Northpoint Newsletter

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WOW, what a great start to the 2024-2025 school year. The first two days have been amazing, and it feels so good to have all the students and staff back at Northpoint. Through the rest of this week and into next week, we will continue to build off the great start, developing routines and creating community in each class, POD and school.

Attendance is critical as we build relationships and begin a new year of learning together. Thank you for the role you play in getting your student to school each day, on time and ready to learn. We monitor student attendance and will partner with our families to support regular attendance at Northpoint. We also have high expectations for student behavior. Reviewing these expectations together sets the tone for a great start to the year.

In these first days and week, we need your help create a smooth process at the beginning and end of the day. We ask families to do a few things:

• Please do not park and get out of your car when you are next to the school. If you need to park and walk your child up, please use the parking lot. This helps the traffic flow move quickly.

• If dropping your child off, please stay behind the sign. We have a few buses that also use the front of the school and this leaves enough space for them to be able to pull in.

• Help ensure your child knows if they are parent walk up or parent drive up. If you are parent walk up, students will meet you at the front of the school at 3:55 p.m. If you are parent drive up, students will go to the gym and wait to be called out to your car.

• For parent drive up, please make sure you have a sign in your car that has your student(s) first and last name on it. This helps us ensure they are waiting when you pull up.

• Finally, please practice patience. There are a lot of vehicles entering and leaving Northpoint during these times. Please slow down and keep your eyes on the road to help us keep everyone safe!

  
  

It feels great to get the school year underway! Please let us know in the office if you have any questions as the year progresses!

Tyler Nelson

Northpoint Principal

Regular attendance is key to student success. Missing just two days a month can negatively affect progress, especially in reading and long-term goals like high school graduation. We know there are times a student will need to be absent. Our goal is to work with parents and guardians to help their children have consistent – and on-time –attendance. Let’s work together to keep our students learning!

Is your student under the weather? Visit the Attendance & Absences page to find helpful tips of when to keep them home and when to send them to school. This page also has resources if you or your student need additional help.

Need to report an absence?

1. Call your school's attendance line [insert number] OR
2. Report an absence through Campus Parent Portal

• Log in to Campus Parent Portal
• On the main menu (on the left), click on MORE
• Click on ABSENT REQUEST
• Check the box by your student’s name.
• Complete the form.
• Select the Absent Type and Start Date and End Date and the number of days your student will be absent.
• Enter Comments to inform the school office of any details.
• Click SUBMIT

Spring Lake Park Schools is committed to maintaining a safe and secure environment for all students and staff. We have a comprehensive safety plan that includes a layered approach with prevention, protection, and emergency response measures. Along with neighboring districts and local law enforcement, we have adopted the “I Love You Guys” Foundation Standard Response Protocol (SRP) for responding to incidents.

Throughout the school year, each building will complete 11 required safety drills. The drills cover a variety of scenarios including evacuation, shelter and lockdown.

All drills conducted with students are scheduled and pre-announced to students and staff. For lockdown drills specifically, parents will be notified at least 24 hours in advance of the drill and may choose to have their student not participate. To opt your student out of a lockdown drill, notify the school’s main office by the start of the day the drill is scheduled to allow time for accommodations to be made.

Learn more about our approach to Safety and Security at SLP including the Standard Response Protocol.

To order your student's pictures from Lifetouch, please visit mylifetouch.com and enter code EVTHQW89S.

Picture retake day will be held on Thursday, October 31.

• Monday, September 9 - Northpoint PTO Meeting, Northpoint media center, 6:30-7:30 p.m.
• Saturday, September 14 - "Start your Engines" Community Event, Spring Lake Park High School, 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
• Monday, September 16 - Grupo de Padres Hispanohablantes de SLP reunion, 5 p.m., Woodcrest Spanish Immersion School
• September 25 - Northpoint Picture Day
• September 23-27 - Homecoming Week
• Friday, September 27 -
• Northpoint PTO Sponsored Fun Run
• Homecoming Football Game, Panther Stadium, 7 p.m.
• Wednesday, October 2 - Live on 65: After Hours Big Band – Buy tickets
• October 3-4 - No school

It's been a great start to the new school year at Northpoint. Students were all smiles as they returned to the classroom!

A new year has begun for students at Spring Lake Park Schools, and we’re loving all the first day vibes. The first day photo album captures all the energy, excitement – and yes, nerves – of the first day of school. There were plenty of smiles, fist bumps and hugs as students began a new year with endless possibilities ahead.

These first days of school are focused on creating a strong Panther community. There’s a lot of time spent getting to know each other, building relationships and learning important routines. Strong foundations set the tone for the year ahead. Check out the story and first day photo album.

Now through September 6, save 20% off Panther Gear at the store and online with code 24Kickoff. Drop by the Panther Store, located at Spring Lake Park High School tomorrow, Thursday, September 5 from 4-8 p.m.

Back by popular demand, After Hours Big Band is returning to the Fine Arts Center Stage on Wednesday, October 2 at 7 p.m. This ain’t your grand-pappy’s jazz band and it’s not a run-of-the-mill concert series either - the band brings with them Reed Grimm (of American Idol and Shoeless Revolution) and a collection of familiar songs from Disney to The Beatles and beyond.

Once called the "Best Big Band in the entire Twin Cities" by bassist's mother, the band will blaze through a performance that will have you clapping along, laughing, and moving to the beat. It’s a perfect way to kick off the Live on 65 season and not a performance to be missed. Grab your tickets today.

• Bus Tracking (MyStop app)
• Annual Required Notifications
• 2024-2025 School Handbook
• Fall programs available for all!
• Get Ready to "Start Your Engines"

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