Dear North Smyrna Elementary Family,

Please review the below information that guides many of our operations and procedures throughout the year. Please reach out to our Main Office at 302-653-8589 if you have any questions or need additional support.

Sincerely,

Dr. Amber Augustus, Principal

Mrs. Haley Griffin, Associate Principal

Dr. Tiyana Mullen, Associate Principal

Early Childhood Tuition is $150 and is due the first of each month.

We accept the following methods of payment: check, cash, money order, and credit card.

Unfortunately, we are unable to accept credit card payments on the last two days of the month due to the State of Delaware Finance system closing. If you are paying by credit card, please arrange to come in on days other than the last two days of the month. We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your understanding.

Reminders:

• The front lane is one way only. Please do not enter through the exit.
• The front lane is closed to car traffic during morning and afternoon dismissal for buses. All drop-offs should occur in the car rider line.

• The property of Mr. Collett & Sons (across the street from NSE) cannot be used to make U-turns

Thank you for your understanding and cooperation so that we can ensure the safety of all students during arrival and dismissals.

We encourage you to check out the following resources to learn more about the elementary grading policy: https://www.smyrna.k12.de.us/Page/626.

Parents continue to have access to their student's grades at any time by utilizing the Home Portal website. If you need your user ID and password to login, please contact the NSE Main Office at 302-653-8589.

As a reminder, Early Childhood students do not receive grades, interim progress reports, or report cards. Updates on student progress are available midyear and at the end of the year as well as by contacting your child's teacher at any point.

Technology plays an ever more integral part of our daily lives. Utilizing technology in ways that benefit learning is a tool we incorporate in a variety of ways and each student has access to technology through a district issued chromebook. Students have access to the ARC bookshelf for nightly reading and other learning assignments that will take place at school and home throughout the year.

Every Kn-3rd grade student will be issued a Chromebook for their use at home and school.

Each family will need to complete a Chromebook Usage Agreement. Please see below for additional information on their usage and care to help ensure your child is ready to use his/her Chromebook each day:

• Charge the Chromebook nightly.
• Place the Chromebook back in the bookbag before each morning.
• Treat the Chromebook with care and avoid placing food or liquid near it.
• Keep the charger with the Chromebook to avoid loss.

We are excited that students have the opportunity to use technology across home and school as they build a skillset that they will use throughout their lives.

As our students begin the year working with district Chromebooks and district Google accounts, we want to share information on student IDs and passwords needed for logging in:

• For all students, their userid is firstname.lastname. If there are students with the same name in the District, we append a “1”, “2”, etc onto the lastname (john.smith, john.smith1, john.smith2). If this applies to your child, you will be notified.
• For all K-6 grade students, their password will be SSD###### with the “######” being the student’s School Lunch Number, and it will stay the same from year-to-year.

If you have any questions with logging in, please contact your child's teacher.

Health Items to Note:

• Please keep your student home if they have a fever or have been vomiting. They may return to school when it has been 24 hours since vomiting or a fever has stopped without the use of medication.
• If your student will need medicine while they are in school, please bring it in to the nurses' office and sign it in. It must be in the original box or container with the prescription label with your student's name on it. Medications cannot be brought into school by a student.

Use the QR Code below to learn more about the counseling program at NSE.

Looking for ways to support your student's growing math knowledge at home? Check out the resource below with links to a variety of articles on mathematics in classrooms today.

https://www.youcubed.org/resource/parent-resources/

Reading Resources & Information:

• Students should be reading and logging two steps each night for Eagle Reading. Books come home in their blue bags and should be returned each day. Students also have access to read online through ARC Bookshelf.

• The volume of reading is so important to building foundational reading skills. Prioritizing reading at home can help to build literacy skills that will benefit your child. Reading together as a family can be helpful!

• Please click the link below for directions on how to access ARC Bookshelf.

• NSE ARC Bookshelf Directions

Regular attendance is a critical component to a successful school experience. We understand students may need to be absent for a variety of reasons throughout the year. Upon returning to school, please send an absent excuse note(with your child's name, date, and reason for absence) in with your child to turn in to your child's teacher. You can also email your absent excuse note to nsesattendance@smyrna.k12.de.us

If your family has moved at any point since last year or if there are changes to your phone number or email address, please contact our Main Office at 302-653-8589 as soon as possible to update this information. Having the most up-to-date contact information is crucial to providing your family with timely information, updates, scheduled events, and in the event an emergency arises.

Please send your child to school each day with:

• a water bottle filled with water only
• a snack
• an extra pair of clothes to keep in their bookbag
• a charged Chromebook (K-3rd grade) - issued soon!

If you are a NSE parent and are interested in substituting at North Smyrna Elementary School only, please stop by the Main Office and speak with Mrs. Berryman to get more information. We have flexible schedules and a great team! We hope you consider joining us!

Check out the NSE PTO Facebook Page

We are continuing to update the PTO Facebook page with learning activities and information for families. Please check it out at North Smyrna Elementary School PTO.

We hope you will consider joining as we work together to provide the best educational experiences to our students throughout the year!

At NSE, all students receive one free breakfast and lunch daily.

The NSE Cafeteria is also offers students the option to purchase a snack, drink, or a double entree at lunch. If your child is interested in purchasing one of these options, he/she will need additional money in their account. Money can be added to your student's lunch account by sending in cash, a check (made out to the Smyrna School District), or by creating a myschoolbucks.com account to deposit funds electronically. If you have any questions,, please contact our Main Office.

NSE Families Remind App: Text @nsefam to 81010 to receive school reminders.

NSE Facebook Page: Follow us on Facebook at North Smyrna Elementary School PTO

NSE YouTube Page: Check out our YouTube page at:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoEsLnqVcfz-l0Fa8YhxqOw

Dr. Amber Augustus, Principal

Mrs. Haley Griffin, Associate Principal

Dr. Tiyana Mullen, Associate Principal

Website: https://nes.smyrna.k12.de.us/

Location: 365 N. Main Street, Smyrna, DE, USA
Phone: 302-653-8589
Email: nsesregistration@smyrna.k12.de.us

Facebook: facebook.com/NorthSmyrnaElementarySchoolPTO
Twitter: @NSESSD