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Welcome back to North-land Pines Middle School! Thank you for reading this newslet-ter. We will be sending a newsletter every other month to keep you up-dated on the happenings here at NPMS. This is my second year as the principal of the middle school and I truly enjoy my position here. I have been fortunate to meet many of you but if we haven't met at this point I look forward to meeting with you and working together as we educate your child. Just like last year I am always amazed by our extremely professional and caring staff. They truly make our school great! Please don’t hesi-tate to contact any of your child’s teachers if you have a question or are in need of some-thing. The entire staff is constantly working hard to ensure that our school affords our students eve-ry opportunity to learn

and grow academically, intellectually and social-ly. In the end we are all here to see our students succeed in all facets of growth and life. We want our students to be upbeat and involved in their education. We would like all of our stu-dents to partake in extra-curricular activities that we offer here. There are many activities, clubs and athletic ventures our students can get in-volved with. Encourage your students to soak up the middle school expe-rience by not only keep-ing their grades up but also by getting involved in these offerings. The priority of the staff here is to create a safe, positive and nurturing environment where our students flourish. We currently have this at NPMS!! The other key piece to educating our students is parent/guardian involvement,

that's where you come in!! Our PTSO is a great way to get involved. We are always looking for people to help us out . We realize the need for an open line of commu-nication between our-selves and you as the parent/guardian of your student. Please do not hesitate to contact my-self if you need some-thing or have a ques-tion. We will continue to send things home to communicate with you. Please get on the portal and check your student's grades and talk to your student about their grades. The more we are on the same page the better chance your student has of reaching their full poten-tial. In the end that is what we all want. Thank you for all that you do for our students!

WELCOME BACK— by: Mr. Marien, Principal

Northland Pines Middle School

September/October 2016 1700 Pleasure Island Road Eagle River, WI 54521 Phone: 715-479-6479 Fax: 715-479-7303

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SEPTEMBER 2016 6th Grade: Lauren Piper 7th Grade: Alana Siegmeier 8th Grade: Grace Weber

Students of the Month

6TH GRADE

ELA Griffin Stiemke

Cassidy Sternhagen

Math Dakotah Crabtree

Kylie Saeman

World History Hadley Olivotti

Karson Thomas

Science Brett Wielhouwer

MacKenna Ivey

Reading Gabe Smith

Camryn Cox

Computers Madi Meisenburg

P.E. Christian Sandberg

Halie Towne

Beginning Natalie Retzleff

Band Sam Warner

Music Aiden Alderman

Choir Lauren Piper

Art Logan Kramsvogel

STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS FOR SEPTEMBER 2016

1700 Pleasure Island Road

7TH GRADE

ELA Carolyn Schaars

Megan Ritzer

Math Alexis Kasper

Paige Richie

Geography Seirra Slizewski

Jacob Aiello

Computers Sami Haiduk

Julia Nesbitt

P.E. Maleea Eggleston

Brooke Liebenstein

Int. Band Madison Stebbeds

Jazz Band Andrew Hartwig

Choir Keirrah Epping

Art Grace Wittkopf

German Nicholas Petreikis

Spanish Hailey Krubsch

F/CS Kieran Saffia

Gateway 7 Brady Beyer

Health Ashlynn Boxrucker

Tech Ed. Mason Thomas

Science of Foods Rose Majewski

8TH GRADE

ELA Garret Kohls

Riley McGee

Math Kelty Neff (7th gr)

McKenzie Mayo

U.S. History Luke Rhode

Jacob Klopp

Science Nic Bortolotti

Jacob Klopp

Computers Evan Janet

Grace Weber

P.E. Mitch McCanles

Allison Kieffer

Int. Band Savanna Clason

Jazz Band Jacob Wielhouwer

Choir Ethan Sites-Parker

German Beth Liermann

Spanish Jason Ritter

Tech Ed Isabella Rodriguez

Des & Mfg Lizzy Gauthier

Des & Mfg Isabella Rodriguiz

September 2016 Student of the Month

Congratulations!!!

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Student Achievement Awards for September 2016


6th Graders

7th Graders

8th Graders

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Parent/Teacher/student conferences

Food Service Information

Breakfast Program


You can check your child’s grades at any time using the Campus Portal, and see what is happening in various classes by logging into your child’s Schoology account. Yet, in addition to this, we love to have parents come in for confer-ences to learn more about how your child is doing. The first conference day will be on Monday, November 7th, 2016 from 11:00 - 7:00. The 2nd confer-ence date is Thursday, February 16th, 2017 from 4:00—7:00 pm. You will need to call the middle school office at 479-6479 to schedule appointments to meet your child’s teachers.

