Nixon School - Family Check In

February 23 @ 7:00 PM - NES PTA Talent Show (NES Gymnasium)

SEE MESSAGE BELOW REGARDING breakdown of time

February 26 - NES PTA Read A Thon Begins (see below)

March 4 - NES PTA Krispy Kreme Sale Begins

March 4 - 8 - Read Across America Week & Zones of Regulation Spirit Week (see below)

March 8 - Families as Reading Partners (See Below)

March 11 - March 14 - Parent Teacher Conferences & Scholastic Book Fair

(12:00 PM Dismissal for PreK, 1:40 PM Dismissal for Grades K-4)

March 12 - Evening Conferences & Family Shopping Night at Scholastic Book Fair

March 15 - Full Day of School

Portrait of a Graduate Theme: Leaders

SEL Theme: Kindness

Inclusive Celebration Theme: African American History Month

Sustainability: Healthy Living

Ask your student to consider joining me on Morning Annoucements to offer a Public Service Announcement regarding this month's sustainability theme! Sign up here.

TALENT SHOW TONIGHT

Front doors will open at 6:30 PM.

Gym Doors will open at 6:45 PM.

Performances start at 7 PM.

Guests are invited to use the photo area or shop at Bake Sale prior to seating being opened.

Student performers and assigned parent volunteers should arrive at 6 PM and assemble in the Cafeteria. ONLY PERFORMERS and assigned volunteers WILL BE ALLOWED IN CAFE STAGING AREA! Parents/Guardians of performers may drop off @ 6 PM and come back at 6:30 PM.

Thank you for your cooperation and support to make this a successful night.

Thank you,

Lori Ellison-Brown

PTA President

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WE ARE AT 65 BOXES... STILL NEED 35 MORE!!!!

As we begin preparations for Read Across America, we have a special school wide and community outreach project planned. For this project, we will need at least 125 EMPTY and CLEAN Cereal Boxes (from cereals that are peanut and tree nut free). If you have any EMPTY & CLEAN Cereal Boxes, please have your child bring it to the Main Office at Nixon School. Thank you to everyone who has donated boxes... please keep them coming!

As part of our Read Across America festivities, Mrs. Oliynik, our Leave Replacement Art Teacher, is working with all of our students to decorate the cereal boxes that are being donated so that the boxes look like books! These decorated boxes are going to be used as "gift boxes" of sorts and we are going to put an assortment of gently used books and donate the boxes to various organizations. Our final list of organizations will be dependent upon how many "gift boxes filled with books" we can create! Once gently used books begin to roll in, if we find that we have enough for our project, Mrs. Lynch will send out an email asking that donations stop. Thank you for helping us to bring the love of reading to others.

Nixon Elementary PTA has decided to hold a Read-a-thon this year! Read-a-thons actually get your reader excited about reading and it gives friends and family the opportunity to encourage your child to read even more. Our Read-a-thon starts Monday, February 26, 2024.

About one week before our Read-a-thon starts we will send home instructions on how to activate your reader's personal page. This is where you will be able to view and record their progress.

We encourage you to activate your reader’s account today by clicking on https://www.read-a-thon.com/readers/r/323738363539/1 and following the simple instructions.

We've chosen Read-a-thon because it will not take much of your time, gives your child a reason to read and helps in the development of stronger reading skills.

We hope EVERYONE participates.

Thanks so much,

Nixon Elementary PTA

Families as Reading Partners is scheduled for Friday, March 8, 2024 at 2:30 pm. For this special day, ONE or TWO members of your family (17 years or older) can join us for this whole school read-in. Please complete the following Google Form to inform us who from your family will be joining us for this event.

All visitors will be asked to sign in through our Lobby Guard System, so please be sure to come prepared with your Driver's License. If you anticipate taking your child(ren) home with you after the event, please be sure to answer respectively below. To ensure that we have accurate dismissal records, you will be asked to also sign out your child in the lobby before leaving. Please keep in mind that this is an event for Nixon School students, younger siblings should NOT attend this event.

For the event, please do NOT park in the driveway of the school, as buses will be arriving at the end of the school day. If your child is in a special during this time, you are asked to meet your child in their special area classroom. You are encouraged to bring books with you to read to and with your child(ren). If you have children in multiple grades, you are asked when it is time that you stop by your oldest child's classroom to pick him/her up and then bring him/her with you to your YOUNGEST child's classroom to read.

Thank you in advance for your cooperation! Happy Reading!

Use this link or the button below to purchase a yearbook -- https://www.treering.com/purchase?PassCode=1014807032383621 -- The deadline is: Monday April 15th.

Atlantic Health System is hosting a virtual webinar via Zoom titled ‘Social Media and Mental Health: Guidance for Parents in Helping Young People to Avoid Pitfalls and Find Balance’ on Thursday, March 7 at 7:00pm. This webinar will explore the impact of social media on young minds and equip parents with tips on how to guide their children through this digital platform while protecting their mental well-being. To register, click here.

Roxbury Township Public Schools, a K-12 school district preparing the children of today for tomorrow, has set its in-person Kindergarten registration dates for the 2024/2025 school year. Children must be five years old on or before October 1, 2023 to participate. Click here for more information regarding Roxbury's Entrance Age Policy (P5112). If there are any questions regarding the policy or procedure, please reach out to Assistant Superintendent Dr. Chuck Seipp at cseipp@roxbury.org or by calling 973-584-6799.

Roxbury Township Public Schools offers a full-day kindergarten program designed to develop knowledge and skills in the physical, social, emotional, and cognitive areas. Our goal is to help children develop skills and strategies that will help them learn and establish a foundation for lifelong success in education. The program allows more time for students to address curriculum in depth and allows teachers to provide additional activities in learning.

To register for Kindergarten, parents will need to complete the online pre-registration process and begin uploading the required documents for Kindergarten. For a complete list of what to do and what to bring, visit www.roxbury.org/KindergartenRegistration.

Online registration for Kindergarten is now open. Parents are required to register their child at their home school. If the home school is unknown, please contact the Transportation Department at 973-584-6756 and based on your address, they can let you know what school your child should be attending.

If in-person appointments are needed or preferred, please contact your child’s school to schedule an appointment during the following dates/times:

• Franklin: (Appointments can be made by calling 973-584-5549)
  • Wednesday, March 6, 2024 - 9:15-2:30 and 5:00-6:30 PM
• Jefferson: (Appointments can be made by calling 973-584-8955)
  • Tuesday, March 5, 2024 - 9:15-2:30 and 5:00-6:30 PM
• Kennedy: (Appointments can be made by calling 973-584-3938)
  • Thursday, March 7, 2024 - 9:15-2:30 and 5:00-6:30 PM
• Nixon: (Appointments can be made by calling 973-398-2564)
  • Tuesday, March 19, 2024 9:15-2:30 and 5:00-6:30 PM

During the 2023-2024, Nixon School will have a segment on our internally live streamed Morning Annoucements that focuses on our district's monthly Sustainability Themes. Every Nixon School student has the opportunity to be a part of this effort.

All it takes is a student, possibly along with their family, working together to complete and submit this form with a suggested, BRIEF Public Service Announement focused on one of our Sustainability themes. Suggested PSA's will be considered and then potentially scheduled to take place during the respective month.

We look forward to our students being stewards of our community's sustainability efforts.

Fill Out our Bucket Filler Nomination Form and we will recognize that individual (student or staff member) during Morning Announcements. Click the button below for the nomination form.

Email: dlynch@roxbury.org
Website: www.roxbury.org
Location: 275 Mt Arlington Blvd, Landing, NJ, USA
Phone: (973) 398-2564