About me
Founded in 1974, the New England League of Middle Schools (NELMS) is a non-profit organization founded with the purpose of fostering general improvement of education for middle level students and educators. NELMS is committed to a concept of quality education for the pre and early adolescent, specifically, to achieve mastery of basic skills and acquisition of basic knowledge necessary to develop a positive self-image and to foster academic, social and personal growth. We obligate our efforts to help our membership identify and meet the diverse needs of all students to shape their present and future lives.
NELMS recognizes that pre and early adolescents are involved in a transition from childhood to adolescence. We endeavor to help schools better understand and adapt to the adolescents' ever-changing physical, intellectual, social, and emotional needs and to develop an appreciation of themselves and others regardless of social, religious, ethnic, and socio-economic differences.