Dear Nob Hill Families,

Welcome back to an "Out of This World" second half of our school year! I hope your Winter Break was filled with joy, rest, and special moments shared with loved ones. Now, we’re ready to launch back into stellar learning and continue reaching for the stars together.

As we return, we will be administering the FAST PM2 assessments. These assessments are crucial for providing our teachers with accurate data to guide their instructional decisions and support your child’s learning. Please encourage your children to take these assessments seriously by trying their best, arriving on time, and being ready to shine. Teachers will be sharing these results with parents, helping us work as a team to ensure student success.

We are excited to announce a special incentive for students who show growth in reading and math: they will be invited to enjoy time on the game bus! Let’s work together to motivate and support our students in reaching this goal.

Mark your calendars for some exciting upcoming events! Our next PTA meeting will be held in January, and we hope to see you there. Additionally, the district showcase will take place at Amerant Arena on January 14th from 5:00-8:00 PM. Each school in the district will be represented, so you can visit and see the wonderful opportunities being offered. This is a fantastic event for 5th and 8th-grade parents to explore different middle and high schools.

Enrollment for VPK programs is now open! If you have a three or four-year-old as of September 1, 2025, your child is eligible to attend here at Nob Hill Elementary. Our program does have a monthly cost, but four-year-olds can apply the state VPK voucher to help lower the expense. This is an excellent program to prepare your child for Kindergarten and help them become accustomed to the school environment.

Thank you for your ongoing partnership and dedication to making Nob Hill Elementary a place where our students soar. Here’s to a fantastic start to 2024 filled with learning, growth, and achievement.

Warm regards,

Ms. Porter

Happy New Year and welcome to 2025! We hope you had a wonderful holiday season filled with joy, relaxation, and family time. As we start the second half of the school year, we’re excited to see our students back and ready to learn.

We’re kicking off January with the FAST Progress Monitoring 2 (PM2) assessments for reading and math. These midyear checkpoints help teachers understand how students are progressing and guide our instruction for the rest of the school year. Please ensure your child is well-rested and arrives on time to give their best effort during testing.

Daily attendance and being on time are essential for student success. School starts promptly at 8:00 AM, and breakfast is available beginning at 7:30 AM. We encourage families to arrive early to ensure students are ready to start their day on time. Let’s work together to make every school day count!

Parents, your involvement is crucial to your child’s education. Stay informed by reading my weekly email updates, which include important announcements, upcoming events, and helpful resources. Remember, we are partners in your child’s success. Communication and collaboration between home and school are key!

Students, as we return to school, let’s remember to: follow school rules and classroom expectations, treat classmates, teachers, and staff with kindness and respect, and give our best effort in learning each day.

We are proud of the positive and supportive culture at Nob Hill Elementary, and we know our students will continue to shine in the new year.

Thank you for your continued support, and let’s make 2025 an amazing year!
Warm regards,
Mrs. Cruz

ESE

Happy New Year. Welcome to January where we will be learning about various types of Changes. Why people make them and the various parts of that make up different cultures. In Science we will be learning about the Phases of the Moon and will be Experimenting with Forces. In Math, we will continue to work on each student's goals as well as expanding our knowledge of Place Value while working on word problems and equations.

PreK

In January, VPK will start off the new year with a unit on simple machines. The slide, scissors, tweezers, and caps on water bottles are all examples of simple machines. We will learn about the six simple machines: levers, screws, inclined planes, pulleys, wedges, and wheels/axels. We will explore simple machines in our environment and see how they might make work easier. In addition, we will be doing our mid-year literacy check in which will help the teacher see what else we need to target in our learning. Assessments include: letter identification, sound identification, writing sample, self-portrait, concepts of print, and Heggerty phonological awareness baseline skills test. I look forward to sharing how the children are progressing. It will be a great 2025!

