We sent out a survey asking for interest in the late bus. We only got one response back. So at this time, we are putting the late bus on hold until there is more interest.
If you are interested in having your child stay for 2:00-3:00PM for After School Tutoring, please complete this survey, indicating on which days your child will stay after school.
As a reminder, there are only 25 spots on the late bus. They are given away each week on a first come first served basis according to our responses on the above survey.
|
|
|
|
|
|
HOW TO PROPERLY WEAR A MASK
For the mask to be the most effective, it must fit as snugly as possible to the face, covering the chin, mouth and nose up to the nose bridge. The mask should not be below the nose or worn at the tip of their nose. The mask should fit tightly against the face.
STUDENTS WHO REPEATEDLY DO NOT WEAR THEIR MASK AT ALL OR CORRECTLY WILL BE REMOVED FROM IN-PERSON LEARNING AND PLACED BACK ON DISTANCE LEARNING.
|
|
|
Community Message for Self-Screening
As we continue to transition children to return to our school campuses, we wanted to share some helpful resources.
-
Screen-at-Home Checklist: All schools in Sacramento County are participating in the Screen-at-Home Campaign. This is an important part of keeping our schools safe and healthy. Please remember to take your child’s temperature each morning and screen for COVID-19 symptoms prior to coming to school. If the following apply, do not come to school:
-
Temperature (at or above 100.1 degrees), cough, shortness of breath, headache, sore throat, congestion/runny nose, new loss of taste or smell, fatigue, muscle or body aches, nausea or vomiting, diarrhea
-
When to Stay Home - Symptoms Checklist
COVID-19 Testing: Natomas Unified School District is offering free COVID-19 testing to ALL students, staff and families every Tuesday at the Natomas Unified School District Service Center located at 1931 Arena Blvd, Sacramento, CA 95834. Click here to register for a COVID-19 test.
|
|
|
Mensaje para la Comunidad para la Autoevaluación
Mientras continuamos con la transición de los niños para volver a nuestros campus escolares, queríamos compartir algunos recursos útiles.
Lista de verificación de la Evaluación en el Hogar: Todas las escuelas del condado de Sacramento están participando en la campaña "Evaluación-en-el-Hogar". Esta es una parte importante para mantener nuestras escuelas seguras y saludables. Por favor, recuerde tomar la temperatura de su hijo todas las mañanas y revisar los síntomas de COVID-19 antes de venir a la escuela. Si lo siguiente le aplica, no venga a la escuela:
-
Temperatura (igual o superior a 100.1 grados), tos, dificultad para respirar, dolor de cabeza, dolor de garganta, congestión o secreción nasal, nueva pérdida del gusto o del olfato, fatiga, dolores musculares o corporales, náuseas o vómitos, diarrea
-
Cuándo quedarse en casa - Revise la lista de verificación de síntomas
Prueba de COVID-19: El Distrito Escolar Unificado de Natomas está ofreciendo pruebas gratuitas de COVID-19 a TODOS los estudiantes, personal y familias todos los martes en el Centro de Servicios del Distrito Escolar Unificado de Natomas ubicado en 1931 Arena Blvd, Sacramento, CA 95834. Haga clic aquí para registrarse para una prueba de COVID-19.
|
|
|
ENSURING YOUR CHILD'S SUCCESS IN DISTANCE LEARNING
Here are some tips to help your child succeed during distance learning.
- Make it a norm in your home to have your student attend class daily with video on. We cannot ensure your child is learning if we cannot ensure they are there. Many turn off their video and don't respond when called on, indicating they are not there.
- Make sure your child is out of bed, sitting up in a quiet place. Please do your best to remove distractions from around your child during the school day.
- Check your child's Google Classroom daily for assignments, work returned, and missing work. Seeing that they submitted an assignment is not enough. Too many students are submitting blank assignments to give the appearance that they did the work or submitting partially done work. Incomplete work will be returned by the teachers.
- If your child is struggling, have them attend teacher office hours for support. All teachers have one hour of office hours daily immediately after school.
