Welcome to Week 4!

Thank you for reading our newsletter!

Our guiding principle this week is “Work hard, be kind, and amazing things will happen”. We will be looking for examples of this around the campus to share with parents on our NES Facebook page.

New Worlds Reading Initiative

The New Worlds Reading Initiative is a free, statewide book program that can help build your child’s library at home. Families have to sign up to receive books. Please see the flyer below for details. Click here to enroll: 

https://www.newworldsreading.com/fl/en/enrollment.html 

Get Involved!

Parental involvement is important to us! There are multiple ways you can get involved. 

PTO

Parent-Teacher Organization (PTO) helps us run school events, and hold fundraisers to ensure funding for student and staff initiatives. The first PTO meeting of the year will take place on Wednesday, September 7 at 4PM in room 137. We hope you will join us!

SAC

If you would like to help out with decision making about the school business in general, please consider joining our School Advisory Committee. Here are the dates for our SAC meetings this year.

APTT

Last but not least, NES holds Academic Parent Teacher Team (APTT) meetings to keep families up to date about instructional programs, and share their child’s progress in class. The first APTT meetings will be held after we complete our first round of state assessments. Stay tuned for our APTT dates!

School Store Fundraiser

The easiest fundraiser of the year is here! Our School Store Fundraiser kick-off starts on Monday. Students will be bringing home an envelope with the fundraiser information. 

Here are three easy steps for the parents to follow:

1. Scan the QR code or go to schoolstore.net and sign up using our school ID #144293
2. Send emails inviting family, friends, and co-workers to support your student
3. Return the Envelope with the Prize Code. Students who return their completed envelopes will receive a fun participation price! 

The fundraiser ends on Friday, September 16.

 

State Assessments 

The first Florida Assessment of Students Thinking (FAST) Progress Monitoring continues this week. A letter explaining this assessment was sent home with students on Friday, August 19. Click here to access the FAST Parent Information Sheet pictured above. 

Families can access students’ scores through Family Portal. To access the informational flyer pictured above, click here: Family Portal.

Accelerated Reader Goals

Our 1st 9 weeks AR goals to participate in the end of the quarter event are as follows:

• 1st grade - 3 points
• 2nd and 3rd grade - 9 points
• 4th and 5th grade - 11 points

Kindergarten students can earn their way into these events by learning all of their letters and sounds!

Chromebook Insurance

Chromebook insurance is due on August 31. This protection covers students’ Chromebooks in an instance of an accidental breakage.

School Hours

Our hours of operation are as follows:

• 7:30 AM Office opens 
• 7:40 AM Parent drop off starts
• 7:50 AM Students may go to class
• 8:10 AM Tardy Bell - Classes Begin. Students arriving at this time must be signed in at the front office.
• 2:30 PM Cutoff for transportation changes and office checkouts
• 2:50 PM Students’ dismissal begins
• 3:15 PM Students who are not picked up will be escorted to the office

Breakfast and Lunch

Breakfast and lunch are free to all students. Here is our menu for the week:

Grades K-5

VPK

Fridays are Spirit Days

Spirit Days on Fridays continue. The classroom with most school spirit on Friday will get to enjoy popsicles at the end of the day. New T-shirts are available to purchase at our office for $15. We also have a selection of previous years’ T-shirts, and these are $10. All proceeds go to support our PTO.

Labor Day Weekend Ahead

There is no school on Monday, September 5 in observance of Labor Day.

Upcoming Dates

• 8/29 3-5 FAST ELA Assessments Start
• 8/29 School Store Fundraiser Starts
• 8/30 District Advisory Committee Meeting 6:00 PM
• 8/31 College and Career T-Shirt Wednesday
• 9/2 NES Spirit Friday
• 9/5 Holiday - No School
• 9/6 K-2 STAR Math Assessments Start
• 9/7 PTO Meeting in Room 137
• 9/8 Progress Report Day
• 9/8 SAC Meeting 4:00 PM in Room 137
• 9/16 School Store Fundraiser Envelopes Due
• 9/17 3-5 FAST Math Assessments Start
• 9/19 Start with Hello Week
• 10/14 End of 1st 9 Weeks of School
• 10/17 Teacher Work Day - No Students

More events can be found at http://nes.okee.k12.fl.us/events 

Family Resources

• Aftercare Information
• Bus Stop Locator
• Chromebook Handbook
• FAST Parent Information Sheet
• Florida Family Portal Information
• FLDOE School Year Information Guide
• FLDOE Know Your Schools Portal
• New Worlds Reading Initiative

School Safety

All students have access to the Fortify FL reporting app on their Chromebooks. Fortify FL posters posted around campus to remind students they can report suspicious activity at any time using the app.

Let’s make it a great week!

Sincerely,

Dr. Tuuli Robinson

Principal of North Elementary School