It has been a week full of making connections - connections with community helpers, colleagues, classmates, and with new learning activities! Our children bring many experiences with them, and through collaborative learning, they are growing their thinking, problem solving, perseverance, and perspectives. Ask your child about something new they learned this week. A good follow-up question is, "What are you proud of from your week?"

We are proud to announce that several New Britton team members have been awarded grants through the HSE Foundation:

• Mrs. Moore - using loose parts to create
• Mrs. Sanders - connecting through kindness
• Mr. Johnson and Mrs. Buening - building models and designs with 3-D printing
• Mr. Coato - encouraging fitness through leisure activities (pickleball)

We are thankful for our teachers writing these grants and for the continued support that our foundation provides.

Our Bulldog Student Council has connected with Key Club in service for Riley Children's Hospital. We are helping raise funds, through a school-wide pajama day, to support patients at Riley. Students are encouraged to bring a donation up to $1 and wear pajamas on Friday, November 18.

As always, thank you for partnering with us in education.

Have a restful weekend!

Sincerely,

Lori Mankin

• Students should be ready to get out of the car (coats on and backpacks ready) when the car is within the identified drop-off area. Do not release your student until you have been directed to do so.
• When leaving the parking lot, do not turn left as this causes a backup in the parking lot and a delay in releasing additional students from cars.
• Do not pull in to park from 7:20-8:00. If you need to drop off your student, join the drop-off line. Pulling out of parking spaces during drop-off also creates a back-up. Children are not to be dropped off in the bus parking lot as there are no adults supervising this area when buses leave.
• Our car-rider team will finish releasing a group of cars at 7:40, but after this time, families will need to park and walk their students into the building. These adults all have teaching or other responsibilities at this time. Class starts at 7:40. If students are dropped off after this time, they are late.

We continue to work with our HSE Safety Team to see how we can improve this process. Please contact the office at 317-594-4130 if you need assistance with bus transportation. We recommend riding the bus if possible to ensure that your student is able to start their day at 7:40. Thank you for your help with this morning process!

Volunteers are needed and appreciated in our NBE library! We need daily volunteers for checking books in, shelving books, and general help in the library. Please follow this link to volunteer:

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E0A45AAAB2EA5F49-nbelibrary1

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. This program is open to students that qualify for the reduced lunch program or have an increased need currently.

To be part of this free program, you must sign up your family online. https://forms.gle/xrKNaxRaLypSqKvV8

If you have any questions, please contact Sherri Leiner, NBE School Counselor at sleiner@hse.k12.in.us