Hello Middle School families. I hope you’re a great weekend.
New Information:
8th Grade Families, Nashoba Tech's open house is on Sunday, November 5th from 12-3.
Picture Retake, This Monday 11/6
November days off, There are a lot of days off or ½ days in November.
11/7 No school for students. Professional Development for teachers.
11/7 Voting at the Middle School
11/10 No School Veterans Day
11/15 ½ for students
11/16 ½ day for students
11/22 ½ for all
11/23 and 11/24 No School for Thanksgiving Break
Winter Assistance, if you or your family need any assistance going into the winter months here is an Assistance Request Form that you can fill out for support.
Finding Nemo Jr, Flyer Nemo. We want to encourage families to bring younger siblings. Students, staff, seniors are $5 admission, adults are $10 admission. Friday Nov. 17 7pm, Sat. Nov. 18 2pm and 7pm.
Project Mitten, Project Mitten has been a fundraising activity, for the Community Children’s Fund, in the Middle School for over 20 years. Students will have lots of fun and opportunities to contribute to the fund. Please be on the lookout for more information from your student’s teachers and teams.
Lost and Found, Please have a conversation with your students about checking our lost and found. When we talk about Ownership, students need to own their belongings. The amount of clothes we have in the lost and found is astounding. Expensive sweatshirts and jackets. We will leave the lost and found items out through parent conferences so that you may look for your student’s belongings also.
From a Current 8th Grade student, SQUISHMALLOWS 4 a CAUSE!!!
Together with my friends and family I am collecting NEW, unused Squishmallows for the Worcester Children's Hospital as part of my end of the year 8th grade civics project.
All Squishmallows collected will go right to Kendra Frederick (Groton resident and Mom). Kendra is one of the hospital's amazing Child Life Specialists. On any given night the hospital has approximately 60 kids staying overnight. Therefore, our goal is to collect at least 60 Squishmallows - although we are secretly hoping for 120! =) I will stop collecting on Dec. 11!
We have two ways for your to participate:
#1 A new, unused Squishmallows (any size, shape or theme) can be brought to Mrs. Ogden's room in the Middle School North Building
or
#2 you can donate $5-$10 and we will do the shopping for you! Venmo @Jennifer-Moeller-25, please put "Squishmallow" in the comments!
If you have questions or would like to view my Amazon and Target Wish List to have a Squishmallow delivered directly to my house please email me at MoellerLAddisyn@gmail.com
Reminders:
School Council, We held our first school council meeting on Monday 10/23. All members were present. Our next meeting will be 12/4/23 at 2:45 in the South Library. These meetings will also be posted on our Middle School website. On the website you will find our meetings on the calendar and in the Menu-> Documents -> School Council you will find our minutes.
Parent Conferences, for your planning purposes, we will be having Parent Conferences on the afternoon of November 15th 12-2:30 and evening conferences on November 16th 6-8.
PTO
Annual Fundraising Campaign, I wanted to bring this back to the top. Our Middle School PTO can’t do all the things they do without your support.
Each year, the GDMS PTO runs a campaign to raise funds for the school year and beyond. All funds raised are integral to our mission to support the well-rounded educational experience of students and staff at the middle school. We appreciate any and all support. Thank you!
Volunteers Needed
The PTO is looking for volunteers to fill a variety of roles. There are opportunities available for people who are able to donate one hour of their time, people who have several hours to give, and everyone in between. We would love to work with you! See our flyer for more information.
GDRMS Handbook:
Please spend some time with your students getting familiar with our handbook.
Middle School Core Values. Please talk with your students about these words. Use them at home.
Ownership, Own your space, Own your learning, Own your behavior.
Awareness, Be aware of yourself and others, Be aware of your surroundings, and Be aware of your impact.
Kindness, Be kind to yourself, Be kind to others, and Be kind to your surroundings.
Dates to remember:
Grades close for term 1 - 11/2 and grades will be published 11/13
Teachers update SchoolBrains, 11/17, 12/1, 12/15 and 1/5
Picture Retake 11/6
Parent Conferences 11/15 ½ day afternoon conferences, 12:00-2:30 11/16 ½ day evening conferences, 6-8 March 22.
Sincerely your Groton Dunstable Regional Middle School Principal
Wendy Salvatore