- Sign your child up for additional tutoring through the after school program or NUSD virtual tutoring program. (see message below)
If you can ensure these things are happening, our teachers can better support your child's learning. As always, feel free to reach out to your child's teacher or an admin if you need assistance.
|
|
|
|
Bullying Prevention Newsletter (V1, Issue 7)
Bullying Prevention happens all year long. To continue to stimulate dialogue around bullying prevention, another issue of the Bullying Prevention Newsletter (V1, Issue 7) is available to inform students, parents, and staff of bullying prevention resources and information.
|
|
|
|
MASTERS AFTER SCHOOL EXTENDED LEARNING PROGRAM
The Masters After School Program offers tutoring for students in need. After school supervision is provided until 6pm. To sign up, click the following link, After School Program Application.
|
|
|
|
NUSD VIRTUAL TUTORING AND WELLNESS SERVICES
NUSD Virtual Tutoring and Wellness Services offers support for students, which includes general tutoring and academic supports. Support is available in ELA, math, science, social science, and world languages. Sessions are offered in 30-minute increments. To sign up for an appointment click the link, VTWC.
Also, encourage 8th graders only to attend the Mentoring meetings on Thursday. Please reach out to APs at mkhasimuddin@natomasunified.org and jthomas@natomasunified.org. We can connect your 8th graders with IHS Mentors/ Tutors.
|
|
|
|
|
Appointments no longer needed. Simply register at COLOR and come when convenient between 10-12:30 and 2-5:30
|
|
|
VIRTUAL OFFICE
Our physical school office is closed due to COVID-19. We have set up a virtual office for those of you in need of support. You can email our office staff at NMSvirtual@natomasunified.org. Someone will respond to you in order to answer your questions. You can also still call the office line at (916) 567-5540, it will be transferred to a staff member.
|
|
|
CLICK ON THE IMAGE ABOVE The Digital Backpack is a place where you can go to access any resource you will need to navigate the school year virtually. There you will find communication from the principal and the district, academic support links, applications for free/reduced lunch, school calendar, technology guides, mental health support, and much more. Check it out! It's a tremendous resource.
|
|
|
INFINITE CAMPUS
IF YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY DONE SO, GET SIGNED UP FOR INFINITE CAMPUS TODAY!
The following is the account creation process for parents/guardians:
- Each Monday, NUSD will generate Portal usernames and passwords for new parent/guardians. An activation notice with the URL, username, and password will be sent to the parent/guardian at the email address they have on file in Infinite Campus (comes from donotreply...check your spam).
- These activation notices expire each week, so new activation notices will also be sent each Monday to existing users who have not yet activated their accounts. If you don't get a notice, that means you already have an established account.
- Parents/guardians will be prompted to set a new password and to establish security settings so that they can reset a forgotten password.
|
|
|
|
|
|
CDC HAND WASHING VIDEO
|
|
Follow NMS on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/ThePantherWay and @natomasmiddleschool on Facebook.
See what is going on at NMS daily; classrooms, events, students...
|
|
|
|
Principal's Message
Good Afternoon, Parents and Guardians.
Tomorrow morning we will welcoming more students back to campus. For those of you whose child will be joining our in-person instruction for the first time, I have sent you a separate email with some important information about the return to campus. Please make sure you read it.
In order to be successful in school, students need the proper school supplies. Yes, this applies to those on distance learning also. Students should at a minimum have the following:
- Pencils or Mechanical Pencils
- Pencil sharpener
- Three-ring binder
- Composition Notebook
- Folders
- Weekly Planner (We have these for all students)
- Notebook Filler Paper
We must do our parts as parents to make sure our children are successful. Being prepared for school is the first step. Please make sure your child has the proper supplies.
If you have questions, please reach out to our office staff at NMSvirtual@natomasunified.org.
In the spirit of service,
|
|
|
|
|
|
HOW TO PROPERLY WEAR A MASK
For the mask to be the most effective, it must fit as snugly as possible to the face, covering the chin, mouth and nose up to the nose bridge. The mask should not be below the nose or worn at the tip of their nose. The mask should fit tightly against the face.
