The Weekly Update #18

The school counseling time is excited to begin the course selection process in January for the 2025-2026 school year. Course selection will occur electronically. Please review these instructions and contact your student’s counselor if you have any questions. The 2025-2026 High School Program of Studies, Career Cluster Alignment to Courses at NBC High School Guide, Department Sequence Charts, High School Program of Studies Video Series and the Four-Year Planning Tool are available on the High School Counseling Department Web Page to assist students and parents as they make course selections.The timeline below indicates the dates that the PowerSchool Parent Portal will be accessible for course selection and dates for student/counselor scheduling meetings.

High School Counselors will be conducting group scheduling presentations for current 9th-11th graders. During this time the counselors will briefly discuss career pathways, the course selection process and assist the students in beginning a preliminary schedule. The school counselors will conduct individual meetings with students in Grades 11, 10, and 9 to confirm their course selections starting in late January. The counselors will start with rising seniors and then meet with rising juniors and sophomores. High School counselors will meet with students in grade 8 in the middle school in March.

Counselor Classroom Presentations to Grade 9-11- January 8 - January 17

Open portal for online course selections - HS - January 10 - January 26 (midnight)

Scheduling meetings with 11th graders - January 27 - February 7

Scheduling meetings with 10th graders - February 11 - February 26

Scheduling meetings with 9th graders - February 28 - March 13

SAVE THE DATE for Academic Planning Presentation by the Office of Curriculum and Instruction:

Date: Thursday, January 9, 2025

Time: 6:30 pm-8:30 pm

Location: High School 404 Building

As a reminder, students are expected to enter through the back entrance of the building by the West Gym prior to 7:20am. Students will not be permitted to enter during the front/main entrance at this time. During homeroom (from 7:20-7:35), students may sign in late at the kiosks located in either the front or back of the building. After 7:35, students signing in late must enter through the front of the building.

NB’s six-week SAT Prep program continues in person on January 25, February 1, 8, 15, 22, and March 1.

This program will prepare you for the March 8th or May 3rd SAT.

The program is contingent on sufficient enrollment of at least 17 students. An afternoon session will be added if needed to meet all registration requests.

The registration deadline is Friday January 24, 2025

2025 SPRING SAT Prep Program Registration.

https://northernburlington-ar.rschooltoday.com/

Spring sports registration is now open.

Please use the link above to register your child for the spring sport season.

If you already have an account, please use your current username and password – DO NOT CREATE A NEW ACCOUNT.

If you need assistance, please contact Mrs. O’Neill in the Athletic Office at moneill@nburlington.com or by calling 609-298-3900, ext. 2093.

Please watch our short Relay promotional video .

Please join us in the fight against cancer and register for Northern Burlington Relay for Life 2025 (link above)! You can create a team or join a team! To find out more, please contact Lori Nadolny (Lnadolny@nburlington.com) or Shelley Guevara (rguevara@nburlington.com). Please also consider joining us at one of our meetings at 6:00 pm in Room 110 in the high school on the following dates:

Tuesday, January 14, 2025

Tuesday, January 28, 2025

Tuesday, February 4, 2025

Tuesday, March 11, 2025

Tuesday, April 8, 2025

The High School Store is selling pink t-shirts, hoodies, and PJs. All proceeds will be donated to the American Cancer Society. They can be purchased in the store or online at: https://nbhsstore.square.site/

Team On Fire for Brian is selling beef sticks. If you are interested, please contact Mrs. O'Neill at moneill@nburlington.com or stop by and purchase them from the High School Store. All proceeds will be donated to the American Cancer Society.

GREAT STOCKING STUFFERS!!!

We are excited to announce that the 2025 high school yearbook is now on sale! Our students and staff are working hard to capture the events, activities and memories of this school year. Place your order for the yearbook at https://shorturl.at/REICG or click the button below. This is one you won’t want to miss!

Our district food service provider is looking to fill open positions. Anyone interested should check out this Flyer or go directly to the NutriServe Website here.

The Parent Teacher Student Connection (PTSC) is Northern Burlington's version of a Home and School/PTA group. All parents are invited to join and meetings are held throughout the year. Membership Form

See our website at https://sites.google.com/view/nbptsc for more information about all of these events.

Senior ads are also on sale. Recognize your student's milestones and successes with a yearbook ad.

Order them before it's too late. Deadline is 01/13/2025.

2024-25 yearbooks can be ordered at https://www.jostens.com/apps/store/customer/1057651.