About Our School

Welcome to Robert E. Melican Middle School

The mission of the Robert E. Melican Middle School is to pursue the highest level of educational excellence for all students by embracing our district's core values and Strategic Plan.

Planning and implementing thoughtful curriculum, grounded in the Massachusetts Curriculum Framework documents, whose standards serve as the foundation for all educational development, is the goal of all Melican staff.

A professional learning community, with student learning at the forefront of all decision-making, provides the optimal environment for the successful development of students' cognitive, academic, physical, social, and emotional needs as they travel this "in the middle" pathway from elementary school to high school.

Frequently Asked Questions:

Whom should I contact to talk about my child?

This would depend upon the concern. Let's go over a few:

If the concern has to do with your child's health, please contact one of the nurses. Mrs. Kim Gallagher works full-time, and Mrs. Mary Rogers works half-time.

If your child is on an IEP (Individualized Educational Plan), and your concern is related to classroom performance, please contact your child's special education liaison.

If the concern is related to a specific subject and teacher, contact the teacher by email or voicemail, requesting a return call to talk about the details of the problem.

If the concern is more general but still related to classroom performance, you can contact the Team Leader of your child's teaching team to discuss your concerns. The Team Leader will communicate the details to your child's core subject area teachers.

If you have information about your child that is generally important for all of his/her teachers to know you should contact your child's guidance counselor, who will help coordinate the sharing of any pertinent information.

If you have a concern about discipline, or have information to share that impacts the safety of your child, or any child, you should contact the principal or assistant principal. The principal works to support all students and teachers, and can be contacted to help with any need that isn't being addressed through the above protocols.

What is the routine for dismissing my child during school hours?

Please come into the school, ask one of the two office secretaries, Mrs. Nicole DeAngelis or Ms. Hope Singas, to dismiss your child. A call will be made to the classroom where your child is, and he/she/they will be told to get his/her/their belongings
and meet you in the lobby. You should sign your child out on the office log. Dismissing a student takes several minutes, please allow time for this when you come in. We are not able to dismiss children before parents enter the school. It is helpful for school records to have written notice of early dismissal plans. You should send in a written note to your child's homeroom teacher on the morning of an early dismissal or email melicanattendance@nsboro.k12.ma.us with the early dismissal plan.

Do I have to accompany my child back into the school after an appointment?

No, you can drop your child off and he/she/they should check into the office for a pass. Parents need to check their child out of the school, but students can come in on their own upon a return to school.

How does a parent pick-up at the end of the regular school day?

If you are picking up your child at 2:10, and he/she/they knows that you are, you should park in the outer lot (nearest Lincoln Street) and wait for the buses to leave the campus. Once the buses have left, students are released from the cafeteria to waiting cars. You do not have to walk over to the cafeteria to pick up your child, but you are welcome to do so if you'd like.

What's the routine for picking up my child after school, at 3:10?

You should pull curbside nearest the school, wait for your child to enter the car, then pull away. As cars move out, the line of waiting cars moves up. Students leave through the cafeteria doors, please pull as far down as
possible, near the tennis courts when lining up. Please do not stop in the middle of the parking lot and call for your child,
or park in the outer lot and call them over. Both these scenarios force our students to walk into the lanes where cars are moving, and where cars are pulling out of parking spots. These are dangerous situations. If you park in the outer lot, please walk over to the front of the school and accompany your child safely through the moving cars.

How does the late bus work?

We have after school activities on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, when two late buses brings students home. These two buses split the town and bring students close to their homes, but do not replicate the morning pick-up pattern. These buses generally leave the middle school around 3:45. The length of their route is determined by the number of students taking the bus
and the variance of the geographic stops each bus has to make. Late bus drivers customize the route to accommodate students as much as possible.