Nixon School - Family Check In

• June 7 - 4th Grade Spring Concert @ 2 PM for Families of 4th Grade Students (Doors open at 1:45 PM)
  
  
• June 15 - Early Dismissal @ 1:40 PM
  
  
• June 16 - Early Dismissal @ 1:40 PM / LAST DAY OF SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS
  
  
• June 16 - 4th Grade Clap Out @ 1:20 PM

Portrait of a Graduate Theme: Adaptability and Resiliency

SEL Theme: Conflict Resolution

Inclusive Celebration Theme: Asian/Pacific Islander American History Month

Washington, DC (June 1, 2022) - Character.org, a national advocate and leader for character in

schools and communities, today certified 152 Promising Practices in schools and organizations.

"We are extremely proud to recognize the schools and organizations that have developed and implemented a Promising Practice” said Dr. Arthur Schwartz, President of Character.org. “Each of these programs and initiatives have demonstrated significant impact and strongly align with the principles that help schools and organizations cultivate a culture of character.”

This year’s character development practices and initiatives included peer mentoring, service-learning, and conflict resolution approaches. Many of the Promising Practices also involve parents and the local community. See the full list of our 2022 Promising Practices below.

Character.org will honor each 2022 Promising Practice recipient (schools and organizations) at its National Forum to be held October 19-20, 2022. Learn more about Promising Practices on our website.

Tuesday, June 7th is bound to be an exciting day for our 4th graders and their families! Following is information that can help everyone to have an enjoyable experience, while also respecting the. process that is in place for our Township's voting.

• The parking spots in the front of the building by the lobby MUST be reserved for voting, so please refrain from parking there. Families are encouraged to carpool. Parking can occur in the lower lot and along Mt. Arlington Blvd.
• Concert Attendees will enter the building beginning at 1:45 PM via the double doors by the gym / old playground area. Two tables will be set up just outside (if the weather is nice) the doors or just inside them. Adult attendees will be asked to present their license and then to sign in prior to receiving a visitor badge.
• Bathrooms that will be accessible to concert guests will be those by the gym doors. Ms. Freeborn will be stationed by them.
• After the performance, one 4th grade class at a time will return to the gym and sit down in the ramp area to the stage. I will announce one adult for each child being picked up from that class to come to that area to sign the student out. Once the child is signed out, the families will leave through the back doors for the PTA Sponsored Fourth Grade Ice Cream Social.
• Any student not signed out will return to the classroom with the teacher. Since the Ice Cream Social is a PTA event, whereby parents/guardians monitor their children, students not signed out by a parent/guardian will be dismissed in their typcial fashion. Fourth Grade teachers will join the ice cream social once all of their students have dismissal coordinated.
• If a family wants to also pick up a sibling, they will need to walk around the outside of the buliding and go to the security vestibule, which they will access once they have exitied from the gym.
• Note: Following the performance, the families and fourth graders will be invited into the backyard for an ice cream social. If the weather is inclement, the ice cream social will be hosted in the gym.

At this week's PTA meeting, which was the last one for this school year, the following members were elected to Board positions:

Vice President of Committees - Tania Talty
Vice President of Social Media - Dana Reonieri
Treasurer - Brittany Klimm

The following positions are still maintained from this year;

President - Amber Martin
Secretary - Patricia Rivera

We look forward to another successful school year in 22-23.

The last day for the FREE grab-and-go breakfast program at Nixon School will be Tuesday, June 14, 2022. Please plan accordingly. Additionally, please know that while the grab-and-go breakfast program will be in effect next year, there will be a charge. More information regarding this will be forthcoming in my August newsletter.

Mrs. Lynn Ludlow, from the Roxbury Public Library, joined us at Nixon on Wednesday, June 1st to discuss Roxbury's free and awesome Summer Reading program! She will offered library cards to any student who has yet to receive one. I

Check out all that the Roxbury Community School has to offer this summer...

• Summer Art Camp (incoming Grades 1-8)
• Summer Band I (incoming Grades 6-7)
• Summer Band II (incoming Grades 8-9)
• Percussion Band I (incoming Grades 6-7)
• Percussion Band II (incoming Grades 8-9)
• Basketball Clinic (current Grades 5-8)
• BB-BTC (incoming Grades 5-9)
• Future Gaels Soccer Camp (current Grades 1-8)
• Gaels Speed Camp (incoming Grades 4-12)
• Intro to Golf Clinic (Grades 3-8)
• Tennis Camp (Ages 5-18)

For more information on any of the camps, please visit this link.

Every August, our district hosts a new teacher orientation. This year as a way to kick-off the series of training days, the district is looking to have students from each of the schools share with the new hirees "what it means to live and go to school in Roxbury?". For Nixon School, we are being asked to have TWO students share their thoughts to this question, in person at Eisenhower Middle School on Monday, August 22, 2022 at 8:30 - 8:45 AM. If your child would like to be a part of this presentation, please complete this Google Form and submit by Friday, June 10, 2022. Two students will be randomly selected to a participate in this experience. Thank you!

Fill Out our Bucket Filler Nomination Form and we will recognize that individual (student or staff member) during Morning Announcements. Click the button below for the nomination form.

Email: dlynch@roxbury.org
Website: www.roxbury.org
Location: 275 Mt Arlington Blvd, Landing, NJ, USA
Phone: (973) 398-2564