Bulldog Blast

🍎 Spirit Week: Please see below for more details on the remainder of the week including an HONOR ROLL BREAKFAST (8am) on Friday for 3rd-8th grade Honor Roll recipients and their guardian.

📓 WINTER BREAK REMINDER: Monday, 12/25/23- Wednesday, 1/3/24: Take note, NACS Staff will return on Wednesday, January 3, 2024, for a full day of Professional Development. School Resumes for students on Thursday, January 4, 2024.

🍎 Save the Date: 8th Grade Pictures are scheduled for Tuesday, March 12th, 2024.

Please note the following:

• Graduation gowns are provided by Lifetouch Studios. Caps are not worn in graduation pictures. Traditionally girls wear golden rod yellow and boys wear maroon.

• RETAKES will not be available for 8th-grade pictures.

• Pictures will also be available for purchase online after picture day. We will have a picture day code closer to the event. Thank you!

📓 Mark your Calendars: First Grade is doing their Polar Express Day on Thursday, December 21st. The students can wear their pajamas to school and can bring a robe and slippers to put on in class. Please reach out to your child's teacher for all other details.

🍎 Save the Date: Tomorrow,Thursday, 12/21: Grade 8 Black & White Dance (after-school) Please reach out to your child's classroom teacher for more details, thank you!

Please note, if you plan to bring your child at 8am for the honor roll breakfast they will not be marked late.

The WIDA ACCESS is an annual state required assessment for all students, considered to be English Language Learners, in all grades K-8. The WIDA website provides the following basic information about the test:

• The test provides information about students’ English language abilities in school. Educators use this information to make decisions about students’ education.
• ACCESS measures what students know and can do in English in the domains of Listening, Reading, Speaking and Writing.
• Students do not need to study for the test, but rather, focus on demonstrating their language abilities.

At Northwood, our students will test between the dates of 1/29/24 and 2/16/24. Parents and Guardians who have children involved in testing, will receive further details in January. Questions? ACarlson@northwoodcs.org

Congrats to 5th grader Carter Brown and the Lawncrest Lions Block Boyz 10u who won the 10u division this past weekend! Great job, boys!

Great job to 8th grader, YaSir Harrison for his 'Grinch-mas' skills!

If you have not done so already, sign up to get essential weekly alerts from us via the school Remind app

Remind is a free, safe messaging app that keeps Northwood Academy families up to date with what’s happening in the classroom and school. Additionally, our weekly Bulldog Blast is sent out via Remind, along with other timely announcements throughout each week. Please sign up for our Remind notifications to stay on top of important updates from teachers and receive schoolwide updates in real time.

Create a Remind account to receive Northwood's schoolwide alerts!

1. Go to remind.com/join/nacsnews (or download the free iOS or Android app)
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4. Choose your role
5. Follow the instructions to start using Remind

To sign up and receive alerts via text message, text @nacsnews to the number 81010 and select the appropriate role.

Note: Each teacher has a different class code for their individual classes. Please contact your child's teacher to receive this information. Take note, not all teachers have a separate Remind classroom.

If you have followed the above instructions and are still having difficulties or not receiving NACS information please reach out to the Remind Help Desk for further assistance https://remind.ada.support/chat/

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For Wellness Wednesday, students in 5th grade and 7th grade STEAM with Ms. Hamilton worked on the skills of creativity and collaboration working through various challenges.

They were tasked with designing the tallest free-standing structure using dowel rods and play dough.

Not only did students learn engineering skills of reinforcing structures and the foundation of strong shapes, students practiced communication and working together as a team to accomplish a similar goal. GREAT JOB, BULLDOGS!

Join PTM in celebrating Kwanzaa! Please Touch Museum will highlight African diasporic traditions through chef demonstrations and storytelling with Queen Nur.

VIEW SCHEDULE FOR 12/29
RESERVE TICKETS FOR 12/29

Location: Please Touch Museum, 4231 Avenue of the Republic, Philadelphia, PA,

Philly's first kinara will go up outside City Hall in observance of Kwanzaa, the secular holiday that celebrates pan-African and African culture. The Dec. 26th candle-lighting ceremony will kick off a week of celebrations across the city.

Learn More Here.

Sunday, December 31, 2023
Two Timed Sessions: 9-11:30 a.m. or 1-3:30 p.m.

Please Touch Museum’s signature New Year’s Eve event for kids, is back — with double the fun! Join PTM for performances, activities, and our iconic New Year’s Eve ball drop with confetti in Hamilton Hall.

MORE INFORMATION.

If you and your family lack fixed, regular, or adequate housing (for example, living in a shelter, transitional home, or even doubled-up with other people) due to loss of housing or economic hardship, you may qualify for certain rights and protections under the federal McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, which ensures educational stability for students experiencing homelessness.

To learn more about the rights of eligible families, click here for a brief video.

If you qualify for rights under the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, contact our school social worker at dominiqueharris@northwoodcs.org for more information.

Are you or someone you know in need of housing, food, health, and safety services? Please check out these resources from Project HOME: Where To Turn Guide.

Please review Northwood's Homeless Students Policy here: McKinney-Vento Policy.

• Monday, 12/18 - Friday, 12/22- Spirit Week

• Thursday, 12/21- Grade 8 Black & White Dance (after-school)

• Friday, 12/22- Honor Roll Breakfast (3rd-8th grade), 8am

• Friday, 12/22- Grade 8 - Community Service - Chosen 300 (POSTPONED)
  

• Winter Break: Staff return on January 3, 2024 for a full day Professional Development. School Resumes for students on January 4, 2024.

• Kwanzaa 2023 begins on Tuesday, December 26, and lasts through Monday, January 1, 2024
  

• Wednesday, 1/17/24, January Community Check-In (Zoom Webinar, 5:30 pm

More events to come!

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Location: 4621 Castor Avenue, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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