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Hello Middle School Families,

�I am always amazed that another month has passed so quickly. May is when I tend to notice the most growth and maturity from our students. I always look forward to this time. Middle School can be a difficult time for so many reasons. Physically and developmentally our children are growing and changing at a rapid pace. They often struggle between being a child but yearning to be an adult. Students today, more than ever, have so many outside forces influencing their thoughts and actions. Sometimes they are not quite ready for it. Despite all of that, I see students thriving every day. I love this aspect of my job. Watching students grow and change is what makes being an educator so rewarding.

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�Thank you,

Melissa Addy

Newfield Middle School Principal

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COUNSELOR’S CORNER

May is Mental Health Awareness Month

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2025-2026 Budget - VOTE 5/20/25

NCSD School Board approved a budget of $26,492,408 to go to the

voters for ratification.

This reflects a planned 2.5% increase in the school tax levy

Priorities:

- High-impact curricula and programming for students

- Reading

- Early childhood

- Athletics and Extracurriculars

- Salary Competitiveness

- Investing in our buildings and grounds

Learn more:

Budget Hearing, 5/6/25 at 5:30 in the HS Library

Details and additional documents are on the

website provided:

https://www.newfieldschools.org/page/budget-2025-2026

What’s next:

VOTE! May 20, 2025

If the budget does not pass,

the district has to present

another budget or go to a

“contingency” budget which

would mean:

$184,000 in budget cuts

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MATH STATE TESTING

Memorial Day

NO SCHOOL

High School Prism Concert

7:00pm-8:30pm

GIVE BACK

DAY

NO SCHOOL

Harlem Wizards Basketball Game 6:30pm-9:30pm

Newfield

Greenup day

9:00am-12:00pm

Budget Vote

Lower Gym

12:00pm-9:00pm

Board of

Education Meeting

6:30pm-8:30pm

Star Testing

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