Northridge Elementary School Update

Week of August 26, 2024

• 2024-2025 School Calendar
• Final Forms registration updates/verification due NOW!! AND Sign-Ups for Parent Square are NOW due NOW!!!

• Kindergarten- 3 more days of staggered days

• Monday, August 26th- Pre-School opens

• Wednesday, August 28- All Kindergarten Students attend

• Monday, September 2- Labor Day- NO SCHOOL!!

• Tuesday, September 3- Basketball Jones visits Northridge Elementary

• Thursday, September 5- Picture Day Gr. K-5....Picture Envelopes sent home. Get those smiles ready!!

Week of August 17, 2024

Hello Wonderful Northridge Elementary folks,

We had a fantastic first of week......so happy, smooth, and engaging! We are so excited to be back in action with our children. The students came ready and eager to go!!! We welcome everyone....especially our new folks to our school family. Our almost 90 Kindergarten and 80 Gr. 1 students enjoyed their staggered days with small, personalized instruction. We enjoy gentle staggered days since we can get to know our children in smaller groups and capitalize on the experience for sure!! Routines and procedures are introduced in small gropings. Most importantly, we really get to build relationships and get to know the children as the unique individuals they are! Thank you for supporting our efforts!!!!

Last year we had art club and eager engineers club. We also had Gr. 4-5 Sewing club. This year we will have this all again. See below for information!!! Great opportunity!!!!

For our first full week......this week....... we will welcome our beautiful new Preschoolers into our school community. We have great teachers and paraprofessionals to welcome them. They will be a great year for our preschool. Welcome to our school Preschoolers!!

BIG, BIG, BIG, reminders for everyone:

-Please always check into the office, when visiting school. We do this for security purposes. Have your ID ready please for check in!

-Please follow the TRAFFIC rules when on campus. Watch for our children. Drive 20 mph.

-Do not walk between moving busses. Do not drive around busses.

-Please have your GREEN dashboard sign posted when picking up children from school.

-Please call our school if there is a change in transportation for your child. Before 3:00 is BEST!!

Next Thursday, September 5th- School Picture Day Gr. K-5....Envelopes with information were sent home with children on Friday. Families may pay in advance on line or use the envelope from child presented at time of purchase. We will take individual pictures and group pictures. Get those smiles ready!! Here in the link to order on-line We are using HR Imaging.

Many of you have updated FINAL FORMS emergency information, BUT some you have not done so as of yet. We need this updated information NOW on each child. Please follow the FINALFORMS email you were sent, from the district, to update contact information/emergency information on your child/children. We are using Final Forms, our new Northridge registration/information system, in order to organize this important information. Please also sign-up for Parent Square which is replacing Bloomz as a cool, efficient and effective communication tool. See below for guidance.

We are ALSO excited to announce that we will be offering FREE breakfast and lunch to all students district-wide regardless of their free or reduced... Read More .......... Here is the new awesome menu!!!! Also, please note, we will give kids as much time as they need to eat breakfast and lunch.

Safety Reminder: 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.

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

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

If your family needs help with school supplies or book bags.....please let us know....we are there to help. Please reach out to jstockberger@northridgevikings.org OR Kerhard@northridgevikings.org

We are here to help and support.....we LOVE to support our children!!!

Have a great week!! Thank you for your partnership!

ParentSquare is the premier fully unified product that engages every family with school communications and communications-based services—all the way from the district office to the classroom teacher, and all in one place.

Please follow the letter sent to you from the Northridge school district to get all signed up!! You don't wanna miss a thing! It looks like the letter below!!! Or go to the Northridge School website and Parent Forms instructions are there. :)

Please follow the email on FINAL FORMS update TODAY....sent by the district. We need for everyone to update contact and emergency information for EACH child in your family. We have filed trips planned for this September and October. We can only send children with updated EMERGENCY CONTACT information. Please follow the email instructions if you have not done so already!!! Thank you.

Additionally, please complete the VOLUNTEER SECURITY procedure on the Northridge website. we have to have secuirty clearance and board approval for all volunteers/chaperones. Here is the location on our Northridge website: Volunteer Information

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

We are opening some after school clubs for our students......Here is the information....Additional details about these clubs are at www.eagerenrichment.com/columbus/. These clubs are well received by our students. Check them out. They fill up fast!

Girls Gr. 2-8 Soccer Camp Coming...see flyer....below

Information included

It's a Great Day to be A Viking!

The Northridge Local School District is committed to ...

Mission: Empowering All Students To Reach Their Fullest Potential.

Viking Values: Trust, Leadership, Communication, Collaboration, Accountability, Integrity & Respect.

Safety: If You See Something, Say Something