All Thursdays in March are Late Start Thursdays (doors open at 9:45, learning begins at 10:00)

Wednesday, March 9- Back to the Future- wear your Staley gear and jeans!

Wednesday, March 9- PTA Hot Rocks fundraiser night

Friday, March 11- K-2 Shamrock Shuffle, 2:00pm (see additional info below)

Monday, March 14-Friday, March 18- Spring Break

Tuesday, March 22- PTA TTT - March Madness: Wear your favorite basketball team

Tuesday, March 22- PTA meeting, 6:00pm

Tuesday, March 29- Kindergarten music program, 6:00pm at New Mark Middle School

Mark your Calendars for these upcoming evening music programs:

Kindergarten- March 29, 6:00pm

1st and 2nd Grades- April 12, 6:00 (1st grade) and 7:00 (2nd grade)

5th Grade- 5th grade Exhibition & Recognition in May, date TBD

Please refer to the school calendar on our website for additional dates.

District Calendar Here

March School Lunch Menu Here

· Wednesday, March 9 vaccination clinic at Eastgate 6th Grade Center:

The KCMO Health Department will be at Eastgate (4700 NE Parvin Rd, Kansas City, MO 64117) on Wednesday, March 9, from 3:00 to 6:00 p.m. The clinic will be held in the auditorium and all authorized vaccines will be available. To register your child, please select from the links below.

http://kcmo.smarttrackeronline.com/sr/ZlWWeJ6p-LB

Students should be accompanied by their parents/guardians. Consent forms are attached for convenience. Printed copies will also be available at the vaccination site. If in need of second shot vaccines and boosters, please, bring with you the vaccination card.

· Tuesday, March 8 Vaccination Clinic at Oak Park High School:

Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines for ages 5-11 and 12+ will be available for individuals needing Pfizer’s first, second, or booster shots. This clinic will be held in the school’s gym on Tuesday, March 8 from 3:00 to 6:00 p.m. Walk-ins are welcomed. If in need of a second or booster shot, please bring the vaccination card with you.

Website: nashuapta.my-pta.org

Facebook: www.facebook.com/NashuaElementaryPTA

Twitter: twitter.com/nashuapta

President: Tracy Taylor, pta.nashua@gmail.com

Vice President: Danelle Bohan, vp.nashua@gmail.com

Secretary: Megan Micek, meganmicek12@gmail.com

Treasurer: Jen Masoner, treasurer.nashua@gmail.com

The treasurer will be collecting from the Drop Box in the office and dropping off checks on Thursdays this year. Expect a 1 week turn around for requests. If you need to have something expedited, please email her directly.

Classroom Sign Ups: Volunteer and get involved for your class throughout the year! Click the sign up link for more information! Sign Up Link: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/508084BAFAF2AA6FF2-classroom

Donations Needed: Stars, we need your help! The Nashua teacher's lounge is in need of disposable plates, bowls, forks, coffee cups, and spoons. Let's stock the lounge for our teachers and staff! Donations can be dropped off at the front office. Thank you!

Family Fun Night: Family Fun Night is scheduled for 5:30-7:30 p.m. Friday, May 20. It is a night of nearly free fun with your family and friends from Nashua. All of the games are free. We will have music and there will be a food truck!

But we need adults to volunteer as Game Makers to make it all happen. Game Makers will make, set up and tear down the class' activity that night; PTA will recruit teens to run the games, so you will not need to stay with it; Game Makers will coordinate with teachers so the kids know what their game is and to request that other parents donate prizes or game materials.

Don't forget - kids will vote for their favorite activity that night - if your class wins, you win a prize too! Set-up is between 4:30-5:15 p.m. Anyone who signs up to volunteer needs to put in the comment section of the sign up the game that you will be doing and if you need a table for your game.

