Northeast News

It was a great week with all of our PreK-5 students back in school!

Monday, September 11th marks the 22nd anniversary of the 9-11 attacks on America. We will remember and honor the victims and heroes of 9-11 with a message and a moment of silence during our morning announcements.

School Bus letters and contracts will be going home on Monday. Please be sure to read these as a family and discuss school bus safety. After reading, students and adults need to sign the contract and return it to school. We appreciate your cooperation with this to help us ensure the safety of all students while riding the bus.

Celebrate Waltham Day on Saturday, September 9th from 11:00am-4:00pm on the Waltham Common! Free fun for the whole family!

This week...

• Tuesday, September 12 - Northeast PTO Fundraiser @ The Chateau Restaurant
• Thursday, September 14 - Healthy Waltham Walk-Up Food Pantry @ 1:30-6:00pm
• Thursday, September 14 - Waltham Pack 250 Cub Scouts Information Session and Sign-ups @ 6:30pm - 260 Grove St.

Have a great weekend!

Mrs. Tenaglia and Miss McAvoy

September

• Wednesday, September 20 - School Committee Meeting @ 7:00pm
• Thursday, September 21 - Back to School Night @ 6:00-7:30pm
• Monday, September 25 - No School - Yom Kippur
• Thursday, September 28 - Healthy Waltham Walk-Up Food Pantry @ 1:30-6:00pm
• Wednesday, September 27 - Early Release Day - Staff Professional Development - 1:00pm Dismissal and No Afternoon Integrated PreK
• Saturday, September 30 - Early Childhood Community Resource Fair @ Waltham Public Library - 10:00am - 12:00pm

October

• Wednesday, October 4 - School Committee Meeting @ 7:00pm
• Monday, October 9 - No School
• Thursday, October 12 - Healthy Waltham Walk-Up Food Pantry @ 1:30-6:00pm
• Thursday, October 12 - Northeast PTO Restaurant Fundraiser @ Jake & Joes
• Saturday, October 14 - Waltham Fields Community Farm 13th Annual Field Day @ 1:00-4:00pm
• Wednesday, October 18 - Picture Day 📷
• Wednesday, October 18 - School Committee Meeting @ 7:00pm - Presentation of Northeast's 2023-2025 School Improvement Plan
• Wednesday, October 25 - Early Release Day - Parent Conferences - 1:00pm Dismissal and No Afternoon Integrated PreK
• Thursday, October 26 - Healthy Waltham Walk-Up Food Pantry @ 1:30-6:00pm

Declan Lyons is a 3-year old Waltham boy who is battling cancer after he was diagnosed with a brain tumor last week. His father is Bobby Lyons, an Associate Principal at Waltham High School and his mother is Sarah Wroblewski, a WBZ-TV Meteorologist. Declan also has a twin brother and an older brother and sister in the Waltham Public Schools, as well as many loving family members and friends. Friends of the Lyons family are asking for our help to support them as they embark on this unimaginable journey of beating childhood cancer. Any amount will help! Thank you for your consideration 💙

#DeclanStrong

#ThumbsUpForDec

GoFundMe to Support Declan Lyons

Back to School Night will be held on Thursday, September 21st from 6:00-7:30pm. This is an Open House format where you can drop in to meet your child's classroom teacher, specialists, support staff and learn about your child's curriculum and expectations for the school year. You will also be able to visit the different programs available to share information with you, including the YMCA, Boys and Girls Club, Cub Scouts, Girl Scouts, Northeast PTO, WSEPAC, BELPAC, and Healthy Waltham. You are welcome to bring your student if that would be helpful for you to navigate the school and communicate with teachers and staff. We look forward to seeing you on the 21st!

We are looking for one Lunch Monitor to join our amazing Lunch Monitor Team! This is a paid position. The hours are Monday through Friday from 11:45am - 1:50pm. Please contact Mrs. Tenaglia if you are interested:

MaryEllenTenaglia@walthampublicschools.org

Thank you!

We are looking for two parents to serve on our Northeast School Council this year. During our School Council Meetings we discuss our School Improvement Plan, Budget, Enrollment, ways to support our students, families and staff, and more. Please contact Mrs. Tenaglia if you are interested. If more than two people are interested, we will hold an election at our first PTO Meeting. Thank you for your consideration!

MaryEllenTenaglia@walthampublicschools.org

Waltham Fields Community Farm 13th Annual Farm Day

Saturday, October 14th

1:00 - 4:00pm

FREE ADMISSION

Farm Day 10.14.23

Dia de la Granja 10.14.23

Waltham Pack 250 Cub Scouts Information, Sign-Ups and Fun!

Thursday, September 14th @ 6:30pm

260 Grove Street, Waltham

Waltham Pack 250 Cub Scouts

Corrected dates for the back to school clinics:

Charles River Community Health Back to School Wellness Clinics

Charles River Community Health Clinicas de Bienestar de Regreso a la Escuela

The Waltham Public Library will be hosting an Early Childhood Community Resource Fair on Saturday, September 30th from 10:00am - 12:00pm.

Early Childhood Fair

Feria de la Primera Infancia

Bus Routes

***IMPORTANT: Students are only allowed to ride the bus they are assigned to! Students are NOT ALLOWED to ride another bus to a babysitter's house, caregiver's house, grandparent's house, friend's house, etc.

***IMPORTANT: Students in Grades K-2 who ride the school bus will have a red tag placed on their backpacks this week. This alerts the bus driver that the student is in K-2. This means that an adult must be present at the bus stop in the morning and in the afternoon. The bus driver will not let a child in K-2 get off the bus without an adult there to meet them. Children in K-2 with no adult present at the bus stop will be brought back to the school and a parent will need to come and pick them up.

