Northside K-8 School

Northside K-8 Parents Notification: Just a reminder, half Day Thursday, October 21, 2021. Students will be dismissed at 12:30 p.m. Teachers will participate in professional development for the remainder of the day. Parents please make arrangements for someone to be home when your child gets off the bus.

Special thank you to all our parents, students , teachers and staff members who participated in this year's virtual parent teacher conferences. Parents if you have not met with your child's teacher during the virtual conferences, please reach out again to the classroom teacher.

Northside Parent Reminder: No School Tomorrow (Friday, October 15, 2021) Parent Teacher Virtual Conferences Continue.

Northside K-8 School Parent Reminder: Notices and copies of your child's report card went home today with your child. Original report cards will be mailed home after teacher conferences. Tomorrow October 14, 2021 is a half day (12:30 p.m. dismissal), due to virtual parent teacher conferences from 1:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. Friday, October 15, 2021 there is no school for students and virtual parent teacher conferences will continue until 12:00 p.m. Parents if you have not scheduled a conference please reach out to your child's teacher. Special thank you to all the parents who have scheduled an appointment. We value and appreciate all the teachers and staff members who will be working late in an effort to meet our parents conferencing needs.

Northside Parents: It appears our phone lines have been down. Mrs. Jones, Administrative Assistant had to reset the phone lines. We do apologizes for this inconvenience. Special thank you to Office Hargrove who was visiting/making rounds today, and pointed this issue out to us. We will be following up with a tech order to ensure this matter is addressed.

Northside Parent Teacher Conference sign Up Link: https://forms.gle/KRGFiAxiTYMVWz6n8 You must copy the link into your browser in order for it to work. Please use the link above to sign up for your child's parent teacher conferences scheduled for Thursday, October 14, 2021 (1:00 p.m. -7:00 p.m. and Friday, October 15, 2021 (8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.).

Northside Virtual Parent Teacher Conferences October 14, 2021: A google parent conference sign up online document link will be posted starting on Monday, October 11, 2021. Several teachers would like to sign up their students' parents directly, if this is the case teachers will notify the parents directly no later than Monday, October 11, 2021. If you have not done so already, parents please reach out to your child's teacher regarding any missed assignments, because all grades are due on Monday, October 11, 2021.

Our COVID-19 dashboard is currently unavailable. We're making improvements, so we can provide you with current and accurate numbers of COVID-19 cases and quarantines in our schools. We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your patience as we make these necessary system upgrades.

The Boys and Girls Club is up and running according to Ms. Taylor, Program Coordinator. The bus shuttle will bring Northside Boys and Girls Club students to Mariam Boyd every afternoon.

Northside Parents: Your child received a notice from Mrs. Richardson, Assistant Principal which purpose was to inform parents that students who ride Bus 109 will now be riding Bus 126 starting on Monday, September 27, 2021. The new bus driver is Mrs. Eunice Lewis. The combining of buses according to Mr. Alston Transportation Director was based on the operational needs of the Warren County School District.

We're celebrating National Hispanic Heritage Month September 15 - October 15! ¡Celebramos el Mes Nacional de la Herencia Hispana del 15 de septiembre al 15 de octubre! Learn more: https://www.warrenk12nc.org/article/543776

Northside K-8 Families, This is Principal Michelle Dunbar. I want to share information with you about an incident involving one of our school buses this morning. I have received District approval to release this message now. Around 7:55 a.m., Bus 272 was involved in an accident with another vehicle on US-1 and US-158. The initial investigation into the accident shows the other vehicle turned into the path of the oncoming school bus. First responders, emergency medical personnel, local law enforcement, and Warren County Schools transportation administrators all quickly responded to the scene of the accident. Assistant Principal Richardson and I also went out to the scene to check on students, provide support, and make sure they saw familiar faces from the school. Students were evaluated by EMS at the scene. One student was taken to the hospital for further evaluation. The remaining students were taken to school on a different bus. Law enforcement is investigating the accident. Since the accident, we’ve been checking on our students involved in the accident, making sure they’re all okay, and personally contacting their families to let them know what happened. Knowing that we’re all one Northside family, I also wanted to let you know, and make sure you heard it directly from me with accurate information. I appreciate the quick, professional, and comforting response from our first responders this morning who helped our students. I also want to commend our students for how they handled themselves in a stressful situation. And lastly, I want to thank all of you for your understanding and continued support of Northside K-8 School. Replacement Bus 113

