Northpoint Elementary
April 20, 2022 Newsletter
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Hello Northpoint families:
I hope you were able to enjoy the long weekend. If only it felt more like spring, but May is right around the corner and maybe then we’ll have some warmer temperatures!
We intend to finish our school year strong, and there is much to accomplish in the final eight weeks we have remaining. Our children are looking forward to Power Hour, which is a hands-on, choice-based series of workshops. We’ll also have our last visits to Wargo Nature Center. And, back after a two-year absence, in May we can anticipate a wonderful school carnival hosted by our Parent Teacher Organization (PTO).
In addition to fun and engaging events and activities, we will call on each child’s learner profile and map as we personalize their learning for our final module in Wit and Wisdom, our core reading resource.
I’m looking forward to the wonderful weeks of learning ahead!
Judi Kahoun
Principal
Westwood Student Placement Input Forms due May 6
Staff Appreciation Week - First Week of May
Northpoint Staff Appreciation Week is the first week in May! The PTO is seeking support for this week of spreading gratitude! Here are ways you can help:
- Send a personal note or email to say “thank you” to a staff member
- Have your student write a note or email to say “thank you” to a staff member
- Sign up to provide a food or drink product for the staff appreciation week (NP Sign up Genius Link)
- Donate an item for the “thank you” raffle for the staff. Each day of staff appreciation week, there will be a drawing of names of staff members to win a “thank you” gift. Ideas might include: coffee/tea, chocolate or other treat, SLP Fan items (mug, hat, shirt), yard game, a plant, candle, grill/marinade/rubs, foodie/baker items, stationary, bath/spa, etc. Gift Cards are also greatly appreciated. The office staff provided us with some suggestions for gift cards: Starbucks or Caribou, Nelson’s Deli, Bob’s Produce, Jimmy Johns, Panera, DoorDash, Old Piper Inn, Panther Store, Amazon, Target, Barnes and Noble, other local restaurants/stores, etc.). Donations will be collected at the front office of the school through Tuesday, April 26. (NP Sign up Genius Link)
Summer SPARK!
Ignite the SPARK in your child, your family or yourself this summer! Try a new sport or activity, strengthen your skills, meet new friends and make the most of your summer! View this week's highlights below and see all summer program options here.
Family Program
Family Adventures at Silverwood Park: Get the whole family outside this summer and learn some new skills with the help of the artists and naturalists at Silverwood Park! Each month, SLP Community Ed and Silverwood Park are teaming up to offer a unique family friendly experience to help you take advantage of our short, but amazing, Minnesota summers!
- June 25 - Minnesota Symbols and Mixed Media Collage
- July 31 - Fire Building and Charcoal Drawing
- August 21 - Photography-Light and Lifecycle
Adult Program
Pyrography (Wood Burning): Learn how to use the pyrography tool and various tips, to create one or more springtime works of art. Applying color to your wood burning with easy-to-use acrylic liquid pens will add a nice final touch! Program takes place on May 24.
- Monday, May 9 - NP PTO Meeting 6 - 7 p.m. in the NP media center (DATE CHANGED FROM MONDAY, MAY 2)
- Friday, May 13 - NP PTO Sponsored Spring Carnival, 5:30 - 8 p.m.
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