STUDENTS WHO REPEATEDLY DO NOT WEAR THEIR MASK AT ALL OR CORRECTLY WILL BE REMOVED FROM IN-PERSON LEARNING AND PLACED BACK ON DISTANCE LEARNING.
|
|
|
THIS WEEK'S HAPPENINGS AT NMS
- Monday, April 26
- Tuesday, April 27
- KPOP CLUB, 3:30- 4 PM K-Pop Club link
- Latino Dreams Club. Zoom Meeting Link
- Wednesday, April 28
- GSA Club Meeting is not meeting this week
- PTSA Meeting, 5:30PM, Zoom (see below)
- Thursday, April 29
- Gaming Club, 3:35 - 4:15 Contact Mr. Stone
- NMS International Club 3:35 - 4:15 PM Contact Mrs. SantaMaria
- GIRLS WHO CODE- 3:35- 4:15 ZOOM
- 8th Grade Mentoring with IHS scholars at 2:30. Invite sent by email. Contact APs for information.
- Friday, April 30
- Chess Club. Contact Mrs. Rocha - krocha@natomasunified.org for meeting information
|
|
|
APRIL PTSA MEETING
Our next PTSA meeting will be on Wednesday, April 28th at 5:30PM. Please make plans to attend this meeting. The PTSA is the place where your voices are heard.
PTSA is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: Natomas PTSA meeting
Time: Apr 28, 2021 05:30 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9254428248...
Meeting ID: 925 442 8248
Passcode: 687523
|
|
|
|
Community Message for Self-Screening
As we continue to transition children to return to our school campuses, we wanted to share some helpful resources.
-
Screen-at-Home Checklist: All schools in Sacramento County are participating in the Screen-at-Home Campaign. This is an important part of keeping our schools safe and healthy. Please remember to take your child’s temperature each morning and screen for COVID-19 symptoms prior to coming to school. If the following apply, do not come to school:
-
Temperature (at or above 100.1 degrees), cough, shortness of breath, headache, sore throat, congestion/runny nose, new loss of taste or smell, fatigue, muscle or body aches, nausea or vomiting, diarrhea
-
When to Stay Home - Symptoms Checklist
COVID-19 Testing: Natomas Unified School District is offering free COVID-19 testing to ALL students, staff and families every Tuesday at the Natomas Unified School District Service Center located at 1931 Arena Blvd, Sacramento, CA 95834. Click here to register for a COVID-19 test.
|
|
|
Mensaje para la Comunidad para la Autoevaluación
Mientras continuamos con la transición de los niños para volver a nuestros campus escolares, queríamos compartir algunos recursos útiles.
Lista de verificación de la Evaluación en el Hogar: Todas las escuelas del condado de Sacramento están participando en la campaña "Evaluación-en-el-Hogar". Esta es una parte importante para mantener nuestras escuelas seguras y saludables. Por favor, recuerde tomar la temperatura de su hijo todas las mañanas y revisar los síntomas de COVID-19 antes de venir a la escuela. Si lo siguiente le aplica, no venga a la escuela:
-
Temperatura (igual o superior a 100.1 grados), tos, dificultad para respirar, dolor de cabeza, dolor de garganta, congestión o secreción nasal, nueva pérdida del gusto o del olfato, fatiga, dolores musculares o corporales, náuseas o vómitos, diarrea
-
Cuándo quedarse en casa - Revise la lista de verificación de síntomas
Prueba de COVID-19: El Distrito Escolar Unificado de Natomas está ofreciendo pruebas gratuitas de COVID-19 a TODOS los estudiantes, personal y familias todos los martes en el Centro de Servicios del Distrito Escolar Unificado de Natomas ubicado en 1931 Arena Blvd, Sacramento, CA 95834. Haga clic aquí para registrarse para una prueba de COVID-19.
|
|
|
ENSURING YOUR CHILD'S SUCCESS IN DISTANCE LEARNING
Here are some tips to help your child succeed during distance learning.
- Make it a norm in your home to have your student attend class daily with video on. We cannot ensure your child is learning if we cannot ensure they are there. Many turn off their video and don't respond when called on, indicating they are not there.
- Make sure your child is out of bed, sitting up in a quiet place. Please do your best to remove distractions from around your child during the school day.
- Check your child's Google Classroom daily for assignments, work returned, and missing work. Seeing that they submitted an assignment is not enough. Too many students are submitting blank assignments to give the appearance that they did the work or submitting partially done work. Incomplete work will be returned by the teachers.
