NOOKSACK VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL

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April 13, 2026

Monday, April 13th                                    A Day

Monday, April 13th                                    Girls’ soccer, Boys’ Baseball begins

Tuesday, April 14th                                    A Day

Wednesday, April 15th                              A Day

Thursday, April 16th                                   B Day

Thursday, April 16th                                   8th grade to WWU

Friday, April 17th                                         B Day

Monday, April 20th                                    A Day

Tuesday, April 21st                                     A Day

Wednesday, April 22nd                             B Day

Wednesday, April 22nd                             Late Arrival, school starts at 10 am

Thursday, April 23rd                                  B Day

Friday, April 24th                                       B Day

Friday, April 24th                                       Career Day!

Friday, April 24th                                       Term 3 Pioneer Purple Reward to Bender Fields

Monday, April 27th                                    A Day

Tuesday, April 28th                                    A Day

Wednesday, April 29th                             A Day

Wednesday, April 29th                             Olson/P. VanDyken Homerooms to Birch Bay

Thursday, April 30th                                  B Day

Thursday, April 30th                                  West/E. VanDyken Homerooms to Birch Bay

Friday, May 1st                                            B Day

Friday, May 1st                                            Quarre Homeroom to Birch Bay

Looking ahead:

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

Pioneer Purple to Bender Fields:

April 24th, students who are on Pioneer Purple for the 3rd Term will be invited to go to Bender Fields for a field trip.  Be sure to dress warm, this is a rain or shine adventure!

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.

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.

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.