- October 12: S.A.F.E. Day
- October 14: No School
- October 15: PTO Meeting at 6 PM in the library
- October 18: Parent Information Night on Bullying (4:00-5:30 PM)
- October 25: Trunk or Treat (more info TBD)
- October 26: SBEF Halloween 5k
- October 30: Early Release Day
- October 31: Fun Run
There was an update to the Somerset Public Schools Calendar wherein one of the two March early release days (March 26) was removed. This is now posted to the district website, as well as the link found here.
We are excited to announce that the Somerset Early Learning Center at North Elementary still has a number of available half day slots for the 2024-2025 school year! Our program offers intentional, play-based learning experiences across all classrooms that foster social emotional, academic, and physical development in our students.
Children who are residents of Somerset and who will be three (3) or four (4) years-old on or before August 31, 2024, are eligible to apply. Click here to register today!
If you have any registration questions please contact Paula Faria at 508-324-3160.
For questions regarding the program please contact Julia Schoonover at 508.324.3170.
Please complete the North Parent Input Form to help our team identify areas of interest and need for upcoming Parent Nights this year. Please contact Vanessa Moniz- School Adjustment Counselor with any questions.
Kristen Montag
Mrs. Montag is our new Speech Language Pathologist and has been a school-based SLP for 20+ years working with students from pre-k to 8th grade. She enjoys sharing her favorite picture books (especially Click, Clack, Moo) with her students and gets her greatest sense of accomplishment from seeing her students' communicative confidence grow! Mrs. Montag loves exploring the outdoors by hiking, kayaking, sailing, biking, and traveling to National Parks. She has three children, all of whom attend or attended Somerset Public Schools, and has two dogs, Bernie and Piper.
Hello North Families!
Save the date for our 2024 Fun Run. Registration opens Oct 8th, Kickoff is Oct 22nd, and our event day is Oct 31st. If we can get 70% of students registered between Oct 8th and our kickoff date of Oct 22nd, the whole school will win a pajama day!! Let’s make this our best year yet!
Thank You,
North PTO
A few reminders from Nurse Stephanie in our Health Office to help keep all of our students safe and healthy:
Students with active vomiting, diarrhea, open rashes, crusty/inflamed eyes, and/or temperature > 100 are asked to remain home from school.
Students may return from school when their temperature is < 100 for 24 hours without the use of fever-reducing medication.
Illness Specific:
Strep: Students must be on antibiotics for 24 hours before returning to school, and they need a note to return.
Pink eye: Must be on antibiotics for 24 hours before returning to school.
Hand Foot Mouth: Fever-free for 24 hours and no open skin lesions. All areas must be scabbed/closed over
Vomiting/Diarrhea: May return when tolerating good amounts of food/water and no vomiting/diarrhea for 24 hours
Please do not send medication to school in your child’s backpack. Anything with an active ingredient is designated a medicine in school. This includes cough syrup, cough drops, ointments, nasal sprays, vitamin gummies, etc. If you would like to have any medications available for your child at school, please notify the Health Office.
Students after surgery, for hurt or broken limbs, sprains, strains, or any student with assistive devices (splints, casts, boots, crutches, etc.) must have a note to be in school as well as MD clearance or restrictions for recess/PE.
Please notify the Health Office if your child has RSV, Covid, Influenza, or Strep.
Grade 4 physicals are due to be updated! Please send in your student’s most recent physical if you have not done so already.
Vision/Hearing screenings have started for K-5. Grades 1 and 4 are mandated to have BMI screenings, however, you can opt out via the forms that will be sent home.
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