Heading for Greatness Recipients

Congratulations to grade 6, 7 and 8 students who were honored for having grades of B- or better, and/or for perfect attendance 2nd term!  Thank you to our friends at Gear Up Carly, Brooke and Sue for your help organizing the program and to all our parents and guardians who were able to participate!

6th Grade Students			7th Grade Students			8th Grade Students
First	Last		First	Last		First	Last
Samuele	Abi-Younes		Emanuele	Abi-Younes		Bryan	Acosta
Keanu	Aldarondo		Kaleigh	Almeida		Marissa	Aguiar
Devyn	Alves-DeSimas		Destiny	Alston		Selena	Albano
Jonathan	Amaral		Kamrin	Andrade		Cory	Alexander
Lauren	Antao		Michaela	Arruda		Matthew	Alfonse
Sophia	Arribada		Samantha	Baptista		Nathan	Andrade
Rachelle	Arruda		Alison	Borges		Tahj	Andrews
Austin	Avelar		Ryan	Boudreau		Aneishaly	Aquinho
Asorliz	Aviles		Xavier	Bowie		Samantha	Arruda
Xiomara	Badillo		Felicity	Braga		Farrah	Avilla
Julias	Baptiste		Cory	Branco		Owen	Azevedo
Rayanne	Barbosa		Nathan	Branco		Caitlyn	Baker
Sara	Bertoldo		Gabriella	Burris		Carmo	Barbosa
Colby	Botelho		Monet	Cabral		Ariana	Bedoya
Beth	Braley		Rebecca	Cabral-Brockwy		Hannah	Blanchard
Madison	Breakfield		Juan	Caez		Patrisha	Bousquet
Brandon	Cahill		Tori	Calbo		Steven	Brito
Eric	Camacho		Brandon	Cardoso		Jesse	Carreiro
Anisa	Carreiro		Nolan	Carreiro		Kelsie	Carreiro
Bridget Rose	Carroll		Emilio	Casimiro		Austin	Carvalho
Katelyn	Carvalho		Janell	Celester		Kendal	Carvalho
Jordan	Charbonneau		Kellie	Chase		Makalia	Clattenburg
Dakota	Chixarro		Shawna	Cook		Nicholas	Claudina
Benjamin	Coelho		Julie	Correia		Jerika	Colon
Marlyce	Coelho		Milena	Couto		Jayla	Cora
Megan	Coleman		Joshua	Cruz		Josiah	Cordero
Payton	Conceicao		Megan	DaCosta		Colby	Correia
Christopher	Conigo		Huy	Dang		Nhamaa	Cortes
Ian	Correia		Alexis	DeMello		Mariah	Cote Perry
Ryan	Costa		Paige	Demelo		Collin	Couto
Nathaniel	Costa		Tristan	Desousa		Angelica	Cunha
Emma	Cozzens		Landen	Dias		Hailey	Currin
Jonathan	Cruz		Noah	Duarte		Savannah	DaCosta
Delilah	Cruz		Brandi	Duong		Anthony	Dean
Courtney	Currin		Davyn	Encarnacion		Desirae	Diaz
Jasenya	DaCosta		Jake	Ewaszko		Alyssa	Duato
Mary-Kate	DaCosta		Carol	Fernandes		Nicolette	Dubois
Savannah	DaSilva		Daniella	Fernandes		Rachel	Dufresne
Victor	DaSilva		Dawson	Fernandes		Tiffany	Dufresne
Fabiana	Debarros		Catherine	Ferreira		Matthew	Dupont
Juan	Dela Cruz		Isaiah	Ferreira		Gwynne	Eichman
Rochelle	deMendonca		Brad	Ferris		Michaela	Fernandes
Quest	DePina		Sarah	Flynn		Liz	Ferrer
Kennedy	Deschenes		Jevon	Fyock		Brendan	Furtado
Justin Paulo	DeSousa		Jovanni	Garcia		Sheyla	Fyock
Tori	DeSousa		Jasmine	Garrick		Paige	Gomes
Frances	Desrosiers		Peter	Gomes		Alyssa	Gonzales
Brandon	Diaz		Tori	Guilbeault		Kristin	Gonzales
Angela	Diaz		Brittany	Hammarquist		Kelynn	Gracie
Aaron	Duarte		Dylan	Hathaway		Sara	Greene
Ashley	Elisio		Devon	Hebert		Jared	Jesus
Andrew	Eugenio		Brandon	Jacques		Zachary	Jones
Kyle	Faria		Hannah	Jeronymo		Nickolas	LaForce
Jasmin	Fender		Diogo	Jesus		Brenden	Lebeau
Sarah	Fernandes		Abigail	Jupin		Alyssa	Linhares
