This announcement is for all 6th Grade Choir parents (7th and 8th Grade Choir Parents, your announcement is still upcoming, so keep an eye out for it😉)

Hey all! Coming home with your choir daughter/son today is a parent letter talking about our upcoming 6th Grade Glow-In Skate night (a link to a digital copy of the letter can be found here for your convenience). To summarize everything quickly:

1. Who: 6th Grade NMS Choir Students Only
2. What: 6th Grade Choir Skate Night (Cost: $5)
3. Where: Jarisa’s Fun Zone (14385 Indiana 120, Bristol, IN 46507)
4. When: September, 30th from 6:00-7:30pm
5. Why: To reward and get to know these awesome kids outside of the classroom and cut loose on the skating floor!

This will not be a mandatory event but we sure hope your daughter/son can join in for the fun! Parents are welcome to come along and watch but only 6th grade NMS Choir students will be allowed on the skating floor (Most parents drop off their child and come back at 7:30) Pick up time will be at 7:30pm.

Hope to see them there! – Mr. Maura and Mr. Norwood

Hey all! Mr. Cone and I have been watching the weather and there is a good chance that rain will impact our dodgeball event tomorrow. As of now, we are still planning on getting our dodgeball on, but if it looks like it will be raining after school, we will unfortunately have to cancel. We will look to make a decision by 1:30/2:00 at the latest, so keep an eye out for an update around then to make sure! Fingers-crossed it’ll pass us by and the dodgeballs will fly!😉

Hey all! In case your choir beast hasn’t passed on the word yet, the annual Band vs Choir Dodgeball Deathmatch will be taking place next Wednesday (May 28th) from 3:45-4:45 on the tetherball courts (right beside the Northridge tennis courts). It is open to all 6th-8th grade NMS choir and band student, and we hope to have another great turnout again this year! Pickup will be at the parking lot right beside the tennis courts. Fingers-crossed the trophy returns to us this year after a close 2-1 loss last year!

Well, the town of Middlebury was hoppin’ to the NMS Choir’s 80’s Dance Party on Saturday! The kids put on two absolutely fantastic performances to be proud of! If you weren’t able to make it out to the Final Blast performances on Saturday, you missed out on a fantastic trip back to the 80’s! The kids put on an amazing performance and closed out the year with bang! If you were still hoping to catch it in a recorded form, you’re still in luck! Our friends at Michiana Video were there recording the 4:30 performance. If you or a family member, friend, relative, neighbor, recent acquaintance, etc. were interested in a recording of this year’s Final Blast performance, orders can be placed online through this Order Form Link with money being sent in with students sometime this week. Additionally, paper copies of the order form can be picked up by students in class if preferred. We will take orders through the end of this week (Friday, May 16^th).

We also have pictures to share with you all, courtesy of our awesome photographers, Mrs. Byers and Mrs. Norris! A huge thank you to them for capturing these awesome shots! (Link to Mrs. Byers Photo Album, Link to Mrs. Norris Photo Albums)

What a fantastic way to finish off an awesome year of performances! We could not be prouder of the kids and the hard work they put into making the shows as great as they were! Thank you to the literally hundreds of parent chaperones, chauffeurs, generous donators, and volunteers that helped make this year as successful as it was! We couldn’t have done it without your help! Thank you, thank you, thank you!

If you were not able to make it out to the choir contest today you missed an awesome afternoon of some amazing performances! Each group came ready to sing their best and had their eyes on the prize! A huge thank you to our guest judges: Mrs. Hill, Mrs. Norwood, and Ms. Yost for lending your talents and skills to help listen to and score our choirs! And a special thank you to Ms. Yost for working so expertly and excitingly with the kids in the clinics afterwards to push them to even higher heights! And because we know you were anxiously awaiting the scoring results, a drumroll please…………….Gold Ratings for all 3 groups!!! A huge congratulations to all of the choirs on setting their sights on this high bar and achieving it! Super proud of these kids and the day of amazing performing they had! One final note: We still had several open slots remaining for treats for the celebration on Monday. If you would have any interest/availability in helping out in that way please feel free to reach out to Mr. Norwood/Mrs. Armington, or simply send them in with your daughter/son on Monday (packs/sets of 48 ideally; salty or sweet). Thank you for your help and your consideration! Now enjoy some well-deserved rest this weekend you gold-winning choir stars!

If you weren’t able to join us on Saturday, you missed out on a fantastic night of performances! The kids really made the most of those 3 weeks since the SwingFry and put together a great show! A huge thank you to everyone who helped behind the scenes, throughout the week, and lent support to help make it such a successful night! If you did happen to miss out on the show and were still looking for a way to catch it, Blu-Ray/Thumb Drive Recordings can be ordered through December 17^th (Link to order form) and will be delivered before the kids leave for break. Additionally, if you were looking for some amazing pictures of the kids in action, here’s a link courtesy of  Mrs. Byers who was snapping some throughout the night (huge thank you to her)! More pictures to come throughout the week, so keep an eye out for those! Thanks all!