January 16, 2015
Dr. Jasmine Kullar, Principal
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News From Dr. Kullar
What’s Your Source of Strength?
Who do you turn to when you are under pressure or stress? Do you find strength in
your family? Mentors? Positive friends? Spirituality? Northwestern along with our
cluster schools is implementing a project called “Sources of Strength.” One of the
primary goals is to increase connectedness between student to student peers and
caring, trusted adults. All of our staff participated in an interactive training this week
about the purpose and goals of this project. For more information about the program, please go to: www.sourcesofstrength.org. We are looking for any parents
who are willing to be adult advisors for our Sources of Strength project. The time
commitment would be about once a month. Please e-mail Janette Hinton at [email protected] if you would like to be a part of this much needed project!
1/19
MLK Jr. Holiday
(no school)
1/20
PTSA Meeting
9 am
Chorus Cluster Concert
7 pm
“Stranger Danger”
Our middle school students are still young enough that they need those conversations to continue at home about strangers. Please remind your children about what
they should do if a stranger approaches them. The websites below may provide
some helpful information as you have those talks.
http://www.ncpc.org/topics/violent-crime-and-personal-safety/strangers
http://www.parents.com/kids/safety/stranger-safety/talking-to-kids--teens-aboutsafety--abduction/
Recess During PRIDE
Our PRIDE/Recess committee has unanimously decided to incorporate recess during PRIDE for the 2015/2016 school year. We are currently working on revising our
bell schedule to reflect this change. Once our staff votes on the bell schedule, the
final version will be shared with our community. Our next few meetings will now
discuss the actual PRIDE curriculum, in addition to whether or not our PRIDE classes should be gender based. Admin has shared the potential benefits of having
PRIDE classes be either all girls or all boys to allow for more open and honest discussion to take place during those advisement classes. Feel free to provide your
feedback at [email protected] and write PRIDE Gender Classes
in the subject line.
Inside this Issue:
News from Dr. Kullar
Northwestern Spotlights
1
2
Announcements
Athletic News
3-4
5
News from the Clinic
School Choice
Links
Business Partners
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7
8
9-10
Committed to challenging our students to strive to their full potential for academic excellence and personal growth.
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NORTHWESTERN SPOTLIGHTS!!!
STUDENT SPOTLIGHTS!
2014-2015 Geography Bee
CONGRATULATIONS to Niraj Jinan
who is the winner of this year’s Spelling
Bee! He will attend the Fulton County
Bee on February 7th. Congratulations also
to the Runner-up, Shruthi Saravanan!
CONGRATULATIONS to the winners of
the school Science Fair!
These students will be competing in
the county fair later this month!
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Pranav Athimuthu
Param Bhandare
Jakob Roscoe
Evan Campbell
Lakshman Ravoori
Jack Gordon
The geography bee will be on
January 30th in the media
center. Congratulations to 10
students who earned a spot
to compete by doing well in
the preliminary rounds.
8th grade students
Jared Jordan
Harrison Lewis
Kyle Montgomery
Matthew Hosmer
7th grade students
Aidan Carlton
Grace Chalhoub
Zak Parker
6th grade students
Sean Burleson
Hayden Marshall
Sujay Rao
Great job to all of the participants!
Committed to challenging our students to strive to their full potential for academic excellence and personal growth.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
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Oh La La!!
There will be a PTSA
meeting, Tuesday
January 20th at 9 am
in Trailer 2B.
7th Grade Fun Day Out
Monday, February 16th
(schools closed)
NMS 7th Graders are invited to the Main
Event on Monday, February 16th from 11am3pm. For $20, students will be able to bowl,
do laser tag, play billiards, visit the gravity
ropes and be given a $10 fun card for the arcade. Each student will have a lunch of 2 pizza slices and a medium drink. Look for a permission slip coming home this week.
Linguapalooza World Language Needs VOLUNTEERS
This year our school will be hosting the 2015 Linguapalooza World Language competition for ALL
the middle schools in Fulton County. This will be a huge event and we will need lots of help to pull it
off. Please use the link below to sign-up to volunteer. The event will be held on Saturday, February
28th from 7:00am-12:00pm. We need volunteers to help setup on Friday night and assist with other
activities on Saturday. I know it is a lot to ask, but any assistance is appreciated.
Here is the link to volunteer:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1h1bfLl-UtFsD-Cw2eyLbcj-mvPkgfYHqVmnnddcl_Y0/edit?
usp=docslist_api
The Chorus Cluster Concert
This week your children received results from report cards, ITBS scores for 8th graders, and Georgia Student Growth Model Reports. If your child
did not receive a Georgia Student Growth Model
Report, it may be due not testing on CRCT consistently in the past 2-3 years as there would not
be enough information to show accurate
growth. If you have any questions regarding the
Georgia Student Growth Model Reports, please
contact Janette Hinton
at [email protected]
with Northwestern MS, Elkins Pointe
MS, Milton HS, Crabapple Crossing
ES, Birmingham Falls ES, Alpharetta
ES and Summit Hill ES will take place
Tuesday evening, January 20 at
6:30pm. You will get to hear each
group perform including our own 8th
grade chorus.