Mackenzie	Ferreira		Kaycee	Langlois		Eduardo	Llanos
Nathan	Ferreira		Jessica	Lawrence		George	Lorantos
Alyssa	Franco		Zara	Lemieux		Mackenzie	Majocka
Gage	Freitas		Kasey	Lenadre		Valarie	Maldonado
Michael	Garcia		Zachariah	Levesque		Ashley	Maloney
Antonio	Gibau		Cameron	Lewis		Taylor	Markey
Jordan	Gilbert		Meng	Lian		Serena	Marques
Colin	Gill		Kurtis	Lopes-Soares		Alex	Martinez
Andre	Gomez		Blake	Marques		Cameron	Massa
Lexie	Green		Julie	Martins		Daichi	Matsumoto
Hailey	Hebert		Katelynn	Massa		Christian	McLeod
Saidee	Henderson		Diana	Matos		Brianna	Moniz-Pacheco
Victoria	Knox		Kailyn	McKenna		Tyler	Monteiro
Allison	Labelle		Alexis	Medeiros		Chinyere	Newsome
Ribaldo	Laynes		Emanuel	Medeiros		Nancy	Noble-Gibbs
Kaylynne	Leandre		Eric	Medeiros		Nicholas	Norman
Justin	Leavitt		Kimberly	Medeiros		Monique	Pacheco
Kristen	Lecuyer		Abby	Meehan		Elizabeth	Pereira
Cheyenne	Leiriao		Heizy	Mejia		Leslie	Pinto
Bruno	Leite		Naillian	Mendes		Indalecio	Pires
Shania	Levasseur		Hailey	Meunier		Sarik	Ramos
Sierra	Lira		Justin	Midence		Savannah	Resendes
Aliana	Liz Tavares		Jacob	Mills		Helen	Rivas
Igor	Lopes		Tyer	Moniz		Latisha	Rodrigues
Kiarra	Lopez		Carmen	Morales		Alyssa	Rodriguez
Felisa	Luarca		Angelica	Nascimento		Victoria	Rodriguez Matos
Miguel	Lucas		Cindy	Nguyen		Angela	Sa
Cesar	Lucatero-Quiroz		Ana	Nunez		Miryan	Sanchez
Juliette	Lugo		Koery	Oliveira		Victoria	Sebastiao
Alexia	Macaroco		Kayla	Pacheco		Alica	Silva
Austin	Macaroco		Arianna	Padilla		Justin	Silva
Alianna	Macklin		Kaylee	Pavao		Austin	Silvia
Michael	Maloney		Allison	Pereira		Brenda	Sousa
Jonathan	Marinez Lugo		Vuong	Phan		Jasmine	Sousa
Bethany	Martin		Alondra	Pino Rivera		Ryann	Souza
Neisy	Martinez		Nicole	Poineau		Quinn	Sullivan
Kaleigh	Martins		Elijah	Quarles		Jailyn	Tavares
Timmothy	Martins Jr		Damian	Ramos		Jennifer	Tetreault
Shae	Marvel		Rhyan	Ramos		Corey	Viera
Kaito	Matsumoto		Erin	Rezendes		Jasmine	Washburn
Kayla	Menard		Juan	Rivas Jr		Reese	Westgate
Isaiah	Mota		Juan	Rivas Jr		Michael	Williams III
Nicholas	Normandin		Ashley	Rocha		McKenzie	Xavier
Delilah	Oliveira		Benjamin	Roderick		Josue	Yac
Jayden	Ortiz		Kyle	Rodriguez
Alexis	Ostman		Jose	Santiago
Liczi	Padilla Zapata		Jeomary	Santos Davila
Jose	Pena		Alyssa	Silva
Daymian	Pereira		Sadie	Smith
Rachel	Pereira		Averi	Soares
Mirianis	Pizarro-Sanchez		Sarah	Soares
Maxwell	Pye		Alexandria	Sousa
Stephanie	Ramos		Carina	Sousa
Andrew	Raposo		Jonathan	Sousa
Abigail	Renauld		Sarah	Swible
Marissa	Reposa		Nicoholas	Talbot
Ethan	Robert		Taonre	Taylor
Robert	Rock		Sydney	Teixeira
Cameron	Rodrigues		Nathaniel	Tilton
Destiny	Rodriguez		Michaela	Valladares-Lopez
Wanda	Rodriguez Matos		Joshua	Vasconcellos
Yarelis	Rojas		Christopher	Vega
Angela	Sanchez Rios		Kamill	Velez
Ethan	Santos		Marcel	Vieira
Hanane	Sellami		Brevyn	Viera
Kasity	Silva		Hailey	Viera
Ruben	Silvares-Santiago		Amanda	Wooler
Marcel	Sousa		Kyle	Young
Jillian	Sousa
Kayara	Souto
Heather	St Don
Jordan	Tavares
Alexander	Tavares
Ivan Louis	Teves
Leeanne	Vala
Natalye	Vasquez
Alexander	Vitorino
Austin	Vitorino
Glenn	Viveiros
Cassidy	White

