New Albany Primary School

Welcome to September! It was so wonderful to see families last week at our Curriculum nights. Students and staff have been busy these past two weeks getting to know each other and learning about what it means to B3. Last Thursday and Friday, we were able to review and celebrate our learning during Eagle Flight Assemblies! There is much to look forward to this month, and our newsletter is packed with important information. If you have questions please reach out to a member of our team!

Teresa Smith, Principal, smith.132@napls.us

Sara Peterson, Assistant Principal, peterson.2@napls.us

Colleen Masters, Assistant Principal, masters.7@napls.us

Chelsie DeFluiter, Assistant Director of Special Education Grades 1-4, defluiter.1@napls.us

Robyn Davison, Administrative Secretary, davison.1@napls.us

Vicki Hilbrands, Building Secretary, hilbrands.2@napls.us

Karen Brosnan, Building Secretary, brosnan.3@napls.us

Brian Weikert, School Nurse, weikert.1@napls.us

We are fortunate in New Albany to have a strong team of elementary school counselors to support the academic and social-emotional needs of our students at the Early Learning Center, Primary School, and Intermediate School. To learn more about the services offered by the counselors to your children and how to contact them for support, please click here.

A state law that went into effect last school year allows parents to request a reading screening test for students in first to third grades. Please know that at New Albany Primary School we assess all students in reading at the beginning of every school year with an assessment called Acadience-Reading, so the law is consistent with what we have been doing for many years. There is no need to request a screening test for your child. If there are concerns about your child’s results on the Acadience-Reading assessment, we will reach out to you to plan next steps to support your child.

We are fortunate to have three New Albany Police Officers that support our school campus every day. Two of our district’s School Resource Officers, Officer Blankenship and Officer Warner, will be visiting second and third grade Wellness classes this month to teach a lesson about safety with a focus on seat belts. The lesson content will come from Ohio’s Buckle Up With Brutus Program. In addition, they will explain the Never-Never Rules to the students. If you have any questions about the lesson, please contact Director of Elementary Education Scott Emery at emery.3@napls.us.

Regular attendance is critical for school success. We hope to see your students at school everyday. However, we know there may be days your student will be out due to illness or scheduled appointments. Please call or mail the attendance hotline for any absence reason .

614-413-8100

attendance@napls.us

If your child misses school for an ill or planned doctor's appointment, always request a note from the doctor. These notes should be turned in to the Eagle Office or emailed to the attendance hotline. This allows the absences to be considered medically excused.

If your family has a planned absence, please fill out and submit the district's pre-planned absence form. This form must be returned in 7 days prior to the absence date in order to excuse the absence.

Lost and Found season is upon us: the mornings are cool and the afternoons are warm, which means that sweatshirts and jackets are taken off and forgotten about. If your child has the tendency to do this, please write their name on the tag of their outerwear, and remind them to look for their missing item in our Lost and Found! If your child packs his/her lunch or carries a water bottle, please also remind them to collect their items from the playground before heading into the building and/or check Lost and Found if they have misplaced anything.

Your child’s classroom teacher might ask families for volunteers to help throughout the school day by working with children on academic tasks, helping with materials, or supervising walking field trips with the class. Any adults that are interested in joining the class as a volunteer must first complete a background check. The background check will be valid for five years and costs

$19.45. Use this website to begin the background check process:

https://bib.com/secureVolunteer/NEW-ALBANY-PLAIN-LOCAL-SCHOOL-DISTRICT/

Please call 614-855-2040 with any questions related to background checks in the New Albany-Plain Local Schools.

If you will be coming to the Primary School as a visitor, a background check is not required. Visitors are adults who come in for a single event and are in the classroom with the teacher. To come to our school as a visitor, bring your driver’s license and enter the building using the buzzer door system at the front office.

To protect the health and well-being of all students, we ask that lunch visitors only bring food for their own child or the person they are visiting for lunch. Parents wanting to eat lunch with their child need to contact the school office one day prior to their visit as there is limited seating for lunch visitors.

You can call the school office at 614-413-8600 to RSVP for a spot at the next day’s lunch.

September 23-27- Spirit Week

October 3- Teacher Professional Day (No School)

October 4- Teacher Work Day (No School)

October 7-Picture Re-take Day

October 22- 3rd Grade OST test

October 24-3rd Grade OST test

Teresa Smith, Building Principal

Colleen Masters, Assistant Principal

Dr. Sara Peterson, Assistant Principal

The New Albany-Plain Local School District is committed to creating a culture of accountability that achieves the best academic and developmental outcomes for each student.

Email: news@napls.us
Website: www.napls.us/primary
Location: 87 North High Street, New Albany, OH, USA
Phone: 614-413-8600
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NewAlbanyPrimarySchool/
Twitter: @napls_ps