As a courtesy to our office staff, please try to avoid making phone calls to the office from 7:50-8:10 a.m. and from 2:30-2:50 p.m. During these timeframes we are working to get students into classes or ready to head home on busses or by car. We don't want to miss anything or make mistakes. We appreciate your help with this!

Office Reminders:

1. Book rental rates are located online at the East Noble website. You may pay it all at once or make payments each month, due on the 15th. Final payment is due on February 15th. Please know that if you are inquiring about free or reduced textbook fees, you MUST complete the free/reduced lunch application form. Call the school if you have any questions.

2. If your child is ill, please call our office and let us know by 9 a.m. if at all possible. Our office number is (260) 347-1354. If you believe the illness is Covid related, please ask to speak with Nurse Whitney. Other ways to contact us, e-mail Nurse Whitney at waumsbaugh@eastnoble.net or Stephanie Leasure, Principal at sleasure@eastnoble.net

3. Please contact the office by 1:30 p.m. if you need to make changes to your child's transportation home for the day. We cannot guarantee the changes when you call after 1:30 p.m. THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR THIS! Please note that the office phone may be on night ring during dismissal, please leave a message and we will call you right back as soon as dismissal is complete.

4. If your child is a car rider, please make sure to use your car tags each day. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE CAR TAGS, PLEASE STOP AT THE OFFICE TO GET SOME RIGHT AWAY!

5. If you need to change your child's bus or start bus transportation, please follow these steps:

Bus Change or Start Up Requests

If you need to change your bus location, please go to the North Side website, https://www.eastnoble.net/o/north-side-elementary, and follow these directions:

Click on the "Menu" at the top of the home page. Click the “For Families” tab and then the "Transportation" tab. When the drop down menu appears, you will see a link called “Transportation Change Request.” When you click that link, you will be taken to a form that you can fill out and submit electronically. It will notify transportation via email that a request has been submitted and they will begin working on fulfilling the request. Once arrangements have been made and confirmed with drivers, transportation will communicate the arrangements to parents.

Monday

Doors Open/Breakfast – 8:15

(Grab-n-Go Breakfast if arrive after 8:35)

School Starts - 8:45

School Ends - 2:40 (bell rings)

Tuesday - Friday

Doors Open/Breakfast – 7:30

(Grab-n-Go Breakfast if arrive after 7:50)

School Starts – 8:00

School Ends – 2:40 (bell rings)

Are you taking advantage of our FREE school breakfast and lunch? We sure hope so!!!

Please NOTE: If your child packs lunch from home and chooses to purchase a milk from school, unfortunately, they must pay for the milk. Milk is only free for the reimbursable meals from the state. Our apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.

Please understand that our food shortage simply means that we can't always get some of the student favorites. We promise that students are still receiving a variety of lunches each week and we are offering peanut butter/jelly as a second option each day to students. Please call if you have any questions.

Students are still receiving a well-balanced meal with fresh fruit and vegetables. Breakfast starts at 7:30 a.m. (8:15 on Mondays). Please contact food services if you have any questions.

For our lunch menu, download the East Noble app below. Click on the school in the top right corner and tap on North Side. Once on North Side's page, tap the 3 lines at the top left corner and touch "dining" and you will find our lunch menu for each day of that week.

Attendance

As we near the halfway mark of the school year, please continue to make attendance a priority with your child. Getting them here on time is also beneficial. We understand, in these times, we want students to stay home if they are having any symptoms. Help us in making sure if they are not experiencing any symptoms that your child is attending school. Try to schedule vacations and appointments during our breaks or scheduled days off. This allows your child to get the most out of their education.

Safety

We continue to practice our required safety drills every month. This prepares our staff and students in the event we would need to use them. If you ever have any questions, please reach out to me.

Bus

To North Side Elementary bus riders:

Thank you for making sure your child has a mask while riding the bus! To ride a bus, students need to wear a mask per federal mandates. Before a letter went out last month about needed your help in making sure students had masks, we were giving out about 50 masks a day. Since then, you have stepped up and we are around 5-10 a day. Riding the bus is a privilege and we don’t want to take that away from any of you. So, thank you for helping us with making sure they have a mask when they load the bus in the mornings!

Please contact me any time. The school number is (260) 347-1354 and my e-mail is jperlich@eastnoble.net

Intrinsic Motivation

What is it? Simply put, it is a personal drive to complete a task based on interest and enjoyment. Some might call it an internal drive or underlying force of accomplishing tasks. There is no outside peer pressure, reward or threat from others to complete the task. It is simply something YOU want to gain from it. With this said, how do we encourage more intrinsic motivation in our children?

Here are a few strategies that may assist in encouraging intrinsic motivation in children.

- Give kids options and choices. Does your child have choices as how to perform or

complete a task? Don’t hover after giving the options.

- Nurture your child’s interests and explore those interests.

- Children need to set their own goals. Goals can be set in and outside of the classroom.

- Give children their own money. Give children an allowance, not for chores however as then

they believe that the only reason for the allowance is for completion of the task. The

chores should be done for the benefit of the family and the family unit.

- Praise all effort. Focus on the process it took the children and how much effort they put

into it. Be genuine.

- Celebrate their accomplishments!

- Help kids develop mastery. Help complete the task with them. One of the best way’s

children learn is doing the task along with you.

- Help kids discover their purpose. Help them understand, what are they learning, doing, or

why is this important?

References:

Extrinsic vs. Intrinsic Motivation: What’s the difference?

How To Raise Self-Motivated Kids, Article: parent:|re.mix, May 2, 2018

Help Your Kids Find Intrinsic Motivation, Encourage Self-Motivators, Rock your homeschool