Welcome to the 1st (and longest, I promise) edition of the Weekly Roundup for the 2016-17 school year! The first few days of school have been wonderful! It has been so nice to see the students in the hallways! I will publish a new Weekly Roundup each Thursday to push information out to our Families. Please save the following web address: http://nbjhroundup.blogspot.com/. I will send a School Reach email each week to alert you of a new post. I will also post the link to our Facebook and Twitter accounts.
On behalf of the staff at New Berlin Junior High School, I am so happy to welcome you to the 2016-2017 school year! We are looking forward to a productive partnership with you to ensure our children can achieve their highest potential. We recognize that in order to be successful in school, our children need support from both home and school. We know a strong partnership with you will make a huge difference in your child’s education. As partners, we share the responsibility for our children’s success and want you to know that we will do our very best to carry out our responsibilities.
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- Want text alerts from NBJH? It easy to sign up! Click HERE for more information.
- Google Drive Families Folder
- Communication is very important to me. I’m always pushing information to families to help ensure families and students are prepared and successful. In an attempt to continue to streamline this process and make sure information is always at your fingertips, I have created a folder in which I will “drop” all important documents and materials to easy access. Here is the link: https://goo.gl/pbR90Z. Don’t worry; it’s linked all over the JH website, so you can find it anytime as long as you have access to the web. The folder is already full of valuable information and as the year progresses I will continue to add documents as I send them out to you.
- ZAP (Zeros are not Permitted)
- One obstacle to academic success is the failure to complete assigned homework. Without a student’s completion of homework, teachers are left with little choice but to assume the child does not understand the concepts from class. The goal of the ZAP program is to provide support for students, promote responsibility and good study habits, reinforce the value of hard work and effort, and foster good communication between home and school. With this in mind, students who choose not to turn in work will immediately be placed into the ZAP program (*More information in the Google Folder)
- Communication
- Communication is extremely important to us. We communicate in several different ways and I want to make sure you are aware so you are able to access all relevant information about New Berlin Junior High. Because technology provides us with a quick way to deliver information to a large audience, most of the information will be in digital format. Examples of digital communication include:
- Daily Announcements – These are posted to the Daily Announcements page on the website. These are updated every morning
- Daily Assignments – Assignments are posted on the Daily Assignments page on the website. Teachers update their lesson plans frequently. You will have access to homework, upcoming projects/tests, and the agenda/objective for each day.
- Skyward – You can see your child’s grades in real time by logging into Skyward. If you don’t have access, email Mrs. Owens - lowens@pretzelpride.com) to gain access.
- Weekly Roundup – Sent via School Reach and posted to the Weekly Roundup page on the website. This goes out every Thursday and contains announcements, important dates, etc.
- Pretzel PressJr. – This publication is published by our 8th grade students under the guidance of Mrs. Tom. The link can be found on the website as well.
- Discipline – All discipline notifications will be automatically sent via email as soon as they are entered.
- New Berlin Junior High maintains a Facebook page (New Berlin Junior High) and Twitter Account (@NewBerlinJH) to announce Character Counts! weekly nominees, important announcements, and other fun happenings at the JH. Please like us to stay up to date.
- Athletics – New Berlin Athletics maintains both a Facebook page (Pretzel Athletics) and a Twitter account (@nbpretzelpride). Announcements, cancellations, and scores are posted regularly to these accounts.
- Only a few types of communication will come via postal mail. Examples of written communication include:
- Report Cards
- Athletic Eligibility Reports
- Discipline – In addition to receiving an email notification, you will also receive notification via mail (with the exception of lunch detention)
- Character Counts! Our character of the month is responsibility. A person of character meets the demands of duty, is accountable, pursues excellence, and exercises self-control. Our students of character for the week are Blake Edwards (6th) and Ariana Wankerl (7th).