❤️🚌 Love the Bus Month is wrapping up but we are still celebrating by showcasing the faces behind our amazing Transportation Department. Today we feature Ted Sabanal, Kayla Swanstrom, and John Crawford. Thank you for the roles you play in keeping our students safe!
📢 SAVE THE DATE! 📢
North Mason Drama Club is putting on an evening of one-act plays, "The Still Alarm" and "Sorry, Wrong Number" March 7, 8 and 9 at 7:00 pm in the auditorium. This is the Drama Club's main fundraiser for the year and everyone is invited! Hilary Gennaro is proud of the hard work her students have put in, preparing for these performances. "These winter plays are unique because they are tied to our advanced acting class. We do not get to do them every year. These plays are excellent as the students hone their acting skills and work all trimester on the production, similar to our spring musical." Shout-out to student, Emerson Lyons, who hand drew and painted the captivating poster.
Cost: $8 - Adults, $5 - ASB & kids under 12
❤️ These are the faces...that hold the smiles...that give our students a welcome to the day or an encouraging word to carry on for the next. These are the people your student starts...and ends...their day with. These are the faces...of people that care about your student. YOUR student is THEIR inspiration, day after day.
Think about that.
Thank you, NMSD Transportation Team! ❤️
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❤️ Estos son los rostros... que mantienen las sonrisas... que dan a nuestros estudiantes una bienvenida al comenzar el día o una palabra de aliento para continuar el día siguiente. Estas son las personas con las que su estudiante comienza... y termina... su día. Estos son los rostros... de personas que se preocupan por su estudiante. SU estudiante es SU inspiración, día tras día.
Piénsalo
¡Gracias, Equipo de Transporte de NMSD! ❤️
Congratulations to Sadie Evans for becoming a Washington State Champion, winning the wrestling title at the Mat Classic XXXV. What an accomplishment! Well done, Sadie!
February is L❤️VE the Bus Month and we are taking this opportunity to feature our Transportation Team and learn more about the people who hold the important job of transporting your student safely to and from school. It is more than just a job to them...the students become like family. Enjoy these first few features and watch for more to come through the remainder of February. Thank you, NMSD Transportation, for all you do!
❤️Friend-Ship❤️
Sand Hill Elementary was a sea of hearts on Valentine's Day, students and teachers dressed in red and pink. It was a fitting backdrop for Taproot Theatre Company who came to perform 'The Friend Ship,' an educational, age-appropriate, play addressing issues surrounding bullying. The engaging performers introduced students to the 3 R's: Recognize, Report, and Refuse, along with the importance of being an 'Upstander' vs. a 'Bystander.' Afterwards, the actors posed questions to the students, which they answered based on lessons learned from the scenarios in the play. Students were captivated from beginning to end, and left with the message, "Bullying is something you do, not who you ARE. You can always make a different choice." Thank you, Taproot Theatre Company, for visiting Sand Hill Elementary and presenting these powerful messages in such an entertaining way!
❤️ No Valentine's plans? We've got you covered! Come watch NMHS Varsity Girls Basketball battle the Fife Trojans on their path to State. Only three wins away! ❤️
Main Gym, NMHS @ 6 pm
#gobulldogs #riseabove
⭐ NIGHT TO SHINE! ⭐ Thank you, Chelsea Youngs, for sharing this story about North Mason's 'Adulting in Our Community' students. "I wanted to share that five of our adult students attended an AMAZING formal event in Silverdale Friday, called A Night to Shine. I had the honor of being Bella's 'Buddy' for the evening. It was an amazing experience! This event took weeks of planning for our students as they had to get fitted for formal wear provided by the event. They also had to use adulting skills to advocate for themselves, get fitted for gowns and suits, and secure transportation. The evening provided food, hair and make up, tiaras, shoeshine, limo rides, photo booths, dancing, and bingo. There was even a marriage proposal! Oh, and Bella and Caullin made the Kitsap Sun!"
Mrs. Reznicek's 8th grade AVID class hosted Superintendent Rosenbach yesterday for her substituting day and she enjoyed every minute with the delightful group of students. Discussion centered around the two guest speakers they had the day prior; a 7th grade parent who is a program assistant in the continuing education department at Olympic College and the Community Financial Educator from Peninsula Credit Union. Superintendent Rosenbach enjoyed hearing the students' insightful takeaways from the informative guest speakers.
As part of the "Superintendent in the Schools" series, Dana Rosenbach substituted in Mrs. Roy's 5th grade class at Belfair Elementary last week. If you had peeked into the classroom, you would have witnessed the students and Superintendent having a very engaging and thoughtful discussion about the March on Washington. Impressive group of students!
