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Plastic Bag Recyling HEB is holding a plastic bag recycling contest with local elementary schools. Please bring your plastic bags, no matter the retailer, to school any day this week and drop them off in the box in the front foyer. Clean out your cabinets, help the environment and help Northwood win the contest! | Save the DateSAVE THE DATE - Our Northwood Spring Carnival is happening on Saturday, April 1st from 2-6pm! This is our largest fundraiser & event sponsored by the PTA & is a wonderful community event with lots of fun for the whole family! Please see below for more detail on how you can help make this event a success & we hope to see you all there. | Carnival Volunteers Calling all volunteers! We can't do Carnival without you.We need help in all areas; running a booth, selling food, painting faces, set up, clean up, etc.... We are asking for just one hour (or more :) of your time on Saturday, April 1 to help make Carnival a success. Scan the QR code, click this link: tinyurl.com/northwoodcarnival or email Miller.LisaG@gmail.com to sign up or for more information. |
Plastic Bag Recyling
Save the Date
SAVE THE DATE - Our Northwood Spring Carnival is happening on Saturday, April 1st from 2-6pm! This is our largest fundraiser & event sponsored by the PTA & is a wonderful community event with lots of fun for the whole family! Please see below for more detail on how you can help make this event a success & we hope to see you all there.
Carnival Volunteers
PTA Open Positions: Build relationships in our community and share your voice and talents! The PTA Board is looking for new faces to fill next year's open positions of Secretary and 2nd Vice President (chair of Greenback Night). If you are interested, please email Vanessa Woodworth at northwoodespta@gmail.com interested individuals please respond by March 7th. The nominating committee will meet on March 9th. Committee members are: Coral Croom, Monica Lopez, Robbie Shepherd, Jordan Slaughter, and Vanessa Woodworth.
Attention 5th grade AND Kindergarten parents, or any parent or guardian who loves creating art. We’ll be doing our LAST art lesson of the school year on Monday, March 6th for 5th grade and Friday March 10th for Kindergarten. If you would like to volunteer to help, please make sure you have your required DPS clearance, and email Amanda Bennett at amandakbennett@ymail.com (not Gmail) and let her know which class(es) you would like to help with!
Monday March 6th: Mrs. Hildebrand's class will be from 9:00-10:00 and Mrs. Lussier’s class from 10:15-11:15.
Friday March 10th: Mr. Straube's class will be from 11:30-12:25, Ms. Knapp’s class from 12:30-1:25, and Ms. Marhofer’s class from 1:30-2:25.
Flocking: Our beloved Northwood Carnival is just around the corner! Show your Northwood pride and help us raise funds for the event by flocking your yard (or a friend/neighbor's) with fun Northwood signs, unicorns and more! Each home that is flocked will receive signage for 24 hours. Flocking will begin after Spring Break (March 19th) and run until the event on April 1st. Please list addresses to be flocked in the comment section. Flocking is available within a five mile radius of the school. Cost of flocking is $30. Please send payment via Venmo tp @NorthwoodElementaryPTA with "flocking" in the description. To sign up click on the following link: Flocking
Carnival: Northwood's Spring CARNIVAL will be held on Saturday, April 1st from 2-6pm! There will be lots of fun, food & laughs for April Fool’s Day:) There are many ways to help, please see below & keep watching for flyers in backpacks over the next few weeks.
A HUGE thank you to our amazing sponsors: Home & Patio, Park Place Recreational, Britton Orthodontics, American Bank, Theory, Real Estate Muses, Dryline Partners, The Law Office of Lisa S. Miller, Mindful Kindness Counseling LLC, Next Level Urgent Care, Kumon & Austin Flipsters for supporting the 2023 Northwood Carnival! We truly appreciate their generous support!
*Donate an item or service for our Silent Auction, please contact Robbie Shepherd at texrobbie1@aol.com or 806.438.5827.
*Sponsor underwriting for event costs if you own a local business or would like to contribute as a family, please contact Lauren Ahrens at lauren.k.ahrens@gmail.com or 210.286.2629. See the attached fliers if you or someone you know is interested in sponsoring a booth at the carnival. Booth Sponsorship Family Sponsorship
*Want to Volunteer?! Please click the following link tinyurl.com/northwoodcarnival or email Miller.LisaG@gmail.com to sign up!
