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September 2- Labor Day, No School

September 3 - Teacher Workday (Students Off)

September 4 - Professional Development Day (Students Off)

September 6 - All Pro Dad

September 9-13 - PTA Piggy Palooza, Enrichment Fund Week

September 13 - Fall Picture Day

September 19 - FCS Board Meeting

Thank you to all the many families who attended curriculum nights this week. The evenings are always a wonderful way to build the home and school connection that is so important for student success.

Next week will be a short one for students as they have Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday off. The staff will be participating in professional development specific to their roles on Tuesday and Wednesday. Our campus will be closed on Monday for Labor Day.

Reading with and to our students is so important. Northwood will continue to create a spark for the love of reading for all our Explorers. Whether the books are enjoyed after a library visit or they are enjoyed as audio books during travel, exposing them to interesting and engaging texts is so important. Each classroom went on a scavenger hunt these past weeks and at each clue location picked up a book to be read aloud throughout the school year. Some of the classes have already jumped in to reading and others will start soon. For those that have started the books, it’s been wonderful to hear their thoughts and share their reactions to the stories. Thank you to Ms. Evangelista, our CST, for organizing the scavenger hunts.

We have a good number of kindergarten and second grade families that still need to return documents for residency verification. Please reach out to our data clerk, Amy Dulion (dulionaw@fultonschools.org), if you have any questions. Specific district required residency verification letters will be sent out next week to families that still have documents to submit.

Loved seeing so many teams and team colors today! This weekend will be the start of many fun weekends of college football, and NFL games are around the corner.

Please enjoy the nice long holiday weekend and find time to enjoy the outdoors while staying cool. If you have time, we’d love for you to share more Northwood Nice Notes ~ you can find the link here.

With gratitude,

Heather Rucker

Principal

In Fourth grade we have been diving into the American Revolution in social studies. Students are enjoying learning about the causes, important people, and the battles that took place during this time period. One group we learned about was the Sons of Liberty. The Sons of Liberty met secretly to discuss the revolution and had to announce the meetings by raising a flag in the town. Students were tasked with creating their own liberty flag with various materials to signal for an upcoming meeting. They had so much fun working with classmates to complete this challenge! We can’t wait to do more activities like this throughout the year.

Fifth Grade Science: Fifth grade students had fun investigating the contents of owl pellets. They were studying how scientists can be like detectives in their work when looking at what animals may have consumed as part of their diet. Owl pellets are undigested parts of a bird's food, such as hair, or bones and are fascinating to investigate. Students are currently learning about electricity and magnetism in their first science unit of the year.

We want to highlight positive attendance outcomes:

• Students who attend school regularly feel more connected to our community and are engaged in their learning.
• School attendance improves reading proficiency!
• On-time, regular school attendance builds life-long work habits that promote success!

If you have outside circumstances impacting your child’s attendance and would like support, please reach out to our School Counselor, Jennifer Weeks at 470-254-6390.

ATTENDANCE EMAIL

If your child is absent from school, please submit an email to your child’s teacher AND northwoodattendance@fultonschools.org within five days of returning to school.

Please include:

• Child's first and last name
• The absence date(s)
• Reason for absence(s) *attach doctor's note if applicable

DISMISSAL EMAIL

All check-out changes must be in writing or emailed to NWESdismissal@fultonschools.org. You can send a note with your child in the morning or drop off the note during the day before 12:30 pm. No changes will be accepted through phone call.

Please include:

• Child’s first and last name
• The date and the specific change, i.e. bus to car rider
• The reason for the change

Please copy your child’s homeroom teacher on the email as well.

PARTICIPATE REMOTE LEARNING DAY REQUEST

Participate Remote Learning Day Request

Students may request up to 5 remote learning days per semester and receive attendance credit for being present through remote participation. To receive participated remote credit, students must follow the participated remote directions outlined below.

• Notification of PR Day must be made prior to the start of the instructional day to teacher(s). Students should make all requests for remote learning days one school day prior to the requested date when possible.
• Remote learning days cannot be requested on summative evaluation days.
• All work must be submitted within 2 days of the return from the remote learning days.
• The absence will be marked Unexcused in IC until this form is completed and turned in to the Assistant Principal. Once the teacher has signed that the assignment is complete and hands this form into the office, the absence will change to PR (Participate Remote).

