NOOKSACK VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL

NOTES HOME

March 23, 2026

Monday, March 23rd                                 A Day

Monday, March 23rd                                 West Homeroom to BTC

Monday, March 23rd                                 Track season begins

Tuesday, March 24th                                 A Day

Thursday, March 24th                               Conferences: Late Arrival, school starts at 10am

Wednesday, March 25th                         B Day

Wednesday, March 25th                         Conferences: Late Arrival, school starts at 10am

Thursday, March 26th                               B Day

Thursday, March 27th                               Conferences: Late Arrival, school starts at 10am

Friday, March 27th                                     B Day

Friday, March 27th                                     Conferences: Early Release, school out at 11:45am.

Monday, March 30th                                 A Day

Monday, March 30th                                 Quarre/Olson to Farm Field Trip

Tuesday, March 31st                                 A Day

Wednesday, April 1st                                B Day

Wednesday, April 1st                                E. VanDyken/West to Farm Field Trip

Thursday, April 2nd                                    B Day

Thursday, April 2nd                                    Quarre/Olson to BTC

Thursday, April 3rd                                     P. VanDyken to Farm Field Trip

Friday, April 3rd                                           B Day

Looking ahead:

Learn how to Ice Skate!!  See attached flier.

April 13, Boys’ baseball and girls’ soccer begin.

April 24, Career Day!  

April 25th, Women in STEM, Digital Download career exploration at WCC. See attached flier.

April 25th, Children of the Earth Pow Wow, see flier

Spring sports are beginning!

 Track begins March 23.  Students will ride a bus to the high school for practice.
 Boys' baseball begins April 13.   
 Girls' soccer begins April 13.   
 
 Students who have participated in a school sport this year need to turn in a new Medical Emergency Authorization Form. All other students should check with Mrs. Clawson for the paperwork and process to be cleared to participate. Students may not have any outstanding fees or fines to participate.
 
 All forms can be found here: NOOKSACK VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL - Forms
 Or go to: NVMS website/Activities/Athletics/Forms
 

Bring completed forms to the office or send them to  NVMSsportclearance@nv.k12.wa.us

 Spring sports can be cold!  Please make sure your student athlete has warm pants and jacket for any sport practice.

Conferences are this week:

By now you should have signed up for a conference with your student’s homeroom teacher.  If you have not already signed up, please send a message to the teacher to find out any available time slots to meet.

Be sure to check Lost and Found while you are here for conferences.  Once again, it is overflowing!

Notice to Families

Our high school is a closed campus. For safety reasons, we do not accept deliveries from services such as Deal Dash, Instacart, DoorDash, Uber Eats, or similar platforms. Please remind your student that food, drinks, or personal items must not be ordered for delivery during school hours. Thank you for helping us maintain a safe and secure campus environment.

Field Trips!

We are heading into the time of year with a lot of field trips.  

• Please be sure to read through and sign at all the necessary spots in order for your student to attend.  
• Permission slips need to be returned on time. 
• Students without permission slips may not be allowed to attend.
• We need accurate headcounts for transportation and food service. 
• If being a chaperone is an option, you must have a current volunteer packet on file.   
• Please call the school office if you are unsure if your volunteer packet is still current.

Soccer Sign-up for K-6:

K-6 Soccer sign-ups are open now.  See attached flier. Registration closes March 29.

Yearbook photos wanted!!

This year, we are having an open photo submission for our yearbook. If you have any photos of sports games, field trips or other school events, we would love to have them in the yearbook so we can have a yearbook full of memories and fun! Parents and students are both welcome to submit photos.

What we would love to see from your photos!

- Clear, school-appropriate photos

- Students, friends, events, and activities that are NVMS-related

- School spirit week fashion

- Sports games

- Field trips

- School Socials

We do not want photos that contain:

- Inappropriate content

- Filters, stickers, or text

- Screenshots, memes, or AI images

- Blurry or dark photos

Photos need to be submitted by April 15.

To submit photos, visit the link below: https://photos.jostens.com/MZLHNG

The fine print:

All images are held and reviewed for appropriate content prior to publication.

Not all images will be included in the yearbook.

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact sam.mcmain@nv.k12.wa.us

Thank you!

-The Yearbook Staff

Annual Student Update:

We need your help.  To ensure that we have accurate and current information about your student(s) and family, we ask that you log in to your Skyward Family Access account and complete the Annual Student Update Online form there.  You will find the Annual Student Update tile under each of your student’s name.  Please do this for each student.  This is also where you would provide your permissions for sharing (or not sharing) your student’s demographic information to various entities/agencies (such as pictures, name and grade to local media, vendors, higher ed, military, etc.)  If you need help with your Skyward login, please contact the school office staff.

Absences/Arriving Late:

If your student is absent from school or arriving late to school, there are 3 ways to communicate why they are absent.  You may call the office, 360-966-7561 (outside office hours you may leave a message), a parent/guardian may write a note and send in with your student or send us a Parent Square message.  Please keep in mind that if your student is participating in a school sport, we need a note from the Doctor/Dentist/Counselor to keep them eligible to participate in sports practice or games that day. Parent written notes do not keep the student eligible for sports. 

Phone Use:

At NVMS our hope for students is that they are able to develop healthy peer-peer relationships both in-person and online along with healthy and productive relationships with technology. In order to do so, consistent campus and classroom expectations around cell phone an ear bud usage will be in place. If a student needs to use their phone for personal use, the expectation is that they check in with a teacher or other staff member to get permission to step into the office or separate space to do so. Students may also use the school phone for school business or emergencies.

Cell phones must remain in students back pack between the times of 7:15-2:15

Violation of Cell Phone Expectation will result in Cell phone getting turned into the office.

1st time– Student will need to pick up cell phone in the office at the end of the day, parent/guardian notified. 2nd time- Parent/Guardian will need to arrange to pick up cell phone, Lunch Detention

3rd time– Pioneer Success Level Drop, parent contact-student not permitted to bring cell phone on campus for remainder of semester.

What’s my bus??!!

Please be sure your students know their bus number.  Here is a link to the Bus Routes on our website.   Find your address and estimated time of pick up.

Nooksack Valley School District - High / Middle Schools

Zonar: Zonar is an app that allows you to see where your student’s bus is in real time.  Download the Zonar app, our school number is: 2311. Your child’s unique ID is their student number with no zeros at the beginning.  See attached fliers.