👨🌾NEMS FFA is beginning Spring Fundraisers!
💐Spring Plant Sale will be Wed 3/22 from 9-5 outside Ag Room at NEMS for $5-$15.
See attached plant list.
🐷Pork Chop Plate Sale will be Fri 4/14 at TCHS from 4-7. Plates are $10.
Email ashlyn.reaves@tiftschools.com for more info.
Interested in playing football for the 2023 season? There is a MANDATORY meeting (for rising 7th - 12th grade players and their parents) Thursday, March 9th at 7:30pm in the PAC at TCHS. #4theT
Tift County Show Choirs will present their 2023 Showcase, Tuesday, March 7th at 6:30pm in the TCHS PAC. Eighth Street Singing Company, Ladies Choice, Tiftosterone and One Voice will all perform their 2023 competition shows. You don't want to miss this event. Admission is $7.
🚫💻 Today, some students are enjoying No Tech Time in the Media Center! They ditched Chromebooks for time to read, play games, and construct.
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🏀🏆In February, the 8th Grade Boys Basketball Team had a reception to celebrate their accomplishments! Congratulations to the Big 5 Athletic Conference Basketball Champions for 2022!
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📚This week was Read Across America Week! Our Student Council traveled to elementary classrooms to read to students. Many administrators and staff members also read to classes. And even our school nutrition staff showed their love to Dr. Seuss!
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🏫2022-2023 GaDOE Parent Survey
All parents and guardians of NEMS students are encouraged to participate in the GaDOE Parent Survey by 3/17. The survey results are used by the school, system, and state to identify areas in need of improvement. Go to https://gshs.gadoe.org/parents
Parents, there are some excellent sessions being offered at the new "Anthony G. Bateman Youth Center" during the month of March. The March 21st date features a session on "Powerful Parenting"! Judging by the description it will offer some valuable insights to those who attend!
💻Charge Chromebooks for Testing This Week!
Students will take BEACON for ELA on Wednesday 3/1 and Math on Thursday 3/2.
Please be present and bring your Chromebook fully charged each day of testing.
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On Wednesday, February 22nd, the Local School Governance Team at NEMS met at 12:00pm. Attached are the meeting notes.
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There are several 4-H summer camp scholarships available for 5th-12th graders this summer, but applications are due to at the 4-H office TOMORROW, March 1st. The application is very simple – one page with an accompanying letter from the parent. Apply at www.tinyurl.com/20234hcamp
📣Tift County Cheer Tryouts
Mandatory Parent Meeting for all students interested in trying out for one or more squads will be:
📅Tuesday, February 28th
⏰6:00 pm
📍TCHS Commons
For more info, email the squad coach based on the attached flyer.
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Correction: Today is a Lockdown Drill...not an Evacuation Drill.
Attention Parents and Guardians:
A lockdown drill will be conducted at NEMS today--February 27th.
This is only a drill.
This will assist the students and staff in maintaining safety and security--our #1 priority.
Help support our Blue Devil Brigade! See a band member to place your order before March 16th. #4theT
Make plans to come out to the Tift County Recreation Department for the 2023 Community Care Day event on March 11! It will be happening from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. & is being sponsored by several community organizations including the Tift County Board of Education!
Congratulations to the NEMS Teacher & Staff of the Month for January 2023!
Ms. Zaronna Hamilton serves as a 7th Grade Inclusion Teacher.
Officer Ariel Hart serves as the School Resource Officer.
They exemplify "being the best YOU"!
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Last Wednesday, we celebrated our January Students of the Month! These students were selected by their teachers because they exemplify what it means to "Be the Best You" daily!
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✨Last Thursday, our students and staff enjoyed dancing the night away under the stars at our Winter Formal 2023!
Take a glance at all the pictures uploaded here: https://www.facebook.com/media/set?vanity=NEMiddle&set=a.642421514553161
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💻Charge Chromebooks for Testing Next Week!
Students will take BEACON for ELA on Wednesday 3/1 and Math on Thursday 3/2.
Please be present and bring your Chromebook fully charged each day of testing.
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Do you know a child that will turn 4 on or before September 1st? PreK Registration for the 2023-2024 school year is now open. DON'T DELAY, make sure their registration is complete. Open spots will be made available to out of county residents beginning March 1st. #4theT