Intensive Pre-k

Unit: I Can See, I Can Hear, I Can Smell

Unit topic words: ear, eye, feel, hand, hear, mouth, nose, see, smell, taste

This unit explores the five senses. Students will learn about each of the five senses and use their senses to explore the world around them. We will engage in different activities and some experiments to explore all these senses. We will sort senses of taste and senses of hearing. We will work with the letters Ii, Bb, Ff, Ll; the numbers 12-15; the colors white, gray, blue, orange; and will review the shapes rectangle, circle, star, rhombus. We will continue working on AB and ABC patterns of color, shape, and picture.

Specialize program

Theme for the month of January:

1. This month we will have students continue to Identify and exploring nutrition and making healthy food choices; and Understanding how staying clean keeps us healthy. Furthermore, we will start our lessons on how the Earth is important to us and how we can take better care of the it ,where different animal live, and how does the weather change through the year.

   
   

2. Students will be working with the letters/sounds Yy, Gg, Tt, Ss.

3-Math: Student will be reviewing numbers 1-30 and recognizing . Compare quantities with a five and ten frame. Practices forming number 1-20 .

Books:

Counting at the zoo

Why should we stay clean

Yellow yarn yo-yo

Our Earth

Our Planet

The Earth and I

Weather

Kindergarten

Kindergarten is ringing in the New Year with a BANG! In ELA, students are finishing up Unit 4 in Benchmark and starting Unit 5. In this unit, students will read and learn about the different kinds of technology that they use at home and school. By the end of this unit, students will be able to answer the Essential Question, why do we use technology? In math, students are starting Topic 8: more addition and subtraction. In science, students will be learning about gravity! In social studies, students will be learning about U.S. Symbols, Florida Jewish Heritage Month, and Caribbean Heritage Month. The FAST PM2 for reading is January 7th and January 14th for math. Our field trip to Safety Town is January 9th!

1st

First grade is excited to shine together in 2025! We will be taking our STAR Reading and Math middle of the year assessments this month and we know the kids are going to rock those tests! In reading we are learning about fiction text and long vowel sounds. In math we are learning about place value and adding two-digit numbers. In science we are learning about materials on the Earth's surface, water safety, and fast and slow changes to land. In social studies we are learning about rules and laws. Happy New Year!

2nd

New year, new things to learn in 2nd grade! After a restful two weeks, we are ready to BLAST OFF into the new year with field trips, new units, and so much more! January 24th is our in-house field trip with Intergalactic Adventures! Please make sure to submit payment under the correct teacher's name and don't forget to turn those field trip forms in! In reading, we are in the midst of traversing unit 5 with central idea and author's purpose. In math, we are starting Topic 9 with time and money; can you believe we are more than halfway through with our math series already? Please make sure to continue checking your child's homework and reading with them every night. 2nd grade is out of this world!

3rd

Third graders are excited to start 2025 and get back to working hard! We will be beginning unit 5 in Benchmark, which is all about advancements in technology. The standards that will be focused on are author’s purpose, using context clues to determine meaning, and cause & effect. In math, we will be beginning our next topic that focuses on subtraction. In science, we will start exploring and learning about objects in the sky. In social studies, they will begin learning about regions and we will have a fun way to show you all that they have learned in about regions in the coming months!

4th

Fourth grade is “Blasting Off” into the New Year and the second half of the school year! Students will be taking the FAST PM 2 Assessment this month. We know our nuggets are going to make us proud. Get ready for pizza, pie, or anything else we can talk about dividing into parts of a whole because in math we are learning all about fractions this month. In reading, we will be working on Benchmark Advanced Unit 5. Students will read a variety of informational texts to analyze and answer the question, “How do we make decisions about developing new technology?” In Science, we will be continuing our exploration into outer space by studying moon phases and the effects of space exploration. In Social Studies, we will examine what life was like after the Civil War and what challenges Floridians faced. Please continue to support our students by helping them meet their weekly I-Ready Goals. We are looking forward to a stellar New Year in fourth grade!

