Norton Creek Elementary
Thursday Tidbits - April 14, 2022
MARK YOUR CALENDARS!
4/15/22- School improvement Day-No Students
4/18/22- Special Board Meeting/Haines Center 5:30-6pm
4/18/22- Learning and Teaching Meeting Immediately Following Board Meeting/Haines Center
4/20/22- DPTO Meeting/Haines Center 9:30-11:30am
4/25/22- Policy and Committee Meeting/Haines Center 5:00-6:00pm
4/25/22- Business Committee Meeting/Haines Center 6:00-7:00pm
4/27/22 Early Release Day Elementary Schools/Students Release At 2:10pm
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Click Below For Returning Student Registration Information


TMS Summer Camp Information
D303 Summer Camp Information
D303 Summer Camp is here. Starting on April 5-April 18, 2022. Please click on the link to sign up for any summer camps. Click on this link to go to the summer camp page.


Arriving Late To School
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
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.
Prearranged Absence
Students must apply for the privilege of using prearranged absence days through the principal’s office.
This completed form must be turned in at least (2) school days prior to the requested absence to the main office.
The building principal or designee has the authority to grant up to (5) days of excused absence per year
for the following types of absences:
Participation in regional and/or national contests or awards
Family vacation—qualified by the phrase “accompanied by parent”
Special religious events
Wednesday Early Release Dates
Our next early release day will be on April 27.
Student dismissal will be released at 2:10pm.
Dismissal/Bus 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.
Please Consider Helping Ukraine Below

Summer Band Camp Information
Summer Strings Camp Information
I Heart Art Summer Camp Information
CHECK OUT THE NORTON CREEK PTO WEBSITE FOR THE LATEST PTO INFORMATION!
PTO'S E-NEWS THIS WEEK!
EAGLES EAT OUT elisa.ignash@gmail.com
Dairy Queen is selling coupons for DQ cakes! A portion of each coupon will come back to our school! These cake coupons are good for six months!! Don’t miss out! Order your DQ cake coupons here! Deadline is April 22nd!
IMPORTANT DATES
Our second ever Virtual Variety Show will be shown the last week of April as well as an amazing assembly happening at school for the kids!
Our IN PERSON Basket Raffle is scheduled for Friday, May 6th from 4:30 - 7:30 with a rain date of May 13th! Order forms will be up in MTK soon!
EARTH DAY mjwesner@ymail.com
Earth Day is next Friday, April 22. Please see the attached flyer for a list of things we could do in our community to help with Earth Day!!
ATTENTION 5TH GRADE PARENTS:
Do you have any pictures of your 5th grader participating in any school event/activity that you could share for the year end celebration? Please send them to NC5THGRADEFAREWELL@gmail.com
We still need some 5th grade parent volunteers to help with their AMAZING RACE game on the day of their celebration, Friday May 20th! Sign ups are in MTK.
PTO COMMITTEE CHAIRS FOR 2022-23 nortoncreekptovicepresident@gmail.com
Would you like to run a committee next year? Or possibly shadow a position to take over for the following year? We will have several openings come fall, so please check out the opening lists and job descriptions on MTK for available positions! Contact Maggie McPike Carlson, PTO President, or Kaisa Davis, Vice President with any questions.
SCHOOL SUPPLY PACKS FOR 2022-23 ruhstorfer2008@yahoo.com
No worry, No fuss; school supply packs are an easy and convenient way to get the supplies your child needs for the next school year! The packs are distributed to your child’s classroom shortly before the new school year begins in August. We will be using a NEW vendor this year and the link to order will be available SOON, please be on the lookout!
MEET the NEW PTO BOARD!!!
Congratulations to our new PTO Board for the 2022-2023 school year, that was voted on at our April 12th PTO meeting! We are so excited to introduce Elisa Ignash as PTO President, Stephanie McCubbin, as Vice President and Elizabeth Doren as Treasurer!! We are still in need of a secretary so if you would like to be part of this amazing team, please sign up on MTK.

