School Hours:

Elementary School

School in-session: 8:00am - 3:00pm

AM Carpool: 7:30am - 8:00am

PM Carpool: 3:00pm - 3:30pm

Office Hours: 7:30am - 4:00pm

Middle School

School in-session: 7:45am - 3:15pm

AM Carpool: 7:30am - 7:45am

PM Carpool: 3:15pm - 3:30pm

Office Hours: 7:15am - 4:00pm

ILLNESS

Here is a helpful guide for Reasons to keep your child home.

• Children with a temperature of 100.4 degrees F or higher should stay at home until there is no fever for 24 hours without the use of fever reducing medications.
• Any child who has vomited twice in 24 hours should stay home. Your child may return to school after 24 hours of no vomiting or fever.

In the event of an absence, please use our Online Absence Excuse Form, also found on the homepage of our school website.

If your child needs to take medication at school, you must drop the medication off at the school office with an Authorization Form. Please do not send your child in to school with the medication.

School Lunch

It's not too late to submit a Free/Reduced Lunch Application! You may submit additional applications throughout the year if your situation changes.

Remember, you must still order lunches through MyPaymentsPlus, regardless of your eligibility status. Students without pre-orders will receive alternate meals.

❗ Meal order deadlines are every Wednesday at NOON. Meal orders cannot be placed once the deadline has passed.

Carpool

As a reminder, Elementary School afternoon carpool begins at 3:00pm, and Middle School afternoon carpool begins at 3:15pm.

BOTH schools end carpool at 3:30pm. Please be on time to pick up your child.

Thank you for your cooperation.

Student Check-in and Check-out

Once morning carpool has ended at both schools, a parent/guardian MUST park and sign the student in at the front desk.

Student check-out ends at 2:00pm. After this time, parents/guardians must enter the carpool line. Late check-outs interfere with dismissal safety. Thank you for your understanding.

ParentVue

Have you logged into your ParentVue account? Access student grades, attendance records, and information through the portal or the app.

View your child's assessment scores on ParentVue! Look under "documents" in the menu to download your child's most recent iReady scores.

Thank you parents and guardians for your help in transitioning to our new Food Service vendor this school year. Please continue to place your meal orders to our vendor on MyPaymentsPlus.

Free/Reduced Lunch students should still place meal orders with our vendor to ensure a meal is sent for your child.

New Life Academy of Excellence will utilize My Payments Plus for all activities and fees this school year.

All students must have an account under NLAE, not Gwinnett County Public Schools.

👉 Tip!

Families may set a threshold for account balances to notify you, or automatically replenish your account. No more worrying about your student lunch account!

❗❗ Important!

When registering, please choose our school, New Life Academy of Excellence, NOT Gwinnett County Public Schools (GCPS). Accounts under GCPS will not transfer to New Life Academy of Excellence, and a refund will have to be processed by contacting GCPS.

On Monday, donate $3 to wear your favorite hat to school, and help raise funds for our community!

Remember, all students should still be in uniform.

Re-Enrollment for school year 2025-2026 will be opening soon!

Current students will need to re-enroll through SchoolMint by December 20, 2024 to keep their seat at NLAE. Further instructions will be emailed to all families.

The annual NLAE Student Council Food Drive will take place November 11-15.

More information will be coming soon!

Fall picture retakes have been rescheduled to December 6th

Thank you to all of the wonderful families who came out to International Night this year! We could not have done it without our amazing community of families and students who worked hard to create their booths, and those who attended to show their support.

We hope everyone enjoyed the breathtaking performances by Phoenix Wellness Arts. Remember, registration for their next afterschool classes will open soon!

A special thanks to the Tan family for their generous donation of Orange Chicken, Teriyaki Chicken, and Fried Rice. Make sure you stop by their establishment, China Breeze!

NOVEMBER

• 4... United Way Hat Day
• 5... Digital Learning Day #2
• 7... Post Secondary Readiness Family Night
• 8... Re-Enrollment Period Begins
• 11-15... Student Council Food Drive
• 25-29... Thanksgiving Break