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Principal's Notes Dear Parents, This has been a busy and rewarding week at North Mianus. Our third and fourth grade pilot teams for Personalized Learning hosted a visit from our colleagues in second grade at Glenville School. The second grade team visited our classrooms and exchanged ideas on their implementation efforts. We looked at math implementation across the grade levels and discussed next steps. The day was very energizing and we will be inviting them back to visit classrooms in action. Our teams will then go to Glenville to visit their rooms. Collaboration is one of the most successful routes to effective implementation and it was enjoyable to see the teams so deeply engaged in their work. Thanks to Irene Parisi, our Assistant Superintendent and Marc D’Amico, Glenville’s principal for stopping by to lend support. Just a reminder that we will be hosting our first Ask the Administrator meeting on November 2nd at 8:45 a.m. when we will discuss assessments and how to interpret results. We will look at our Smarter Balanced Assessment results and also the recent fall STAR assessments. We hope to demystify the process for you and provide some helpful tips for supporting math instruction at home. Kudos to Kat Brunswick and Amy Coupe who conducted a workshop on Digital Learning. Hopefully you walked away with a better understanding of the digital tools your children use during the day and how to access that work at home in the intermediate grades. Next week on Thursday we have a number of students supporting North Mianus Cares. On Thursday morning we will be making sandwiches that are being delivered to our local homeless population in Stamford. Many students have volunteered to bring in needed materials and to help make sandwiches. Our hope is that children will learn firsthand how to give back to our community. Our Student Council will further support these efforts once the new board has been elected and there will be other opportunities organized with the support of the PTA throughout the school year. Finally, the Wild West Book Fair is here! Beginning Monday students will be able to purchase books at their assigned classroom visits or with parents after school or on Wednesday evening from 5-7 p.m. You can find further details in the Preview about your child’s assigned visit during the school day. Please help support our book sale as 55% of the monies collected go back into our school through the generosity of our P.T.A. Wishing you all a happy and safe week, Angela Schmidt Kat Brunswick PTA News "Wild West" Book Fair This fall's "Wild West" Book Fair starts next Monday, Oct 16th - Friday, Oct 20th in the Media Center! 55% of all purchases benefit our classrooms and school. Come join the fun! Click here for exact dates and times and further information. Students will visit the "Wild West" Book Fair with her/his class. Click here to check class schedules. Children can bring money to shop at the Book Fair on their own, or better yet, parents are invited to enjoy the experience with their children. With the younger graders especially, parent presence is highly encouraged. Children not making purchases can fill out a "wish list" to take home or decorate a bookmark. Spirit Wear will also be available for purchase at the Book Fair - Cash/Check only for Spirit Wear. We still need some volunteers for Wednesday 10/18. Please help make the Book Fair a success! Click here to sign up via Sign-Up Genius. Thanks so much for your help! Any questions, please contact Val Collins or Melissa Barnett.Fall Catalog Fundraiser-Meadow Farms-DUE TODAY! Meadow Farms orders are due TODAY!! If you would still like to place an order or have order forms that need to be turned in, please contact: Elizabeth Coelho or Elizabeth Decker. You may STILL continue to order online. Click on SHOP and type in our school code 1007022 when prompted to enter ID. NMS Monster Mash-Friday, October 27th Come join us for an evening of Fun and Fright at our annual Costume Party with Games and Dancing! Featuring our very own Mr. Pat Prisinzano as DJ! Advanced Online Ticket Sales ONLY. Click here to purchase tickets ($10 each). To volunteer for the event, please click here. PTA Meeting 11/8 7:00 pm Join us for our first NMS PTA Book Club!! It will follow our PTA meeting on November 8th at 7:00 pm. Our Assistant Principal, Kat Brunswick, will lead us in a discussion about the book Best Friends, Worst Enemies: Understanding the Social Lives of Children by Michael Thompson, Ph. D. and Catherine O'Neill Grace. There are a few copies of the book available to borrow in the learning commons or it is available to purchase online as well. Homework Club Monday Homework Club is well on its way. If you are still interested in signing your child