PRINCIPAL UPDATE
Once again, we are holding a Holiday Gift Card Drive to support Northeast families. Please see the information below and consider making a donation. We have many families that could benefit from some support this holiday season. Thank you for considering ❤️.
Starting next week, Northeast will be participating in The Hour of Code. Previously, we have participated in Waltham Codes, a district-wide initiative to bring computer programming into every school. While not as widely advertised this year, some Waltham schools are running Hour of Code activities to help students learn to think like programmers. Whatever field our students choose to go into as adults, their ability to succeed will increasingly depend on understanding how technology works.
The Hour of Code is a global movement introducing tens of millions of students worldwide to computer science, inspiring kids to learn more, breaking stereotypes, and leaving them feeling empowered. Ms. Serafin will be going to each class in the next two weeks to work on an Hour of Code with students. To learn more about Hour of Code, you can visit www.code.org or www.waltham.codes.Today is Day 60 of the school year and marks the end of Term 1 for Grades 2-5. Report Cards will go home with students on Friday, December 16th.
Attendance letters are going out next week.
The Northeast Winter Concert is coming up on Wednesday, December 14th. This will be held in the Gym. Visitors attending the concert will enter through the Gym doors. Grades 3-5, including orchestra and band will perform at 9:30am. Grades K-2 will perform at 10:30am. Please remember that parking is tight at Northeast. You may park in the parent pick up line, on Warwick Ave or on Doty St. The Gym doors will open at 9:20am. We look forward to seeing you!
REMINDERS ABOUT THE WEEK AHEAD:
- Tuesday, December 6- Math Olympiad 3:15-4:15pm
- Wednesday, December 7 - School Spirit Day - Wear blue and yellow!
- Wednesday, December 7- School Committee Meeting @ 7:00pm
- Thursday, December 8 - Healthy Waltham's Walk-Up Food Pantry 3:00-6:00pm (see below for details about the food pantry)
Have a great weekend and week ahead!
Mrs. Tenaglia and Ms. McAvoy
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NORTHEAST PTO
RaiseRight Gift Card Fundraiser!
The first deadline for physical gift cards was this week, gift cards will be sent home with your student when they arrive -- you can also order online any time!!
Each gift card ordered will give a % back to Northeast PTO at no additional charge to you -- Next Deadline: Friday, December 9th (delivered before school vacation)
Make your holiday gift card shopping easy and help the PTO at the same time! Or purchase a gift card for Northeast's Gift Card Drive to help support our community during the holidays -- can be dropped to Mrs Marriott!
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Northeast Free Little Library is up! Northeast now has a Free Little Library (near the gym entrance) -- please feel free to take a book, leave a book, or just check it out!
If you have any books you'd like to donate, you can also drop them to Daniella Ricci (Circle Drive) -- Daniella has offered to collect book donations, as well as make sure it remains stocked.
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PTO Event Chairs:
If you have volunteered to lead/chair/assist with an event -- you have been contacted via email. If you did not receive one, please email northeastptoboard@gmail.com.
We do still need Chairs for a few things to ensure we are able to run all planned activities for this year -- please visit this SignUp Genius to see where you may be able to help out: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0d4da8a729a6fcc43-ptoevent
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PTO Meetings for 2022-23: Last meeting we took a vote, the January meeting will be offered virtually only (no in-person option). We welcome feedback for the preference of keeping it virtual, or offering in-person again.
PTO Community Meeting Dates for the year:
2022:
*No December meeting
2023:
*Wed, Jan 25
*Wed, March 22
*Wed, April 12
*Wed, May 24
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Thank you for all of your help and support!
PTO Board Members:
Debbie Coleman, President
Karen Pino, Vice President
Daniella Ricci, Vice President
Val Alfeo, Secretary
Jean Petrino, Treasurer
Jeremy Davidson, Executive Director of NEPTO
Northeast Elementary School
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