***IMPORTANT: If your child is eligible for the bus and is assigned a bus number, and you decide that you do not want your child to take the bus and will be dismissed as a walker or parent pick-up, you must inform your child's teacher and the main office. Otherwise, your child will be dismissed to the bus they are assigned.

***IMPORTANT: If there is going to be a change in your child's dismissal routine on any given day, you must contact your child's teacher and the main office prior to 2:30pm on that day to ensure the message is received. Otherwise, your child will go home the way they typically do.

BUS CONTRACTS

Please be on the lookout for Bus Contracts to come home this week. We will be reviewing school bus safety rules with all students. We are asking you to also review these rules as a family, read and sign the contract together and return it to school. Thank you for your cooperation and help in ensuring the safety of all students as they ride the school bus.

Arrival Traffic Pattern

Dismissal Traffic Pattern

From the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families:

Dear Northeast Elementary School Parents & Guardians,

The Department of Children and Families is seeking to keep Waltham children in their schools and communities. We want to ensure that when DCF assumes care and custody of a child, that child is able to remain in their school, with their friends and the adults that support them. In order to accomplish this, DCF is looking for Waltham parents who would consider becoming a short-term caregiver for a student in need at their child’s school.

Please complete this brief survey if you are interested in participating or learning more.

The DCF Arlington Office (now known as the Great Waltham Office) is looking to continue our partnership with Waltham Public Schools to ensure that students are able to remain in their community and their school, if ever removed from their families. Last year, our office was able to prevent the placement of more than a dozen students between our participating communities. We have had more than 150 school families step forward to lend assistance when needed, which has greatly reduced student’s trauma and academic regression. Some of our placements have lasted one night in length, before a family member has stepped forward for the child. Our longest placement lasted 3 weeks with great success while the child waited for an opening in a specialized program to best meet her needs. All of our families who have participated have expressed a willingness to be a life-long connection to this child and a positive and supportive presence in their life moving forward.

We are so appreciative of your support. We’re hoping that with your help, we can reduce disruption for children and school communities, mitigate traumatic experiences for children entering care, and reduce transportation costs to school districts this school year.

Please see the informational flyers in both English and Spanish:

Support Waltham Kids

Apoyar a los ninos de Waltham

Lunch Menu

As a reminder, all school meals are free this year! However, applying for free meal benefits is still very important for families. By applying for meal benefits you may be eligible for: ~Pandemic EBT Funding ~Reduced or Free SAT Fees and College Applications. Scan the QR code or ask Mrs. Marriott, the school secretary, for a paper application.

For additional information visit https://www.walthampublicschools.org/.../waltham-school... and scan the QR code to apply for free meal benefits.

WPS 2023-2024 School Calendar

The Healthy Waltham Food Pantry

CHANGES TO OUR FOOD PANTRY – FALL 2023

Healthy Waltham is excited to announce that we will move to 123 Felton St. in 2024! While we plan the new space, our pantry will continue at the Fitch School, 5 Cherry St. We will temporarily scale back the food we are offering to shelf-stable boxes at this time. We look forward to resuming our full-service pantry in the future and appreciate your understanding.

NEW TIME: 1:30 pm – 6pm

LOCATION: 5 Cherry Street, Fitch School, Waltham

WHERE TO PARK: STREET PARKING ONLY.
NO parking in private lots on Cherry and Ash Streets – you will be towed. Parking is on-street and in municipal (public) lots only.
Pantry is walk up only.

TO RECEIVE FOOD:
Please sign up for an appointment through the Your Market website link here: https://www.your-market.org/
Choose Healthy Waltham from the list of pantries. Registration is available in multiple languages. Please register if you have not already done so and choose your appointment time. Appointment sign-ups will be released approximately 1 week prior to the pantry date.
Food will be distributed by appointment only.

Don’t have an appointment or need help? We will accept walk-ins from 4:30-6:00 on pantry days.

PANTRY UPDATE:
We will be offering boxes of shelf-stable food. Thank you for your patience as we prepare for our move to a new space.

FOOD PANTRY DONATIONS:
If you would like to make food donations of any kind, please contact us via contact us form on this website. No deliveries will be accepted at our mailing address without prior contact and coordination.

For more information on any of our services or events, please contact us or (781) 314-5647.

Upcoming pantry dates:

Thursday, September 14

Thursday, September 28

Thursday, October 12

Thursday, October 26

Follow the Northeast PTO on Instagram @northeast_elementary_pto and Facebook Northeast PTO page for updates on all the fun coming up!

There is a lot of information shared on the PTO Facebook page, so please join!

Restaurant Fundraisers:

Tuesday, September 12th - The Chateau Restaurant

Thursday, October 12th - Jake & Joes

2023-2024 Northeast PTO Board Members:

-President: Daniella Ricci
-Vice Presidents: Jill Cannon and Jaclyn Komow
-Secretary: Paula Ridenti

-Treasurer: Jenn Gunnell

-Executive Director of NEPTO LLC: Jeremy Davidson

We are looking forward to a great year!

Mrs. Mary Ellen Tenaglia, Principal

Ms. Kelly McAvoy, Assistant Principal

Email: MaryEllenTenaglia@walthampublicschools.org
Website: https://www.walthampublicschools.org/o/northeast
Location: 70 Putney Lane, Waltham, MA 02452, USA
Phone: 781-314-5740