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Comet Express 10.24.11 Monday Morning Music for Halloween http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZa3EYWCY3w Important Calendar Dates 10/24 Benchmark Testing, Faye and Jordi at EOP meeting, Jr. Civitans Meeting, SB @ SAMS 10/25 Benchmark Testing, Admin PD with Teams, Super Tuesday Football, 10/26 Benchmark Testing, BT 2 meeting, SB against NERMS at home, 10/27 Benchmark Testing, Progress Reports, SMARTS Program after school, Golden Leaf Program after school, Superintendent's Advisory Council 10/28 PEPs completed, Haunted House and Fall Dance 11/1 Flu Shots at NAMS, Submit the number or home visits you conducted during the month of October to Candace 11/2 Staff Meeting 11/3 Technology Showcase, Dr. Frost and School Board visit Celebrations and Hot Tamales *Hot Tamales to April for planning a great PBIS event!*Thanks to Julia, Kerri, Leslie for all making positive home visits this past week!*Thanks to Janice for the planning she has done to ensure that Benchmark Testing will go smoothly this week.* Learning Links and Stuff to think about http://invergroveheights.patch.com/articles/inver- grove-heights-eighth-graders-face-the-challenge Keeping Us On The Same Page PBIS Incentives-Thank you to everyone who played a role in the success of our first PBIS incentive of the year. The next incentive activity and date will be announced soon. Please remind students that positive behavior is expected every day at NAMS regardless of the date or type of incentive. Benchmarks/Teamwork-Successful testing requires a lot of planning and teamwork. The information that we will gain from this week’s testing will be helpful in planning for instruction to ensure the academic growth of our students. Let’s all work together to make sure our students give their best on the test without creating a stressful testing environment for students or staff. Promoting Friday’s Dance- Please remember to promote the dance in your classes and help collect food to be sold. 8th grade-drinks, 7th grade chips, and 6th grade candy Basic Best Practices “We Can Change the World” Challenge - Siemens Foundation and Discovery Education Launch is once again requesting applications for its “We Can Change the World Challenge” for K-12 students. Through this Challenge, Siemens invites students to team up with classmates under teacher/mentors to solve environmental problems in their school, community and world. Teams and mentors can share in over $250,000 in scholarships and prizes. Responses are due by March 15, 2012. For contest details, please visit www.wecanchange.com A picture is worth a thousand words. “Middle School Dance”
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Monday Morning Music for Halloween http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZa3EYWCY3w
Important Calendar Dates 10/24 Benchmark Testing, Faye and Jordi at EOP
meeting, Jr. Civitans Meeting, SB @ SAMS 10/25 Benchmark Testing, Admin PD with Teams, Super Tuesday Football, 10/26 Benchmark Testing, BT 2 meeting, SB against NERMS at home, 10/27 Benchmark Testing, Progress Reports, SMARTS Program after school, Golden Leaf Program after school, Superintendent's Advisory Council 10/28 PEPs completed, Haunted House and Fall Dance 11/1 Flu Shots at NAMS, Submit the number or
home visits you conducted during the month of October to Candace
11/2 Staff Meeting 11/3 Technology Showcase, Dr. Frost and School Board visit
Celebrations and Hot Tamales
*Hot Tamales to April for planning a great PBIS event!*Thanks to Julia, Kerri, Leslie for all making positive home visits this past week!*Thanks to Janice for the planning she has done to ensure that Benchmark Testing will go smoothly this week.*
Learning Links and Stuff to think about http://invergroveheights.patch.com/articles/inver-
grove-heights-eighth-graders-face-the-challenge Keeping Us On The Same Page
PBIS Incentives-Thank you to everyone who played a role in the success of our first PBIS incentive of the year. The next incentive activity and date will be announced soon. Please remind students that positive behavior is expected every day at NAMS regardless of the date or type of incentive. Benchmarks/Teamwork-Successful testing requires a lot of planning and teamwork. The information that we will gain from this week’s testing will be helpful in planning for instruction to ensure the academic growth of our students. Let’s all work together to make sure our students give their best on the test without creating a stressful testing environment for students or staff.
Promoting Friday’s Dance- Please remember to promote the dance in your classes and help collect food to be sold. 8th grade-drinks, 7th grade chips, and 6th grade candy
Basic Best Practices
“We Can Change the World” Challenge - Siemens
Foundation and Discovery Education Launch is once
again requesting applications for its “We Can Change
the World Challenge” for K-12 students. Through this
Challenge, Siemens invites students to team up with
classmates under teacher/mentors to solve
environmental problems in their school, community
and world. Teams and mentors can share in over
$250,000 in scholarships and prizes. Responses are
due by March 15, 2012. For contest details, please
visit www.wecanchange.com
A picture is worth a thousand words. “Middle School Dance”
Comet Express 10.24.11