We encourage parents/guardians to set up times to meet with teachers outside of conferences if their conversations may take longer than 10 minutes to complete. We understand that making appointments are sometimes difficult, although the schedule fills up fast, if you find an opening in your calendar and would like to still see some teachers, please feel free to call us the day of conferences and we will do our best to fit you in!!!in!!!

All students in the district have the opportunity to participate in breakfast.

For NPMS students, breakfast is available anytime between 7:50 and 8:15 in the cafeteria. Breakfast costs $1.60 or $0.30 for reduced. Having a healthy break-fast and starting the day with the nutrients needed is very important in your child’s success throughout the day. All students are invited to take advantage of the breakfast program. Several offerings are prepackaged and can be saved for later in the day when the students need to fuel up! All offerings are whole grain en-riched and meet the requirements for the school breakfast program.

Meal Benefit Application The Free/Reduced Meal Application is available online through the Campus Portal. If you need a 2016-17 appli-cation mailed to you, please contact the Food Service office at 715-479-5800 or pick up an application at any school office. Applications should be returned as soon as possible. If you have not refiled your application for 2016-17, your meal benefits will expire on October 17, 2016 and revert to full pay. To setup a Campus Portal user, please email [email protected]. Checking Family Lunch Accounts Parents may check student lunch accounts online by going to the School District’s website and selecting the Campus Portal link. You will need your Campus Portal account log in to access your account. If you do not have a Campus Portal account, please email [email protected] to set one up.

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Spirit Week Fun!!


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MS Band Performance Students are hard at work creating music in band class. Some of the upcoming perfor-mance opportunities are Veteran’s Day Nov. 11th (during School), Jazz concert Nov. 14th 7PM (Jazz Groups only), and our Winter Con-cert on Dec. 15th at 7PM. Intermediate Band (7th and 8th grade) will be touring the commu-nity on Dec. 22nd during the school’s after-noon schedule.

Several students in the 7th/8th Grade Choir will be participating in Singing in Wisconsin, a choral festival, on Saturday, November 14th. This event will be held at Wausau West High School. NPMS students will be rehearsing with stu-dents from many schools, under the direction of high-level high school and col-legiate conductors. Students will put on a concert at 4:00 pm after just a few short hours of rehearsal. This is a great way for students to improve their singing, meet new people, and learn great music. Good luck to these students!

7th and 8th Grade Choir Singing in Wisconsin

School Counselor news My name is Kelly Wranosky and I am the new Middle School Counselor. I work with grades 6, 7, 8 and 12. My office hours are Tuesday through Friday, and Mondays at the high school. I will be working with the middle school students on bullying education, learning about themselves, getting ready for high school and various other topics throughout the year. Academic Career Planning is a big part of the middle school experience and I will be helping with that as well. In the spring, I will be setting up meetings for the 8th grade parents and students for the 8th grade conference. I look forward to meeting you and working with your students. Please contact me with any concerns or questions you may have. 715-479-4473, ext. 0511 or email at [email protected]

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There will again be two late buses for the 2016-17 school year. The activity buses will run on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays.

Buses will pick up at the middle school at 6:10 p.m. and will leave the high school at 6:15 p.m.

1st bus in line: Land O’Lakes Bus

Goes up Hwy 45 North, turns onto Hwy B with last drop at Land O’Lakes Firehall on Hwy B at 6:35 p.m.

2nd bus in line: Town/St. Germain/Sayner Bus Drops at Ohio Street at 6:18 p.m.

Goes through town, drops at Old St. Peter’s parking lot at 6:20 p.m. Paul’s Pump and Pantry at 6:23; goes on Hwy 70 West through St. Germain; drops at Citgo at 6:35 p.m. Next at Sayner Townhall at 6:40 p.m. and back on Hwy G at 6:45 p.m. to Eagle River.

Late Activity Bus Information

they already have. Our goal is to help students become accountable and responsible. Completion of as-signments contributes to the success of our students in the classroom. Parents have the opportunity to check how many times their

child/children have frequented the NON room as it is listed on the parent portal under NON. Mrs. Clark is in charge of 6th grade NON. Mr. Prod is in charge of 7th grade NON. Mr. Wilfer is in charge of 8th grade NON.

The Now or Noon program has prov-en to be beneficial to our students and their academic success. It is our belief that assignments given to stu-dents helps them to understand con-cepts, reinforces what was covered, and/or adds to the information base

NOW or Noon


Mark your Calendar!!!

