Bulldog Blast
December 22, 2020
School Closed: Winter Recess 12/23-1/1
Holiday Break Activities
*December Bulldog Spotlight* Semar Singer
Free Meals Pickup - Holiday Schedule!
Over Winter Recess, we are giving out a week's worth of meals on Monday, December 21st and a week's worth of meals on Monday, December 28th. 🍽️🥪🥣 Pickup for multiple meals on these two days will take place at our cafeteria (Adams Ave. entrance) from 10:00am to 12:00pm and 1:00pm to 4:00pm.
We hope families take advantage of this cost-saving and nutritional convenience during the holidays.
Note: there will be no Thursday meal pick-up during these two weeks.
December 23rd Schedule + Pajama Day!
Tomorrow (Wednesday) is a half-day, and class will be on the synchronous schedule below:
8:30 - Homeroom
8:45-9:15 - Cycle 1
9:45-10:00 - Break
10:00-10:30 - Cycle 3
10:30-11:00 - Cycle 4
11:00 - Student Dismissal
Don't forget: students are encouraged to dress in their comfiest and most favorite pajamas on this day as we get ready to kick-off Winter Recess!
Updated Remote Learning Schedule
The day begins 15 minutes earlier at 8:15am
Reading and math blocks are longer in K-3 (45 mins rather than 30 mins)
The school-wide lunch period was shifted to 12:00-12:30. This allows K-3 teachers to pull a small group before lunch. We hope that this increases participation in small groups for students who have not been logging back on after lunch and specials.
Specialists will see one grade at-a-time rather than two
The full schedule for each grade can be viewed at the following link:
2ND TRIMESTER EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES - SIGN-up deadline Today!
Weekday after-school clubs and Friday morning electives will begin after the New Year, and today is the final day that registration will be open!
The following are the after-school clubs being offered:
- Drawing Club: Grades K-3 (just added!)
- All About Animal Club: Grade 2
- Salsa Club: Grades 3-4 (recently added/guest instructor!)
- Fun & Games Club: Grade 4
- Hip Hop Club: Grades 5-6 (recently added/guest instructor!)
- Dungeons and Dragons Club: Grades 5-8
- Sewing Club: Grades 5-8
- Mixed Media Explorations / Fine Arts Club: Grade 6
- Step Club: Grades 6-8
- Book Club: Grades 7-8
- Cooking Club: Grade 8
The following are the Friday morning electives being offered:
- Fitness: Grades K-2
- Yoga: Grades K-2
- Sing-Along: Grades K-2
- Fitness: Grades 3-5
- Painting: Grade 3-5
- Sphero: Grades 3-5
- Choir: Grades 3-8
- Fitness: Grades 6-8
- Painting: Grade 6-8
- Graffiti Art: Grades 6-8
- 3D Printing: Grades 7-8
- Chat with Coach Lark: Grades 7-8
Northwood is using a platform called FamilyID for club registration. Upon clicking on the registration links below, if you don't already have a FamilyID account, you will be prompted to set one up (this only takes a minute).
Prior to signing up for multiple clubs and electives, please check the meeting times to ensure that the days and times do not overlap.
Sign-ups are due before the end of the day, so select your child's activit(ies) of choice as soon as possible!
Materials Pick-up
For those who were not able to come by the school during last week's pickup windows, after Winter Recess, you may stop by and check-in at the front desk on Monday, January 4th through Thursday, January 7th between the hours of 9:00am and 2:00pm to do so. To ensure that your child does not fall behind on class lessons and assignments, please pickup materials by Thursday, January 7th.
Please wear a mask and practice social distancing as you wait. All items will be prepared in advance and ready to go in a Northwood canvas bag.
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The breakdown of items for each grade is as follows:
Kindergarten
Writing Journal
Go Math Book Volume 2
1st Grade
Writing Journal
Go Math Book Volume 2
Reading Book Volumes 4 and 5 (Mrs. Donohue’s and Mrs. DeVito’s classes ONLY)
2nd Grade
Reading Books (5 total)
(Mrs. Krajci's group in 2nd grade will also have materials to pick up - they will be notified separately by email)
3rd Grade
Reading Book Vol. 2
Go Math Book Vol. 2
White board marker
4th Grade
Novel “Rules”
Novel “Maniac Magee”
5th Grade
Novel “The Bridge to Terabithia”
Go Math book Volume 2
6th Grade
Novel “One Crazy Summer”
Novel “Among the Hidden”
Science Book: “Earth’s Structure”
7th Grade
None
8th Grade
None
All Grades
Blank Paper for Art and Character classes – please take a stack if needed!
Please join us in congratulating our students who earned recognition for Honor Roll during the first trimester. Their dedication to achieving academic success has certainly paid off!
