Northside Elementary School

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Northside Parents: On behalf of the staff at Northside K-8 School, we thank all of the parents who met with their child's teacher this evening during parent teacher virtual or phone conferences. If you did not get a chance to meet with your child's teacher(s), please schedule an appointment directly with the teacher. I would also like to thank our outstanding staff members for their dedication and service.

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Northside K-8 Parent Reminder: Half A Day October 8, 2020 and October 9, 2020. All remote instruction will end at 12:30 p.m. Virtual/Phone Conferences will take place on October 8, 2020 from 1:15 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. Thank you to all the parents who signed up for teacher conferences using the google link. We had 164 parent teacher conference requests. All teachers have been provided with parent requested times. All report cards will be mailed out after teacher conferences. We thank you for partnering with us to ensure your child has an outstanding virtual learning experience.

It is National Principal Appreciation Month! Please join the Warren County School District in celebrating our School Principals and their leadership and dedication to their schools and the district.

Mark your calendars! PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCES: Northside Parent-Teacher Conferences will be held on Thursday, October 8th from 1:15 p.m - 7:00 p.m. Parents will have the opportunity to sign-up for a 10 minute conference with individual teachers. Once you note your availability on the parent conference google survey link, you will be sent a schedule detailing your meeting times. All meetings will be held via phone or Google Meet. Report cards will be mailed home after conference are held. The window for scheduling parent-teacher conferences using the google link below will be until 10/6/20. You will need to cut and paste the link in your computer's browser section. https://forms.gle/q5qfVTgZtjRjYmEC7 If you need to meet at another day and time, please contact your child's teachers directly. Parents we thank you for your ongoing support! Half Days: October 8 and October 9 (Online instruction ends at 12:30 p.m.)

PowerSchool Parent Portal Get access to your child’s grade through PowerSchool. Download the app for easy access! We would like to encourage all our parents to sign up for PowerSchool parent portal. Click on the link below and answer the request form to get your codes. https://sites.google.com/a/warrenk12nc.org/parent-portal/

Parent Reminder: Thursday, September 24, 2020 will be a half a day. All virtual instruction will end at 12:30 p.m. Shout out to our Northside students who have completed their iReady reading and math tests. Northside K-8 has an overall eighty-nine percent completion iReady test rate. However, 7th and 8th grade math students have a 100% completion rate. Parents if your child has not taken the test yet, please contact your child’s teacher for a makeup test. Thank you to all the parents who have picked up their child’s chromebook. As stated by Mr. Stewart (Chief Operating Officer) this is real school. Students have to engage with the teacher, complete work and pass exams in order to ensure that they make it to the next grade. After Friday, formal letters will be sent to any parents who have not picked up their child’s chromebook. Mrs. Williams (Social Worker) will also be notified to help support families, and ensure that students have what they need in order to be successful. If you have not signed up for parent portal (allows you to see your child’s grades online) or need assistance please call the school, and we will notify Mr. Buffalo. Last reminder, parents please be careful when your child is receiving online instruction the camera is active. If teachers see anything inappropriate occurring in your child’s background, they will have to disconnect the session. We love our parents, students, teachers, and thank you for working alongside us.

Warren County Schools District Internet is back up and working. Thank you so much for your patience.

Warren County Schools Internet District Wide is down right now,

Parent Reminder: Half A Day Schedule: September 24, 2020, October 22, 2020, February 11, 2021, March 18, 2021. Early Release Professional Development for Teachers: All student classes will end at 12:30 p.m. on the dates noted above. Teachers will have assignments left (google classroom or handouts if back in school) for students to complete on these earlier release days.

Northside K-8 School Parent Reminder: 5th-8th Grade iReady Reading Test scheduled for September 22, 2020. IReady Math Test scheduled for 5th -8th grade on September 23, 2020. Thank you to the parents, and teachers in advance for monitored the students remotely as they take their iReady Reading and Math Test this week. Parents if you would like additional information please go to the Warren County School website under IReady Parent and Student Resources. Your child's teacher should have also shared testing information with you last week. Parents thank you so much for your continued support !

Northside K-8 School 4th Grade iReady Math Test scheduled for September 11, 2020. Thank you to the parents, and teachers that monitored the students remotely as they took their iReady Reading Test today, September 10, 2020.

Northside 4th Grade IReady Testing (Reading) September 10, 2020.

Northside K-8 Parents: Special thank you to the entire Bulldog Family! Parents, Student and Staff members for doing a wonderful job as we held two full days from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. distributing chromebooks. Parents did an outstanding job completing the necessary paperwork. All staff members did a wonderful job processing all the paperwork received, and distributing a chromebook to every family that came. Special thank you to Mr. Pierce one of our parents who sponsored 6 students. Thank you to Mrs. Hundley who pledged to sponsor a student. Thank you to all the organizations that worked with Mrs. Alston-Kearney to sponsor our Northside K-8 students. We appreciate Officer Boone (directed traffic), Mr. Steverson (donated desserts/cases of water), Dr. Whitaker (helped donate food for the staff) and Mrs. Perry for supporting us with cafeteria support. Special thank you to Superintendent Dr. Young, and her Executive Cabinet for all their help behind the scenes ensuring that we had everything we needed for a successful chromebook student distribution. Please be safe and enjoy the upcoming Labor Day Holiday Weekend.

Chromebook distribution we begin again at 2:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m. September 4, 2020. We thank you so much for your patience.

Chromebook Distribution (September 3, 2020): We are off to a great start, and we thank everyone for working to ensure that our students and your child have Chromebooks. Chromebook Distribution will start back up again at 1:30 p.m., due to the extreme heat.