- If your child is struggling, have them attend teacher office hours for support. All teachers have one hour of office hours daily immediately after school.
- Sign your child up for additional tutoring through the after school program or NUSD virtual tutoring program. (see message below)
If you can ensure these things are happening, our teachers can better support your child's learning. As always, feel free to reach out to your child's teacher or an admin if you need assistance.
|
|
|
|
NMS LATE BUS IS BACK!
Beginning this week, on Tuesdays and Thursdays, NMS will be offering After School Tutoring again. Tutoring will be held in a teacher's classroom. Here's what we need our parents to do:
1. On this survey, indicate on which days your child will stay after school.
2. If your child will need to ride the bus, indicate that on the survey. The Late Bus will depart NMS at 3 PM.
If they don't need a bus, there is nothing for you to complete. You will need to pick your child up at 3 PM. Be in communication with your child's teachers to arrange that tutoring before the week. As a reminder, there are only 25 spots on the late bus. They are given away each week on a first come first served basis according to our responses on the above survey.
|
|
|
|
Bullying Prevention Newsletter (V1, Issue 7)
Bullying Prevention happens all year long. To continue to stimulate dialogue around bullying prevention, another issue of the Bullying Prevention Newsletter (V1, Issue 7) is available to inform students, parents, and staff of bullying prevention resources and information.
|
|
|
|
MASTERS AFTER SCHOOL EXTENDED LEARNING PROGRAM
The Masters After School Program offers tutoring for students in need. After school supervision is provided until 6pm. To sign up, click the following link, After School Program Application.
|
|
|
|
NUSD VIRTUAL TUTORING AND WELLNESS SERVICES
NUSD Virtual Tutoring and Wellness Services offers support for students, which includes general tutoring and academic supports. Support is available in ELA, math, science, social science, and world languages. Sessions are offered in 30-minute increments. To sign up for an appointment click the link, VTWC.
Also, encourage 8th graders only to attend the Mentoring meetings on Thursday. Please reach out to APs at mkhasimuddin@natomasunified.org and jthomas@natomasunified.org. We can connect your 8th graders with IHS Mentors/ Tutors.
|
|
|
|
|
Appointments no longer needed. Simply register at COLOR and come when convenient between 10-12:30 and 2-5:30
|
|
|
VIRTUAL OFFICE
Our physical school office is closed due to COVID-19. We have set up a virtual office for those of you in need of support. You can email our office staff at NMSvirtual@natomasunified.org. Someone will respond to you in order to answer your questions. You can also still call the office line at (916) 567-5540, it will be transferred to a staff member.
|
|
|
CLICK ON THE IMAGE ABOVE The Digital Backpack is a place where you can go to access any resource you will need to navigate the school year virtually. There you will find communication from the principal and the district, academic support links, applications for free/reduced lunch, school calendar, technology guides, mental health support, and much more. Check it out! It's a tremendous resource.
|
|
|
INFINITE CAMPUS
IF YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY DONE SO, GET SIGNED UP FOR INFINITE CAMPUS TODAY!
The following is the account creation process for parents/guardians:
- Each Monday, NUSD will generate Portal usernames and passwords for new parent/guardians. An activation notice with the URL, username, and password will be sent to the parent/guardian at the email address they have on file in Infinite Campus (comes from donotreply...check your spam).
- These activation notices expire each week, so new activation notices will also be sent each Monday to existing users who have not yet activated their accounts. If you don't get a notice, that means you already have an established account.
- Parents/guardians will be prompted to set a new password and to establish security settings so that they can reset a forgotten password.
|
|
|
|
|
|
CDC HAND WASHING VIDEO
|
|
Follow NMS on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/ThePantherWay and @natomasmiddleschool on Facebook.
See what is going on at NMS daily; classrooms, events, students...
|
|
|
|
Principal's Message
Good Afternoon, Parents and Guardians.
Thank you to all of you who got school supplies for your children. We have seen many more of our scholars show up with the right equipment to succeed this week. Trust me it makes a difference. I have a couple more things I would like each of you to help us out with.
