North Chevy Chase Elem. School
Principal's Weekly Update
Jan. 7, 2024
From our Principal
This Sunday message is from Mr. Johnson. I am so pleased to return to NCC as your Acting Principal.
Please stay up to date with MCPS policies related to Covid and more by visiting this website.
MCPS Covid 19 Informational Portal
Our lost and found is overflowing with hats, coats, water bottles and more. Please come visit or encourage your child to visit the Lost and Found by Friday, Jan. 12, 2024 if you have misplaced any of these items around our campus.
Mark your Calendars
January
10th- Community Meeting Topic: Principal Selection Process, 7pm, virtual
15th - Holiday, Martin Luther King Jr. Day
26th - Semester 1 and Marking Period 2 End
29th - No School for students, Grading and planning for teachers
30th - Semester 2 and Marking Period 3 Begins
February - African American/Black History Month
19 - President's Day
22 - National School Bus Driver Appreciation Day
Matt Johnson, Acting Principal
North Chevy Chase Elementary School
3700 Jones Bridge Road
Chevy Chase, MD 20815
240-204-5280
Help us replenish the Pantry!
Hello NCC Families!
The NCC Cares Pantry helps support our NCC community with food and other basic necessities like new or gently-used winter coats this time of year!
As we make our way through the new year, we are in need of donations of non-perishable food items, toiletries, and coats to stock our pantry. String backpacks or recyclable bags are also needed to help students carry these items home. Please be sure to check expiration dates on all food items that you are donating. We are collecting donations from January 08-26, 2024. Please bring all donated items to the front lobby and leave them in the designated bins.
Some suggested and popular items to donate are:
-individual snack items (granola/cereal bars, cheese crackers, trail mix, Goldfish crackers, pretzels, etc.)
-mac and cheese cups and boxes,
-milk & juice boxes
-water bottles
-peanut butter & jelly
-cereal, oatmeal
-pasta, red sauce, cooking oil, rice, canned beans, canned chicken & canned fish (tuna, salmon)
-canned vegetables
-applesauce and fruit cups
-toothpaste, toothbrushes, shampoo/conditioner, body wash, bar soap, deodorant, lotion, and laundry detergent
From the Media Center - Take Home Computer
Students parents, and MCPS staff can use this form to request a home use Chromebook for
MCPS students who do not have access to a personal or home device and are
attending a school, and grade level, returning to a classroom Chromebook cart
model. The home use device is to be kept at home. Requesting
the device implies consent of use in accordance with MCPS policy (IGT-RA) and
acknowledgement that the Chromebook, software, and issued peripherals are owned
by MCPS. Chromebooks will need to be returned to school in June 2024.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdDNdqO31soXKLffjcEzgVQ9C2Z2koPm6ifKm7-K77e44ZhAg/viewform
Hey alright!
From the PTA
MCPS Principal Hiring Community Meeting
MCPS will host a Virtual Community Meeting on Wednesday January 10th at 7pm to discuss Principal Hiring, solicit feedback from the NCC Community and advise us about the process and the community feedback survey! Hiring a new principal is an important act that affects our current students as well as those for likely the next decade or more. Please join us here: Meeting Link: http://tinyurl.com/NCCESComMtgPrincipal240110 Please also fill out this survey to let MCPS know your thoughts: Community Survey: English--https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/HLQN9NY Spanish--https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/CXKDRSV
Questions? Contact Rita at president@nccpta.org
Chess Club- Spring Session
It's time to register for Spring 2024!
Chess Club will begin today, Wednesday, Jan. 3rd. New and Beginning students welcome!
Chess Club payment may occur any time before February 1st via https://www.pay4schoolstuff.com
If your student will not continue Chess Club participation in the Spring, please email Rita at president@nccpta.org.
Spring Schedule:
Wednesdays Jan. 3rd through June 5th from 4-530pm.
Questions? Contact Rita at president@nccpta.org
Montgomery County Recreation: Winter After School Course Offerings
Montgomery County Recreation will offer two after school classes this Winter. Curriculums will be different than those offered in Fall. To register, please visit www.activemontgomery.com, establish an account, click "Search", click "Enroll with Activity Code" and then enter the Activity Code (R...) and Session (#s after the dash). The classes are only open to the students at our school and financial assistance is available from the County (Rec Assist).
Abrakadoodle Plug into Your Imagination
Thursday - Art class - 8 weeks - start Jan 18th and end March 7th
Plug Into your Imagination! And explore new mediums such as video game art, rice painting, newspaper watercolor and a sculpture made with straws! Without leaving the country our imagination will plug us to Austria, Germany, Switzerland, France and India. We will visit a lollipop garden; we will play on a watercolor piano; we will celebrate the Festival of Lights and more. We will even interface with famous artists such as Fernand Léger and Alberto Giacometti!
Tiny Chefs--Snack Attack
Monday - Tiny Chefs - 6 weeks - start Jan 22nd and end March 4th
This fall students will push the limits on the snack concept and prepare a variety of sweet, savory, delicious and unique nibbles. This is not your mother’s PB&J! Chefs will prepare a variety of bite- sized munchies like sweet mango salsa with cinnamon sugar tortilla chips, Roasted Red Pepper Hummus, Chocolate brownie batter hummus, black-bean corn salsa, and more. No one will leave hungry this session!
NCC Yearbook
Submit your photos for the NCC Yearbook
Please submit your pictures from the NCC Halloween parties here:
https://yearbooks.classic-photo.com/NorthChevyChase/home3/PhotoPost.jsp?ID=F8WQLQIW3370
Questions? Contact Lauren Dickstein at lnjdickstein@gmail.com.