Norton Creek Elementary

Thursday Tidbits - January 27, 2022

MARK YOUR CALENDARS!

1/27/2022- Citizen's Advisory Committee Meeting 6:00pm(Haines Center)

1/31/2022- Business Services Meeting 5:30-6:30pm(Haines Center)

1/31/2022- Policy Committee Meeting 6:30-7:30pm(Haines Center)

2/23/2022-Early Release Day Elementary Schools at 2:10pm

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Click on the tab to view the Norton Creek calendar

Organic Life Lunch Information

The FREE Lunch includes your choice of food and a white or chocolate milk. If you child orders just milk and no lunch then there is a charge for the milk. If your child orders a water or a juice there will also be a charge for those items.

Please check you students Push Coin account to ensure there are funds on it for ordering lunch.

2022-2023 Kindergarten Registration Information- Please click below

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Updated IDPH COVID Information

The Illinois Department of Public Health will no longer consider a positive at home test result as a valid positive result. The health department now advises individuals who test positive on an at home test to go validate the test result at a COVID testing site. Individuals who test negative with an at home test are to validate with a rapid test at a testing site.

SCHOOL DAILY SCHEDULES

Kindergarten thru 5th Grades-

8:00am-3:00pm


Students can be dropped off at 7:45am for the school day. It you arrive before that time please keep your child with you until 7:45 as there is no supervision outside until then.


Our school office is open from 7:30am until 4:00pm on school days.

New Email For All Families To Use

Please email any arrival/dismissal changes as well as any information for the school nurse or office staff to nor-office@d303.org

Attendance For Students

Please call the school attendance line if your student will be absent/tardy/leaving early from Remote Learning at 331-228-2700. Please spell your students first and last name or their student ID number when you leave a message. If you are emailing the teacher please also email nor-office@d303.org indicate students first and last name.

Arriving Late To School

If your child is arriving after 8:00am please walk them into the school and sign them in.

Wednesday Early Release Dates

Our next early release day will be on February 23rd. Dismissal is at 2:10pm.


The following dates below are early release Wednesdays. Please plan accordingly for your children.


Students will be released at 2:10pm on the followings dates this year-


  • February 23
  • March 23
  • April 27

Outdoor Recess

Please ensure your students come to school dressed for the cold weather. The back of the Norton Creek building can be cold and windy most days. Please ensure they have a coat, hat, gloves, snowpants, and boots(when snow is on the ground).

Dismissal/Bus Changes

If there is a occasional change to your child dismissal please email nor-office@d303.org and your child's teacher or call the office directly at 331-228-2701. If it is after 2pm please call the office directly so that we can ensure your child gets the notification of changes.

LUNCH SCHEDULES

LUNCH SCHEDULES:

5th Grade: 10:50-11:10

2nd Grade:11:15-11:35

Kindergarten: 11:40-12:00

1st Grade: 12:05-12:25

3rd Grade: 12:30-12:50

4th Grade: 12:55-1:15


If your student forgets their lunch please email the classroom teacher and drop off at the main office. Please label with the students full name.

NORTON CREEK PTO

CHECK OUT THE NORTON CREEK PTO WEBSITE FOR THE LATEST PTO INFORMATION!

PTO'S E-NEWS THIS WEEK!

PTO Meeting

Here are our minutes from the PTO meeting held on 1/11/2021. Mark your calendars for the next meeting on 2/8/2021 @ 7PM.


CO-CHAIRS NEEDED nortoncreekptovicepresident@gmail.com

Are you interested in helping with a Variety Show this Spring?! We are in need of Co-Chairs!! Please contact any of the board members if you are interested. The variety show is something all the kids really look forward to! More information will be discussed at the February PTO meeting to possibly take this event virtual or outdoors, but we need your help and suggestions!


SPIRIT WEEK ncyearbook.shelly@gmail.com

Please send any of your Eagle’s spirit week photos to Shelly at ncyearbook.shelly@gmail.com for the 2021/2022 yearbook!


AMAZONSMILE (K-5) nortoncreekptovicepresident@gmail.com

Calling all shoppers! If you are shopping on Amazon, please consider using AmazonSmile. With every eligible purchase, AmazonSmile donates 0.5% to our school when you choose Norton Creek Elementary as your charity. This includes millions of everyday items at smile.amazon.com. You must use the specified link for Norton Creek to receive credit. Ask all of the Amazon shoppers in your family to use AmazonSmile!

Save the date, Monday, February 8th for our school virtual assembly. Details will be announced soon!



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