MS Parent/Teacher/Student Conferences: MS Conferences are by appointments

November 7, 2016 - 11:00 am to 7:00 pm February 16, 2017 - 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm

Call the MS office for appointments: 715-479-6479 (ext. 1) Our Parent/Student/Teacher conferences will be set by appointment. We encourage parents/guardians to set up times to meet with teachers outside of conferences if their conversations may take longer than 10 minutes to complete. We understand that making appointments are sometimes difficult, although the schedule fills up fast, if you find an opening in you calendar and would like to still see some teachers, please feel free to call us the day of conferences and we will do our best to fit you in!!!

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The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) affords parents and students over 18 years of age (“eligible students”) certain rights with respect to the student’s educa-tion records. The district discloses “directory data” without con-sent. Directory data means those educational records which include the student’s name, address, tele-phone listing, date and place of birth, major field of study, participation in officially recognized activities and

sports, weight and height of members of athletic teams, dates of attendance, photographs, videotaping, degrees and awards received, and the name of the school most recently attended by the student. Parents and guardi-ans have 14 days from the date of this notice being published to inform their school district of which infor-mation may not be released without their consent.

Thank you very much to all students and parents that sold for our school-wide fundraiser. Products will be delivered to school on Wednesday, November 2. The plan will be to distribute all items to the students before the end of the day. Students who only sold a few items will be able to take them home with them on the bus. Students who sold many items need to make arrangements to have their products picked up after school. Some of the items need to be refrigerated or kept frozen. We cannot keep anything overnight. All items must be picked up. Contact Jim Beyer at 479-6479 ext 4231 if you have any questions or concerns.

Students Rights and Rights to Privacy

Fundraiser Update


Pick Up Date:

Mark Your Calendar!!!!

Wednesday

November 2nd

Thank you to all of the parents/guardians and students that helped either set up for and/or attended our Open House. It was great to see students eager to find their locker and meet their teachers after a quiet sum-mer. We really encourage students, parents and guardi-ans to stay involved throughout the year not only with our students' education but also with all of the other activities going on here at NPMS.

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Seventh grade Life Science iswrappingupaunitonNorthwoodstreeidenti-ication. Theyare currently working on a tree identi ication project,which is to be completed byOctober 14, 2016. Studentsare learn-ingaboutthespeci icleaf/treecharacteristics,howtouseadichotomouskey,andtheimportanceofclassi icationandusingscienti icnames.Stu-dentswillbereviewingtheScienti icMethod.Wewillalsobediscussingwhat characteristicsmake something "living" vs. "non-living". Thiswilltakeusright into thestudyofcells–animal,plant,andother! It’sa fununitinvolvingthemicroscope.

7th Grade Life Science

After School Homework Center


Leaf Project

Box Top Reminder Our next collection will be October 12th

Please remember to watch and collect any Box Tops for Education you come across. The money we receive from the Box Tops for Education provides many

opportunities and special items for our students. All box tops need to be trimmed and counted before we can submit them. Any trimming that can be

done prior to turning them in is greatly appreciated, as we are once again lim-ited on our homeroom times this year in middle school. If you do not have time

to trim them, please submit them and we will get them ready to submit to the company. All Box Tops are appreciated and very helpful!!! THANK YOU!!

We are continuing to promote success for our students by offering an after school homework center. The ASHC is open from 3:30-5:30 pm every Monday, Tuesday and Thursday after school. There are permission slips in the MS office that need to be signed by a parent/guardian in order for a child to attend. We have a staff member supervis-ing this center on these days who will help students when they need it. If your child would like or needs extra time to work on his/her homework after school, the ASHC is the place for them. Mrs. Weber will be in charge of the homework center on Mondays, Mrs. Discipio on Tuesdays and Mrs. Schneider on Thursdays. We encourage parents to pick their students up at 5:30 pm in front of the middle school. This year, your child also has the option to walk to the high school at 5:30 and catch the late bus there at 6:10.

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Fitness Community Wellness Center


Student Council News

The Pines Community Wellness Center has been under the direction of the Northland Pines School District since March 1, 2014. Our goal is to remain a community oriented fitness center and to provide a quality environment for individuals of all ages to come together and workout. Our wellness center offers a wide variety of exercise equipment and classes to enhance your workout experience. All NPSD students in grades six and up get a free membership to the center. Students are asked to practice common gym courtesy and to wear appropriate attire, including dry, clean shoes. Our floor supervisors are here to assist the students with all their fitness needs! The Pines Community Wellness Center is proud to announce their new Fall 2 schedule of classes beginning October 17 – December 10, 2016. The class schedule will include Bellyfit®, Bellyfit® Sage; CardioCore; Cardiostix; Chair Yoga; Friday Fit-ness Challenge; Hip Hop, Step and Stomp; Power Yoga; Saved by the Bell; Spinsanity; Strong Women/Strong Bones; Total Body Senior and Yoga Basics. Descriptions of each of these classes can be found on the PCWC’s website http://www.npsd.k12.wi.us/wellnesscenter/ along with information regarding our staff. This schedule has something for every-one. Come check out a class for free to see if you would like to become involved! Please come visit us anytime to learn more about the fitness center and the classes we have to offer for your health and well-ness needs. We are located on the 2nd floor of the Northland Pines High School and can be accessed through Door #16 from the back parking lot. The Wellness Center is open Monday-Friday 5:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., Saturday 7:00 a.m. to noon and closed on Sundays. For more information, please contact the Wellness Center at 715-479- 4473, Ext. 3351 or Ext. 3350.

