About Us

NMS Vision

NMS promotes a culture of learning with a focus on students via decision-making, infrastructure, instructional practices, professional development and relationship building within the whole school community.

NMS Mission

Northern Middle School will promote a culture of life-long learning with a focus on developing students who are college and career ready for the 21st century. We believe:

• Recognize, admire, respect, and promote diversity among our school community.
• Value our community as a resource to help prepare our students to be productive citizens.
• Embrace rigorous instructional practices, differentiated instruction, and advances in technology to develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Use data-based decision-making and positive relationship building to create a flexible, equitable, and student-centered learning environment.
• Incorporate student voice into the classroom, while positively influencing the educational and social development of students.
• Empower students to value their responsibilities and take an active role in the learning process.
• Collaborate and demonstrate the value of teamwork as a life skill for college and career readiness.