Falcon Updates
August 9, 2017
Welcome Back to School ....Wednesday, August 16!
OPEN HOUSE
High School Students (grades 9 - 12)
- Friday, August 11, 2017
- 5:30 to 7:30 pm
- Information session for parents in gym at 5:30
- Student Council will have an ice cream social from 7:00 - 7:30 in the Multi-purpose Room
- Please do not bring Younger siblings (including middle school).
Kindergarten:
- Monday, August 14, 2017
- 5:00 pm in the gym
Grades 1 to 8:
- Monday, August 14, 2017
- 2 sessions: ONLY attend 1 session
- 10:00 am - start off with parent session in the gym
- OR 6:00 - start off with parent session in the gym
- If you can please come to the 10:00 am session. It will be much less crowded
Summer Reading Information for rising students in grades 5 - 12!
Summer Reading assignments are on the website under documents and summer reading. CLICK HERE for direct link. Use the reading assignment for the grade that your child will be in the fall of 2017.
Assignments broken into groups:
Rising 1st
Rising 2nd
Rising Grades 3-6
Rising 7th and 8th Grades
High School Students:
Rising 9th
Rising 10th
Rising 11th (those taking Honors English 11 ONLY)
AP Language (11th graders taking this course ONLY)
Rising 12th
AP Literature (12th graders taking this course ONLY)
AP US History (Only students taking this course)
All assignments due on Monday, August 21! Only exceptions will be those students that were accepted late and they will have additional time to complete assignment.
Spirit Wear & PE Uniforms
DRESS CODE Changes for Students in grades 7th and up.
Students in Grades 7 and up can wear open toed shoes. This includes sandals, chacos, etc.
Shoes must be well fitting and safe.
Students in grades K - 6 MUST wear closed toed shoes for safety. These students have recess daily and will need to wear shoes that will allow them to play safely.
ORDER PE UNIFORMS:
Sign up for Scrip!
Interested in Selling Popcorn or Cookie Dough? (Neither are we...).
Scrip sells gift cards from your favorite retailers and passes on a rebate to us for each gift card purchased. Your active participation in Scrip is the best way we can avoid direct sales at our school. Please take five minutes to set up an account and enroll in Presto Pay. Click here to get started.
Shopping Corner!
Amazon: smille.amazon.com
Portion of your purchases are given back to The NCLA.
Harris Teeter:
Link your Vic card to the school
School code: 1984
Box Tops for Education
Available on many brands: General Mills cereal, Nature Valley, Totinos, etc
Cut them out and send in to your child’s homeroom teacher
Labels for Education
Available on many brands: Bic, Campbell’s, Swanson’s, Pepperidge Farms, etc.
- Cut them out and send in to your child’s homeroom teacher
NCLA PTO News
Membership dues have been set at the low price of $0 for the school year. We need more than a roster of people who have paid a membership fee; we need a list of go-to players that will help us get things done for our school!
If we can call on you--and count on you--please click here to volunteer.
Dates to Remember
Thursday, August 24 - First PTO General Assembly of the 2017-18 School Year
Spirit Events (portion of all proceeds to the PTO):
August 15-20 - Back to School Spirit Week with Mike and Mike's Italian Ices
Tuesday, August 22 - Cici's Pizza Spirit Night
Tuesday, August 29 - Cupcake Cuties Spirit Day
Dates to Remember
Thursday, August 10 - Zack's Frozen Yogurt
Friday, August 11 - HS open house
Monday, August 14 - Open House for grades K - 8
Wednesday, August 16 - FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL!
August 15-20 - Back to School Spirit Week with Mike and Mike's Italian Ices
Tuesday, August 22 - Cici's Pizza Spirit Night
Thursday, August 24 - First PTO General Assembly of the 2017-18 School Year
Tuesday, August 29 - Cupcake Cuties Spirit Day
Sunday, September 24 - GaGa Ball Tournament
See full calendar on website: http://www.thencla.org
PTO Wants to Stay in Touch
We will share frequent updates on our homepage and Facebook this year:
PTO homepage: https://sites.google.com/a/thencla.org/pto/
PTO on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheNCLAPTO/