• 10/29/21- Fall Fest 4:30-6:30pm
• 11/5/21-End of 1st Trimester
• 11/8/21- School Board Meeting @Haines Center 7pm

We will have Halloween parties October 29. At 1:45, students will change into their costumes which they must be able to put on independently. Costumes should be put on over their clothes. Costumes should not have masks beyond their face coverings they wear to mitigate COVID-19, blood, gore, or weapons. Parties will begin at roughly 2:00 and begin to wrap up and clean up at 2:45 so students dismiss on time at 3:00.

It is important to us at Norton Creek that we provide a community of care and support to our families, especially when faced with financial hardship.

The current situation related to the COVID-19 pandemic has caused some families to experience a need related to job loss, medical bills, child care, etc. District 303 has several supports available for families through our schools.

We are currently reaching out to see if your family is in need of meal support for the Thanksgiving holiday. Please fill out the survey in the link below if your family has a need.

Survey Link

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

Kindergarten thru 5th Grades-

8:00am-3:00pm

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

Please call the school attendance line if your student will be absent/tardy/leaving early from school 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.

When picking up your child early from school please come to the main office with your picture ID. Students will only be released to individuals that are listed under the contact information on the students account.

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

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-

• December 1st
• January 26th
• February 23
• March 23
• April 27

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:

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.

If your child orders lunch it includes a white or chocolate milk. Water and juice will incur a fee regardless of whether a lunch is ordered. If your child only orders a milk there will also be a fee for that. Please ensure that your Pushcoin account has lunch money on it to cover any charges.

If your child orders a lunch it comes with a milk choice only. If your child orders breakfast in the morning it will be sent home that day for them to eat at home the next morning. Breakfast does not occur at school. Please call the office at 331-228-2700 with any questions.

Here are PTO's enews for this week!

FALL FEST mjrhinerson@gmail.com; skubisze@gmail.com; enlightened55@hotmail.com; suntella@comcast.net

It’s finally here and it’s going to be AWESOME! Register and volunteer for this event here. We still need more parents to help with games and the cakewalk!

YEARBOOK ORDERS PLACED BY OCTOBER 31ST RECEIVE 5% OFF (K-5) ncyearbook.shelly@gmail.com

2021/2022 Yearbooks are available to order! Don't miss out on this special discount offered by TreeRing. The yearbook team is looking forward to capturing new memories of our Eagles and TreeRing.com has opened the opportunity to order your student’s yearbook for the 2021-2022 school year! See the flyer below.

BIG HEARTS OF FOX VALLEY jennifer.zitella@yahoo.com

Our lists are in! Please sign up in MTK to help a family in our area this holiday season. We have been assigned 10 lovely children to support. All items are due by Friday November 12th. See the flyer below for more info.

Earth Savers - PUMPKIN SMASH mjwesner@ymail.com

Green your Halloween Norton Creek!

Did you know, pumpkins are 90% water which is great for our soil, not so good in our landfills. After you are finished enjoying your beautiful Jack-o’-lanterns, drop them off to be composted. You can find more details and location info at www.scarce.org and the flyer below.

STUDENT COUNCIL Thanksgiving Turkey November 1st - November 12th

See flyer below on how you can help donate!

The PTO loved hosting an in-person meeting in October at the school. If you couldn't attend our last meeting, you can check out our October 2021 meeting minutes for a recap. Hope to see you for our next meeting: Nov. 9 @ 7 PM.