Tiger Beat
North Elementary Newsletter | October 20, 2024
Sign Up for Our Fun Run Fundraiser!
North Elementary Families,
The day is here! You can now sign up for our North Elementary Fun Run (Somerset)! Our goal is to raise $20,000 for enrichment programs and field trips. Signing up is easy and free!
⭐️ Sign Up Now On MYBOOSTER.COM ⭐️
Thank you for working with us to make our school stronger. We are grateful for your support!
Follow our social pages for updates on our fundraiser.
Key Dates to Remember:
💻 Sign up online OPEN at MyBooster.com – Start TODAY!
🎉 Fundraiser Kickoff in school – 10/22/2024
👟 Event Day – 10/31/2024
*Need help signing up? Video instructions HERE.
Scenes from This Week: Pumpkin Patch
Important Upcoming Dates
- October 22: Official Fun Run Launch (Sign Up Today!!!)
- October 25: Trunk or Treat (6:30-7:30 PM)
- October 26: SBEF Halloween 5k
- October 30: Early Release Day
- October 31: Fun Run
See the full Somerset Public Schools Calendar here.
Feinstein Foundation Winner: Sawyer Rogers
Sawyer Rogers in 3C was this year's lucky Golden Ticket winner. He has won $5,000 for North Elementary and elected to have his $500 grant go toward our school as well. Congratulations, Sawyer!
Staff Member of the Week
Kelsey Kolic
Ms. Kolic (re-)joined North Elementary as principal last school year, but was lucky enough to be a student there as well. She is a graduate of Somerset High School and Harvard University where she studied Human Evolutionary Biology as an undergrad and Learning and Teaching as a graduate student. Ms. Kolic has taught in Woonsocket, Fall River, and Franklin and was the Director of Curriculum at the Benjamin Franklin Classical Charter Public School before returning to Somerset. She loves chocolate, science, and reading books with her sons Kevin and Marty who go to Chace Street School!
School Bus Safety Week
October 21-25 is National School Bus Safety Week! Parents can help support our bus drivers by reviewing these safety tips with their child(ren).
Trunk or Treat
Join us on October 25 from 6:30-7:30 for North PTO's Trunk or Treat. The PTO is still looking for volunteers to help with parking and check-in from 4:45-6:30. Thanks for helping to make this event possible for our students!
SBEF Halloween 5k
Somerset Youth Basketball
The Somerset Youth Basketball Association will be running their 2024-2025 winter programs for grades 1-8 will from October 2024 through March 2025 at North Elementary and Somerset Middle School. Please see the attached flyer for information.
October Lunch Menu
PTO News
Join the PTO!
The next meeting of our Parent-Teacher Organization is on Tuesday, November 12 at 6:00 PM in the library. We'd love to see you there!
New North PTO Facebook Page
The PTO has a new North PTO Facebook page. Make sure to follow for info and updates!
Spirit Wear
North spirit wear will be available in October or November. More information to come!
News from the Health Office
A few reminders from Nurse Stephanie in our Health Office to help keep all of our students safe and healthy:
Students with active vomiting, diarrhea, open rashes, crusty/inflamed eyes, and/or temperature > 100 are asked to remain home from school.
Students may return from school when their temperature is < 100 for 24 hours without the use of fever-reducing medication.
Illness Specific:
Strep: Students must be on antibiotics for 24 hours before returning to school, and they need a note to return.
Pink eye: Must be on antibiotics for 24 hours before returning to school.
Hand Foot Mouth: Fever-free for 24 hours and no open skin lesions. All areas must be scabbed/closed over
Vomiting/Diarrhea: May return when tolerating good amounts of food/water and no vomiting/diarrhea for 24 hours
Please do not send medication to school in your child’s backpack. Anything with an active ingredient is designated a medicine in school. This includes cough syrup, cough drops, ointments, nasal sprays, vitamin gummies, etc. If you would like to have any medications available for your child at school, please notify the Health Office.
Students after surgery, for hurt or broken limbs, sprains, strains, or any student with assistive devices (splints, casts, boots, crutches, etc.) must have a note to be in school as well as MD clearance or restrictions for recess/PE.
Please notify the Health Office if your child has RSV, Covid, Influenza, or Strep.
Grade 4 physicals are due to be updated! Please send in your student’s most recent physical if you have not done so already.
Vision/Hearing screenings have started for K-5. Grades 1 and 4 are mandated to have BMI screenings, however, you can opt out via the forms that will be sent home.
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Clothing Donation
Please consider donating new or gently used clothes that we keep on hand in case of emergency. We are especially in need of pants. Donations can be brought to the main office. Thank you!