Northridge Elementary School Update

Letter days this week for related arts:

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

• 2024-2025 School Calendar

• Thursday, December 12th- Winter Music program-Gr. 2-3 at 6:00 pm- SAVE the DATE

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

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

• 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 9, 2024

We hope you are staying warm during these early winter days......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!!!

In the Northridge District Newsletter, we are sure you saw, that our wonderful assistant principal Mrs. Brechbill is moving to the high school, as principal. Dr Michael, our Superintendent said in the district newsletter last week that she is "pleased to announce that Mrs. Rebecca Brechbill will step into the role of principal at Northridge High School. Many of you already know Mrs. Brechbill from her 22 years in the district, first as a PE teacher at Northridge High School and most recently as the assistant principal at NES. She is calm, steady, approachable, and deeply committed to building strong relationships. She’s also a familiar face to many of our high school students, having taught them during their K-5 years. We are excited to have her leadership as we move forward."

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. If children or your family would like to leave Mrs. Brechbill a note or a card, picture, etc. we will have a decorated box in the office to place such things. Our children are so loving and giving, they love to make us things! Mrs. Brechbill will move to the high school in January, 2025. (as she says....she will be right across the parking lot....not too far)

This week we will continue mid- year I-Ready testing in the areas of Reading and Math.The testing window closes December 13th. Your child's teacher will share with you the exact dates they intend to assess your child. During December we will also be 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. Our goal, through assessments, is to monitor student progress and growth in order to challenge our students or to provide intervention. We like to keep a good eye on growth and progress and plan accordingly.

This week we are also having a YEARBOOK ART CONTEST!!! We are running the contest for the next few weeks. We will be distributing 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 yearly yearbook and on the cover!! We have great artists!

The 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. More details to come. It is a tremendous week for our children. They look forward to it each and every year. Thank you PTO!!

To celebrate all the winter holidays together, we will have spirit days next 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 these dates!!

Save the date! Our 2nd and 3rd grade winter music program is Thursday, December 12th at 6:00 pm in the Northridge Elementary Auditeria. Attached, you will see the letter that students brought home with great information. Below, Ms. Rodesh linked Google Folders with the lyrics and recordings for each song. You can access them by scanning the QR codes on the attached letter, as well. Ms. Rodesh will send updates when speaking roles have been assigned and added to the Google Folder. Please let her know if you have any questions or concerns. The songs are sounding beautiful and we are so excited to share them with you! HERE IS THE LETTER, Children are asked to arrive and report to their classrooms no earlier that 5:40 pm, due to our after school program.

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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