Happy Instructional Assistants Day to our wonderful group. Thank you for all you do for our staff and students at Nichols-Lawson!
The Scholastic Book Fair is coming to NLMS on Monday, December 4th. Students will come to the fair with their English class next week. They may also come at other times at their teacher's discretion. 6th grade will come Monday; Mrs. Farr’s 8th grade classes will come Monday and Tuesday; 7th grade will come Tuesday, and Mrs. Vick’s 8th grade classes will come Wednesday. Parents are welcome to come and shop with their students anytime between 8:00 am - 2:00 pm, Monday - Thursday. Only cash will be accepted from students unless their name is on the credit/debit card. Parents may pay with cash or credit card. NO CHECKS!
Thank you NLMS students and FOCUS members for the "Thanksgiving Food Drive" donations! All proceeds will be delivered to Care House. Happy Thanksgiving!
NLMS students participated in a thankfulness activity where each student was given a feather to decorate and tell what they were thankful for. Thank you to Dana Morris, our PTO president for coming up with this fun idea and cutting out 500 feathers!
NLMS enjoyed a traditional Thanksgiving lunch on Thursday. We appreciate the effort and hard work of our wonderful lunchroom staff.
NLMS students participated in MIX IT UP, a national program by Teaching Tolerance that promotes diversity and encourages students to take 1 day of the year to sit by different people and make new friends. Students were given a Lifesaver candy and conversation card as they entered the lunchroom. Tables were randomly decorated with the same Lifesaver-colored tablecloths and balloons. Students sat at their coordinating tables and started a conversation to meet new friends! A drawing for a pumpkin-full of candy was held and Makenly Taylor was the winner!
NLMS Veterans Day Program
Mr. Browning's 6th grade science classes have been learning about tectonic plates. They created models using oranges. The peel represents the Earth's crust.
Aggie Attendance Award
Last week, NLMS students participated in Red Ribbon dress up days and activities that promote the importance of living a drug-free life. Guest Speakers from Under Age, Under Arrest spoke to our 7th and 8th grade students. Peer Helpers and FOCUS members helped decorate our hallways, read a drug-free morning message during morning announcements and passed out Red Ribbon stickers through the week.
NLMS also held a Red Ribbon Poster Contest with the homeroom with the most participation earning a popcorn party. PTO presented the winners from each grade with a Chick-fil-A giftcard!
Congratulations to
8th grade- Sneya Patel
7th grade- Gade Clay Mintz
6th grade- Emma Edmondson
We are proud to be drug-free!
Congratulations to the NLMS 2023-2024 Builders Club Officers:
President Creston Baumgartner
Vice President M'Kenzie Helton
Secretary Danna Velazquez-Aguas
Treasurer Madelyn Huntley
Nichols-Lawson has kicked off our Annual Turkey Sale! Orders are due by Thursday, October 26th and will ship the week of November 13th. If you are interested in purchasing, please see a Nichols-Lawson student or call the office at 256-245-4376.
NLMS seventh graders are beginning a new, challenging unit of study in English with the theme of “Highs and Lows.” To begin, students completed a visual discovery of our upcoming texts. Next, students learned about reading fluency strategies and read the poem “Annabel Lee” aloud to a partner. They answered fluency self-assessment questions and determined which strategies would best improve their fluency and comprehension.
On Friday’s early release day, NLMS students enjoyed a Color Run sponsored by the PTO. Grade levels rotated between the color run, games, and concessions. We would like to say a special thank you to all of the parent and student volunteers and a very special thank you to our PTO president, Dana Morris for organizing this awesome event.
Red Ribbon Week
The NLMS Peer Helpers collected donations for Children’s of Al in observance of Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. All proceeds will go to purchasing items on the Children’s of AL wish list.
Students in Mrs. Fowler’s 7th Grade Life Science class delved into the fascinating world of anatomy and biology by dissecting chicken wings to explore how our body systems work together, as well as investigate the striking similarities between chicken wings and human arms. The primary objective of this dissection is to investigate the role of muscles and their manipulation in making the chicken wings "flap," shedding light on how the principles observed in the chicken wing dissection can be related to the function of human arms. Without using gravity, students figured out how to make a chicken wing flap. By pulling on the biceps or triceps, the wing of the chicken would shorten or lengthen. Everyone had an “egg-celent” time learning about how our muscular and skeletal systems work together!
Early Release
Color Run Friday
