North Elementary Newsletter
November 2020
North Elementary School
Email: awithrow@jr2mail.org
Website: https://nes.jacksonr2schools.com/home
Location: 10730 State Highway W, Jackson, MO, United States
Phone: (573) 243-9590
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NorthJr2/
Twitter: @NorthJr2
Spotlight On First Grade
At North Elementary, reading is a priority in every grade level. Throughout each day, students have the opportunity to engage in reading. In grades K-2, students are learning to read by listening to read-alouds during Models. Modules is a block of time centered around a topic such as weather (K), space (1st), or fossils (2nd). Students are engrossed in read-alouds on the topic and are working on comprehension skills.
During Skills Block, students are working on their phonics skills to ensure they have a strong foundation in decoding, blending words, spelling, and writing words. In grades 3-4, students are reading to learn through Modules and developing their grammar skills through All Block.
At North, we want to support this development of building a strong reader at home because we have seen first hand how this helps students perform stronger in the classroom. Many teachers are offering the Book-It Pizza Hut reading incentive as one way to motivate reading at home. This incentive allows reading homework to count towards students’ logged minutes. Another incentive North Elementary offers is The Read to Succeed program, which will begin 3rd quarter and students have the opportunity to earn a Six Flags ticket after logging 360 hours of reading.
Thank you for supporting your child in their reading development and helping to foster a lifelong love of reading
Seesaw for Parents
Cookie Dough Delivery
Lunch Account Transfers/Refunds
We have some exciting news regarding lunch refunds and transfers. We have created two Google forms and they are already on our website. You can find the forms by going to the district website then go to Parents and you will see two new forms there. One is called Account Refund Application and the other is called Account Transfer Application. You can also find the links below.
Effective immediately, when you need a refund or transferring money within your student(s) lunch and/or fines & fees accounts you can go to the website and you will need to complete the appropriate form and submit it. Please do not call the board office. You must fill out the form.
Once submitted, refunds are reviewed by the Finance Department and processed. Refund checks will only be issued once a month and must go before the Board for approval. Therefore, they will be released a day or two after each Board Meeting (normally the 2nd Tuesday of every month so the release of checks will usually be the 2nd Thursday or Friday of the month).
Transfers will be processed as soon as possible, it will all depend on the Finance Department's workload each day. She will process them within 72 business hours from the time of receiving the forms. When you submit the forms, they will be sent to the Finance team immediately.
Your Donations Are Needed!
We never know when students may need a change of clothing due to an accident or unforeseeable events. Thank you for your consideration of our students' ever-changing needs!
Full Day Kids Club
We will be offering Full Day Kids' Club at SOUTH Elementary, 7:30 a.m.-5:45 p.m., when school is not in session on Monday, November 2, Tuesday, November 3, and Wednesday, November 25, 2020.
The last day to register and pay for November 2 & 3, Full Day Kids' Club, will be Friday, October 23 by 5:45 p.m. No walk-ins allowed.
The last day to register and pay for November 25, Full Day Kids' Club, will be Tuesday, November 17 by 5:45 p.m. No walk-ins allowed.
Cost: $27 Sibling Discount if BOTH children are in attendance $22 per student. Each child must have a drink and sack lunch. We provide a morning and an afternoon snack.
PAYMENT OPTIONS:
If you are needing to make a Full Day payment in the form of a check this must be done when you pick up your child at your Kids’ Club site.
If you are needing to make a Full Day cash payment, this must be done at the Jackson R-2 Administration office.
If you would like to pay for Full Day online on your parent portal account, you must call or email Samantha Cavaness, 573-382-7930, scavaness@jr2mail.org BEFORE making an online payment. She will assess that Full Day Kids' Club fee and enroll your child for that full day. At that time, you may get back on your parent portal account and make that payment.
Please include the following information when you email Samantha:
-School building your child attends
-Name
-Grade
Thank you for trusting us with your children! Have a great day!
Counselor's Corner
Counseling lessons this month will revolve around service and being grateful for what we have. We will also discuss charity and how it helps people, especially during the Holidays.
Many thanks go to our Specials teachers for helping with Disability Awareness and showing our students that everyone counts, no matter what!!
Mrs. Isaac
NURSE'S NOTES
Cold and flu season is just around the corner. Please help keep sickness to a minimum by reminding your child to cover their mouth when sneezing or coughing as well as practice good hand-washing skills.
All children must be fever free for 48 hours without the use of Tylenol or Motrin before returning to school.
Nurse Kimber
Art Remarks
Hello North Families! First quarter went by very quickly, it's hard to believe we are nearing the holidays! We have discussed several topics such as texture, color mixing, pointillism, tinting/shading and more! This quarter, we will be covering a lot of artists including Van Gogh, Georgia O'Keefe, Picasso and Monet. As December nears, I am hopeful that we will be able to design ornaments and holiday mementos using clay, watercolor paint, and more! I am enjoying each and every one of your young artists!
Artfully yours,
Miss Hopson
Music Notes
Happy November! We are already into the 2nd quarter of school!! Wild and crazy, right? Couple of announcements I would like to share with you all. First, I know some of you have questions on concerts for the 2020-2021 season. While we are singing and playing instruments in preparation for our performance, all concerts will be held during the spring semester. This allows us time to plan accordingly on how to conduct concerts safely while giving us that full experience. Secondly, North Select Singers is still on hold for the year. We are hoping to start towards the spring also, but again we have to think of safety first.
Hopefully, this helps with any questions parents and guardians may have. Please email me if you have any follow-ups or just to say hi!!!!
Musically Yours,
Joseph Moore
Music Teacher at North, Millersville and Gordonville Elementary
"Check Out" What's Going On In The Library
We would like to remind parents to please help their students keep up with the Library books. We have a lot of books turned in late or lost. Students have Library once a week. They must return their books in order to check out a new one.