One of the reasons many of our scholars struggled during the distance learning period was lack of organization skills. To support organization skills, at NMS have always given the students a daily planner to write what they did in the class that day and their homework for that night. We have each student who returned to campus a planner on day one. Please check your students planner each night to ensure they have completed it.
Lastly, it is getting hot outside. Keeping our students hydrated is important. Due to COVID safety procedures, we don't have water fountains on campus this year. We do have a water fill station on campus, so that students can fill up water bottles. We gave each student on campus a water bottle (white with blue top). Many of our students are forgetting to bring them daily. Please remind your child to bring their water bottle or one of their own to school daily.
If you have questions, please reach out to our office staff at NMSvirtual@natomasunified.org.
In the spirit of service,
|
|
|
|
THIS WEEK'S HAPPENINGS AT NMS
- Monday, May 3
- Tuesday, May 4
- Wednesday, May 5
- Thursday, May 6
- Gaming Club, 3:35 - 4:15 Contact Mr. Stone
- NMS International Club 3:35 - 4:15 PM Contact Mrs. SantaMaria
- GIRLS WHO CODE- 3:35- 4:15 ZOOM
- 8th Grade Mentoring with IHS scholars at 2:30. Invite sent by email. Contact APs for information.
- Friday, May 7
- Chess Club. Contact Mrs. Rocha - krocha@natomasunified.org for meeting information
|
|
|
|
NMS LATE BUS
Last week, we sent out an email advising of restarting our late bus. We sent out a survey asking for interest in the late bus. We only got one response back. So at this time, we are putting the late bus on hold until there is more interest.
If you are interested in having your child stay for 2:00-3:00PM for After School Tutoring, please complete this survey, indicating on which days your child will stay after school.
As a reminder, there are only 25 spots on the late bus. They are given away each week on a first come first served basis according to our responses on the above survey.
|
|
|
|
|
|
HOW TO PROPERLY WEAR A MASK
For the mask to be the most effective, it must fit as snugly as possible to the face, covering the chin, mouth and nose up to the nose bridge. The mask should not be below the nose or worn at the tip of their nose. The mask should fit tightly against the face.
STUDENTS WHO REPEATEDLY DO NOT WEAR THEIR MASK AT ALL OR CORRECTLY WILL BE REMOVED FROM IN-PERSON LEARNING AND PLACED BACK ON DISTANCE LEARNING.
|
|
|
Community Message for Self-Screening
As we continue to transition children to return to our school campuses, we wanted to share some helpful resources.
-
Screen-at-Home Checklist: All schools in Sacramento County are participating in the Screen-at-Home Campaign. This is an important part of keeping our schools safe and healthy. Please remember to take your child’s temperature each morning and screen for COVID-19 symptoms prior to coming to school. If the following apply, do not come to school:
-
Temperature (at or above 100.1 degrees), cough, shortness of breath, headache, sore throat, congestion/runny nose, new loss of taste or smell, fatigue, muscle or body aches, nausea or vomiting, diarrhea
-
When to Stay Home - Symptoms Checklist
COVID-19 Testing: Natomas Unified School District is offering free COVID-19 testing to ALL students, staff and families every Tuesday at the Natomas Unified School District Service Center located at 1931 Arena Blvd, Sacramento, CA 95834. Click here to register for a COVID-19 test.
|
|
|
Mensaje para la Comunidad para la Autoevaluación
Mientras continuamos con la transición de los niños para volver a nuestros campus escolares, queríamos compartir algunos recursos útiles.
Lista de verificación de la Evaluación en el Hogar: Todas las escuelas del condado de Sacramento están participando en la campaña "Evaluación-en-el-Hogar". Esta es una parte importante para mantener nuestras escuelas seguras y saludables. Por favor, recuerde tomar la temperatura de su hijo todas las mañanas y revisar los síntomas de COVID-19 antes de venir a la escuela. Si lo siguiente le aplica, no venga a la escuela:
-
Temperatura (igual o superior a 100.1 grados), tos, dificultad para respirar, dolor de cabeza, dolor de garganta, congestión o secreción nasal, nueva pérdida del gusto o del olfato, fatiga, dolores musculares o corporales, náuseas o vómitos, diarrea
-
Cuándo quedarse en casa - Revise la lista de verificación de síntomas
Prueba de COVID-19: El Distrito Escolar Unificado de Natomas está ofreciendo pruebas gratuitas de COVID-19 a TODOS los estudiantes, personal y familias todos los martes en el Centro de Servicios del Distrito Escolar Unificado de Natomas ubicado en 1931 Arena Blvd, Sacramento, CA 95834. Haga clic aquí para registrarse para una prueba de COVID-19.
|
|
|
ENSURING YOUR CHILD'S SUCCESS IN DISTANCE LEARNING
Here are some tips to help your child succeed during distance learning.
