Attention Red Devil Families, Tomorrow, Newton-Conover City Schools will operate via Remote Learning Day for Thursday, January 20, 2022.
NCMS will have Zoom sessions for students that wish to log on and check in with their teachers. Please see your child's teacher's Canvas page for more instructions.
For students to be considered present for the day, they must check in with their teachers by either participating in the Zooms and/or completing the scheduled assignments for the day.
Please see the Zoom schedule below;
6th and 7th grade Core 1, 8th grade 1st EAs- 8:00 am to 8:45 am
6th grade Core 2, 8th grade Core 1. 7th grade 1st EAs- 8:45am to 9:30 am
7th and 8th grade Core 2. 6th grade 1st EAs- 9:30 am -10:15 am
6th grade and 7th Core 3. 8th grade 2nd EAs - 10:15 am to 11:00 am
6th grade Core 4. 8th grade Core 3. 7th grade 2nd EAs- 11:00 am to 11:45 am.
7th and 8th grade Core 4. 6th grade 2nd EAS- 11:45 am to 12:30 pm.
Please reach out to your child's teachers if you have any questions.
Tomorrow, Newton-Conover City Schools will operate via Remote Learning Day for Wednesday, January 19, 2022.
NCMS will have Zoom sessions for students that wish to log on and check-in with their teachers. Please see your child's teacher's Canvas page for more instructions.
In order for students to be considered present for the day, they must check-in with their teachers by either participating in the Zooms and/or completing the scheduled assignments for the day.
Please see the Zoom schedule below;
6th and 7th grade Core 1, 8th grade 1st EAs- 8:00 am to 8:45 am
6th grade Core 2, 8th grade Core 1. 7th grade 1st EAs- 8:45am to 9:30 am
7th and 8th grade Core 2. 6th grade 1st EAs- 9:30 am -10:15 am
6th grade and 7th Core 3. 8th grade 2nd EAs - 10:15am to 11:00 am
6th grade Core 4. 8th grade Core 3. 7th grade 2nd EAs- 11:00 am to 11:45 am.
7th and 8th grade Core 4. 6th grade 2nd EAS- 11:45 am to 12:30 pm.
Please reach out to your child's teachers if you have any questions.
Due to the impact of Winter Storm Izzy, Newton-Conover City Schools will be closed for students with an optional Remote Workday for eligible Staff on Tuesday, January 18, 2022. Kid Connection will be CLOSED. All campuses will be closed to students and staff.
Our wrestling matches and basketball games for January 13 and January 14 have been canceled. Makeup dates will be announced once they have been scheduled.
Good afternoon Red Devil Family! Here are your announcements for the week of January 10-14, 2022.
Shout out to our students, parents, and staff for making the first week back from break a great one.
This is a reminder that students must wear a mask while riding a school bus. Please ensure that your child has a mask with them for riding the bus to and from school.
Attention parents of 8th-grade students. Representatives from Discovery, Challenger, and HCAM will be at NCMS on January 18th to meet with 8th-grade students. They will share about the offerings each of these high schools provides and will review the application process. This meeting is for students only. More information from these schools will be shared out to parents in the near future.
Yearbooks are still on sale for $35. The last date to purchase a yearbook is March 18th. 8th-grade ads are on sale through January 17th. Please contact Ms. Fair if you have any questions.
There will be no school for students and staff on January 17th in observance of the Martin Luther King Jr holiday.
In athletic news, basketball will be home on Tuesday to take on Jacobs Fork and away on Thursday at Grandview. Wrestling will be away at Jacobs Fork Tuesday and will be home Thursday and Friday. Thursday the team will compete against Grandview and will be home Friday versus Arndt.
That is all for our weekly announcements. Have a wonderful week!
Newton-Conover Middle School has partnered with “Say Something Anonymous Reporting System” (SS-ARS). This program, which fulfills the mandate requirement under 115C-105.51 of NC Law, teaches students, teachers, and administrators how to recognize warning signs and signals, especially within social media, of individuals who may be a threat to themselves or others, and Say Something to a trusted adult OR use the anonymous reporting system.
Newton-Conover Middle School conducted a school-wide training for all staff and students on November 5, 2021. The “Say Something Anonymous Reporting System” is fully operational and available for students to report concerns as needed.
Our students often are aware of the problems their peers are facing, so we must empower them to know the danger signs and give them the tools to help each other with the assistance of trained and caring adults. As you know, most conversations are taking place on social media, therefore it is critical that we teach our students to be looking out for one another as these digital conversations are taking place.
Please encourage your child to submit a tip if they have one.
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Good afternoon Red Devil Family and Happy New Year! Here are our announcements for the week of January 3rd through January 7th, 2022.
We are excited to get the second half of the school year started. We want to continue to encourage our students to work hard and do their very best each and everyday.
Starting January 3rd, wearing masks will be optional for students and staff while in the building. Unless your child has a medical mask waiver on file at his/her school, wearing of masks is still REQUIRED on all school busses. This is a federal mandate that we must follow.
January 3rd and January 4th are required workdays for staff. Students will return back to school on January 5th. This is a reminder that school starts at 7: 40 am.
Report cards will go home this Friday, January 7th. Parents please look over the report card and if you have any questions about your child's progress, please contact those teachers.
Wrestling will be home January 5th to take on River Bend and away on January 6th at Northview. Basketball will be away January 5th at River Bend and home January 6th to play Northview.
That is all of our weekly announcements.
Attention parents!
