
Nixon School - Family Check In
October 14, 2022
Upcoming Dates:
October 3-17: PTA Ashley Farms Pie Sale Begins
October 17 - 21: PTA HOWL-oween Scavenger Hunt
October 18: NES PTA Meeting (7-8:30 PM)
October 26: Title 1 SAIL Academy= Math Family Fun Night (register below)
October 28: PTA Haunted Hallway (see information below)
October 31: NES Grades K-4 Halloween Parade (1:45 - 2 PM) / PreK Parade (1:15 PM)
November 10 & 11: No School / NJEA Convention
October's Monthly Themes:
Portrait of a Graduate Theme: Active Citizens
SEL Theme: Respect
Inclusive Celebration Theme: Red Ribbon Month
Thank you PTA for an AWESOME Scholastic Book Fair!
Thank you for joining us for Parent Teacher Conferences!
Safe and Peaceful Schools Week
Title 1 SAIL Academy for Families!
Fun With Recycling at the Nixon PTA Green Fair!
ROXBURY, NJ (October 11, 2022) – Nixon Elementary School, with the help and organization of the Nixon School PTA Green Team, made recycling fun last Friday for the PreK-4 students at its annual green fair. Students played games, made crafts projects, and learned about recycling on a fun-filled fall day.
Students rotated throughout five stations run by parent volunteers and staff members. Stations included weeding the Husky Garden to prepare it for winter, running a recycling relay to make sure trash and recycling went into their respective containers, building forts and tunnels to play in with cardboard, making recycled bottle Halloween spiders in preparation for the Haunted Hallways, and learning about the Morris County MUA recycling and stormwater management program from the Morris County MUA and Roxbury Clean Communities.
Roxbury Schools encourages partnerships with local organizations to help teach the students of Roxbury about going green and living a more sustainable life.
RAFFLE OPPORTUNITY for PARENTS / GUARDIANS!!!!!
Honoring Our Veterans!
Each year, Veterans Day honors veterans of the armed forces and those who passed in our country's wars. Although our staff and students will not be in school on November 11 due to the NJEA Convention, Veterans Day is an important day of recognition for those who have bravely served our country. In an effort to celebrate the numerous Roxbury community members who have served, our elementary schools are asking for students and families to submit information about family members who are currently or were formerly in the armed forces.
If you are interested in submitting information about a family member who has served, please complete the Google Form linked below and submit by October 31, 2022, so that all of the information can be uploaded to a Google Slide Show that will be shared with our classroom teachers and then in turn shared with our students.
Thank you for your time and assistance with this important project as we celebrate the bravery of our Veterans.
HOWL-O-WEEN Scavenger Hunt
Planning Ahead - Halloween Parade!
For our PreK students, our parade will be at 1:15 PM. Parents should park in our lower parking lot or along Mt.Arlington Blvd... but NOT IN THE DRIVEWAY of the school. Our PreK parade will be hosted on the small black top at the beginning of the driveway on the side of the building.
Planning Ahead for Halloween Festivities!
In our efforts to ensure a safe and enjoyable Halloween, the following information is being provided to help guide Halloween shopping. More information regarding Halloween festivities will be forthcoming:
- Please do NOT send in goodie bags or treats for your child to distribute to his/her classmates.
- Costume rules that MUST be followed:
- Arrive at school in his/her costume. Staff will NOT be able to help children get dressed in their costumes.
- ABSOLUTELY NO Costume masks that cover the face or face Paint can be worn on the face!!!!! If your child comes to school with their face painted, they will need to wash it off at school.
- No props should come to school (i.e. baskets, toy weapons/swords, etc).
- Your child should be able to INDEPENDENTLY get in and out of his/her costume to go to the bathroom.
- When selecting costumes, I would ask that consideration be given for the age range of our students (PreK - Grade 4). Please refrain from any costumes that have the potential to scare our youngest students.
- NOTE: Students should be able to sit down in their costumes. As a result, the costumes that have motors to inflate them are not a good option for school, but would perfect for your Monday trick or treating expeditions.
Know Someone at NES Who Has Filled a Bucket?
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.
Nixon Elementary School
Email: dlynch@roxbury.org
Website: www.roxbury.org
Location: 275 Mt Arlington Blvd, Landing, NJ, USA
Phone: (973) 398-2564