Meritorious Honors
3rd Grade
Perrine Augustin
Lesnid Bowen
Laureessa Curtis
Montserrat Diaz-Rojas
Yasir Hall
Adam Harper
Emaj Henry
Trinity Jackson
Edward Kevelier
Nyla Ricks
Jose Tapia
4th Grade
Ezra Gonzalez
Leila Gray
Noelle Grove
Chase Ledbetter-Moore
Kaydence Leslie
Alyssa Marshall
Brianna Nobrun
Antonio Ortiz
Elyana Otero
Ethan Peaks
Nathan Service
Semar Singer
Maria Sosa
Lyric Tully
Iyanah Turner
Giyanalis Vazquez
5th Grade
Jada Alexander
Ronald Baylis
Marika Bowen
Ben Butterly
Abijah Dafils
Saniyah Davis-Alexander
Travis Desmarathes
Leah Garnica
Amy Hines
Chase Horton
Chloe Oliver
Addison O'Riordan
Alianna Rodriguez
Xadrielyz Rodriguez
Trystan Sam
Kidadah Shabazz
Ronald Sigler
Harmony Skelton
Amiya Smith
Enith Velasquez
Zaire Wallace
Katelyn Weems
Jordan White
6th Grade
Sarah Alejo
Malachi Couer
Dominc Dorsey
Michael Gonzalez
Trevon Haynes
Ni'Mah Howard
Gabriel Johnson
Carolyn Lewis
Cashmere Little
David Lopez- Fernandez
Temperance Mallory
Maliya Mangum
Samaya McArthur
Autumn Perez
Havannah Rowland
Kalidat Salami-Balogun
Danilyn Serrano
Cayden Toole
Kayla Williams
Yazir Wingfield
Melani Young
7th Grade
Alexandra Aquino
Jason Babilonia
Lucy Butterly
Greyson Drummond
Mariah Edmunds-Guridy
Kai Haines
Charlize Hernandez
Patti McShain
Semaj Palmer
Brigitte Rosario
8th Grade
Aujanae Bradley
Ryan Clarkson
Markeida Genece
Uziel Gill
Samarah Harris- Patterson Nimeesha Melendez
Adrian Nunez
Leilany Reynoso
Antoine Roberson
Afini Shabazz
Cai Thomas
Christian Turner
Moises Vedrine
Distinguished Honors
3rd Grade
Mygael Garcon
Eliannette Morales
Liam Nguyen
Emmanolan Perez
David Riji
Drean Robinson
Paul Rohrer
Janiyah Turner
4th Grade
Jacob Burgos
Ethan Delgado
David Espinosa
Deen Lightner
Yasmell Madera-Martinez
5th Grade
Victory Eleazu
Julian Hicks
Asad Johnson
Angelica McShain
Emmanoah Perez
Amari Robinson
Jayden Valentin
6th Grade
Christie Besson
Trinity Lewis
Victoria Otero
Dashon Williams
7th Grade
Iswat Balogun-Salami
Leslie Basilio
Nancy Doan
Rami Emira
Raynaldy Fils
Raphael Israel
Edwin Liu
Lucy Richards
Anays Rodriguez
Navraj Singh
Tyrone Williams
8th Grade
Moses Besson
Amina Brooks-Howard
Zoe Brown
Jachai Cahoe
Gabriella Christie
Christopher Looby
ZaNyah Knox
Dreanna Lovelace
Grace Melone
Nia Murphy
Laila Ortiz
Tshoumi Robinson
Emiyah Rohrer
Bryce Sime
Ethan Sopha
Kimora Sumpter
Esmeralda Then
Darius Thomas
Alicia Torres
Kenneth Torres
Amiya Whitfield
Jordan Zeigler
DECEMBER PARENT LETTER, FROM OUR CEO
As we prepare for the pause of Winter Recess, there are a number of reminders and updates that we want our families and the Northwood community to take note of.
If you have not already done so, please read the following memo so that you are fully informed as we approach the New Year in the weeks ahead: December 16, 2020 Parent Letter
Tracking COVID-19 in Pennsylvania / Philadelphia
Following the recommendation of the PA Department of Health and the Pennsylvania Department of Education, it is our intent to remain remote in January.
In order to change to a Hybrid Model, we must see 3 consecutive weeks of data in the Low or Moderate category in the COVID-19 Dashboard, accompanied by 3 weeks of the CHOP PolicyLab projections on a steady decline. We will continue to share these data points with you through this newsletter each week.
Click on each of the charts below to go to the data tracking pages compiled by the Pennsylvania Department of Health and Children's Hospital of Philadelphia PolicyLab.
2021-2022 School Lottery
Are you a family with more than one child? Does your second child not yet attend Northwood, but you would like to enroll them in our school? If the answer to both of these questions is YES then you must fill out an application for this sibling.
Just go to applyphillycharter.org, create an account and fill out your family profile, check the box next to our school, and then submit the application.
Do you know someone else who wants their child to attend our school? Tell them to go to applyphillycharter.org to apply today for the 2021-22 school year!
Important Dates on the Horizon
Tuesday, December 22 - Deadline for 2nd Trimester Club/Elective Sign-ups
Wednesday, December 23 - Half Day of School / Winter Recess Eve / Pajama Day!
Thursday, December 24 through Friday, January 1 - School Closed / Winter Recess
Monday, January 4 - School Resumes
Connect with Northwood
Website: northwoodcs.org
Location: 4621 Castor Avenue, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Phone: (215) 289-5606
Facebook: facebook.com/Northwood-Academy-Charter-School-153041454730750/
Twitter: @northwoodcs