Northside Elementary School

Northside K-8 Parents: Parent Chromebook Distribution Forms Posted on Northside K-8 School Website. Save time now and print them out, complete the forms and bring them with you tomorrow. Go to our school website "News" section click on Chromebook Distribution Forms.

Northside K-8 Chromebook Distribution Parent Forms: The day has arrived! The Chromebooks at Northside K-8 will be distributed: Thursday, September 3, 2020 from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. (Grades 4th - 8th ) and Friday, September 4, 2020 from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. (Grades Pre-K to 3rd). Please go to the Northside K-8 School website. Next, go to the "News" section and click "Chromebook Distribution Parent Forms." You can save time now by completing these forms. Please print and complete the forms and bring them with you. If you have any Chromebook rental receipts for paying the $20 rental fee online, please bring that as well. We thank you in advance for your patience tomorrow!

Northside K-8 School Parents: PayPal we just found out is no longer a payment option for the $20 Chromebook rental fee . Warren County Schools will be using effective today "Square Up" and cash. The Square Up link can be found below: (https://checkout.square.site/pay/c6afefb1572c44bda78fcd20adc4b7d3) The District has a payment cleared list if you have paid remotely already or were approved after filing online for financial assistance. We will have a printout also when you arrive tomorrow.

Good Evening Northside K-8 Parents: We have received news that the new chrome books will not arrive until later this month. The Warren County School District has now moved into Plan B. In an effort to avoid further delays in students’ receiving vital chrome books, all schools will be releasing their current Chromebook in house inventories. As a result, we will all be able to begin distributing chrome books to students who do not have computers at home. Northside K-8 School Computer Distribution Dates: Thursday, September 3, 2020: Grades 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 from 8 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. Friday, September 4, 2020: Grades PreK-3rd grade from 8:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. Please remember to bring your one time nonrefundable rental fee $20 per child. You can also pay by credit card and PayPal on the Warren County Schools District website. If you need financial assistance, please cut and paste this website link to your browser: (https://forms.gle/9xoxowp7qVKXbTfD9). First come first serve until the funding runs out. You will also find an active link you can click under "News" on our school website. Parents you will need to complete several forms prior to receiving your child's Chromebook. It will take at least 10-15 minutes, so please come when you have additional time to complete this process. You can also sign up so that you can see your child's grades online before you receive their progress/report cards (Parent Portal). COVID19 safety measures are still in effect; please do not exit your car during the computer distribution process. We thank you in advance for your patience.

Concerned about COVID-19? Check out the information in the picture. A drive through testing event is being held at Warren County High School on September 12, 2020.

Northside K-8 Parents: If you still have not received your child's work packet via mail, teachers have shared with us this information. Student work packets are now available for pick up directly at the school between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. for the rest of this week (August 24-28, 2020). Shout out to all our teachers, parents, and students, because we now have a 97% parent/student communication contact rate. Our goal by the end of the week is to be at 100%.

Great First Week! A large number of our students have received their student work packets. Teachers have been reaching out working with students online and over the phone. We now have a 95% parent/student contact rate. If your child has not received their work packet, please share that with your child's teacher. We have created a spreadsheet, so that we can get a count of how many students still need work packets. We will make them available for pick up. I was so excited to see our students online, and had an opportunity to visit them in their virtual classrooms. Students were excited and engaging with the teacher as they worked on the student work packets. Teachers have also been working with students over the phone, and helping them with their work. Next week teachers will be sharing with you your child's google email address and password. Please keep this information in a safe place, because your child will need it when entering the google meet links you have been provided with. We thank everyone for their continued patience as we await the arrival of the Chromebooks. I also would like to thank all of our staff members for doing an awesome job this week. We are off to a great start!

Northside K-8 Parents: Today was a marvelous second day of school with teachers and students engaged in the instructional student learning packets both virtually and over the phone. If you have not received your child's work packet by Friday of this week, please contact the school and we will arrange for the packages to be available for pick up. Teachers are continuing to make contact with families this week, and they will provide all the addition information you need. Don't panic, if you still haven't heard from all your child's teachers yet. Our goal is for every teacher before the end of this week to have a parent/student contact rate of at least 90% or better. In addition, we found out Google is updating their security level, and requiring that everyone entering a google link must have a google account. The good news is that all students have a school google account, and teachers will be calling parents to give them this important information. You will also get your child's login information in writing again when the chromebooks arrive. Of course, if you have not heard from your child's teachers, by next week Tuesday, please contact the main office. We thank you for your patience as we prepare for the chromebook distribution date.