Northside K-8 Parent Reminder: Notices went out yesterday for students to take home regarding Thursday's half day (September 23, 2021). Just a reminder, please make arrangements so that when your child is dropped off by the bus, someone is there to receive them.

Boy's & Girls Club Notification: Just received word that the club will be closed until October 4, 2021. Per Mrs. Taylor Program Coordinator.

Our top two priorities this school year are to keep students and staff attending school in person and to keep them healthy. We are committed to doing everything we can to keep our schools open and minimize the spread of COVID-19. In order to do that, we need your help. Learn how: https://www.warrenk12nc.org/page/covid-19-health-information

Parent Notification: "WeCare COVID-19 Testing" did not take place today. In addition, Warren County Schools is using a new texting system. You will need to respond by typing "START" as indicated in order to receive important text messages. iReady Math testing will start tomorrow.

Northside Parent Reminder: WeCare COVID-19 weekly Monday testing is expected to begin tomorrow, September 13, 2021. Only those students who have parent consent (yellow form returned) will be tested. According to Superintendent Sutton in his parent letter stated "Your child will be shown how to test themselves, by simply touching the inside of their mouth with a long, skinny cotton swab. The samples will be sent to a lab and you will be notified of the results within 24-48 hours. "

Northside K-8 Bulldog Families: Please ask your child for the very important letter that was sent to you on behalf of Superintendent Sutton. The letter was to inform you of the newly established partnership between Warren County Schools and WeCare COVID-19 weekly testing. Please complete and return the form giving your child permission to be tested weekly. According to Superintendent Sutton "The WeCare testing service is provided at no cost to Warren County Schools. The federal government will cover the cost for anyone who doesn't have insurance. The weekly WeCare testing will help identify students and staff who have COVID-19, but don't know it because they don't have any symptoms. This will allow you to better protect your family and friends, by knowing if your child has COVID-19." This is just one of the ways we're doing everything we can to keep our schools open for students to attend in-person. " Testing will occur starting Monday, September 13, 2021 for those families and staff members who have completed and returned the consent form.

Northside Bulldog Families Reminder: No School Tomorrow Labor Holiday. mClass Testing (K-3rd Grade Reading) and iReady Testing (4th Grade-8th Grade Reading/K-8th Math) will begin this week. EOG Reading scores just released from the North Carolina Department of Instruction and have all been mailed home as of Friday, September 3, 2021. Northside welcomes our two new international teachers Mr. Moguel (Specials Spanish Teacher) and Mrs. Carias (Kindergarten Dual Language Teacher). Special thank you to all our parents who are reminding their children how important it is to keep their mask on while riding the bus and in school. Students do receive outdoor mask breaks and teachers remind students of the importance of social distancing). We would like to thank all of our parents who came up last week to pick up their children's chromebooks. Chromebook pick up hours are now from 9:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. We thank those parents who took advantage last week of the late Chromebook pick up hours which were Monday through Thursday last week. Special thank you to all our staff members for assisting with the Chromebook distribution and to Mrs. Vick. We are extremely proud of our students, parents, social workers, mentors, nurses and staff members for all their efforts in starting out the school year with a high daily attendance rate. Northside is off to a great start!

FYI: Vaughan Elementary and Warren County High School have been moved to remote learning for students because of staffing shortages. Classes will be online only until next week. Details: https://bit.ly/3mXUMXE - Posted on Wednesday, September 1, 2021