Welcome to North Middle School

Mission:

At North Middle School, we recognize individual student needs and work hard to provide a safe, caring, inclusive, and positive environment. NMS is our school of choice!

New Student Orientation

NMS will be hosting an orientation for all incoming 6th graders as well as any new 7th & 8th graders to our building on Monday, August 27. The 6th grade will have there orientation from 7:57 am to 12:30 pm. There will be a brief parent informational meeting at 8:00 a.m. The new 7th and 8th grade students will be meeting from 1:00-2:00 pm. This is a great opportunity to meet some of our staff and tour the building. If you are unable to make this time, please call 323-5700 to make alternate arrangements.

Back to School Supplies

The following are items most students will need. Many teachers will request more specific items throughout the year:

Pencils/Pens Single Subject Spiral Binders (at least two)

Erasers & Eraser Caps 2 Combination Lock

Highlighters 3-Ring Binder or Trapper Keeper

Sturdy String Bag Scientific Calculator

Student Chromebook Repair Request

Is your Chromebook in need of attention? If so, please fill out the Chromebook repair request form. Please make sure you leave your device with the front office after you fill out the form!

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Incident/Kindness Reporting

Have you witnessed an incident or an act of kindness that you feel should be reported? No time to go to the office to report it? Then our Incident/Kindness reporting site is the place for you.

Have you heard of Nutrislice?

Portage Public Schools, in partnership with Chartwells K12, is now using Nutrislice to publish the school menus to a new interactive website and a free smartphone app! Now our school community can access our menus anywhere, anytime!

New easy to use features include:
• More information about menu items, including a photo and description
• Filter for common food allergens like nuts, wheat and dairy
• A translation feature to translate your menus into a number of different languages
• Access to nutrition information like carb counts and calories with just a few clicks!

Anti-Bullying

As part of our anti-bullying policy, students and parents are encouraged to report incidents as part of our 3 step program. Ask them to:

1. “Stop doing what they’re doing” and use our school’s stop signal.

2. Then Walk away from the problem behavior.

3. If the behavior doesn’t stop, Talk to an adult.

Annual Education Report for 2016-2017

The Annual Education Report (AER) for the 2016-2017 school year.

Computer Use

Signed Acceptable Use Agreement

All students coming into NMS must have a signed Acceptable Use Agreement form for this school before they can use the school’s computers. This means all incoming 6th graders must submit a signed agreement form even if they submitted a form at their elementary school. The PPSNet User Agreement is printed at the back of the Student Handbook for your reference

“Opting Out” Procedure for Computer use & Internet Access

Parents have the option of excluding their child from using computers or having access to the Internet while at school. An “Opting Out” form must be signed and submitted by the parent at the beginning of EACH SCHOOL YEAR – an Opting Out form is only valid for one school year. The District believes, however, that the use of technology is an important and integral part of each child’s education.