NB Friday Update

Schedule Reminders

• See below for more information about next week's Book Fair, including a Book Bingo Night.
• Below is a letter for grades 3-5 about NJSLA testing dates.
• Keep promoting our Math-a-thon fundraiser and keep working on those math activities. The fundraiser will be extended through Monday, 4/7.
• Please take a look at these areas in which the HSA needs volunteers. Thank you in advance for your time!

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.

The fifth graders from all three elementary schools have their annual TREP$ Marketplace on Wednesday, April 9th from 5-7 pm at PV Middle School. Our young entrepreneurs have worked tirelessly over the last six weeks to develop and refine their businesses and are ready to open to the public. Please see the attached flyer for more information about the event and to help support our young entrepreneurs. It should be a lovely evening!

The North Boulevard HSA Fundraiser, "Sips and Giggles" on Friday, May 30th at The Brownstone will feature three comedians, including Pequannock's very own Ryan Lynch and Vanessa Tropona, starting at 7:00 PM. Doors will open at 6:30.

Plenty of great good, belly laughs and tricky tray prizes will make this a fun-filled night!

Also, the NB HSA is respectfully seeking baskets or prize donations for the chance auction at the event. All baskets will be on display and will be marked with a sign naming the contents of the basket and thanking the generous donor(s). As a prize donor, you will also be named on the website and in the event program.

Please see the information sent home (also linked below). There are 2 Math Choice Boards, one for PreK-Grade 2 and one Grades 2-5. Second graders can pick whichever board works best for them.

NB HSA Links for Chairs/Committees - please sign up to help!

Book Fair Volunteer Sign Up form

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

1. April 5: 11am-2pm. Pequannock Library Fest. We and our AmeriCorps Watershed Ambassador will have tables set up with an “EnviroScape” physical model to demonstrate how rainfall flushes pollutants from suburban areas into lakes and streams, and how we can use things like the Library’s rain gardens to solve those problems.
• Link to Flyer: https://engagedpatrons.org/EventsExtended.cfm?SiteID=5998&EventID=546539&PK=
2. April 12: 9am-1pm. Annual Town/River Cleanup. We help coordinate this annual event, where families can visibly beautify parts of our town. Sign in at the Senior House.
• Link to Flyer: https://www.peqtwp.org/DocumentCenter/View/15123/2025-River-Cleanup-Flyeer?bidId=
3. April 26: 9:30am-11:30am. Annual Mini “BioBlitz” at PV Park. We team with AmeriCorps Watershed Ambassadors to lead families on a 2-part, interactive experience. First, we pull buckets of water from Meyer’s Brook and show kids how to find all the different macroinvertebrate “critters” lurking there, and how what we find can tell us about the ecological health of the stream. Then we lead everyone on a walk around Woodland Lake, pointing out birds, other animals, and plants, and comment on what’s beneficial and what’s not!
• Link to Registration & Details: https://forms.gle/TeaFLLRQhRtvSqnW9
• Plus, see attached photos from past events.

It is April and allergy season is upon us! Itchy, watery eyes, sneezing and nasal congestion are the symptoms that students will start to exhibit as pollen season begins.

Get a head start:

• Follow your healthcare provider's recommendation for antihistamines, saline nasal spray
• Monitoring pollen counts and staying indoors on high-count days
• Wearing sunglasses and a wide-brimmed hat when you’re outdoors, to prevent pollen from coming into contact with your eyes
• Keeping your house and car windows closed during pollen season, using the air conditioning as needed to cool off
• Placing a HEPA filter in your air conditioning unit to further reduce your exposure to pollen while you’re indoors
• Showering, shampooing and changing your clothes after being outside, especially before going to bed
• Using a clothes dryer to dry your clothing, rather than hanging them outdoors to dry
• Minimizing physical contact with any pets who spend significant amounts of time outdoors during pollen season
• Using a neti pot to help rinse pollen out of your nose
• Going outside after a steady rainfall, when the pollen has been washed out of the air

This information was adopted from Hackensack Hospital newsletter