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September 4 - Labor Day, No School

September 5 - Teacher Work Day (Students Off)

September 6 - Professional Development Day (Students Off)

September 8 - All Pro Dad (7:10 am) - DATE CORRECTION

September 11 - PTA Piggy Palooza - Enrichment Fund Week

September 15 - Fall Picture Day

September 21 - FCS Board Meeting

It was wonderful seeing so many families at our two curriculum nights this week. I enjoy the opportunity for us to be together for a bit and for our teachers to share the work they love so much.

The upcoming week will be a short one for students, but the staff will be participating in professional development specific to their roles on Tuesday and Wednesday. Our campus will be entirely closed on Monday for Labor Day.

We continue to foster a love of reading for all our Explorers. Over the weekend and the three days away from school, I hope you can find time to share books and stories with your children. Audiobooks can be fun if travelling by car; or joining in a family read aloud between events and making dinner can grow many types of memories. I know my own children are ‘mostly grown’ but we enjoyed our trips to the library where they could pick out the books they wanted. I remember wondering if my son would ever outgrow his Thomas the Train phase. Replacing some screen time with some text time is important for elementary age students. It’s important for adults too. This weekend, one of my errands is to renew my library card so I see it as the perfect excuse to see what new books can go on my ‘want to read’ list.

For our kindergarten and second grade families, please review the information you recently received from our school data clerk, Amy Dulion. District required residency verification letters will be sent out next week to families that still have documents to submit.

It was such fun seeing all the students and staff in their college or favorite team colors today! I even spied a few fellow Purdue fans. This is such a fun time of year, for so many reasons!

Finally, if you have just a few moments, please click the link below to send in an N3 (Northwood Nice Note). The Northwood staff continues to enjoy reading them!

With gratitude,

Heather Rucker

Principal

Fourth grade students are starting off the year strong by using strategies to read expository texts and learning about text features! After reading an interesting text about earthquakes, students created one-pagers demonstrating what they learned from the text and their creativeness! Students were excited to share their knowledge with the class!

ELECTRIFYING SCIENCE In fifth grade we've been investigating different sources of electricity and magnetism. We have enjoyed using the 'simple circuit' kits to test complete circuits. We used static electricity and magnetism to move objects. We even made our own electromagnet to lift paperclips at the push of a button. We also planned and carried out investigations on common materials to determine if they are insulators or conductors of electricity. It has been a fun and quite 'shocking' time.🙂

ATTENDANCE EMAIL

If your child is absent from school, please submit an email to your child’s teacher AND northwoodattendance@fultonschools.org within five days of returning to school.

Please include:

• Child's first and last name
• The absence date(s)
• Reason for absence(s) *attach doctor's note if applicable

DISMISSAL EMAIL

All check-out changes must be in writing or emailed to NWESdismissal@fultonschools.org. You can send a note with your child in the morning or drop off the note during the day before 12:30 pm. No changes will be accepted through phone call.

Please include:

• Child’s first and last name
• The date and the specific change, i.e. bus to car rider
• The reason for the change

Please copy your child’s homeroom teacher on the email as well.

PARTICIPATE REMOTE LEARNING DAY REQUEST

Participate Remote Learning Day Request

Students may request up to 5 remote learning days per semester and receive attendance credit for being present through remote participation. To receive participated remote credit, students must follow the participated remote directions outlined below.

• Notification of PR Day must be made prior to the start of the instructional day to teacher(s). Students should make all requests for remote learning days one school day prior to the requested date when possible.
• Remote learning days cannot be requested on summative evaluation days.
• All work must be submitted within 2 days of the return from the remote learning days.
• The absence will be marked Unexcused in IC until this form is completed and turned in to the Assistant Principal. Once the teacher has signed that the assignment is complete and hands this form into the office, the absence will change to PR (Participate Remote).

PRE-APPROVED ABSENCE FORM

Pre-Approved Absence Request Form

Students may request Pre-Approved Absences for family events and special family circumstances. Consideration for Pre-Approved Absences will be based on the following criteria.

• Pre-Approved Absence Request Form is received 5 days prior to planned absence.
• Attendance review indicates student is not at-risk of chronic absenteeism. Please note that students with 17 or more absences per year fall within the chronic absenteeism attendance band. Even though they are pre-approved, these absences count towards the 17.
• Academic review of classes shows student is on-track with work completion.

Please visit the Northwood ES website here for more details about the forms.

Each year Fulton County Schools asks families and students to read and discuss the Student Code of Conduct & Discipline Handbook; and then sign off that you have read it. Please follow the steps below to access the handbook, and then sign off electronically in your Infinite Campus Parent/Student Portal Account.

• Please read and review the Code of Conduct with your student(s). fultonschools.org/codeofconduct

• Please take a moment to complete the Acknowledgement of Receipt Form. This link provides directions on the sign off process. How to sign Acknowledgement of Receipt.pdf

Student Success Skills are Fulton County School's standards for the skills needed to demonstrate mastery of academic and interpersonal skills needed for college, career, and life success. These six skills are taught in all schools, by all teachers, to all students.

Parents, please click the link below for more information; and to set up your Rethink Account which provides access to all the lesson content. Student Success Skills Parent Packet 23-24SY.pdf

Families that would like to review the updated TAG eligibility guidelines please click the attachments at the bottom of the email. You can also access the Fulton County TAG website here.

The Infinite Campus Parent Portal provides quick and easy access to information for all enrolled students in their household. Find grades, attendance, assignments, schedules, ID numbers, school announcements and more. If you haven't already joined, please do so today as Fulton County Schools is transitioning to managing everything via the portal.

For more information, access the Parent Portal Booklet for Infinite Campus here.

Parents, please encourage your students to check regularly for lost items in the Lost and Found. Please mark all student belongings clearly with the child’s name so that it can be identified. Unclaimed items are donated to local charities after the last school day of every month. September’s date is Friday, September 29th.

During the month of September, crisp, farm fresh apples served at breakfast and lunch are part of Fulton County’s School Nutrition Harvest of the Month Program. These regionally grown Apples are heading straight from a North Carolina family farm to your breakfast and lunch plate! Because the apples are grown close to home it helps support your regional farmers, and takes less fuel to get it to your cafe! Not only are these regionally grown apples good for the environment, but also, apples are great for your body, being an excellent source of fiber! Try a freshly harvested apple from the school café in September!

Your child will be recognized at school on his/her birthday, with an announcement on Explorervision and a special birthday pencil. Please do not send cake, cupcakes, balloons, party favors, or party invitations to school as these will not be distributed. If you would like to celebrate your child’s birthday at school you may purchase ice cream from our cafeteria for your child’s class.

• Please email your Explorer’s teacher to find out how many students are in their class.
• Email our Interim Cafeteria Manger Bethany Lopez at Lopezb3@fultonschools.org to place your order at least TWO FULL WEEKS IN ADVANCE of your Explorer’s birthday.
• Ice cream is still $1 each for birthdays. The simplest way to handle the cost is to have money on your Explorers account via the MyPaymentsPlus app.

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Heather Q. Rucker, Principal

Michelle Levine, Assistant Principal

Together We SHINE!

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Website: https://www.fultonschools.org/northwoodes
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