5th

Dear Parents/Guardians,

We hope you and your family had a wonderful winter break! As we enter January, we've reached the midpoint of the year. Our students will soon take their mid-year progress monitoring FAST assessments in English Language Arts (ELA) and math. They'll also complete part one of the science mid-year assessment.

Once all assessments are finished, we'll share the results along with iReady mid-year data.

In the classroom, our students are engaged in various exciting activities:

• In ELA, they're analyzing fictional texts, focusing on character perspective, plot development, characterization, and theme identification.

• In math, they've begun exploring fractions, learning to add and subtract fractions and mixed numbers with different denominators.

• In science, we're currently studying force and motion, and will soon transition to our Earth and Space standards.

Please continue to support your child's progress by monitoring their iReady goals. Aim for 2 passed lessons and 45 minutes of practice in each subject.

Thank you for your ongoing partnership in your child's education.

Jan 10th (Friday) - Employee Planning - No School

Jan 15th (Wednesday) - PTA Meeting 6pm

Jan 20th (Monday) - No School

Jan 29th (Wednesday) - SAC Meeting 3pm

Jan 31st (Friday) - Report Cards issued

The Focus Parent Portal is your gateway to staying connected with your student's educational journey in Broward County Public Schools. For the first time, parents/guardians with multiple students will be able to access all their students in one place. The portal will allow you to monitor your student's academic progress, stay informed of upcoming school and district events, and allow you to communicate directly with your student's teachers.

To create a new Parent Portal account, you will need a valid email address. Connecting each of your enrolled students will require the following information:

• Student's full name
• Student's ID number (begins with ‘06')
• Student's date of birth

🌟 Happy New Year from the PTA! 🎉 Welcome to 2025! We're excited to kick off the new year with a month full of engaging events, important dates, and opportunities for our school community to come together. 🏫🤝 🗓

Nob Hill Attendance Line - (754) 322-7202

Regular attendance is a key factor in a child's academic success. Regular attendance is when a student attends more than 95% of the academic school year; this may include up to 8 absences in a 180-day school year.

Each parent/guardian of a child within compulsory attendance age is responsible for their child's school attendance. When a child must be absent, the parent must report the reason for absence to the school's Attendance Manager.

Policy 5.5: ATTENDANCE

https://web01.browardschools.com/sbbcpolicies/docs/Policy%205.5.pdf

Parents should report the reason for an absence within two school days. If requested by the school, the parent must provide documentation of an illness from a licensed health care practitioner.
Students must be in school unless the absence has been permitted or excused for one of the reasons listed below:

1. Illness of student (Physical or Mental Health)
2. Illness of an immediate family member
3. Death in the family
4. Religious holiday
5. Required court appearance or subpoena
6. Special event
7. Scheduled medical or dental appointment
8. Student has a communicable disease

Students on field trips, attending alternative to suspension programs, or in internal suspension programs are not considered absent.

Examples of absences that are not excused include, but are not limited to:

a) Failure to communicate the reason for absence(s)

b) Family trip that does not include one of the excused reasons listed in this policy

c) Vacation

d) Excessive absences due to illness without the requested physician verification that a medical condition justifies the pattern of absences will be recorded as unexcused.

e) Oversleeping

f) Missing the school bus (as routinely scheduled)

Hours

7:30am - 3:00pm

Contact Information

(754) 322-7200 - Main office line

(754) 322-7202 - Attendance line - Please call this number to report an absence

(754) 322-7203 - Nurse/clinic

Late Arrival/Early Dismissal

Students arriving after the 8am bell need to walk into and be signed in through the front office.

You may pick up your child early until 1:30pm and ID must be shown. Person picking up student MUST be listed on Emergency Contact card as a designated pick-up person.

No students will be dismissed between 1:30 and 2:00pm.

Report an Absence

Direct Attendance Line - (754) 322-7202

Online - https://www.browardschools.com/reportabsence2671

Front Office Staff

Office Manager - Maritza Canizares

IMT/Registrar - Anitra Tinsley

General Clerk II - Taryn Cole-Lagos

Microtech - Valerie Blackburn