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February 7, 2024 - NEWSLETTER
Hello Northpoint Families!
Last Friday, Northpoint students had a busy day. We started with a trip down to Spring Lake Park High School for the Northpoint’s Got Talent Finals. All 11 finalists did a fantastic job of performing on stage and showcasing their talents! I am very proud of each and every one of them for showing the courage to perform in front of their peers! I think my highlight was watching all our Kindergartners boarding the bus for their first ever “field trip” and how thrilled they were for this experience!
We ended our Friday with the 2nd round of Power Hour! It’s always fun to see how excited the students are to engage with the various offerings, their legitimate joy while in the class, and how excited they are to share with their friends what they did.
February is I Love to Read Month!!! Reading is obviously at the core of everything we do around school. Whether it’s in math, science, art or social studies, reading is a key component. We spend a good chunk of the day working on skills to help children read. One of the best ways you can help support your childs’ love for reading is by putting books they love in their hands and reading with them whenever possible! When reading with them, taking time to ask them questions about key characters, the setting or plot will help each student grow.
Conferences are coming up in a little over a week. If you have not signed up for conferences with your teacher(s), please take a few minutes to do this. If you need any support, please reach out to your childs’ teacher or the main office for assistance!
Tyler Nelson
Principal
End of day transportation changes
If your child's end of day transportation changes, please contact the Northpoint office by 3 p.m. at 763-600-5700. We will contact the classroom to notify the teacher and student of the change.
Don't forget to order your Northpoint yearbook
The production of the yearbook is coming along with many great pictures of this year's events:
- NP PTO Fun Run
- NP PTO Fall Festival
- Power Hour
- Northpoint's Got Talent
- Class pictures and more.....
Don't miss out on the opportunity to have a keepsake of these great memories. To place your order visit Lifetouch Yearbook Pay and enter code 10047724 to start the ordering process.
Northpoint Winter Conferences
Northpoint winter conferences will be held Thursday, February 15 from 4-7 p.m. and Friday, February 16 from 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. A reminder that you may schedule with more than one teacher if your child visits multiple teachers during the day. You will need to repeat the process for each teacher you would like to schedule with. If your desired time is not available for additional conferences, please contact the teacher to discuss alternate times.
Instructions for scheduling your child’s conference:
- Visit the Northpoint Conference Scheduling page
- Select your service: either Kindergarten or Multiage 1/2 & 3/4 conferences
- Select the staff that you would like to conference with. This step is required even though it says optional
- Select the date, then time you would like to schedule
- Answer the required/optional questions
- Click "Book"
If you have questions regarding the scheduling process, please reach out to your child’s teacher or the Northpoint office 763-600-5700.
- Thursday, February 8 - Live on 65: C. Willi Myles Comedy (Stand-Up Comic), Fine Arts Center, 7 p.m. Purchase tickets
- February 15-16 - Northpoint conferences
- February 15-19 - No school
- Saturday, February 24 - Northpoint PTO Sponsored Winter Skating Party, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.
- Monday, February 26 - Grupo de Padres Hispanohablantes de SLP reunión, Woodcrest Spanish Immersion, 5-6:30 p.m.
- Thursday, February 29 - Westwood Spring Musical - "Oliver Jr.," SLPHS Fine Arts Center, 7 p.m.
- Friday, March 1 - Westwood Spring Musical - "Oliver Jr.," SLPHS Fine Arts Center, 7 p.m.
- Saturday, March 2 - Westwood Spring Musical - "Oliver Jr.," SLPHS Fine Arts Center, 2 p.m.
- March 8-18 - Spring Break
And the winner is......
Mini Mellow! Eleven acts performed in the finale of Northpoint's Got Talent last Friday at the Fine Arts Center. Everyone did a fabulous job! Mini Mellow was voted the favorite act with Russel M. taking second and Presley & Caylin/The Babies tying for third. Congrats to all of the contestants that participated in Northpoint's Got Talent. There is much to be proud of!
Breakfast Station for Winter Conferences
The PTO will be contributing a full meal during Winter Conferences on February 15. Please help us provide our wonderful Northpoint teachers & staff with a grab & go breakfast station on the morning of February 16.
Please CLICK HERE to view requested items.
Please drop off all donations in the office on February 13 or 14. Clearly label all items as "PTO Conference Breakfast". Thank you so much for your help! We appreciate your time and support.
Northpoint PTO Winter Skating Party
Northpoint Elementary PTO will be hosting a Winter Skating Party on Saturday, February 24 at the National Sports Center Super Rink. Please join us from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and enjoy ice skating, food & drinks, tinsel hair & face painting, appearances from Parker the Panther, arts & crafts, winter story read alouds, and a snow globe photo station!
VOLUNTEER TO HELP
Volunteers are also needed to help make this event a big success. Please CLICK HERE to learn more about how you can help!
The journey of the emerging reader is a transformation much like that of caterpillar to butterfly. As news headlines and legislative actions focus on the science of reading, Spring Lake Park Schools is in its third year of implementing new resources aligned with practices to help more butterflies take flight.
During the summer of 2020, a team of Spring Lake Park Schools elementary teachers spent 1,500 hours completing a curricular review that brought Wit and Wisdom and FUNdations to grades K-6 for the 2021-2022 school year. That review was the culmination of extensive work to align the latest research in the science of reading to the district’s instructional frameworks.
When the Minnesota legislature passed the Minnesota Reading to Ensure Academic Development (READ) Act last spring, Spring Lake Park Schools was already years into the implementation of the "evidence-based" instruction the legislation requires. The goal is to ensure student mastery of five components of reading – phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary development, reading fluency and reading comprehension.
Take a peek, from kindergarten through fourth grade, to see how letter sounds turn into chapter books. Read the story of the emerging reader.
Thank you to 2024 Panthers for a Purpose Sponsors
The Panther Foundation would like to extend a thank you to those who have committed to sponsorship of this year’s Panthers for a Purpose event. Each sponsorship allows the Panther Foundation to reach more students and do more for kids in our schools. Join the cause and become a sponsor.
2024 Annual Sponsors:
- Reverie Boutique & Co.
- White Bear Eye Clinic & Optical
- Bottomline Accounting Services, LLC
- Chris & Niomi Hasling
- Imagine Smiles
- Marsh McLennan Agency
- Pitzl & Pitzl Accountants and Advisors
- Thrivent - Brad Hunt
2024 Event Sponsors:
- 3M Open
- Twin Cities Eye Consultants
- IQa Engineering
- Tanya & Josh Hartwell
- Walters Recycling & Refuse
- Ceso
- Kraus-Anderson
- Wold Architects
- Village Bank
- Herzog Engineering
- Inspec
- Kyle & Heather Goochey
- Seth & Julie Smolich
- Ryan & Maureen Sundeen
- Janine Hanson Communications
- Wayne & Allie Schmidt
Stephen Tokle Inspections
- USI Insurance Services
2024 Fund-A-Dream Sponsors:
- Rotary Blaine - Ham Lake
- The Wolfgang Family
- Eric & Kari Nokken
- Culinary Arts fosters passion, skills and possibilities
- See calendars for 2024-2025 and 2025-2026
- Tickets available for Westwood play "Oliver Jr."
- EMT certification leads to fire station internship
- Panthers for a Purpose kicks off fundraising event
- Learn more about the 2024-2025 school year registration and enrollment events
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