North Glendale Family Update
August 29, 2021
Good morning!
WE DID IT!
Our first week of school was a smashing ~ super hot ~ success!
My thanks for all of your support as we kick off 2021-2022.
Two events of note this week:
- PTO on Tuesday ~ all are invited! We will meet in the NG library and will have a zoom option as well.
- Picture Day on Thursday!
There is a LOT packed into this update ~ so many great things going on around school, the district AND the Kirkwood community!
Please reach out if I can be of support!
Jennifer
PTO: Tuesday, August 31 6:30 pm
LEARNING ABOUT LITERACY! KSD Power Hours!
Hop onto one of these power hours to ask questions of our literacy team about the 21-22 elementary instruction & resources.
Thursday, Sept. 9 at 9:00 am
Tuesday, Sept. 14 at 12:00 pm
Tuesday, Sept. 28 at 6:00 pm
Health Updates
NG is Hosting the Next KSD-NOW Packing Party: September 8
The next KSD NOW Packing Party will be hosted by North Glendale volunteers (each month a different school will host):
Wednesday, September 8, 2021, at 9:30 am
at Hough Technology Learning Center, 106 Sappington Rd.
Sign up to volunteer at: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/805094AAAAE2BA1FF2-ksdnow1
Volunteers are encouraged to bring their own masks, if possible. If you sign up but are feeling ill before the Packing Party, please let us know in advance.
We look forward to seeing you on the 8th!
Car Pick Up Signs
Safety in Car Pick Up Lines
Covid Dashboard
Quarantine Guidelines
Do You Have a Kid Showing Symptoms?
Please direct questions to: Cheri Nienhaus: dewdrop519@yahoo.com or April Curtis: kidscando@yahoo.com
Join the Rotary Ramble School Challenge!
What Is The School Challenge?
The School Challenge is an arm of our Kirkwood Greentree Rotary Ramble specifically designed for elementary and middle school kids. Each Kirkwood-area middle and elementary school competes to register the most runners (who run at a reduced price). The middle and elementary schools with the most runners registered will receive $500. We present the $500 checks at the Kirkwood Rotary Club luncheon where we honor the teachers of the year.
Elementary Schoolers
Elementary school aged children in grades K-5 run in the Fun Run starting at 8:30 am, and pay only $10 pre-registered. The route is just under a mile. Each student receives a t-shirt, and if they complete the course, they will also receive a medal.
Parents may run the course with their child for free, but many parents choose to cheer from the sidewalk along Geyer Road and meet their child at the finish line.
Registation
Please use the one of the hyperlinks below of your choice to pre-registration. Pre-registration closes on Friday, September 10, 5pm, 2021.
Packet pick-up
If you pre-registered you may pick-up your race packet, bib & t-shirt beginning at 2pm on Thursday, September 9th at 2pm and again on Friday, September 10th from 9am to 3pm at:
Kirkwood Dental Station
200 S. Kirkwood Road, Ste 90
Kirkwood, MO 63122
More Information About The Races
If your child is an elementary schooler, please read the Fun Run information page.
To register and pay fees please click this link; https://register.chronotrack.com/r/61520
Thanks to all of the wonderful Rotary Ramble Sponsors
NG School Day Logistics (Handbook!)
KSD Elementary School Handbook
First Student ~ Bus Transportation
Meet the ACADEMIC INTERVENTION Team
Previous highlights:
Morning Announcements Help Needed!
(Note, jokes should be school appropriate which basically means they should not have anything to do with bodily functions. I usually tell the kids, if they have to ASK if it is school appropriate, it probably is not....LOL!)
If your family speaks a different language at home, we would LOVE to have any of the above in your home language as well! Parents, siblings, pets are welcome to join the fun.
Pleaee send your videos to Mrs. Sisul at Jennifer.sisul@kirkwoodschools.org
Please note in the subject bar which entry you are sending!
NG IS AN ALL NUT FREE SCHOOL
Just a reminder that all breakfast, lunch, and snack items should be nut free. Thank you for helping to keep our students safe at school.
IPAD INSURANCE FOR GRADES 3-5
To pay for iPad insurance and activity fees through your MySchoolBucks.com account:
- Log in to MySchoolBucks.com or create a free account.
- Click School Store at the top of the page and select Browse All Items
- Choose the Store Item and add it to your cart
- Check out!
LABEL EVERYTHING!
Free and Reduced Lunch Information
Although meals will be free to all children again this year; filling out and qualifying for free/reduced meals has the additional benefit of extending reduced costs for iPad/computer insurance and exam costs. We will be providing paper copies and you may complete them ahead of time via this link: https://www.kirkwoodschools.org/Page/843
If you need confidential assistance with this process, please reach out to Mrs. Tonya Ampey-Elong, on school social worker.
Thanks!
NG Suggested School Supply List
Adventure Club Information
New to Kindergarten?
Upcoming:
Please refer to the NG web calendar for updated info.
August 31
- PTO 6:30-8:00 Location TBD based on safety protocols
September 1
- PTO General Fund Campaign starts
September 2
- Fall Picture Day
September 6
- No School: Labor Day
September 7
- No School for Kids: Staff Professional Learning Day
September 8
- KSD NOW Packing Party hosted by NG ~ Wednesday, September 8, 2021, at 9:30 am
at Hough Technology Learning Center, 106 Sappington Rd.
Sign up to volunteer at: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/805094AAAAE2BA1FF2-ksdnow1
September 9
- KSD Literacy Power Hour: 9:00 am KirkwoodSchools.org/PowerHour
September 11
September 14
- NG Parent Racial Equity Group Meeting: Update on the KSD Achievement Gap Task Force Report
- KSD Literacy Power Hour: 12:00 pm KirkwoodSchools.org/PowerHour
September 18
- Greentree Parade
September 28
- KSD Literacy Power Hour: 6:00 pm KirkwoodSchools.org/PowerHour