Happy First Day of Virtual School Northside K-8 Students: Parents we are excited to hear that the student learning work packages were received by many parents over the weekend. Contained within the package you will find three weeks’ worth of work in the core subject areas. In addition, student log information, student daily schedule and lunch numbers have all been provided. Teachers will be reaching out contacting parents/students, so that your child will receive credit for attending school. Classes start every day at 9:00 a.m. Your child will also receive credit even if they don't have a computer. Therefore, it is very important to respond when teachers are trying to reach out to you. If your number has changed, please contact the school. Parents we ask that you be patient during this time, we are hoping the Chromebooks will arrive soon. Starting on September 1, 2020 in order to receive breakfast/lunch from the feeding school site you will need to give your child's lunch number. Once again we are very excited about the awesome school year your child will experience!

Northside K-8 Family: Thank you for joining us for our first Virtual Open House. We wish everyone a fantastic school year! Virtual School starts on Monday, August 17, 2020. All student work packages have been mailed. Teachers will be assisting students with the work packages via google meet or over the phone.

Northside Virtual Open House Link Below: Join by phone ‪(US) +1 478-239-2072‬ PIN: ‪176 238 521‬# Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83206883320?pwd=MFpPZE10M015WDBIcXQxMGlHa1pOZz09 Meeting ID: 832 0688 3320 Passcode: UyPqU9

Northside Virtual Open House: We are excited about the start of the 2020-2021 school year. Please join us this Friday, August 14, 2020 at 6:00 p.m. virtually. Parents will have an opportunity to hear about virtual student expectations, view the instructional schedule for students, virtually meet staff members, hear about grading guidelines, chromebook distribution, student work packet information, and learn about the new software students will be using. The link on how to access our Northside Virtual Open House Meeting will be shared via school website, facebook, twitter, text and robo call 30 minutes before the meeting. Please share this information with other parents, so that they will not miss their child's virtual open house event.

Click on the link below to access the 2020-21 Warren County Schools Virtual Convocation. The event starts at 8:30 am on Wednesday, August 12, 2020. Welcome to the 2020-21 School Year! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLwDMK06kErzZMQdhKtsKeA/live

Northside K-8 School Parents: We have been informed that the student computers will not be here in time for students to receive them prior to the first day of school scheduled for August 17, 2020. Grade level instructional student work packets will be mailed out this week. Each student learning packet will have reading, math, science and social studies in them. Please contact the school if you have moved over the summer. We are still very excited about the students all receiving new chromebooks, and the software that will be loaded on to the chromebooks! The chromebook rental fee will be $20 cash per student. This information was shared during the first and second "Warren County Schools Town Hall Meeting." Warren County Schools is next on the chromebook shipment list from the vendor. We are hoping to receive the chromebooks within the next couple of weeks or sooner. We thank you for your patience.

Warren County Schools Virtual Town Hall Meeting Tonight 6:30 p.m. August 5! The public is invited to voice questions and concerns about the opening of school, virtual learning, and athletics. Join link: meet.google.com/gbv-hohi-sqb Join by

Warren County Schools Town Hall Meeting Tonight 6:30 p.m. August 5! The public is invited to voice questions and concerns about the opening of school, virtual learning, and athletics. Join link: meet.google.com/gbv-hohi-sqb Join by phone: 1 (210) 951-9476 (Pin#988 478 624)

Good Afternoon Northside K-8 Parents: Just to keep you informed we are finalizing all information that will be going out to parents prior to the start of our exciting virtual online school year. It is official that all students will receive a chromebook, and the rental fee will be $20 in cash per child for the whole school year. We are waiting for the chromebooks to arrive in order to set a distribution date. The chromebooks will come fully loaded with all the programs your child will need to access. There will be a simply one step login which will allow your child to access all the fantastic learning programs. An online and hardcover textbook adoption was also approved at the last school board meeting. Teachers will be trained on all computer software and textbook adoptions. We are still on schedule to begin virtual school on August 17, 2020. I will reach out to you again via Facebook, Twitter, school website, and robo call when I have more information. Please continue to be safe!

Warren County Schools Town Hall Meeting Tonight 6:30 p.m.! The public is invited to voice questions and concerns about the opening of school, virtual learning, and athletics. Join link: meet.google.com/gbv-hohi-sqb Join by phone: 1 (210) 951-9476 (Pin#988 478 624)

Town Hall Virtual Parent Meeting Reminder: July 22, 2020 at 6:30 p.m. and August 5 ,2020 at 6:30 p.m. Joining Link: (meet.google.com/gbv-hohi-sqb). Parents will be invited to voice questions and concerns about the opening of school, virtual learning, and athletics.

"Reopening School Updates from our Superintendent" Click on the link below to access the message. https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/802251/Warren_Parent_Update_July_2020.mp3