Welcome to Week 17!

A huge thank you to everyone who came to walk with us in the City Christmas Parade, or cheered for us from the sidewalks. We are very appreciative of all the love and support of our families!

Monday kicks off the dress up week! Our team leaders have selected fun and festive dress up themes for each day of the week. Check out the flyer below for the daily themes.

We also have a classroom door decorating contest in hopes to spread cheer and make the holidays memorable for our students.

Please stay tuned for a Facebook post featuring all the beautiful doors at NES! 

Kindergarten Christmas program will take place on Thursday, and it will be shared with parents virtually. Grade levels will hold their PBIS (Positive Behavior Intervention and Support) events on Thursday and Friday.

Tutoring

Tutoring will continue this week as usual, however, Thursday is the last week of tutoring for our kindergarten students. We have seen a tremendous growth in the academic performance of kindergarten students who attended our tutoring program this fall! A huge thank you to our kindergarten tutors Mrs. Steiert, Mrs.Wisener, Mrs. Gonzalez, and Mrs. Comer for providing this extended learning opportunity to our kindergarten students.

School Lunch Menu This Week

Monday

Chicken patty sandwich / turkey and cheese

Tuesday

Winter chicken nuggets / ham and cheese on tortilla

Wednesday

Shepherds pie / pbj

Thursday

Burgers / ham and cheese on loaf bread

Friday

Pizza

Lunch and breakfast are free to all students! 

Mobile Food Distribution

Mobile Food Distribution for families will be on December 18th from 3:30 - 6:30. School District families who have children enrolled in the school system are eligible. Please line up at the Sports Complex to receive food. 

Important Dates

  • 12/14          Dress Up Week 
  • 12/17          KG Christmas Program (presented to parents virtually)
  • 12/17          3rd Grade PBIS Reward Event - Soccer Field
  • 12/18          PBIS Reward Events: KG - Christmas cookies and milk party, 1st - Christmas rotations, 2nd - cookies, cocoa, and movie, 4th - movie and snacks, 5th movie
  • 12/18          End of 2nd 9 Weeks 
  • 12/18          Mobile Food Distribution 3:30-6:30 PM at Sports Complex
  • 12/21          Winter Break - School is closed
  • 01/04/2021 Teacher Work Day, No Students
  • 01/05/2021 Students return
  • 01/08/2021 Report Card Day and Virtual Awards

Additional Learning Activities and Resources

Required Self-Screener

Self-screening is required prior to entering campus. Students exhibiting these symptoms at school will be sent home and may return according to the guidelines from our clinic.

  • Temperature 100.4 degrees F or higher 

  • Sore throat

  • New uncontrolled cough that causes difficulty breathing (for students with chronic allergic/asthmatic cough, a change in their cough from baseline)

  • Nausea, vomiting, diarrhea or abdominal pain

  • New onset of severe headache, especially with a fever

  • Chills

  • Shortness of breath

  • Fatigue

  • Muscle or body aches

  • New loss of taste of smell

  • Congestion or runny nose

And/or,

  • Had close contact (within 6 feet of an infected person for at least 15 minutes) with a person with confirmed COVID-19

Additionally,

  • Temperature checks are conducted for students and staff

  • Walk in visitors are not allowed - always call ahead for an appointment

  • Parent meetings are held virtually when at all possible

  • Drop off of non-instructional items is not allowed.

School Safety

Reports concerning unsafe, potentially harmful, dangerous, violent, or criminal activities, or the threat of these activities, can be made to appropriate public safety agencies and school officials using the following link: https://getfortifyfl.com/Tip.html. All students have access to this reporting tool on their Chromebooks at school.

Sincerely,

Dr. Tuuli Robinson

Principal of North Elementary School
robinsont@okee.k12.fl.us