Sign up online now at https://www.signupgenius.com/go/508084BAFAF2AA6FF2-classroom

Labels: The next Turn Them in Tuesday Labels Day is Tuesday, March 22. Bring in a zipper bag of labels or empty ink cartridges for Nashua and wear your college basketball team for March Madness! PTA is offering curbside collection of box top labels, ink cartridges, and Coke caps. Please contact Amanda Timmermeyer to schedule a pick up: phillipamanda2007@yahoo.com

*A note about Labels: When turning in Coke Rewards please only send coke caps and Coke Rewards from the boxes or the plastic Coke labels. Please don't send in any other bottle caps which includes but not limited to: Pepsi, water bottles, Gatorades, Powerade, milk jugs, or any other bottle caps. Also when turning in Box Tops, please make sure they are only the pink box tops and are not already expired. Do not send the blue ones, those need to be scanned using the app!

Thank you for your support! You can also support Nashua with these apps:

· http://smile.amazon.com/ch/43-1543285

· https://www.caseys.com/schools

· https://us.coca-cola.com/give/school-profile/?institutionid=559752

· https://www.boxtops4education.com

Volunteer for Nashua from your home!

Projects will include: entering Coca-Cola codes, counting Box Tops or Best Choice UPCs, etc.

As we have tasks, I will:

1. Text/email/call the next volunteer in line.

2. You may accept or decline the task, based on your interest or current schedule.

3. I will send the supplies and instructions home to you.

4. You will have a couple weeks to complete the task and return it.

Sign up online!

Nashua PTA 2021: Volunteer from Home (signupgenius.com)

Memberships: You can join the Nashua PTA and order 2021-22 Nashua yearbooks online through our Cheddar Up site. Individual memberships are $6 and yearbooks $15. A PTA membership does not commit you to a chair position or volunteering, but it ensures you have a voice and your vote counts! If you would like to be a Nashua PTA business member and receive recognition on our emails and social media pages, you can join for $10. CLICK HERE to order. If paying by cash or check, please print, fill out and send this order form with payment to school with your student. Make checks payable to Nashua PTA.

⭐Thank you to the following businesses for purchasing 21-22 business memberships: Amanda Verona, United Real Estate, Glory Estates, InstaLube, Joelle’s Baked with Love, KCMO Nutrition and Spectrum Weather and Specialty Insurance! It's not too late to become a business member and be recognized on the PTA website, emails and social media! Click here to purchase 21-22 Business Memberships for $10.

Open Positions: Visit nashuapta.my-pta.org, click on Contact Us, and look for the yellow highlighting (job descriptions are included). If you are interested or have questions, please e-mail Tracy at pta.nashua@gmail.com. Thanks!

PTA Meeting: Join us for the Nashua PTA meeting at 6PM Tuesday, March 22, at the Nashua Elementary School library! Face coverings are required.

Restaurant Night: Nashua has recently partnered with Hot Rocks Pizza Kitchen. On March 9th from 3-10 p.m., 15% of all profits will come back to our school! Dine in and To-Go orders. Mention Nashua at checkout!

Room Party Fee: Because of the excellent fundraising of the past couple years, we've eliminated room fees again this year!

Staff Favorites: Need teacher or staff gift ideas? Visit the PTA website, http://nashuapta.my-pta.org/, login on the left hand side by clicking “Secure Login.” After you login, click the Staff Survey tab and find a list of teacher and staff favorites! If you don’t have a login for the PTA website, click “Register here.”

Yearbook:

ORDER -- Nashua yearbooks are being sold online for $15. Click here to purchase.

If paying by cash or check, please print, fill out and send this order form with payment to school with your student. Make checks payable to Nashua PTA. Thursday, April 28, is the last day to purchase a yearbook.

SUBMIT PHOTOS -- We want your photos for the 2021-22 yearbook! Please submit photos by Friday, April 15. PLEASE MAKE SURE TO SELECT THE CORRECT PHOTO CATEGORY BEFORE UPLOADING (I.E. CORRECT TEACHER'S NAME).

