Schedule Reminders

• Wear yellow on February 12th to show our support of student transportation bus drivers and aides.

• Please see the note below if you are planning on sending in valentines for Valentine's Day next Friday, February 14th.
• See updates below for how to sign up for HSA's Me and My VIP Dance on 2/28. There is also a need for volunteers and donations to help make this dance possible. Please see the sign up here if you are able to help.

Portrait of a Graduate

Reminder! Our district is engaged in a Portrait of a Graduate project that involves input from staff, alumni, families, community members and students. The end goal is to align our efforts and embed key competencies that students will need for success in the future. As parents, please do not forget to consider taking this important survey that should take 10-15 minutes to complete. We hope to gather as many responses as possible by Friday 2/14/25. Some question numbers may appear out of order; this is for data collection purposes. Simply answer the questions as they appear in the survey. Thank you and we look forward to sharing our progress with you!

Important Dates

If you are looking for the date of a future event at NB, please check our website calendar. There are dates for music shows, moving up ceremonies, and HSA meetings, etc for your planning purposes.

Please scroll for additional information about the upcoming events and activities.

Today we are asking you to help send strength and support to one of our own, Gavin Brady, a 9th grader student at PTHS, who has recently learned that his leukemia has returned. While in elementary school, Gavin was diagnosed with leukemia and battled it courageously with the support of his family and our community. Once again, we will rally around them with our support, strength and care. Gavin has shown incredible resilience, and we know he will continue to fight with the same courage and inspiring determination. As he begins his treatment journey once again, we want him to feel the love and encouragement of his Golden Panther family.

Pequannock Township High School is hosting a “Game On Gavin” fundraiser on February 21st at 7:00 pm when our Golden Panthers boys basketball team takes on the Roxbury Gaels in our final regular season home game. As he battles leukemia, Gavin continues to love basketball and watches the games regularly from home and in person when he can. We want him to know that his supporters in the Golden Panther community and beyond are teaming up with him in his fight. On Friday, February 21st we would like to have an "Orange Day" in the district. All fans who attend the game that night are encouraged to wear orange as we cheer for Gavin and the Golden Panthers. “Game On Gavin” T-shirts are available for pre-order at: https://hs.pequannock.org/students/game-on-gavin-shirts and will be available for sale at the gate. Donations will also be accepted at the door. All proceeds will go to support Gavin and his family during this time. Thank you for your compassion and support for Gavin and his family -- together we will help Gavin continue to be #pantherstrong!

If you are planning on sending in valentines on 2/14, please keep the following in mind:

** If your child is bringing any valentines, please make sure there are enough for the entire class.

** New this year: Please do not send in any valentines that include food. We have many children with different food allergies and it is just not possible to keep everyone safe by checking every single candy or treat that is sent in on that day.

** As with other holiday and birthday celebrations and as outlined in the student handbook, please do not send in goody bags for each student.

Food and goody bags will not be distributed if they are sent in. Thank you for your cooperation!

Please see the link below for more information from Pomptonian, our food service provider.

Please take a look at the following link to see whether you may qualify for free and reduced lunch:

https://www.pequannock.org/services/food-services/free-reduced-lunch

Link to 1/27 agenda with sign ups:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1u3QeIxhZFndmLfHRvjn_U3gv6Zys6Q2d4NbTPJ0aASw/edit?usp=sharing

Please visit our webpage for more information: www.nbshsa.org

See this video for more information about the Pomptonian Healthy School Lunch Challenge.

GO RED for heart health. Students were invited to wear RED on Feb. 7th to show support for heart healthy living. Anyone that would like to donate for the Carol Cardoza Nurse Scholarship Fund which provides a scholarship for a PTHS senior going into nursing would be appreciated.

The winter has brought a variety of viruses to share. We have had norovirus, flu A, covid, common cold and a virus that presents with headache and then fever. Students have been reminded to wash hands with soap and water, not touch their eyes, nose or mouth with fingers and to block their coughs. Staying home for 24 hours passed a fever of 100.4, vomiting or diarrhea will help prevent the spread to others. Staying hydrated with water, eating foods rich in vitamin C and getting plenty of rest will help reduce susceptibility to any germs. Let's hope that February is a better month to be healthy!

Please continue to report symptoms when calling out your child sick. It is helpful to know what illnesses are in the building.