Congratulations to the following students who will serve on Council this year: Hadley Olivotti, Greta Liermann, Brandon Bacon, Lucas Schmidt, Megan Ritzer, Alana Siegmeier, Matthew Szafranski, Hailey Kubsch, Lexi Thomas,Samantha Haiduk, Ashlynn Boxrucker,Carolyn Schaars, Morris Justice, Guinness Bruce, Jacob Wielhouwer and Grace Weber. Student Council members had a great time showing school spirit on Friday, September 30th by painting the faces for the Homecoming mini parade. Students and staff had jersey numbers and designs painted on their cheeks and foreheads. Red Ribbon Awareness Week- October 23rd-29th, will be a celebration of being “drug free”. To promote the drug free message, a Pumpkin Pop contest will held to demonstrate the pressures one can face when making decisions. Staff and students will participate in fun activities throughout the week.. Homerooms will compete with one another for the most participation on the designated days. Students will have an opportunity to participate in a variety of challenges for fabulous prizes. As always, we are very excited for this student government to be involved in school and community activi-ties/events. Please keep an eye on the monthly newsletters for Student Council updates and happenings. Together, they will show their Pines Pride and accomplish great things!!

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The first meeting of the new school year was held on Thursday, September 29th. We reviewed the end of the year activities and began to plan and organize for this school year. We need your support to help provide opportunities for students at NPMS. We are looking for individuals to serve as committee members, organizational volunteers, bakers, chaperones and supporters. It is a fun way to get to know teachers, students, and other parents. The PTSO will be sponsoring fundraisers throughout the year to raise funds for student activities, classroom enhancements, field trips, high school scholarships for students who were PTSO members at the middle school. Previous fundraisers have raised funds to help purchase equipment for the NPMS bee project, provide extra classroom supplies, assistance with the 8th grade awards, purchase new track uniforms, purchase supplies for Girl Power Night, purchased band shirts for the MS march-ing band and donated to the Northland Pines Alumni Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony. Your help will be needed to support our initiatives. You can help by baking, selling items, chaperoning, making signs or joining in on the fun. If you have a great fundraising idea or special skills, please let us know. In addition, all parents and friends can help out the PTSO in some very simple ways. Encourage family, friends, neighbors and grandparents to save the Box Tops for Education found on many items on your grocery list, so your child can bring them to school. Homerooms are competing to see who can bring in the most Box Tops. Here are some other ways to help out. If you shop at Sentry Foods in St. Germain, our code# is CD24. We also collect used printer cartridges that can be dropped off at the middle school office. Your recycling can help us raise money for our students. You can also help by designating NPMS at Target stores if you use a Target credit card; encourage friends and relatives to do the same. Our newest venture is to collect Moola milk caps from Kwik Trip milk containers. Every little bit helps to benefit our students. Our membership drive is continuing with a goal to have more members than last year. Your membership is needed and ap-preciated. A great perk for students is that once a member, he/she will get in free to PTSO sponsored activities which include two dances($3.00 each dance) and an end of the year outing to Kartway. It is well worth the money! Please consider joining as a family, attending a meeting, or helping out in some way.

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Northland Pines Middle School PTSO

Family Membership - $10.00 Student only membership - $5.00 Please list all individuals

NAME:

ADDRESS:

PHONE #:

E-MAIL:

NPMS PTSO Ready to Start the Year

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From NPMS “Chromebook Central” Greetings!

As you know, your student’s Chromebooks are intended to be instruc onal devices for providing them access to their required educa onal materials needed for classes. This includes Google Drive and Apps, Schoology, educa onal web‐based tools, as well as Infinite Campus and other useful sites! The Chromebook is an educa onal tool not intended for gaming or social networking. Students are responsible for the general care of the Chromebook that has been issued by the school. We are asking for your help in reminding your students to:

Plug in their Chromebooks at night. Help them to check that both ends of the charger are plugged in securely. Make this a part of your student’s bed me rou ne!

