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Attending school regularly helps children feel better about school - and themselves. Let's help our NMFA children by building the habit of a good attendance record early which will lead to success in the classroom!

School hours are: 7:30am – 2:00pm

School doors for parent pick up in the morning: 7:15am - 7:30 AM

School doors for parents pick up open in the afternoon: 2:00pm

PARENTS - DROP OFF AND PICK UP REMINDERS

All students must be signed in by an adult after 7:30 AM. Students will be marked tardy if they are arriving after 7:45 AM.

Any students being dropped off in the morning should be brought to the cul-de-sac on Helen Street until 7:30 AM. If you are needing to pick up your student who normally rides a bus, please call the office no later than 1pm to notify the front desk. They will get the message to their teacher.

For students who ride bus stops, your students must be at their assigned stop 5 minutes prior to the pick up time.

If your student is sick, please leave a message on the attendance line, utilize the attendance form on our website, or use the JMC Family App to submit attendance. As a general reminder, students will be sent home from school if they have a fever of 100 or over, they have vomited or have diarrhea. We may also call to ask that you pick your student up if they are not able to participate in class due to feeling ill. Students should be kept home until they are fever, vomit, or diarrhea free for 24 hours with no medication. Students who miss 3 or more days will need a doctors note.

Please call the front office if you are needing to speak with a staff member directly, or send an email to that staff member. During the day they may not be available to take a call directly but will call you back as soon they have a free moment.

Week of October 9 - 13: Scholastic Book Fair

Tuesday, October 17 Hispanic Heritage Celebration

Wednesday, October 18: School Pictures (In uniform please) The spring pictures will be out of uniform pictures.

Wednesday, October 18 :

NMFA School Board Meeting 4:00 PM - Board Meeting Agendas and Minutes are all listed on the Website NMFAMN.org.

**All parents are welcome to attend in person at school or virtually. If you would like a zoom link please call the office to get access to the meeting via zoom.

Thursday, October 19 and Friday October 20: **NO SCHOOL** MEA Break

Monday, October 23: **No School** Conference Prep/Staff PD

Thursday, October 26th - Parent Listening/informal chat session with Mrs. Kranz (Principal) (AKA: NMFA Parent Fun Committee)

Thursday, October 26: October birthday celebration

Friday, October 27 K-1 Field Trip to Sun Country Farm, 5 - 8 Field Trip to Fawn-Doe-Rose Wildlife Educational Park

Friday, October 27 FALL BALL for MS Grades 5 - 8 (Details coming soon!)

Please see the link below to enroll in a free weekend meal program! If you are interested and sign up student will receive 1 bag of ingredients. You have different options to choose from as well. All information requested in the form is for the school only.

If you choose to send healthy snacks and healthy lunches to school, your student is still able to receive the breakfast and lunch, if they want it. (If for some reason you do not want your child to have the food offered, please let your child's teacher know.)

o Debbie Kranz ~ Principal dkranz@nmfamn.org

o Dave Isaacson ~ Special Education Coordinator disaacson@nmfamn.org

o Chelsea Smieja ~ Operations Manager csmieja@nmfamn.org

o Jenny Hubin ~ Office Assistant jhubin@nmfamn.org

Buses C, S2 PM ............. (651-777-2319)

East side Families ......... (612-808-8868)