Let's meet some of the terrific people that make Normandin Middle School a GREAT place to learn:

Ms. Briggs - Health Education

1.  I have completed a 100-mile race and I am in traning for #2!

2.  The only thing I love more than running is being a teacher.

3.  I love sleepovers at my moms with my two nieces, which occur almost every weekend.

4.  I am in process of completing my goal of running a marathon in every state.  Yes, I am a marathon maniac.

5.  I have lived in 3 countries and 15 states.  I used to hate being in one place too long.  Too bad I did not run marathons when I lived in each of the states.  I would be almost done.  

Ms. Rodriguez - Grade 8 Social Studies

1.  I went to Point Barrow Alsaka, in 2007, on a survival trip where I hunted caribou and seals.  Was immersed in the Inupiaq culture for 7 days eating seal and whale blubber.

2.  I stayed at Mount Vernon for a week during a teacher's institute, in both 2006 and 2008, where I was given the honor of changing the wreath on George Washington's tomb. 

3. I am the family animal advocacy center: Four dogs, two Mccaws and an Arican Grey, oh plus a temporary cat.

(By the way, they are never temporary)

4. I have four grandsons, the oldest is 22 and has just joined the National Guard and the youngest is 6.  (I started when I was five)

5. Quit school and worked the graveyard shift at the mills when I was 16.  My job was, believe it or not, painting the soles of shoes with a 1/2 inch paintbrush. (Don't try this at home)  Since I couldn't stay within the lines, constantly getting  paint on the sides of the shoes, my services were no longer required. Tried other factory work, such as cloth inspector but it was way too exciting and glamorous.  So instead I decided to teach. 

Let's meet some of the terrific people that make Normandin Middle School a GREAT place to learn:

 

Ms. Medeiros - Grade 6 Special Education

 
1. I live in Bristol, RI
2. I have two children Jonathan 15 & Katelyn 12
3. I love car racing and sponsor a female race car driver
4. I'm addicted to coffee
5. I have coached with special olympics for 9 years.

 

 

Mr. Simon- Art 

1. I'm the first male child born in in my family in 45 years, (lucky me)
2. I played football (linebacker,) with two players who are now in the NFL
3. My artwork (films,) were featured in galleries in numerous Boston art galleries
4. I challenge anyone to a racquetball game
5. I cry every single time I watch Titanic

Mr. Ponte- Grade 7 Social Studies
 

5. "History Nerd" and so proud of it!

I've watched Ken Burns Civil War over 250 time; I am addicted to Founding Fathers philosophy and iwll be at the 150th anniversary of Gettysburg this summer.

 

4. Fish Fear me

Largemouth and Smallmouth Bass tell their young children to avoid me in the rivers, lakes, and ponds of New England, or face the consequences.

 

3. 32 years old and still don't know

I have never drunk alcohol in my life, not a religious or morality issue; just have never had the urge; however bartending my way in college I was happy others would. $$$

 

2. You can go further with a joke and a Smile...

I love to joke, practical and otherwise.  My favorite targets at Normandin? Cheryl Jesse, Michelle Campos and Amanda Bobola.

 

1. Family first

I have coached football and basketball at various high schools in the past decade, but I'm happiest at home with my wife, son and pets.

