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The Weekly Update

January 17, 2025

The Weekly Update January 17, 2025
The Weekly UpdateJanuary 17, 2025

Mark Your Calendars for Important Dates

Jan. 20: School Closed-Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Jan. 29: Marking Period 2 Ends

Feb 6: Relay for Life Kickoff Event 6pm

Feb 14: School Closed, Staff Professional Development.

Feb 17: School Closed, President’s Day

Feb 19: PTSC Meeting

Feb 20: Jazz Band Concert(at the High School)

High School Program of Studies and Course Selection for 2025-2026

The school counseling time is excited to begin the 2025-2026 course selection process in February for all current 8th graders. 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 academic directors will be conducting group presentations with all current 8th graders before February 28, 2025. During this time, they will briefly discuss career pathways, the course selection process, start the four-year planning process, and assist the students in beginning a preliminary schedule. The school counselors will conduct individual meetings with all 8th graders to confirm their course selections starting in March.

The timeline below indicates the dates that the PowerSchool Parent Portal will be accessible for course selection and dates for student/counselor scheduling meetings. Please feel free to reach out to your son/daughter’s school counselor with any questions or concerns.

Grade 8 NJ CAN setup - Counselors- Social Studies

February 3 -February 15

Grade 8 Presentations by Directors

February 18 -21

Open portal for online course selections - MS

February 28 - March 16 (midnight)

Scheduling meetings with 8th graders

March 17 - March 28



Basic Dental Screening

Northern Burlington County Regional Middle School has been selected by the New Jersey Children’s Oral Health Program to participate in a basic dental screening survey on Thursday, February 27. Students who participate will have an approximately 5 minute screening during their physical education class. Participation is completely optional and requires written parental consent. If parents wish to have their child participate, this parental consent document, linked HERE, needs to be printed, signed, and returned to the main office. Your student’s participation will help the state build local oral health programs and increase Dental services for children in New Jersey. Parents will also receive a letter indicating the results of the screening and information on where to obtain free or reduced cost dental services, and the student will receive a dental kit including a toothbrush. The last day to submit the consent forms is February 13, 2025. For any questions or additional information, please contact The Middle School Nurse, Mrs. Pugliese, 609-298-3900 x 4030 or tpugliese@nburlington.com

Pictures from the Week

Congrats to this week's NB3 honorees who were recognized for being Ready, Respecctful, and Responsible. Keep up the great work!

Black History Month Door Decorating Contest

STAT Club/No Place for Hate will host its annual door decorating activity for Black History Month. To provide time for the door decorating, we will be running an extended homeroom schedule from Tuesday, January 21st through Friday, January 24th. This brief slide presentation outlines the activity we are planning. We look forward to seeing the different individuals the students work together to select and the team work they will need to use to create the door decorations. Any questions, please contact me.

Opportunities for Information and Training Related to Military Families

The following training opportunity from the Department of Education provides an overview of updated enrollment data for military-connected students in New Jersey, along with resources to support schools and families. Participants will also learn about updates to the state website, New Jersey-specific code not mandated by IDEA, and MIC3 (Military Interstate Compact Commission) information to ensure support for military families and schools.

https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/04b09c36-6b4a-4d8f-bfe5-7ce2b13dcccd@4b4f7312-dd09-4959-b666-d5ba6dc8f4b4

Clinical Corner

Looking back at last year’s Clinical Corner(feels funny to say that!) I wanted to practice what I preach so I took five minutes and answered the reflection questions. What I found was that it enabled me to have a self-aware start to the New Year. I don’t have to figure everything out, because the prompts reminded me that I actually know a lot about what works for me already. And now I just have to be consistent in doing those things that help me feel my best. I bet this would be the same for you and your students/teens. So that being said, I just want to give you a little assignment for the next two weeks until the next Clinical Corner comes out. I want you to really pay attention to what you are consistently doing…is it checking social media, going to Wawa every day, putting yourself down? I just want you to jot a couple notes down somewhere, maybe easiest to do in your phone. And just ask yourself, are these the important things that I want or need to be consistent with? Chances are some are and some aren’t. But it will help you be aware of what changes you need to make. And if you can be so consistent with some things that don’t really make much difference in your life, can you commit to trading them out for things that will?

Northern TV

Here is a link to NTV's most recent news show with stories about our winter MS and HS band and chorus concerts, winter craft fair, district FFA activities, and more. Please take a moment to see all of the awesome things our kids are doing at NB!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnhRoh3n47c

PTSC News

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

Relay for Life

https://secure.acsevents.org/site/STR?pg=entry&fr_id=109671


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 (sguevara@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/

Spring Sports Registration

Spring sports registration is now open.

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


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


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.

Winter Sport Spectators

Winter sports season is underway. While we appreciate our students wanting to come out and support their classmates, we are not equipped to provide supervision to student spectators. As a result, students who wish to watch a basketball game or wrestling match must first go home and then return with a responsible adult who will stay with them for the duration of the contest. There will be a sign in process for students and their adult chaperones when they arrive at the contest.

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