Northwoods News
A Message from Principal Nixon--Week of October 28, 2019
Dear Northwoods Families,
It's Spirit Week! Please see the graphic below for the daily Spirit Week theme. As we head into the final week of October, I wanted to remind everyone that our annual Run and Done fundraiser is underway. Our goal is to raise $12,000 and we need your help and support to do it. All donations remain at the school and help fund critical programs. Please consider donating.
Additionally, the quarter officially ends on Wednesday, October 30th. Report cards for grades 1-5 will be issued on Friday, November 8th. Kindergarten students do not receive a report card for the first nine weeks. Instead, Kindergarten teachers will send home progress reports. Please review your child's report card/progress report carefully. Don't forget to sign and return the report card envelope.
As a final reminder, please remember that Friday, November 1st is a Teacher Workday. There is no school for students. I hope you all have a safe and happy Halloween!
Teacher-of-the-Month
Other News and Information
Updated Student Check-Out Procedures
Over the last few weeks, WCPSS has been conducting comprehensive school security assessments to help identify potential areas of improvement. Based on information from their initial assessment of Northwoods, we will be making a major change to our procedure for student check-out. In addition to using the Ident-a-Kid computer system in the front office, we will now require parents/guardians to present an ID so that our office staff can ensure that each child is being picked up by an approved adult. This new procedure will go into full effect on November 1st. We will be sending home a small informational flyer prior to November 1st and will also post signage near the doorbell. Between now and then, please make sure that you have your ID with you when picking up your student from school.
Morning and Afternoon Carpool Procedures
Parents, please use BOTH carpool lines when queuing in the morning and afternoon. This will help reduce the amount of vehicles we have overflowing onto Chapel Hill Road.
Northwoods Elementary PTA Information
We need your help to meet our fundraising goal!! 100% of the money raised stays in our school and helps programs that benefit all our children and staff. Each child that submits a donation will be entered in a raffle prize! Some of the prizes include:
- FREE Ice cream from Fresh in Downtown Cary
- Swag Basket from The Little Gym
- FREE party package at Balance Martial Arts to include pizza and cake
- Board Game basket from Gamers and Geekery
- Teacher Prizes such as “Behind the Scenes Breakfast “ with Ms. Baggett for you and 2 friends ⚬ Bowling and pizza with Mr. Squires for you and 3 friends
Information can be found at https://www.northwoodspta.com/2019/10/12/2019-20-run-and-done-fundraiser/.
Can't donate to the fundraiser but still want to help?? Sign up to volunteer 45 minutes during our Spirit Sprint and watch the kids have a blast!! Sign up information can be found here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e0c4eaca822a6fb6-spirit
TerraCycle News — As of Dec. 1, we will no longer be collecting cereal bag liners in our TerraCycle bin. TerraCycle and Malt-O-Meal are discontinuing this program. If you've been saving up your box liners, please get them to the bin no later than Dec. 1 so that we have time to ship them off for credit. A full list of the items Northwoods still TerraCycles can be found on the Northwoods PTA web site at: https://www.northwoodspta.com/no-fuss-fundraising/#terracycle.
Recess in the Garden is in full swing!
We'd love some more volunteers to help students enjoy the garden, water the beds, harvest food and help maintain this treasure of ours! Please email koalatygarden@gmail.com for more information on how to get involved and/or check the Signup Genius for available slots: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0A48AAAE2BA6F49-recess3.
In other garden news, we will be collecting CARVED pumpkins (with NO seeds) from Friday, November 1 through Friday, November 8. You can drop them off in the garden by the compost bins or place them in the wagon that will be under the garden sign near the carpool line. Thanks so much!
Congratulations to The West Family for winning the PTA Membership Raffle and to Ms. Forsberg for winning the Staff PTA Membership Raffle! It's not too late to join PTA for the 2019-2020 school year. Join online today at https://northwoods.memberhub.store.