 

Ms. Rocha- Success Center Facilitator

 

1. Legal guardian of 81 year old uncle with developmental disabities
2. Love James Patterson novels
3. Own a 1974 Triumph TR6 and 1970 Spitfire
4. Married my friend 11 1/2 years ago
5. Have 2 dogs that I call my kids....Sheldon 4months & Lilly 3yrs.
   

Ms. McCormack - Paraprofessional

 

1. I am a leader in any given situation

2. Even though I’m young, I am the most caring and responsible person you’ll ever meet.

3. I believe in discipline and respect.

4. I would love to someday become an FBI agent.

5. I love exploring new and exciting things. I also love to learn how things are made and where they originated from.

 

Ms. Wright-Technology

 

·        Avid nature photographer

·        Travels to Australian winter every summer

·        Has 2 adult children

·        Teaching since 1973

·        Was originally an art teacher



Irish Leader Visits Normandin

Ireland's Sinn Fein leading member Pat Doherty visited Normandin Middle School on Friday March 15, 2013. He spoke to our eighth-graders from Pod 8-1 about the struggle for Northern Ireland's independence. Mr. Doherty took the time to answer ALL student questions and spent 1 on 1 time with students for more in-depth discussion after the event. The visit reflected a truly authentic way to bring our social studies curriculum to life, while learning first hand about another countries struggles for independence. We are very proud of our students and their ability to ask rigorous questions and participate in intelligent conversations with our guests. 

We would like to thank the following guests for taking the time to visit Normandin and particpate in this very special event:

• Mrs. Doherty
• School Committee members Dr. Fletcher & Dr. Finnerty
• Director of Mathematics Dr. Bonneau
• Director of Federal & State Funded Programs Mr. Andrew O'Leary

A special thank you to Mr. Donnelly for organizing the event, along with Pod 8-1 teachers Ms. Sanders, Mr. Rosen, Ms. Freitas and Ms. St. Amand! Ms. Hinkley and students did an awesome job setting up the library to model a true "town hall" venue. Thank you to Ms. Aubertine for providing a wonderful spread of food and home baked goodies for our guests. Our custodial team's efforts were unmatched in preparing for our guests-nice job.

Read more about the visit in the column by Mr. Steve Urbon here:  South Coast Today





5 Quick Things

Let's meet some of the terrific people that make Normandin Middle School a GREAT place to learn:

Ms. Lori Richard - Grade 8 ELA

1)  I am an American Revolution reenactor.

2)  I love the original "Star Wars" trilogy.

3)  I have seen Billy Joel live in concert nine times.

4)  I was a majorette in my high school band.

5)  My favorite meal is a New England clam boil.

Mrs. Ruth Aubertine—Principal Secretary

 

1) I have done practically every craft there is! Love creating in my craft room !

 

2) I have been working for the school department over 30 years!

 

3) This year I will be married to my best friend for 10 years!

 

4) I am the proud mother of two beautiful daughters, Kelly and Jillian.

 

5) I am very lucky to have been blessed with three beautiful granddaughters from my first daughter Kelly, 8 1/2 yr. old twins Olivia and Sydney and 4 yr. old Sarah. Also so happy to announce that I will be expecting another grandchild this September!! Jillian and Kevin are expecting their first child! Yeah!

Heading for Greatness



As we move forward on our journey from being a Good school, to one that is Great, it is important we take time to celebrate the outstanding accomplishments of our students.  The Heading for Greatness breakfast is held each quarter, rewarding all students who attain grades of B's or better and/or have perfect attendance.  Parents, guardians and families attend the breakfast and we have our own Jr. National Honor Society members as guest speakers and hosts. We also have successful seniors from NBHS, who were Normandin alum, speak to our 8th graders and answer questions from students and parents about the high school experience.  

Congratulations to our grade 6, 7 and 8 students who were honored this week! Thank you to Ms. Aubertine and to our friends at Gear Up Carly & Brooke for your help organizing the program and to all our parents and guardians who were able to participate.  A special thank you to Ms. Hendrikson and our Jr. National Honor Society students and to Ms. Cetenich at NBHS for sending us 2 outstanding guest speakers.  Assistant Principal's Mr. Pacheco, Ms. Murphy and Mr. Farrell were outstanding master's of ceremonies.  The breakfast spread was delicious thanks to our terrific cafeteria staff-thank you too!