The Bulldog Drool CALENDAR OF EVENTS N A T E S A L I S B U R Y, P R I N C I P A L O C T 2 5. 2 0 1 8 UNITY DAY NTMS Leadership and Red Peppers worked very hard to make the Mix-It-Up Lunches a great time for all students. October is National Bullying Prevention Month and Unity Day is a celebration of people standing together against bullying. It is a day to bring about bullying awareness, to show solidarity with victims of bullying, and a celebration of inclusiveness for all students to feel supported. Oct: 26:ASB Dance per 5 & 6 26: Red Peppers House of Terror 27: 7th Football championship game AHS 2:30pm 29: School Board Meeting 6:00 D.O. Nov: 1: Community Service Night 6-8:00pm 8: Veterans Day Speech Contest 7:00pm 9: Veterans Day Assembly 12: Veterans Day Observed - No School 14: Conferences before & after school Parent Tech Drop in 2:30-5:00 15: Conferences - No School Parent Tech Drop in - all day 21: Pre-holiday early dismissal 10:54 22 & 23: Thanksgiving Break - No School www.dieringer.wednet.edu The Dieringer School District does not discriminate in any programs or activities on the basis of sex, race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, veteran or military status, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, disability, or the use of a trained dog guide or service animal and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups. The following employee has been designated to handle questions and complaints of alleged discrimination: Dr. Judy Neumeier-Martinson, Superintendent: Phone: 253.862.2537; Address: 1320 178 th Ave E, Lake Tapps, WA 98391.D
The students worked very hard on setting up and decorating tables for the lunches. They all worked together and the commons looked fantastic!
Students were given a table number before entering the commons, and the mix-up began. Kids who never sat with each other before had the opportunity to get to know each other. Thank you Leadership & Red Peppers! Late Fall Sports: Late Fall Sports season begins on Monday, November 5th. 7th and 8th grade students may participate in Girls Soccer, Gymnastics (through Mt. Baker) and Boys Basketball. 6th Grade girls may participate in Gymnastics (through Mt. Baker). Practice will be Mon-Thurs from 2:20 until 4:00 pm, unless noted otherwise by the coach. The activity bus runs on Wednesdays and Thursdays. Game schedules will be available the second or third week of practice. Check with Mrs. Davis to ensure your paperwork is up-to-date.
HOUSE OF TERROR Tomorrow, Friday, October 26 th, the Red Peppers will hold their annual fundraiser at NTMS. The House of Terror is sure to be a screaming good time as your fellow Bulldogs scare the stuffin out of everyone attending. If you are one who gets scared easily, be sure to wear your ear plugs and blinders! The program runs from 6-7:30PM and the cost is $5 per ticket. Please note that this activity is not designed for young children. There will be a few alternate activities for the young and weak at heart. BEWARE! Yearbook DEADLINE Time is almost up to order a copy of our yearbook, don t miss out. The cost is $30.00 and that ensures a copy will be reserved for you, payments can be made in the office or on-line. You must also have a yearbook signing agreement on file. We are missing quite a few signed agreements, check in the office if you are not sure if you have signed one. Veterans Day Speech Contest It has been 100 years since WWI, this year for the Veterans Day Speech Contest the students will write about the theme One Hundred Years After the War to End All Wars. The speeches will be delivered at our Veterans Day speech contest on November 8, at 7:00 PM. Mr. Keaton, previous principal of NTMS, will be here a few of the lunches to work with students on drafting, editing, and delivery of their speeches. Rough drafts of the speech are due at lunch on October 25. Each student who completes writing their speech will receive two NTMS service hours. Each student who delivers their speech at the Veterans Day Speech Contest will receive five NTMS service hours. Students who deliver their speeches at the elementary school assemblies will receive an additional hour of service time. Monster Mash The first dance of the year is the Halloween dance, The Monster Mash. It is the last two periods of the day on Friday, October 26. No costumes are allowed, save that for Halloween day; instead there will be Color Wars on the 26th. 6th Orange 7th Purple 8th Black Football Playoffs This Saturday, October 27 the 7th grader Bulldogs are in the playoffs, going for league champs. Come cheer them on to victory at Auburn High School against rivals, Mt. Baker at 2:30 pm. Good Luck, Bulldogs!! Play Hard!! Band Fundraiser It s the most wonderful time of the year! The NTMS Band is holding its annual wreath and poinsettia fundraiser now through October 30 th. If you would like to support the band, please go to the website below and see their selection of poinsettias, wreaths, door swag, and hanging baskets, just in time for the winter holidays. If you d like to support the band through a donation, you may stop by the NTMS main office and turn in a donation. Orders can be picked up on Tuesday, December 4 th from 3pm-6pm in the NTMS commons. Mr. Spring and the NTMS band thank you for your support this holiday season! https://www.farmraiser.com/ campaigns/winter-fundraiser/ market
North Tapps Middle School PTSA Community Counts Night NOV. 1, 2018 6 pm to 7:30 pm Learn about volunteering! Sign up for service hours! Give back to your community! Meet representatives from: Auburn Valley Humane Society Bonney Lake Senior Center Nexus Youth and Family Services Many more! PTA Reflections. This year s theme for the Reflections program is Heroes Around Me. There are 6 categories for entry. Entry forms are attached to this newsletter and available from language arts teachers. A student may submit an entry form in any of six of the arts areas or the special artists category. Only original works of art are accepted. The six art areas are: Literature works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, prose, drama, short stories and lyrics. Music Composition original musical composition, with or without words. Photography: color or black & white, included techniques: photogram, negative sandwich, and multiple exposure. Visual Arts: drawing, painting in tempera, oil, acrylic, watercolor & t-shirt paints, computer generated art, two-dimensional collage, printmaking, needlework & leather tooling. Film/Video: original works, with or without sound, of animation, narrative, documentary, experimental or music video/film. Choreography/Dance: originally choreographed dance composition. Deadline for entries is December 7, 2018
Nate Salisbury, Principal OCT 25. 2018 Digi-know? Nate Salisbury, Principal OCT 25. 2018...NTMS is going to offer a monthly Parent Tech Support Drop-in for parents to stop by and get support with their own or their student s tech issues? Next month, you may come on November 14, 2:30-5:00 or any time, during conferences on November 15....the marks of the Schoology gradebook look like this? Grading Rubric -Item not submitted on Schoology. -Item may have been submitted to the teacher by hand or not yet submitted. -Item is due on a future date.