Make sure they take their Chromebooks with them when they leave for school in the morning. Yes, mornings are o en a hec c me, but, again, try make it part of your stu dent’s rou ne, like pu ng on shoes! :)

Life happens” ‐ if your student forgets to charge their chromebook, or leaves it at home, etc., or has repair needs, a limited number of “loaners” are available for daily check‐out. However, students MUST come to “Chromebook Central” in Room 448 BEFORE SCHOOL to take care of these needs.

Also, a few reminders to prevent damage that you can review with your students:

Keep food and drink away from their Chromebooks. Typically, beverages spilled on Chromebooks is not covered by insurance, and students will be responsible for the replacement costs.

Only use a Chromebook with clean hands. We some mes see dirty, oily devices.

A Chromebook should always be closed when you carry it.

Do not carry or hold the Chromebook by the screen.

Student name shall remain on the device at all mes.

Students should always use the Chromebook with their own account.

Chromebooks should never be le in a car or any unsupervised area.

Please report a lost or damaged Chromebook immediately to Chromebook Central!

Finally, if we all work together to monitor Chromebook usage, both at school and at home to pre‐vent inappropriate use, our students will be safer and more successful. Thank you for your support!

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The Vilas County News-Review/The Three Lakes News is set to sponsor its 20th annual, nationally recognized Warm The Children program, which locates impoverished families in the North Woods and provides new winter clothing to their children

Parents and caregivers of children ages newborn through 17 who are residents of Vilas County or the Three Lakes and Sugar Camp areas of Oneida County are welcome to apply for winter clothes. This year, the total dollar limit for each child age 2 to 17 is $130, and a limit for those under 2 years of age is $65.

Purchases are limited to clothing items such as coats, footwear, mittens, scarves, sweaters and other basics. Extravagant purchases are not permitted. Shopping will begin Wednesday, October 26 and will take place at Shopko Hometown and Glik’s in Eagle River. These stores will offer Warm The Children shoppers a discount on all regularly priced items.

Our goal this year is to raise more than $70,000 and we anticipate shopping for approximately 600 children. Each monetary donation, regardless of size, will make a difference. It can be $5, $10, $20, $100 or more.

The Warm The Children program was started in 1993 by Mack Stewart of Higganum, Conn., a re-tired newspaper publisher. Recognizing the need for warm winter clothing among underprivileged children, Stewart intended for each community to be self-sustaining in operating its own program. Jacki Roisjord serves as program coordinator. For more information, you can reach her at (715) 479-4421.

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PBIS PBIS is something households in the Northland Pines School District have probably become very familiar with. You may have heard, "Pines Pride: Be Safe, Be Responsible and Be Respectful." Once again this year, the Northland Pines Middle School staff is working hard to make this program even more apparent in our building and in our communities. We feel that learning and practicing appropriate social behaviors are important steps in a student's educational experience. These expectations were introduced the first day of school and are the expected daily behaviors. A PBIS program allows us the tools to promote a positive school culture, and this year it is our focus to extend beyond the school building. This year the PBIS Leadership Team is focused on extending PBIS into our community. Plans are being made to show our community the benefits of PBIS. You may see our middle school students showing appreciation to our community, volunteering at Cranberry Fest, honoring our local veterans, ringing bells for Salvation Army, and participating in many other ways. This PBIS focus will make our students more aware of the wonderful communities we live in. All of us at Northland Pines Middle School are looking forward to a safe, responsible and respectful year. Go Eagles!

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Northland Pines Middle


715-479-6479 Principal

Dan Marien Ext. 4120

NPMS Upcoming Events

Reminder —

MS progress and report cards will not be sent home this year, unless a paper copy is requested. They can be viewed on the Campus Portal. If you need to set up a Campus Portal account, you can contact Lisa Achterberg.

NPMS

We’re on the Web!!

npsd.k12.wi.us

Campus Portal Contact:

Lisa Achterberg: 715-479-4123 or

[email protected]

October 7 NO SCHOOL (teacher in-service day)

12 Box Top Collection

17 NPHS/MS Pep Concert

24 School Board Meeting (NPHS) @ 6:00 pm

24-28 Red Ribbon Week

27 Picture Make Up

November 2 Fundraiser Pick Up

4 End of Quarter One

7 NO SCHOOL—NPMS Parent/Teacher/Student Conferences 11 am—7 pm (by appt. Call MS office 715-479-6479)

11 Veterans Day Assembly

14 NPHS/NPMS Jazz Concert @7:00 pm

14-18 American Education Week

23-27 Thanksgiving Recess—NO SCHOOL

28 School Board meeting (NPHS) @ 6:00 pm

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