NOOKSACK VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL

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April 27, 2026

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

Monday, May 4th                                       A Day

Monday, May 4th                                       E. VanDyken Homeroom on M/V Snow Goose

Monday, May 4th                                       Sandel/McGowan Homerooms to Camp Saturna

Tuesday, May 5th                                      A Day

Tuesday, May 5th                                      West Homeroom on M/V Snow Goose

Tuesday, May 5th                                      Sandel/McGowan Homerooms to Camp Saturna

Wednesday, May 6th                                B Day

Thursday, May 7th                                     B Day

Thursday, May 7th                                     P. VanDyken Homeroom on M/V Snow Goose

Friday, May 8th                                          B Day

Friday, May 8th                                          Quarre Homeroom on M/V Snow Goose

State testing begins this week:

Our state testing begins this week with 8th grade taking the Science test. Next week all grade levels begin testing, this will continue for the whole month of May. Students will take one test per week.  Please let the office know if your student will be arriving late or leaving early, or absent, so that we may plan accordingly for testing.  Please call the office if you have any questions.

 Field trips and Spring sports can be COLD or HOT!  Please make sure your student has warm pants and jacket for any trip or sport, along with a water bottle.

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.
• Make sure your student is dressed for the day and occasion (warm jacket, no sandals, etc.)

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.

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.