Governor's Educator of the Year Program

Today we recognized Mrs. Shannon Felts as our Governor's Educator of the Year and Mrs. Melissa Barcadepone as our Educational Support Professional of the Year. We are very proud to have them both at NB!

Early Dismissal on Tuesday, 12/10/24

Please remember that all students will be following an early dismissal schedule on Tuesday 12/10/24, due to staff professional development.

Important Dates

If you are looking for the date of a future event at NB, please check our website calendar. There are dates for music shows, moving up ceremonies, and HSA meetings, etc for your planning purposes.

Please scroll for additional information about the upcoming events and activities.

For the 2024-2025 school year, NB is on a Corrective Action Plan for our attendance rate, which is required by the state when more than 10% of a school's population was chronically absent in the previous school year. During the 2022-2023 school year, NB's chronic absentee rate was 15%, according to state reports. Last year, we seemed to have slightly reduced the rate to 13% and we hope to make more strides this year. Not only do recurring absences affect a student's progress in school, but NB is also penalized in state rankings due to the higher absentee rate.

We ask for your partnership in bringing students to school each day when they are well, and scheduling vacations around school days. Please note that the state still counts all absences, even those with doctor's notes or a parent phone call. To help keep you aware, at the beginning of each month, we have been notifying parents of students who have been tardy or absent 5, 10, or more days thus far. At 10 or more days absent, we will request a conference where we can help develop personalized strategies to improve your child's attendance. Please reach out if you notice any signs of school avoidance, or if you have questions about whether to keep your child home. As always, thank you for your support!

Please see the link below for more information from Pomptonian, our food service provider.

Please take a look at the following link to see whether you may qualify for free and reduced lunch:

https://www.pequannock.org/services/food-services/free-reduced-lunch

Support the Senior Class of 2025 by ordering delicious cookie dough online! Orders ship directly to your home in just one week - help us reach our fundraising goals and enjoy a tasty treat this holiday season!

Please visit our webpage for more information: www.nbshsa.org

Stomach bugs around the building! Tis the season...we always get a stomach virus around Thanksgiving! Here are some tips from the NJ Department of Health:

https://www.cdc.gov/norovirus/prevention/index.html

https://www.nj.gov/health/cd/edu_training/DSH/norovirus_childcare.pdf

Strep Throat news:

Safe Toy Checklist from Prevent Blindness; this is a nice resource when purchasing toys during this holiday season!

https://preventblindness.org/safe-toy-checklist/

News from the State's Respiratory Surveillance:

* RSV percent positivity continues to increase particularly among children 0-4 years of age.
* Positivity is elevated for adenovirus, parainfluenza, and rhinovirus/enterovirus.

* Not too late to get your flu shot.

***Preschoolers that are 59 months and younger will need to provide documentation of flu vaccine by Dec. 31, 2024 or be excluded from school on Jan. 2, 2025.