Unicorn Watch: Watch Dogs is now Unicorn Watch! If you would like to volunteer please use the following link: Unicorn Watch Sign Up . You will also need to order a Unicorn Watch shirt which can be purchased using this link: Unicorn Watch Shirts . If you would like to volunteer, please make sure that your DPS clearance is current. You can do that here: DPS Clearance There will be no orientation meeting this year. If you have any question please email them to nwunicornwatch@yahoo.com
Join PTA: When you join the PTA, you join a community that encourages student achievement and builds a partnership between our families and our school. PTA organizes teacher appreciation, provides classroom grants, supports student enrichment programs, and so much more. We believe that together we can help our children be successful. Go to joinpta.org and sign up online or submit cash or check to the front office. Payment envelopes are available. The membership fee is $7.00 per person and there is an additional $1.50 transaction fee for joining online. Consider having both parents, grandparents and even your child join! If you have not already joined, please join today.
Upcoming Dates:
March 7 - PTA Meeting 2nd Grade performs
March 13-17 Spring Break
March 25 - Campus Beautification Day
March 28 - Early Dismissal @ 12:30/Staff Development
March 29 - CIC Meeting
March 31 - Carnival Set Up
April 1 - Carnival
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Morning Routines and Drop OffOur school day is from 7:30 am - 2:45 pm. Students may enter the building as early as 6:50 am to eat breakfast. Please drop of your child next to the curb in the school parking lot. Student Safety Patrols will open your car door and assist your child. Please do not drop off your child on Pike Rd. or in the drive through lane. If your child arrives before 7:23 am they will wait in the following location K-1: Cafeteria, 2-5: Gym. Please have your child put a book in their backpack, so they can read while they wait. At 7:23 am the teachers will pick up the students and go to class. The tardy bell rings at 7:30 am, so please allow plenty of time. In order to ensure the safety of all our students, we ask that parents not come into the building in the mornings. We will make sure that everyone gets to class safely. | School AbsencesOur goal is for all of our students to maintain outstanding attendance (at least 95%). Our current attendance rate is 93.3%, We have had a little drop over the past couple of weeks. We are close, but every child, every day makes a difference! The best way to learn is by being present at school! If your child needs to be absent due to illness, please be sure to send a note to school the day they return explaining the reason for the absence. Absences for illness and medical appointments will be excused with a written note. | Pick-Up ProceduresEveryone picking up a student from school at dismissal is required to present an official Northwood Dismissal Tag. Official green tags with your child’s name and grade were passed out the first week of school or when you registered. If you need an extra one, please let your child’s teacher know. If you do not have a dismissal tag, you will be required to come to the front office and present an ID to receive a dismissal tag.
All car pick and parent pick up must present their tag and wait for their child to be called at dismissal. Please do not walk over to where the children are waiting to get your child before they are called, as we cannot confirm your identity. We understand that this may take a little longer, however, we want to ensure that everyone goes homes safely. Thank you for your cooperation |
Morning Routines and Drop Off
Our school day is from 7:30 am - 2:45 pm. Students may enter the building as early as 6:50 am to eat breakfast.
Please drop of your child next to the curb in the school parking lot. Student Safety Patrols will open your car door and assist your child. Please do not drop off your child on Pike Rd. or in the drive through lane.
If your child arrives before 7:23 am they will wait in the following location K-1: Cafeteria, 2-5: Gym. Please have your child put a book in their backpack, so they can read while they wait. At 7:23 am the teachers will pick up the students and go to class. The tardy bell rings at 7:30 am, so please allow plenty of time. In order to ensure the safety of all our students, we ask that parents not come into the building in the mornings. We will make sure that everyone gets to class safely.
School Absences
Our goal is for all of our students to maintain outstanding attendance (at least 95%). Our current attendance rate is 93.3%, We have had a little drop over the past couple of weeks. We are close, but every child, every day makes a difference!
The best way to learn is by being present at school! If your child needs to be absent due to illness, please be sure to send a note to school the day they return explaining the reason for the absence. Absences for illness and medical appointments will be excused with a written note.
Pick-Up Procedures
Everyone picking up a student from school at dismissal is required to present an official Northwood Dismissal Tag. Official green tags with your child’s name and grade were passed out the first week of school or when you registered. If you need an extra one, please let your child’s teacher know. If you do not have a dismissal tag, you will be required to come to the front office and present an ID to receive a dismissal tag.
All car pick and parent pick up must present their tag and wait for their child to be called at dismissal. Please do not walk over to where the children are waiting to get your child before they are called, as we cannot confirm your identity. We understand that this may take a little longer, however, we want to ensure that everyone goes homes safely. Thank you for your cooperation
Catherine Harper, Northwood Elementary
