Northridge Elementary Weekly Blast

Links:

Visit the Family Portal: https://familyportal.pearson.com/CO

Student’s State ID (SASID) – This is found at the top of your child's CMAS score report from last year or in the Parent Portal (https://tinyurl.com/ICforParents).

PTO In Action

Senior Clap Out

Graduating seniors who attended Northridge for Elementary School were invited back this week to reminisce about their early education years. It was a wonderful time for those students. PTO provided lemonade and Eileen’s Cookies to help them celebrate their big life accomplishment.

PTO End of Year Summary

Thank you to the wonderful NRE community for a great year! We enjoyed several community building events, supported NRE teachers and staff in so many ways, and raised an amazing amount of money to support this amazing NRE community. See the flier below for some of the highlights. THANK YOU NRE COMMUNITY!!

Upcoming Events

EPI Fall School Supply Sale - Happening Now!

Educational Products, INC (EPI) is providing the NRE community the opportunity to purchase school supply packs for next fall. A portion of the proceeds from each sale comes back to NRE PTO - so this is a win-win… you check a big task off your summer to-do list and EPI provides funding for NRE! Please see the flier below for further details. Click this link to get started, then enter our school code: NOR769

Deadline to order to ensure on time delivery: June 8.

PTO Corporate Sponsorship Program

PTO is starting the process of securing Corporate Sponsors for next school year. If you own a business or are connected with a business that would have interest in knowing more about what this program entails, please email PTOvicepresidentNRE@gmail.com. See the flier below for some details about the program.

Save the Date: Back to School Carnival!

Mark your calendar for one of the largest PTO Community Appreciation Events of the school year: Back To School Carnival will be on Friday, August 22 from 5:00-7:00pm at NRE. This event is FREE to attend! Bounce houses, face painting, cotton candy, popcorn, games, and more. You won’t want to miss this one!

The Carnival Planning Committee is seeking several volunteers to make this amazing night happen. Kids are welcome to tag along with you when volunteering, and several opportunities are appropriate for age middle school and up. Sign up today!

Save the Date: Fun Run!

Mark your calendar for the largest fundraiser of the school year - Fun Run will happen on Wednesday, September 10! NRE students invite friends and family members to sponsor them for running as many laps as possible. The day is FUN - music, popsicles, running with friends and more. We will need several volunteers to help the day be a success - its a really fun day to be at NRE! More details to come in the fall, but for now mark your calendar!

FREE Rockies Tickets!

PTO gave away 200 free Rockies tickets to the NRE community for games in May! We will have tickets for June games soon, stay tuned for details!

The PTO now gets free Rockies tickets for select 2025 games—and they’re available to NRE families at no cost! To get a shot at tickets, you must be opted in to PTO text messages. When tickets are available, you’ll get a text with instructions to email PTOpresidentNRE@gmail.com. Tickets will be given out on a first come, first served basis.

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Plus, PTO texts keep you in the loop with important reminders and updates. Stay connected and don’t miss out!

Restaurant Nights

Several local businesses are hosting “spirit nights” for us this summer. Stop by these places on these days and a portion of the proceeds will come back to NRE PTO!

Krispy Kreme Digital Dozens - Starting May 1st, we will be participating in a Krispy Kreme Digital Dozen fundraiser! The fundraising campaign will run throughout the summer ending on August 31st. We have a goal to hit 100 dozen sold during this timeframe! The price of a dozen is $15.00 with $7.50 (50%!) donated back to Northridge Elementary School PTO for each dozen sold! Please use this link to the ordering website between May 1st and August 31st to get your dozens and support NRE!

6/12/25: Fujiyama

6/13/25: Desert Donuts

6/16/25: Chick Fil A

6/24/25: Panda Express

6/27/25: Sweetplay

7/10/25: Fujiyama

7/11/25: Desert Donuts

7/14/25: Lava Island Englewood

7/29/25: Chipotle

8/08/25: Desert Donuts

8/14/25: Fujiyama

8/16/25: Dave's Hot Chicken

Volunteer Opportunities

EPI School Supply Pack Delivery - PTO is looking for several volunteers to help deliver the EPI school supply packs to classrooms on August 6 and 7. If you would like to help, please sign up here! Bring a wagon if you have one! There are also some other fall volunteer opportunities listed, please sign up if you’d like to help!

Fall Event Committees - PTO is forming committees for our fall events. If you would like to help plan the Winter Coat/Halloween Costume Drive, Veteran’s Day Breakfast, Breakfast with Buddies or the Holiday Shop, please reach out so we can get you plugged in! PTOpresidentNRE@gmail.com

Back To School Carnival - There are several volunteer opportunities to help with Back To School Carnival. Little ones are welcome to tag along and help, and some volunteer roles are appropriate for middle school students. Sign up today!

Dear Northridge Community,

Please accept my apologies for the delay in sending out this final weekly blast of the 2024-2025 school year. It was a truly jam-packed week of fun, and unexpected travel on Wednesday and Thursday put me a little behind.

Our final week included the always-popular Field Day, a huge hit with the students! Despite the chilly weather, there were so many smiles as kids participated in a variety of activities. From refreshing water games and cooperative challenges like the 3-Legged Race to exciting team competitions such as Duck Target (where teams used water squirters to knock ducks off a fence!) and traditional games like the Dizzy Bat Race, it was a day of pure joy. A huge thank you to all the volunteers who helped make this day possible – your support is truly invaluable. We also extend our gratitude to our Field Day Committee, led by Mac Goldwasser, for their early arrival, meticulous organization, and fantastic planning!

This past week also featured our heartfelt Senior Clap Out. It's always a special and often emotional event as students graduating this year, who once walked our halls as elementary learners, return to be celebrated. Our current NRE students enthusiastically lined the hallways, cheering for the seniors as they walked through. The seniors genuinely love reconnecting with their former teachers and reminiscing about their elementary school days.

This past Friday morning, we bid a fond "see you later" to our wonderful 6th-grade graduates. For many, Northridge has been home since Kindergarten, and for those who joined us later, you quickly became an integral part of our family. While we'll certainly miss these incredible kids, we know they are destined for amazing things. We're already looking forward to seeing them back at the Back to School Carnival in August, and, undoubtedly, for their Senior Clap Out in six years!

Our youngest students, the kindergarteners, also held their delightful graduation celebration on Friday morning. It was an incredibly sweet event, filled with precious songs and each student proudly sharing their aspirations for the future. We discovered a wonderful mix of future teachers, moms, dads, and YouTubers among them! A huge thank you to our amazing Kindergarten team and Jennifer Bush for orchestrating such a charming celebration to cap off their year.

On a personal note, I'm really looking forward to summer and some much-needed relaxation. I kicked off the "unofficial start" with a wonderful camping trip to Salida this past weekend – luckily, we missed the rain that hit the metro area! I have a busy and exciting summer ahead, with more camping trips, a few concerts, a visit home to Houston, and river rafting planned for June and July. I'll also be attending several conferences to continue growing in my role as principal. It's shaping up to be a pretty great summer!

It's hard to believe the school year has already wrapped up – it flew by so quickly! I am incredibly proud and honored to be the principal of this amazing school, supported by such a wonderful community. I hope everyone enjoys a fantastic summer filled with quality family time. I look forward to seeing you back in August!

Smiles,

Erin

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