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Welcome to Noblesville East Middle School!

Our Mission NEMS ensures student-centered learning that seamlessly integrates inquiry, 21st century skills, and technology through an interdisciplinary, authentic approach.

Our Purpose for Tonight:

Inform Ease Excite Engage

Our Middle School Program

Teaming @ NEMS

• Promotes a sense of belonging
• Facilitates stronger relationships and rapport
• Makes a larger school feel smaller and more

welcoming

• Provides a structure that allows staff to better

know and meet the academic, social, and emotional needs of students

Our Middle School Program

Teaming @ NEMS

• Four teams: DePauw, Stanford,

West Point, and Wisconsin

• Math, Language Arts, Science, Social Studies, Special

Education (one teacher designated as "team leader")

• Counselor and administrator assigned to each, teams

provided weekly collaboration time to focus on student needs

• Students assigned randomly
• No teacher/team requests please!

Important Information About Our Day

• Doors unlocked at 7:00 am, supervision is provided until 7:20 am

in our cafe

• Students may only be dropped off in the car zone (more detail to

be sent on drop off instructions)

• Bus information will be sent to you by the district this summer
• Student day is 7:35 - 2:35, buses leave no later than 2:45 each day
• Nurse, lunch, attendance, appointments, and other important FAQs

will be addressed through upcoming newsletters. Information is also

• n our school website.

6th Grade Daily Schedule

Period 1 - core academics Period 2 - core academics Period 3 - core academics Period 4 - core academics Lunch Period 5 - wellness, performing arts, diversified arts, or intervention Period 6 - wellness, performing arts, diversified arts, or intervention Period 7 - Student Learning Time

6th Grade Daily Schedule

Diversified Arts (9 weeks each)

• Visual Arts
• General Music
• Business/Information Tech
• Design and Modeling

Wellness (full year/half year depending on Perf Arts)

• Integrated Health and PE

Performing Arts (chosen, full year)

• Band
• Choir
• Strings

6th Grade Daily Schedule

Intervention (length depends upon need)

• Literacy Lab
• Math Lab
• Basic Skills Development

Bridges High Ability

Language Arts, Math

• Focus success
• HA testing in elementary
• ISTEP and NWEA

assessment results

• Opportunity for Bridges

Algebra and Advanced Science in 7th grade

Communication

• NEMS website, email
• nemsprincipal.weebly.com
• Counselor page
• Miller Matters monthly

newsletter

• Daily student news
• PowerSchool Parent Portal
• Teacher WebPage and

Canvas Page

Follow us on Twitter @NEMSprincipal, @NEMSCounselors, @NobSchools

Transitioning to NEMS

• The “First Three Days”
• Miller Way Day
• Team Day
• I'm a Miller Day

Transitioning to NEMS

• Guidance Services
• Classroom Lessons
• Groups
• Individual Sessions
• Reporting Student Conflict

iPads @ NEMS

• Same district-created Apple ID

and password

• Email and Canvas passwords will

be provided at start of the year

• App Store will be removed from

iPads next year, replaced with district “app store”

• iPads will be provided along with

Digital Citizenship training the first week of school

• Personal iPad is still an option, will

be reconfigured to district profile

Parent Resources

Digital Citizenship Curriculum

Lessons

• Developmentally appropriate
• Research-based
• Standard-aligned
• Authentic and Engaging

Amazing Opportunities at Noblesville East Middle!

• Track,

Tennis, Wrestling, Cross Country, and Dance

• Band, Choir, Strings
• Tech

Team, Robotics, School Musical, Best Buddies, Student Council, We the People, Book Club, Academic Team, Student Ambassadors, FCA, Makerspace, and more!

• Additional opportunities as they get
• lder such as Show Choir, Jazz Band,

Yearbook, Student News Crew and many more sports such as Cheer, Basketball, Football just to name a few!

How can I get involved with NEMS PTO?

• Volunteers
• Vice President
• Treasurer
• Miller Gold

Coordinator Small Commitment, Big Impact!

Transitioning to NEMS

Meet @ the Middle

July 26th @ NEMS Session 1 4:30 - 5:45 Session 2 6:30 - 7:45

• Schedules, team assignments, assigned session emailed 1 week

prior

• One parent is required to attend

Snapshots of NEMS!

• Use maps to take self guided

tour and visit 6th grade wing

• Classrooms include

“snapshots” of important aspects of NEMS you may to learn more about

• 6th grade teachers are

available to answer questions.

• We are here to help make the

transition as smooth as possible! Thank you!