Ways to upload photos for the 2022 yearbook:

1. Upload using the Entourage Link app (available for free in the App Store or Google Play store). Make sure to connect to the Nashua Elementary 2022 Yearbook account.

2. Upload via the internet at https://link.entourageyearbooks.com/my/Nashua

Would you like to help create the 2021-22 yearbook? Please contact Emily Garrett at garrett.emilye@gmail.com for information.

This is Zach Martin with Northwest Missouri State Football. We are having our Youth Camp available for boys and girls in grades K-6. It will take place April 9th, 2022, at the Hughes Fieldhouse. The Youth Camp is a non-contact camp designed to teach the basic fundamentals of football and promote physical activity. The camp will be conducted by members of the 2022 Bearcat Football Team. The cost to attend camp is $40. Here is what is included in the cost:

• 1 ½ hours of individual football techniques taught by Bearcat football players
• Admission to 2022 Bearcat football game versus Missouri Western on October 1st, 2022 (for participant only)

Registration starts at 9:15am and the camp will begin at 10:00am. It will end at 11:45am.

I have attached the brochure.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/12Zruiu98poftmPeQrA_VrldoHZgmBTS6/view?usp=sharing

Registration is available online at the link below. We will also take walk-up registrations the morning of camp just be sure to bring a credit card.

https://www.bearcatfootballcamps.com/youth-camp.cfm

For those of you that register by March 15th, you will have the opportunity to purchase a one of a kind Youth Bearcat Football Jersey for your son or daughter. Cost for the jersey is $50.

We would appreciate your help in spreading the word about this camp. Please consider passing this along to any family members, friends, colleagues, students, coaches, administrators, and anyone that you feel would be interested. This will be a great way for kids from your community to get involved with one of the best football programs in the nation.

Thank You,

Zach Martin | Wide Receivers

Northwest Missouri State University | Football

zmartin@nwmissouri.edu | Cell: 402.658.9046

Twitter: @zmart15

Greetings from the Nashua Library! This has been a great year in the Library Media Center, and we are excited to finish the year strong.

Here in the library, we are committed to providing quality literature for your kiddos to both inspire and educate them. Our catalog, Destiny, is available for you to look at any time. We are also making a form available that allows you to make suggestions. We love books and especially love it when people take the time to make suggestions.

BookRecommendations

Destiny

Thank you for sharing your children with us and we look forward to hearing from you!

Students should come prepared to go outside for recess. However, as a general guideline, if the temperature/wind chill is 25 degrees (or less), students may have a shortened outdoor recess period or recess will be held indoors.

Just a reminder, if you are interested in purchasing Birthday treats for your student's classroom. Please call or turn in the form below to the Cafeteria Manager 2 weeks prior to the birthday party. The treats will be given to the class on the designated day.

*The PDF below has a new updated list

Hello! My name is Meghan Shipley, School Community Resource Specialist. My main role at Nashua is to help families get connected to resources and outside agencies throughout the Kansas City area. If your family is in need of clothing, food, shelter, or other needs, please click on the link. It is a simple way to mark what you need and I will be able to reach out and offer services. This form will be left up all year long. Feel free to utilize this tool anytime you may be in need!

• Please ensure that your students are prepared to get out of the vehicle before you pull up to stop (ready to get out with backpacks, masks, water bottles, etc.)
• If your child is reluctant to exit the vehicle, or if they are unprepared to exit the vehicle for any reason, please pull forward and to the left side while you resolve the issue, so that the line can continue to progress
• For safety reasons, students should exit the car on the passenger side.
• To avoid your child receiving a tardy and impacting their attendance, please attempt to complete drop-off before 9:12

In addition, if you are lining up early for dismissal, we ask that you not block driveways and mailboxes along 114th street or McGee street.

Thank you so much for your cooperation, as this helps for a smoother dismissal for everyone.