North Mason School District

⭐ 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.

Today, on National Special Education Day, we celebrate our Special Education team, and students, for being the epitome of inclusion and making a difference at North Mason! Special Education Day commemorates the signing of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act into law on this day in 1975 (IDEA).

As part of her weekly substituting schedule, Superintendent Rosenbach visited Mrs. Fournier's Kindergarten class today. She was given such a warm welcome from the students and interacting with the class was a really rewarding experience. She concluded her visit reading one of her all time favorite stories, "The Night Before Christmas." Follow up from Mrs. Fournier was really positive, saying the kids enjoyed their time with the superintendent.

Your voice matters! Please watch for our text messages and emails from Possip with a few simple questions asking for feedback on your experience with your school. We want to know what is working and what you need. Next survey is scheduled for tomorrow, November 29th. Please take a few minutes and have your voice heard. Let's get to 100% participation! THANK YOU!

🏆 North Mason has Band Kids going to STATE!!! 🏆 The following North Mason HS band students have been accepted into the 2024 Washington Music Educators ALL STATE Honor band program this February. Students sent in audition recordings in October, along with hundreds of others from across Washington, to be considered for this role. Jake Buckingham- Percussion Raymond Felton- Bass Clarinet Carl Lewis Jr.- Trombone Haleigh Scott- Bass These students will travel to Yakima Washington in February to work with college professors, and fellow band students from across state, culminating in a final performance in Yakima's historical Capitol Theatre. Congratulations to all, and GO BULLDOGS!!! Thank you, Chris Drewry, for sharing this fabulous news!

Happy Thanksgiving! Feliz día de acción de gracias

❤️Students Supporting Community❤️ NMHS students in the Family, Career & Community Leaders of America class delivered three fully cooked Thanksgiving meals to The Hub today for families in need this holiday, exemplifying not only FCCLA values, but also those we hold dear at NMSD. Thank you to teacher Heather Brase and Principal Chad Collins for sharing this example of their students being leaders and making a difference in our community.

🦃 Thanksgiving Funny 🦃 Students at Hawkins Middle School were doing their Turkey Trot today, each class running a mile around the campus. When students asked one of their PE teachers, Paula Grande, "What's a turkey trot?" she had fun concocting an extremely elaborate explanation convincing some students there were turkeys hidden out on the trails that they had to catch. Some students jogged by, reporting defeatedly, "We didn't see any out there." Without missing a beat, she asked, "Not even behind the ballfields?" The students' heads swiveled in that direction, obviously upset they hadn't thought to look there. 😄😄😄 Next up, the Elf Run in December!