up, please fill out this registration form or pick up a copy at the Oops table. New Families Committee The PTA is looking to start a New Families Committee to extend a warm welcome to families that are new to the NMS community. We are hoping to have a few social events throughout the year. Please click here for more information and contact the PTA Co-Presidents this week if you would like to be a part of this group! Box Tops Congratulations NMS for collecting a total of 5,424 Box Tops ($542.40) for our school! We are just about halfway in meeting our school goal of $1,000. A special congratulations to Ms. Wragg's - 5W for the highest classroom collection of 696 Box Tops! Online Directory The online NMS family directory is up and running and should be available to all PTA members! It is password protected and families are responsible for keeping their information up to date. NMS Spirit Wear Orders Due by Monday 10/16 To purchase NMS spirit wear online and have it shipped to your home, please click here. Enter Site Code: NMESW17. This site will close on Monday 10/16. School News Student Council There will be a mandatory meeting in Mrs. Larson’s room on Wednesday, October 18th at 8:00 A.M. for any 4th or 5th grade students that are interested in running for Student Council. Safety Patrol - 4th and 5th Grade If your child is interested in being a part of the NMS safety patrol, click here. Reminder From Ms. Coupe Please, please, please make sure the water bottle you are sending back and forth to school is secure and your child knows how to operate it. Here in the Learning Commons we have had more wet books returned in the first five weeks of school than we had all of the last few years combined. Message From Our Dental Hygienist The Flouride Rinse Program will begin on Tuesday, Oct 31st. A parent volunteer meeting will be held in the cafeteria on Tuesday, Oct 24th after drop off. Readers Needed - School Full of Readers - November 3rd! There are still reading slots available for our School Full of Readers event on November 3rd. Please email Sue Belmonte if you have a child in one of the classes listed below and are able to come in and read. Classes that are not listed are already full. If you have already signed up to read in another class, thank you in advance ! KH-2 readers, KL-2 readers, KR-3 readers, 1B-3 readers, 1G-2 readers, 1L-1 reader, 1M-1 reader, 2CA-1 reader, 2CR-2 readers, 2K-3 readers, 2R-3 readers, 3A-3 readers, 3G-1 reader, 3K-1 or 2 readers, 3W-3 readers, 4D-1 reader, 4M-1 or 2 readers, 4V-3 readers, 5C-1 reader, 5G-1 or 2 readers, 5L-2 readers & 5W-2 readers. Dismissal Manager is Active Everyone should have received an email from the Dismissal Manager on or about September 26th, informing them that Dismissal Manager was up and running. If you do not remember receiving the email please check your spam folder, it may be there. If you have not accessed Dismissal Manager, here is the link. Your login area can be found in the top right corner along with a Forgot Password link and a Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) link. In the event that you did not receive an email, please send me an email,Giovanna_Ruggiero-Morle@greenwich.k12.ct.us, to let me know. Community News Board of Education Candidate Forum For those of you that were unable to attend the Board of Education forum on Tuesday night, please click here for information on the candidates and upcoming election. Odyssey of the Mind If you are interested in participating in Odyssey of the Mind please fill out this application EnglishSpanish. Click here for schedule. 7th Annual Turkey Trot & Run for Your School Competition Registration now open for the 7th Annual Greenwich Alliance for Education Turkey Trot 5K & 1 Mile Fun Run/Walk on Saturday, November 25, Arch Street Teen Center, 100 Arch Street. Start Times: 1Mile - 9:30 AM; 5K - 10:00 AM. Adults: $30 (Race Day - $40) Children (14 and under): $12, (Race Day - $15) ($1 service fee not included). The Greenwich school with the greatest participation wins a $500 gift card for PE equipment so be sure to indicate your school when you register! Competition will close at noon, 11/23. Reading Champions Program Greenwich United Way Reading Champions, in partnership with the Greenwich Public Schools, is a literacy program pairing Greenwich youth with trained community volunteer tutors in an effort to build fluency skills during the school year. The Greenwich United Way Reading Champions Program Needs Volunteers . Volunteer tutors are trained, no teaching experience is needed, and tutoring opportunities are always available. For more information, contact Greenwich United Way Program Coordinator, Marie Wardell or call 203-869-2221. Download an application here. | |
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