Come on out and support the cluster
as we demonstrate what fine singers
we have!
Committed to challenging our students to strive to their full potential for academic excellence and personal growth.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
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Athletic News
Basketball
Date
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7 /8 Boys and Girls
OPPONENT
LOCATION
W 1/14
Crabapple @
NMS
F 1/16
NMS @
Elkins Pointe Rescheduled-TBD
W 1/21
Ridgeview @
NMS
F 1/23
NMS @
Sandy Springs
W 1/28
Hopewell @
NMS
F 1/30
NMS @
Taylor Road
W 2/4
Webb Bridge @
NMS
W 2/11
Amana @
NMS Cancelled
F 2/13
Rivertrail @
NMS
Both NMS Basketball Teams
opened their seasons yesterday with
wins against Crabapple Middle
School.
The Girls team
turned up the defensive pressure
on the Huskies
and won 36-to15. Audra Deakins led the balanced
scoring with 8 points. Avery Bendall,
Kate Ragsdale, and Sayler Thomas
each scored 6 points.
In the Boys game, defensive pressure
was placed on Crabapple as well. Donovan Hairston led all scorers with 12
points. Jordan Yates and Kasra Bjornad added 8 points in the 41-to-16
NMS Track & Field
INFORMATIONAL MEETING
Tuesday February 3, 2015 4:15 Room 411
(Should take no more than 10 minutes)
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No tryouts: 7th & 8th grades boys and girls only
All forms: must be completed before participation (Physical, Concussion, Transportation, Insurance)
http://school.fultonschools.org/ms/northwestern/Pages/Athletics.aspx (all forms can be found here)
Practices: Start: Wednesday 2/18-Thursday 3/19
M-R 4:15-5:15pm on NMS track
Fulton County Middle School Track and Field Meet
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Saturday March 21st 2015 @ Milton HS (Rain date: Saturday March 28th 2015)
Events include:
Field: Long jump, discus, shot put,
Running: 1600m, 800m, 400m, 200m, 100m, 50m, various relays
Contact Coaches with questions
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Coach Kelly Conron [email protected]
Coach Darren Holzapfel [email protected]
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From the Clinic...
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News from Fulton County Schools
FCS Choice Options
During the last week of January and in conjunction with National School Choice Week, Fulton County
Schools (FCS) will host forums to gather input on what families’ value most in educational options for their
children.
Currently, FCS offers limited educational choice options to families through magnet programs, charter
schools, open enrollment, and family and employee hardship considerations. Additionally, over the past two
years, elected parents, teachers and community members on School Governance Councils (SGC) have
been customizing certain aspects of individual school programming to meet students’ needs.
FCS recently launched the Choice Options initiative to thoughtfully expand educational choices for parents
as part of the Building Our Future 2017 Strategic Plan. This work is the natural evolution of the charter system and is focused on improving student achievement by providing an educational experience customized
to the unique needs of our students and communities. The initiative will also provide equitable access to
educational options across FCS while efficiently using the district’s facilities and resources. The first phase
of this initiative is focused on identifying and understanding our communities’ needs for expanded education options.
FCS will gather input regarding education choice options during the following forums:
January 26, 2015, 7:00pm at Westlake HS
January 27, 2015, 7:00pm at Lake Forest ES
January 28, 2015, 7:00pm at Centennial HS
January 29, 2015, 7:00pm at Tri-Cities HS
February 2, 2015, 7:00pm at Milton Center
The information gathered during these forums will be used to help create the building blocks for expanded
choice options which will be implemented over the coming years. We will ensure any new options will not
replace the good work of the SGCs, but will supplement it.
For those parents unable to attend, there will be opportunities to provide input via the Choice Options Website.
Curious to learn more about choice options? Check out these resources:
FCS Choice Options Webpage - http://www.fultonschools.org/en/divisions/strategy/Pages/SchoolChoice.aspx
National School Choice Week Page - https://schoolchoiceweek.com/
Other systems with active choice programs:
Denver Public Schools - http://soco.dpsk12.org/
Charlotte Mecklenburg Public Schools - http://www.cms.k12.nc.us/Pages/default.aspx
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QUICK LINKS
Northwestern Middle School
Bell Schedule
Dress Code
Attendance Policy
Northwestern PTSA
Registration and Affidavit Information
Volunteer Information
NMS Athletics
NMS Clubs
NMS School Governance Council
Home Access Center
Clinic Information
NMS Foundation
Transportation
Milton High School
Cambridge High School
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Email:
[email protected]
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