🏆 DECA Students Advance to State Conference 🏆
Extraordinary results for our DECA team on Friday, January 19th, when 81 students competed at the DECA Area 7 Career Development Conference in various Business & Marketing events against 19 other schools. Congratulations to the 45 students who qualified for the upcoming DECA State Career Development Conference in late February.
Washington DECA provides a unique experience for students to immerse themselves in real-life business situations, presenting to industry professionals as they strive for a coveted spot to compete on the international level.
Thank you, Joey Hua, for sharing these fantastic results!
#gobulldogs
🏀 A fun Saturday night up at NMHS last night, when the community came together for the Alumni Basketball Game Fundraiser. The event drew alumni players all the way back to 1978! Our own Dave Smethers, also an alumni, was one of the refs at the game and got some good natured teasing from some current basketball players in the stands, asking as he ran by "Smez, do you need a sub?" It was a classic "feel-good" North Mason event and wonderful to see the cross-section of people that turned out to support our student athletes. Thank you to the NM Boosters and sponsors: Windemere Peninsula Properties, Smokehouse BBQ, Mike Tice Foundation, Peace, Love & Donuts, Taco Bell, Wise Guys, and all who made this fun Alumni evening possible. All proceeds benefit the NM Boys & Girls Basketball programs. Thank you for coming out!
📌 SAVE THE DATE! Multilingual Family Night on Wednesday, January 24th from 6-7 pm.
👩🎓👨🎓 FREE APPLICATION FOR FEDERAL STUDENT AID
💲 Who should complete the FAFSA® form? Any student, regardless of income, who wants to be considered for federal, state, and school financial aid programs. This includes grants, scholarships, work-study funds, and loans.
💲 How long will it take? It takes most people less than one hour to fill out the FAFSA form, including gathering any personal documents and financial information needed to complete it.
💲 What do I need? Verified account username and password (FSA ID)
Parent or spouse contributor name, date of birth, Social Security number, email address, income and asset information (if required)
View the video for more information https://youtu.be/NmEP38x-1Z8?si=5xQxGW-xcmBX8Ah- or visit studentaid.gov
🎭 North Mason Theater 🎭 The drama pipeline begins early at North Mason! Before the break, Mrs. Knapp's third grade students at Belfair Elementary wrote their own play with inspiration from “A Mouse’s Christmas.” The students did multiple performances for other classes and held a final performance for families to attend.
If you want to see where these students might end up on their NMSD journey, make sure to save the date for "24-hour Theatre." This intense, immersive experience has NMHS students write, cast, act in, build sets for, and direct a completely original play in the span of only 24 hours. They stay up all night working on it and perform (in a completely exhausted but exhilarated state) at 6:30 pm on Saturday, January 6th. This is one of the main fundraisers for the theater program and a ton of fun for the audience.
Thank you Mrs. Knapp and Mrs. Gennaro for sharing this information about the creative side of student life at North Mason!
🎄Giving Tree🎄
North Mason staff and DECA students joined in to help out at the Giving Tree distribution yesterday. It was a convergence zone of community agencies at the Salmon Center Barn, where gifts and toiletries were prepared and bagged for over 158 families, providing for more than 500 of our students. The North Mason Lions handled organizing the gifts and the North Mason Rotary organized toiletries and essentials for each family. Also pivotal to the success of this project was Schumaker Chiropractic and every community member who took the time to shop for one of our families. There are countless volunteers that make a project like this happen -- too many to list here -- but when it all comes together...MAGIC!
Wonderful to see the generosity and outpouring of support from this amazing community.
Well done, North Mason!
Please Drive Carefully!
It's a busy time here at NMSD with lots of evening concerts and events. Please drive with extra caution and awareness so we can make sure our students stay safe.
Thank you, Belfair!
🎄The Superintendent substituted at Sand Hill during Spirit Week.🎄 A classic example of alliteration but not what Superintendent Rosenbach was teaching today in Ms. Dimmen's 2nd grade class. She worked with students on contractions, using games to learn words like 'you'll, I'll, we'll.' Table activities also required the use of Sand HIll's four pillars as students practiced taking turns and working as a team.
Thank you, Sand Hill Elementary, for welcoming 'Substitute' Rosenbach on Crazy Hat Day!
Students from the North Mason Drama Club were presented with a certificate of thanks, along with a check, from the North Mason Rotary Club for partnering on their creative fundraiser, the Belfair Haunted Barn experience.
Thank you, Superintendent Rosenbach, for sharing this news about our students receiving this recognition for their contribution to the community.
Well done, Bulldogs!
📣SAVE THE DATE!
Great opportunity to learn more about the North Mason Teen Center at their upcoming open house. Event is for North Mason families with students in 6th-12th grade. Happening Friday, December 8th from 5-7 pm. RSVP for this free event by emailing grayj@bgcsps.org or call (360) 362-1855.
