Northside Elementary School

Northside Bulldog Families Reminder: On behalf of the Northside K-8 School , we hope you all had a wonderful restful Spring Break! Spring Break ends tomorrow March 14, 2022. Please remember that the clocks are now set forward one hour. Thank you and please continue to be safe.

Northside Bulldog Families Reminder: Spring Break begins March 7-13, 2022. No school for students and staff will be on annual leave. Students and all staff return back to school on March 14, 2022. We wish everyone a wonderful and safe Spring Break. Teachers a reminder, that report card grades are due on March 15, 2022.

Northside Bulldog Parents Updates: Please see new COVID-19 updates post on the District and school website which go into effect on March 1, 2022. We will also be providing parents with a hard copy of the new COVID-19 updates. Northside Virtual Awards Program will continue on Monday, February 28, 2022 for the upper grades. The teachers have sent the links out last week. If you need didn't receive it, please contact your child's teacher. Northside teachers will be preparing a variety of activities for Read Across America and Dr. Seuss's Birthday this week. Guest readers from the District may drop by this week to share their favorite Dr. Seuss book. Special thank you to all staff, students and parent's who attended or participated in last weeks Reading Curriculum Night/Black History Tributes. Everyone did an amazing job! Kudos to Mrs. Evans our music teacher who did a fabulous job organizing the Black History event.

YOU’RE INVITED! Northside K-8 School Reading Curriculum Night /Black History Tribute Date: Thursday, February 24, 2022 Time: 6:00 p.m. -7:00 p.m. Location: Virtual (Classroom Links) Reading Curriculum Night Agenda I. Teachers will present reading presentations: a. What do students need to do in order to make it to the next grade level? b. What teachers are doing to ensure your child’s success? c. What can parents do at home to support their child? II. Black History Classroom Presentations The classroom teachers will send out the google classroom links that will be used for this event. Parents please check with your child’s teacher.

Northside K-8 Save The Date Follow-up! Northside K-8 Virtual Day Awards Ceremony: Friday, February 25, 2022 PreK 9:00 a.m.-9:45 a.m./Kindergarten 10:00 a.m.-10:45 a.m./1st Grade 11:00 a.m.-11:45 a.m./2nd Grade 12:00 p.m.-12:45 p.m./3rd Grade 1:00 p.m.-1:45 p.m./4th Grade 2:00 p.m.-2:45 p.m. Monday, February 28, 2022 4/5 Grade Ms. Daal /Mrs. P. Hargrove (K-5) 9:00 a.m.-9:45 a.m. 5th Grade 10:00 a.m.-10:45 a.m./ 6th Grade 11:00 a.m.-11:45 a.m./ 7th Grade 12:00 p.m. -12:45 p.m./8th Grade 1:30 p.m. -2:15 p.m. Awards ceremony parents virtual link will be sent out by the classroom teachers. Teachers will receive the virtual link the day before the event Thursday, February 24, 2022. Students will receive the take home flyer tomorrow, February 22, 2022.

Northside K-8 Parent Reminder: Thursday, February 10, 2022 will be a half-day for students. Students will get out of school at 12:30 p.m. Parents please make arrangements for someone to be home to receive your child when they get off the bus.

Northside Bulldog Families, Starting Wednesday February 2, 2022, all Northside students will eat lunch in the cafeteria. I want to personally explain to you why we are making this change and how it will benefit your student. Our students and staff are required to wear face masks except for when they’re eating or drinking, so the overwhelming majority of our quarantines are because students are close to each other when they remove their mask to eat in their classrooms. To address this issue and reduce quarantines, we’re moving lunches back to the cafeteria and staggering lunch schedules to limit the amount of time students remove their face mask for eating. The staggered lunch schedule also allows students to spread out more in the cafeteria with an empty seat between students when their masks are off. Students will have assigned seats, to help with contact tracing if needed. This will significantly reduce the number of students required to quarantine if someone is diagnosed with COVID and help us avoid needing to quarantine entire classes. As an additional layer of protection, we’ve installed medical-grade air purifiers in the cafeteria to improve air quality and circulation. The layering of all these preventive measures offer us the best protection against exposures to COVID-19 and mass quarantines. We are thankful for these additional resources and excited about the opportunity for our students to return safely to the cafeteria. Thank you for your support of Northside K-8.

