Concealed Carry Law & Schools Wisconsin's Concealed Carry Law went into effect Nov. 1, 2011. No one, including a concealed-carry licensee, can carry a firearm on school grounds. This includes school buildings, athletic fields, recreation areas, and property owned, used or operated for school administration. For more information on the Concealed Carry Law, please visit http://www.doj.state.wi.us/dles/cib/ ConcealedCarry/ConcealedCarry.asp.
Welcome to Northland Pines Middle School
NO SCHOOL MONDAY - MAY 28, 2012 - MEMORIAL DAY!
NPSD offering iPad Training Sessions to the Community for FREE!
iPads – Are they for me and how do they work?
Do you have an iPad or do you wish you knew more about how they work? Northland Pines Staff is offering a FREE training session for community members about what iPads are and how to use them. If you want to know more about iPads before you buy one or if you have one and would like to learn how to use it - this is your chance! If you have an iPad please bring it along, if you do not you will still get a lot out of the evening. Anyone is welcome to attend.
Tuesday, May 22nd Northland Pines High School (Computer Lab-Rm 1108) 6:30 - ? (Approximately 1 hour of instruction and then time for questions)
Contact Scott Foster, Director of Technology, (715-542-3632 or sfoster@npsd.k12.wi.us), with any questions regarding these training sessions.
NORTHLAND PINES SCHOOL DISTRICT IS PROUD OF OUR SCHOOLS!!!
Jacqueline Coghlan Middle School Principal
Building Character at the Middle School
As we look ahead to another school year, we should also take a few moments to reflect on last year. Did we do our best? Did we make an effort? Did we treat people with respect? Were we kind to others? Did we meet the goals we set? There are many things that help to determine what kind of a person we are becoming and whether or not we were successful. Did we do things that contributed to our reputation or our character? The theme this year at the middle school is “REPUTATION is made in a moment. CHARACTER is built in a lifetime”. One of our goals at the middle school will be to help students make good choices so that what they do in class and at school leads to developing into someone they can be proud of. How we handle each new experience helps us grow and build character.
Each year staff continue to discuss best practice and strategies that will help students at all levels of learning to make gains. Some students need additional strategies to help understand a skill or concept, while others need to be challenged at a higher level. Through differentiation and collaboration, teachers work to provide the opportunities that meet the varying needs of the students in their classroom. Students bring their skills, strengths, areas of concern, culture and background to the classroom. Teachers will use this information to vary instruction that allows students to be actively engaged in their learning.
We will continue to implement Response to Intervention where teachers will devise a strategy that responds to the situation and needs of particular students. Not all students learn in the same way or at the same time; these interventions will allow teachers to help the students who need more instruction or time to master a skill and make progress. All teachers and staff are responsible for helping students to make academic progress. It is no longer your students or my students, but our students. If a student is having difficulties in the area of reading, it doesn’t affect them in just their Language Arts class; it also affects them in Science, Social Studies and Tech Ed class. Staff will collaborate during common planning time and at staff meetings to discuss and share strategies that have been used to help a particular student or students to improve.
Middle school students need some independence, but they also need structure and an advocate who will be there when they need them. Our goal is to provide a safe place where students can learn and grow. As a school and community we need to work together to support, encourage and celebrate the progress of our students.
Jacqueline Coghlan,
Principal
Contact Information:
Northland Pines Middle School
1700 Pleasure Island Road
Eagle River, WI 54521
Phone: (715) 479-6479
Fax: (715) 479-7303
2011-12 School Year Student School Day: 8:06 a.m. - 3:15 p.m.
2012-13 School Year Student School Day: 8:25 a.m. - 3:25 p.m.
Mrs. Becky Pokrandt of Northland Pines Middle School made the news with an article on page 6 in the “Teaching TODAY” newspaper regarding “G.R.E.A.T. Portfolios and Beyond” showcasing the portfolios they work on with 8th graders at the middle school. The well written article contains information including “Project Objectives and Desired Impact”. Click the underlined links to read the article. Congratulations!
Parent(s)/Guardian(s) If you do not have an Infinite Campus portal account or if you've forgotten your user or password, please contact Lisa Achterberg, Data Manager at 715.479.4123 or via email.
