Northridge Elementary School Update

• The NES Santa Shop- schedule
• Spirit Days this week....
• Mrs. Brechbill leaving for NR high school as principal
• Mr. Nate Dennison, our curriculum director stepping into the new role of Assistant Principal
• Lunch change on Friday, December 20-serving Grab and Go's
• Testing finishing this week....results mailed next month
• Yearbook contest closing

Letter days this week for related arts:

• Monday- C
• Tuesday- D
• Wednesday- E
• Thursday- A
• Friday-B

• 2024-2025 School Calendar

• Monday, December 16-19- Secret Santa Shop, sponsored by PTO. Details forthcoming.

• Monday, December 23, 2024-January 7, 2025- Winter Break- No School

• Christmas, December 25th-Merry Christmas

• Kwanzaa, December 26th- Happy Kwanza

• January 1- Happy New Year

• Monday, January 21, 2025- Martin Luther King, Jr. Day-No School

• Thursday, January 23 and Tuesday, January 28- Parent Teacher Conferences

• February 14 and 19- NO SCHOOL-(Teacher Professional Development and President's Day)

December 16, 2024

This will be an exciting week ahead!!!! Loads of fun and excitement planned throughout the week. We can't wait!! Thank you for your partnership.

We wish each of you and your families a warm, safe, blessed holiday season. Enjoy this special family time. Try to take time to rest and enjoy. ........don't forget to laugh and play too!!! YOU deserve it!! YOUR kids are so fun!

Friday...the lunch menu will be a " Grab and Go" lunch.

Thank you for attending our recent Gr. 2-3 program....we were so very proud of our children. They shined so very bright!! The show was amazing. We also enjoyed the high schoolers coming to treat us to their beautiful talent.

We are enjoying the inside recess but look forward to being outside in fresh air again soon. We enjoy our playground and building memories with our friends!!! Please be sure your child is ready and dressed for outside recess. There are many many NEW winter coats in the LOST and FOUND. Is your family missing anything???? Please come look!!!!

As you know, Mrs. Rebecca Brechbill will step into a new role as the principal of Northridge High School on January 1st. This is her last week with us as she moves to her new role. We all want to wish Mrs. Brechbill HUGE congratulations as she moves to lead the high school and wish her tremendous appreciation and love for all she has done for our elementary school. We all agree that she is deeply committed to relationships in her calm, nurturing, and passionate leadership. Please let your children know of this as they adore Mrs. Brechbill.

We welcome Mr. Nate Dennison, our curriculum director into the new role of Assistant Principal. Mr. Dennison is no stranger to our leadership team and is just switching roles and responsibilities. His love of children, literacy, math, social science, etc. etc. and high quality learning is apparent. Thank you for your leadership Mr. Dennison and for being at Northridge....where the best children in the world live and grow. We are ALLLLL so blessed to be working with the children of Northridge!!

If children or your family would like to leave Mrs. Brechbill a note or a card, picture, etc. we have a beautifully decorated box outside the school office to place such things. Our children are so loving and giving, they love to make us things! Let's do it!!!! Mrs. Brechbill will love it!

This week we will FINISH mid- year I-Ready and Acadience testing in the areas of Reading and Math. During December we are taking a good look at reading and math skill and strategy development through a number of formative assessments such as Acadience which assesses phonemic awareness, phonics, and comprehension. Results to these and the Gr. 3 Ohio State tests will be sent home in early January. Please watch for these.

The YEARBOOK ART CONTEST closes Wednesday this week !!! We distributed a hard copy of the entry form to all children......the theme for our yearbook is our yearly school theme of TOGETHER WE SHINE!! Top entries will be used to decorate throughout our yearbook and on the cover!! We have great artists! The entries are superb!!!

This week of December 16th-19th, there will be a NES Secret Santa Shop, sponsored by our lovely PTO. All of our children will be invited to shop Pre K -Gr. 5. Here is the schedule for shopping.

Wishlists were sent home last Thursday. Help is still needed...are you able to join us??

To celebrate all the winter holidays together, we will have spirit days this week..... this will be the week of December 16th-19th. Here is the plan. We sooooo enjoy our spirit days as a school community and our kids ask for ideas these dates!! They alway beg for pajama days and Grinch Day......

Volunteer????We have folks wanting to volunteer in our school or perhaps attend upcoming field trips or parties. Gr. 5 has a trip coming soon..... please be ready!!! Please complete these forms as part of our security process formality. Once we get the form back approved, we will get everyone board approved. :) All for the safety of our children. ........either one of these links work....

https://www.northridge.k12.oh.us/parents/volunteer-information

https://securevolunteer.com/NORTHRIDGE-LOCAL-SCHOOL-DISTRICT/home

Safety Reminder:...thanks for doing a GREAT job with this......you rock!!!

1. BEFORE 9:00 am..........Please call us at 740-967- 1401 or email us at esattendance@nrls.org if your child will be out for illness or and appointment. We organize attendance early each day to be sure everyone is accounted for in school. Thank you for honoring this important contact.
2. Before 3:00....if you have a change in transportation for your child, please call us so we may announce and get word to them. Please call us at Phone (740) 967-1401
3. Calling at dismissal, with changes, is very very tough.....please, please call before 3:00 and not risk your child not getting an important message. Thank you!!!
4. Check your email or ParentSquare each day. Loads of great treasures in there!!
5. Please have a system with your child so you are getting anything we send home from your child.

Please consider helping Northridge students and families in need by clicking this link for NEIGHBORHOOD BRIDGES:

https://www.neighborhoodbridges.org/.../northridgelocal-oh

The Giving Tree 2024:

Below you will find the link for this year's Giving Tree sign-up genius. We are so grateful to our community who makes this project happen year after year. We could not do this without you.

Please note the following:

All gifts should be wrapped and labeled according to Family Letter, Person Number and Gift ID.

Boxes are located in the Elementary Main Office to turn in.

All gifts should be returned by Monday, December 16th.

Thank You

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0D45ADAB2FA1FAC25-53528591-thegiving

If you have questions, please contact our wonderful School Counselor, Mrs. Draher,

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