Northside K-8 Virtual Bulldog Parents: Your child's report card will be mailed from the Norlina Post Office Location. Please reach out to the school if you don't receive your child's report card by Monday, January 31, 2022.

Northside Bulldog Parents Reminder: Report cards were distributed today January 25, 2022 to all face-to-face students. Parents please keep the original report card and return signed the copied report card. If you did not receive a report card from your child this afternoon, please reach out to your child's teacher. All parents have been notified at this point in time, if there child was accepted or will be returning back to school from the Warren County Schools Virtual Academy. All teachers present today received a list, please check with your child's teacher if you have any questions. All students who were accepted to virtual school need to log on daily, and complete assignments in order to remain in the program.

Warren County Schools will operate on a two-hour delay Monday, January 24, 2022 due to the threat of unsafe road conditions and black ice in the early morning hours. Students and staff at Vaughan Elementary will receive another message from your principal about third, fourth, and fifth graders moving to remote learning starting tomorrow, due to staffing shortages. Please be on the lookout for a phone call, text message, and a post on the Vaughan Elementary website for more information. Thank you.

Warren County Schools has announced that it will be on a 2 hour delay January 24, 2022. School will start at 10:00 a.m.

Northside K-8 Parent Reminder: Warren County School's Announcement: School Closed Friday, January 21, 2022 Due To Inclement Weather.

Northside Bulldog Family Reminder: No School Monday, January 17, 2022 Dr. King Holiday! No School Students Tuesday, January 18, 2022.

Good Afternoon Bulldog Parents: There will be a delay for bus 192. Currently a sub bus driver is doing the afternoon route today January 14, 2022.

January 11, 2022 Announcement Northside Bulldog Families: Special thank you to all the parents for their cooperation during the power outage. We thank you for rearranging your schedule today due to the unexpected power outage. Shout out to the teachers and staff members who also reported to work without any power and assisted with getting messages out to the parents regarding Northsides status when there was no power. Thank you to Mrs. Perry and her staff who put together a breakfast for those students who were waiting for their parents to pick them up. Thank you to Mrs. Richardson AP who assisted with the bus transportation coordination efforts. It is an honor working with such a dedicated Northside Bulldog Family!

Good Evening Bulldog Families: Enrollment into Warren County Schools Virtual Academy Now Open! Mrs. Hope Davis, Teach Tech U CEO, will be accepting no more than 15 new students in each grade span: K-5, 6-8, and 9-12. In order to be considered for the program, parents must reach out to Mrs. Davis directly: S. Hope Davis- Admin and Program Mgt. shopedavis@teachtechu.com or - 919-213-1438 and complete the form https://forms.gle/f791sKzC39SjPNQm7. It is highly recommended that contact be made with Mrs. Davis prior to Friday, January 14, 2022.

IMPORTANT MESSAGE: Due to widespread power outages affecting the Warren County area, schools will be closed. Buses will be returning students home. If your child is a car rider, please make arrangements to have your child picked up as soon as possible.

Good Morning Bulldog Family, This message is going out to all staff members. We currently have no power at Northside K-8 School. Mr. Williams Chief Operations Officers has asked that nobody enter the building and please remain in your cars. We will provide updates as they come in. Principal Dunbar

Northside Bulldog Families: We have received official notification from the District that there will be a 3 hour school delay tomorrow January 4, 2022. School will begin at 11:00 a.m. Due to potential icy weather conditions that may exist in the morning.

To ensure the safety of students and staff, Warren County Schools will be operating on a 3-hour delay on tomorrow, Tuesday, January 4th. Please stay safe and warm.