Dear Bulldog Families,

It has been a week full of connections! We have made connections with classmates through community circle time as well as collaborative learning opportunities throughout the day. We have connected with experts within our building like Mrs. Gibson our Teacher Development Specialist, other teachers, our Teacher Librarian (Mrs. Williams), and outside experts both in class and for extracurricular clubs (Travel Club) via Zoom. Making connections and sharing our learning is an important part of the learning process.

As we continue with parent-teacher conferences, we hope that you are strengthening your connection with your child's teacher and learning about next steps in the learning process; thank you for having these important conversations with us! We appreciate the time you spend reinforcing the concepts that we are teaching at school and look forward to continuing a supportive partnership as we continue our work this 9 weeks. We would like to thank our families for "stocking the fridge" this week during conferences. Our teaching team appreciates snacks and drinks during this busy time - THANK YOU!

Sincerely,

Lori Mankin

• Arrive at school by 7:20 at the latest. Students should be in their classrooms ready to start instruction at 7:45.
• Follow the traffic flow to the back of the building by the basketball courts, splitting into 2 lines by our gym.
• Watch for direction as to when you should merge back into one line (when in the circle drive area). This is an alternating pattern.
• Have your student(s) ready to exit the car, only from the passenger side closest to the sidewalk, when the staff member waves to you.
• Avoid turning left from our parking lot after drop-off as this is creating a back-up and causing students to arrive late to class.

If you arrive at school for drop-off after 7:40, you will need to park and walk your student into the building.

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NBE is pleased to announce the return of the Snack Attack program for those students in need. This program, supported by the Fishers Youth Assistance Program, is designed to provide students a little extra nourishment for the weekend until they can receive a hot meal at school on Monday.

Here's how the program works. Your student will pick up a small sack of food to be taken home over the weekend. The sack is filled with individually wrapped snacks such as granola bars, fruit cups, pop tarts, peanut butter/crackers, Goldfish crackers, etc. The type of snacks will vary each week. Please let us know if your child has a peanut allergy as he/she will receive a special bag of peanut-free snacks.

There is no cost to you or the school. If you are interested in having your student participate in FYAP's Snack Attack or have questions, please contact Sherri Leiner, NBE School Counselor at sleiner@hse.k12.in.us