August 2021

Dear Students and Families,

Welcome to Eighth Grade and welcome back to the NOVA Team!   We had a busy summer planning for this coming school year.  We’re looking forward to continuing to build our strong community on our team and at EMS.  Our number one goal is to help each member of our team reach their full potential.

In preparation for the start of school, please do your best to have the supplies that follow on this web page.

We look forward to a productive year and we hope you enjoy the last few days of summer! 

A reminder that there is a no cell phone policy at EMS (see the full policy). 

On our first day of school, we will be going over schedules and doing team-building activities.

It is important to note that due to COVID-19  you will not be able to use a locker starting the school year. 

If you have any questions, please contact us through email.

This year we have ordered every student on the team an academic planner. We will be using it to teach some organizational skills and practices that will help prepare them for high school and beyond. 

In preparation for the start of school, please do your best to have the following supplies:

Math Supplies

• 15 plastic sheet protectors

Science Supplies

• Composition notebook to use as their science journal

Humanities Supplies

• Composition notebook 

Team Wide Supplies (materials used for all subjects) 

• A box of tissues to donate to your homeroom teacher (you will thank us later)
• One 2” or 3” binder that will be used for Math, Science, and Humanities
• binder dividers (5 tabs)  
• Pens, pencils and erasers (lots of pencils) 

Optional Team Wide Supplies

• Colored pencils
• Markers
• Ruler
• Calculator
• Highlighters
• Lined paper
• Graph paper