PRE-APPROVED ABSENCE FORM

Pre-Approved Absence Request Form

Students may request Pre-Approved Absences for family events and special family circumstances. Consideration for Pre-Approved Absences will be based on the following criteria.

• Pre-Approved Absence Request Form is received 5 days prior to planned absence.
• Attendance review indicates student is not at-risk of chronic absenteeism. Please note that students with 17 or more absences per year fall within the chronic absenteeism attendance band. Even though they are pre-approved, these absences count towards the 17.
• Academic review of classes shows student is on-track with work completion.

Please visit the Northwood ES website here for more details about the forms.

Each year Fulton County Schools asks families and students to read and discuss the Student Code of Conduct & Discipline Handbook; and then sign off that you have read it. Please follow the steps below to access the handbook, and then sign off electronically in your Infinite Campus Parent/Student Portal Account. At Northwood, we will follow up by August 31, to make sure all families have signed.

• Please read and review the Code of Conduct with your student(s). Student Discipline Code of Conduct

• Here is a (link) with instructions on how to complete the Acknowledgment of Receipt Form. All parents and students (over 10 years old) MUST sign this form found within their INFINITE CAMPUS PARENT/STUDENT PORTAL ACCOUNT. How to Sign Acknowledgment of Receipt

Student Success Skills are Fulton County School's standards for the skills needed to demonstrate mastery of academic and interpersonal skills needed for college, career, and life success. These six skills are taught in all schools, by all teachers, to all students.

Parents, please click the link below for more information; and to set up your Rethink Account which provides access to all the lesson content.

Student Success Skills Parent Packet 24-25SY English.pdf

Student Success Skills Parent Packet 24-25SY Spanish.pdf

Per District policy, ALL second-grade families are required to provide the school with 2 proofs of residency before entering second grade. Copies can be dropped off at the front desk or emailed to our Data Clerk, Amy Dulion, at dulionaw@fultonschools.org.

Families that would like to review the TAG eligibility guidelines please click the link below. You can also access the FCS TAG website here.

FCS TAG Screening and Referral Process

Your child will be recognized at school on his/her birthday, with an announcement on Explorervision and a special birthday pencil. Please do not send cake, cupcakes, balloons, party favors, or party invitations to school as these will not be distributed. If you would like to celebrate your child’s birthday at school you may purchase ice cream from our cafeteria for your child’s class.

• Please email your Explorer’s teacher to find out how many students are in their class.
• Email our Cafeteria Manger Bethany Lopez at Lopezb3@fultonschools.org to place your order at least TWO FULL WEEKS IN ADVANCE of your Explorer’s birthday.
• Ice cream is still $1 each for birthdays. The simplest way to handle the cost is to have money on your Explorers "General" account via the MyPaymentsPlus app.

The Fulton County School Nutrition Program is dedicated to serving all students nutritious, safe and customer acceptable meals in support of academic achievement. Click the link below to see what thery are serving up today.

Nutrition.fultonschools.org/MenuCalendar

Parents, please encourage your students to check regularly for lost items in the Lost and Found. Please mark all student belongings clearly with the child's name so that it can be identified. Unclaimed items are donated to local charities after the last school day of every month. August's date is Friday, August 30th.

The Infinite Campus Parent Portal provides quick and easy access to information for all enrolled students in their household. Find grades, attendance, assignments, schedules, ID numbers, school announcements and more. If you haven't already joined, please do so today as Fulton County Schools is transitioning to managing everything via the portal.

For more information, access the Parent Portal Booklet for Infinite Campus here.

Looking to volunteer? All volunteers will need to complete the Fulton County Schools online registration process. For more information and to begin the process, please click the link below.

https://www.fultonschools.org/community/become-a-volunteer

Heather Q. Rucker, Principal

Michelle Levine, Assistant Principal

Together We SHINE!

Email: NorthwoodAttendance@fultonschools.org
Website: https://northwood.fultonschools.org/
Location: 10200 Wooten Road, Roswell, GA, USA
Phone: 470-254-6390
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NorthwoodElementaryPTA/
Twitter: @FCS_NWES or @NWES_Principal