5/14/26 Boston Trip (Grade 8)

5/14/26 Inquiry Night (Grade 7)

5/19/26 Early Release Day

5/19/26 PAC Meeting

5/20/26 Orchestra Concert (@MKMS)

5/21/26 Chorus Concert

5/25/26 Memorial Day (No School)

5/28/26 Aerospace Academy Orientation

Wishing a Happy Mother's Day to all of the moms in our school community. We hope you have a wonderful Mother's Day on Sunday!

 For Teacher Appreciation Week, our Student Council members took time to recognize the incredible dedication of our staff by writing heartfelt notes of appreciation and delivering cold beverages, snacks, and candy. Their thoughtful gestures helped spread kindness and gratitude across our school community!

We value your family's voice! We will be administering the NPS School Climate Survey for Grade 8 students—to gather feedback on our school climate at John Wallace Middle School.  

Your input helps us improve student relationships, learning conditions, and the overall school environment to make it safer and more supportive for everyone.

Opt-Out Option: If you do not wish for your child to participate in the survey, please submit a printed and filled out copy of the form to the main office.

All responses to the NPS School Climate Surveys for students are completely anonymous and confidential. Thank you for your continued support and valuable feedback!  

Smarter Balance testing will be occurring over the month of May. Please help our staff by making sure your children are coming to school well rested, fed, and that their Chromebooks are fully charged so they can do their very best. Below is a list of dates for the testing.

Monday, May 11- SBA Math PT- 8:05-9:25

Wednesday, May 13 - NGSS (5 and 8 only) -

Monday, May, 18- SBA Math CAT Part 1

Wednesday, May 20- SBA Math CAT Part 2

A reminder to all families, if your child will be absent or tardy to school, please send a ParentSquare to our main office. You can also call our main office at 860-667-5888 to report the absence or tardy but either a written note or ParentSquare will still be needed to excuse it.

We would appreciate your assistance in ensuring the main office is always notified of any absences or tardies. In addition, if you need to get a message or notification to your child, please contact the main office and we can relay the message.

Thanks in advance for your assistance.

A reminder that the drop off location for all students is at the John Wallace loop. It is important to note that students should not be dropped off prior to 7:45. Staff will be on duty to assist students beginning at 7:45.

If you will be dropping off your child to school, please ensure you use the designated drop-off area between Wallace and Paterson. Please do not drop your child off anywhere on Halleran Drive especially at the curb areas as this will cause serious safety hazards with oncoming traffic.

The area adjacent to the entrance to our bus loop is not a drop-off or pick-up area. We will be adding signange to prevent traffic stopping in this area.

We also ask that all vehicles use proper traffic procedures when on Halleran (e.g. no u-turns, no stopping at undesignated areas or blocking our bus entrances or exits). The area adjacent to our bus loop is not a drop-off or pick-up area. Please use the loop

We appreciate your compliance with our traffic and parking regulations as student safety at drop-off and pick-up is our priority.

Our weekly newsletter is an excellent way to stay informed and up to date with pertinent information. It will be sent out on Friday afternoons via ParentSquare post.

Please feel free to contact the main office at 860-667-5888 during regular operating hours (7:30 a.m.- 4:00 p.m.) if you have any questions or need additional information.

In partnership,

Marco Tirillo, JWMS Principal

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