Please fill out the following form by January 3rd, if you would like to be part of a small focus group that will meet with school officials. The group's purpose is to provide feedback on various aspects of our district and school. Parents invited to the focus group will meet via Zoom on Thursday, January 6th @ 3:30 pm. We are looking to fill 5-10 spots. An email with the Zoom information will be sent to the parents who are participating.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeqMZDWpUbsq7_0G5n_wiZIIg1ec06zt6dvAlN6tovPeyTdqA/viewform?usp=sf_link
Retirement Celebration to Honor 2 of NCMS Finest Educators: Mrs. Marylynn Miles and Mrs. Caroline Ingle
This week's Teacher Spotlight is on Mrs. Marylynn Miles. Mrs. Miles has been teaching in Newton-Conover City Schools for 30 years!! This year she has been teaching our 6-8 chorus and 6-8 drumming classses. She is a graduate of Newton-Conover High School and is a Red Devil through and through. She earned her Bachelor's degree from East Carolina University. She is a National Board Certified Teacher in Music Education. During her career, she has also earned Teacher of the Year and her students have performed at State and National levels. She resides in Newton with her husband, John, and her sons, Jackson and Davis. She is a Disney fanatic, so naturally, her favorite place to travel is Orlando, FL! MRS. MILES IS RETIRING TODAY and it is bittersweet, as we are sad she won't grace us with her smiling face and Mickey headbands regularly, but knowing that she won't wander too far from home keeps us content. She plans to come back next year to hopefully teach part-time and make more memories with traveling and planning trips to Disney World. Congratulations! We are so proud of you and all you have accomplished in your career. "What is a teacher? I'll tell you: it isn't someone who teaches something, but someone who inspires the student to give of her best in order to discover what she already knows." Thank you, Mrs. Miles, we wish you all the best!
Preserve your memories today! Our 21-22 Yearbooks are now on sale!! Get yours early before the price increases. http://jostensyearbooks.com/?REF=A05984930
8th Grade Ads are due Jan. 17. The cost of the ads are: 1/8 of a page is $20. 1/4 of a page is $40. 1/2 of a page is $60.
Congratulations to our School Spelling Bee winner, Davanee Lee. The top 5 will represent NCMS in the District Spelling Bee in January. Those students are: Bianca Esperilla-Abonza, Mack Osborne, Aaron Redmond, & Alyson Sanchez Trejo. We are so proud of all classroom winners!
Good afternoon Red Devil Family. Here are your announcements for the week of December 13-17, 2021.
This is the last week of the 2nd quarter. Grades will be finalized this week. Please ensure your child has all their work and assignments submitted prior to leaving for break.
This is a reminder that Friday, December 17th is an early release day for students. School will be dismissed at 11:00 am. Students will need to be picked up by 11:30 am.
Our wrestling and basketball teams will be back in action this week. Wrestling will be at home on Tuesday and away on Thursday. Basketball will be away Tuesday and home on Thursday.
Yearbooks are on sale for $25 through the end of December. Prices will go up in January. You can order your yearbook online or send money in to Ms. Fair.
8th grade yearbook ads are now on sale. a 1/2 page is $60, 1/4 page is $40, and a 1/8 page is $20. Ads need to be purchased by January 7th. Please visit, http://jostensyearbooks.com/?REF=A05984930
to place an order.
That is all for our announcements. Have a wonderful week.
Join us for some Holiday Spirit Week fun next week as we count down to Winter Break.
Band Concert tonight!
Good evening Red Devil family! Here are our announcements for the week of December 6-10, 2021.
This is a reminder that there are two weeks left of the quarter. Students need to ensure they have all assignments turned in before leaving for the holiday break, as grades will be finalized on December 17th. '
Chromebooks need to be kept in warm locations as we enter winter temperatures. Please make sure Chromebooks are not left in cars or exposed to cold temperatures, as batteries will no longer work. We encourage students to take care of devices as loaners are in limited supply.
December 7th is makeup picture day for those students who missed the initial picture day. Students who purchased fall pictures will receive them this week.
December 17th is an early release day for students. NCMS will dismiss at 11 am.
Students will take the next iReady diagnostic assessments this week. We encourage students to do their best as their results are used to make remediation and enrichment groups.
Our wrestling and basketball teams will be in action this Tuesday and Thursday. Wrestling will be home Tuesday and away on Thursday. Basketball will be away Tuesday and home on Thursday.
That is all for our weekly announcements. Have a wonderful week!
When the internet goes down and changes your lesson plans, the 8th grade CTE students make neurons out of clay to review the parts and functions. Do you see the dendrites? Axon? Cell body and nucleus?
It's been great this year to bring back Club Days! Students and staff enjoy this time to connect over similar interests. Here are highlights of the Asian Culture Club delighting in snacks from the continent.
This week's Teacher Spotlight is on Coach Todd Setzer. Coach Setzer teaches PE and Health for grades 6-8. He was born and raised in Hickory. He graduated from Lenoir-Rhyne University with a degree in physical education and health. He has been teaching for 25 years. He resides in Hickory with his wife, Christel, daughter Kendall, and two Golden Doodles, Aspen and Buckle. In his free time, he enjoys anything to do with sports, loves being outdoors, traveling to the beach, mountains, and especially cruises out of the country to St. Thomas Virgin Islands. Coach Setzer likes working in the yard, and overall just loves working hard and the satisfaction it brings. He is very proud of his football team this year and is looking forward to coaching baseball in the Spring and having things back to normal, as much as possible. Thank you, Coach, for all you do for our school and students! Go Red Devils!
The Community Connections Club is sponsoring a Toy Drive to help the Santa Cops program. If you are able, we are asking for donations of an unopened, unwrapped toy. The bins are located in the lobby and on the 3rd floor. We are accepting donations until Friday, December 3rd.