- Make it a norm in your home to have your student attend class daily with video on. We cannot ensure your child is learning if we cannot ensure they are there. Many turn off their video and don't respond when called on, indicating they are not there.
- Make sure your child is out of bed, sitting up in a quiet place. Please do your best to remove distractions from around your child during the school day.
- Check your child's Google Classroom daily for assignments, work returned, and missing work. Seeing that they submitted an assignment is not enough. Too many students are submitting blank assignments to give the appearance that they did the work or submitting partially done work. Incomplete work will be returned by the teachers.
- If your child is struggling, have them attend teacher office hours for support. All teachers have one hour of office hours daily immediately after school.
- Sign your child up for additional tutoring through the after school program or NUSD virtual tutoring program. (see message below)
If you can ensure these things are happening, our teachers can better support your child's learning. As always, feel free to reach out to your child's teacher or an admin if you need assistance.
|
|
|
|
Bullying Prevention Newsletter (V1, Issue 7)
Bullying Prevention happens all year long. To continue to stimulate dialogue around bullying prevention, another issue of the Bullying Prevention Newsletter (V1, Issue 7) is available to inform students, parents, and staff of bullying prevention resources and information.
|
|
|
|
MASTERS AFTER SCHOOL EXTENDED LEARNING PROGRAM
The Masters After School Program offers tutoring for students in need. After school supervision is provided until 6pm. To sign up, click the following link, After School Program Application.
|
|
|
|
NUSD VIRTUAL TUTORING AND WELLNESS SERVICES
NUSD Virtual Tutoring and Wellness Services offers support for students, which includes general tutoring and academic supports. Support is available in ELA, math, science, social science, and world languages. Sessions are offered in 30-minute increments. To sign up for an appointment click the link, VTWC.
Also, encourage 8th graders only to attend the Mentoring meetings on Thursday. Please reach out to APs at mkhasimuddin@natomasunified.org and jthomas@natomasunified.org. We can connect your 8th graders with IHS Mentors/ Tutors.
|
|
|
|
|
Appointments no longer needed. Simply register at COLOR and come when convenient between 10-12:30 and 2-5:30
|
|
|
VIRTUAL OFFICE
Our physical school office is closed due to COVID-19. We have set up a virtual office for those of you in need of support. You can email our office staff at NMSvirtual@natomasunified.org. Someone will respond to you in order to answer your questions. You can also still call the office line at (916) 567-5540, it will be transferred to a staff member.
|
|
|
CLICK ON THE IMAGE ABOVE The Digital Backpack is a place where you can go to access any resource you will need to navigate the school year virtually. There you will find communication from the principal and the district, academic support links, applications for free/reduced lunch, school calendar, technology guides, mental health support, and much more. Check it out! It's a tremendous resource.
|
|
|
INFINITE CAMPUS
IF YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY DONE SO, GET SIGNED UP FOR INFINITE CAMPUS TODAY!
The following is the account creation process for parents/guardians:
- Each Monday, NUSD will generate Portal usernames and passwords for new parent/guardians. An activation notice with the URL, username, and password will be sent to the parent/guardian at the email address they have on file in Infinite Campus (comes from donotreply...check your spam).
- These activation notices expire each week, so new activation notices will also be sent each Monday to existing users who have not yet activated their accounts. If you don't get a notice, that means you already have an established account.
- Parents/guardians will be prompted to set a new password and to establish security settings so that they can reset a forgotten password.
|
|
|
|
|
|
CDC HAND WASHING VIDEO
|
|
Follow NMS on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/ThePantherWay and @natomasmiddleschool on Facebook.
See what is going on at NMS daily; classrooms, events, students...
|
|
|
|
|
