Northeast News

We had a great week including some "Conferences on the Road" and ending with Trunk or Treat. Many of our wonderful teachers traveled to meet parents and guardians outside their homes on Wednesday afternoon. We had translators available and some of our amazing fifth grade ambassadors served as hosts and escorted families to teachers. This was a well attended event and we are so grateful to our staff for making conferences accessible to some of our families. A special thank you to Ms. Caruso for coordinating the event and to Mrs. Ferraro, Mrs. LaForest and Mrs. Platt for supporting our fifth grade ambassadors.

Trunk or Treat was a huge success. Thank you to all who attended and a special thank you to the "Boo Crew" who planned and set up for this fun-filled event. Please see the PTO section below for details, including trunk winners and raffle winners.

We have included some pictures of "Conferences on the Road" and Trunk or Treat below.

*****Monday is Halloween. We do not celebrate Halloween in school. Please do not send children to school in costumes or with candy. Again, no costumes and no candy in school. Thank you for your cooperation!

REMINDERS ABOUT THE WEEK AHEAD

• Monday, October 31 - I Like to Move It - 3:00-4:30pm in the Gym (for those registered through Waltham Park & Recreation)
• Tuesday, November 1 - Northeast PTO Restaurant Fundraiser - Chipotle
• Tuesday, November 1 - Northeast PTO Pie-Raiser Orders and Payments Due
• Wednesday, November 2 - School Spirit Day
• Wednesday, November 2 - Walking Wednesday
• Wednesday, November 2 - School Committee Meeting at 7:00pm

Have a great week!

Mrs. Tenaglia and Ms. McAvoy

November

• Monday, November 7 - I Like to Move It - 3:00-4:30pm in the Gym (for those registered through Waltham Park & Recreation)
• Tuesday, November 8 - No School - Staff Professional Development Day
• Wednesday, November 9 - Northeast PTO Meeting - via ZOOM
• Thursday, November 10 - Healthy Waltham's Walk-Up Food Pantry 3:00-6:00pm
• Friday, November 11 - No School - Veterans Day
• Monday, November 14 - I Like to Move It - 3:00-4:30pm in the Gym (for those registered through Waltham Park & Recreation)
• Wednesday, November 16 - Early Release Day for Parent Conferences. 1:00pm Dismissal and no afternoon PreK
• Wednesday, November 16 - School Committee Meeting at 7:00pm
• Thursday, November 17 - Healthy Waltham's Walk-Up Food Pantry 3:00-6:00pm
• Friday, November 18 - Northeast Multicultural Night 5:30-7:30pm
• Tuesday, November 22 - Northeast PTO Pie-Raiser Pick-Up - on Greer Street
• Wednesday, November 23 - Half Day. 11:45am Dismissal. No PreK.
• Thursday, November 24 - No School - Thanksgiving Day
• Friday, November 25 - No School - Thanksgiving Break
• Wednesday, November 30 - Early Release Day - 1:00pm Dismissal and no afternoon PreK
• Monday, November 21 - I Like to Move It - 3:00-4:30pm in the Gym (for those registered through Waltham Park & Recreation)

December

• Thursday, December 8 - Healthy Waltham's Walk-Up Food Pantry 3:00-6:00pm
• Wednesday, December 14 - Northeast Winter Concert (more details to come)
• Thursday, December 22 - Healthy Waltham's Walk-Up Food Pantry 3:00-6:00pm

WPS App now available! Check it out! Everything you need to know about the Waltham Public Schools!

WPS App

WPS App Video

The Waltham Public Schools have made some changes to elementary school schedules to allow for equitable specialist time for all students. Please see the letter, including a schedule, from Mr. Douglas Trudeau, Director of Fine and Performing Arts, which explains the schedule changes and the days they will occur. We will send reminders when the changes are happening so that students will be prepared with sneakers on Physical Education days, instruments on Music Days and Library books on Library days.

Schedule Changes Family Letter

Wednesday is School Spirit Day! Show your Northeast Pride by wearing your Northeast t-shirt or other gear. You can also wear blue and yellow!

Upcoming COVID vaccine clinics for students and staff are listed below. Pfizer and Moderna vaccines will be available.

November 1st: Whittemore from 2:00-5:00pm

• Whittemore School sign-up link: https://kordinator.mhealthcoach.net/vcl/Whittmore

Nov 14th: Waltham High School from 7:00am-4:00pm

• Waltham High School sign-up link: https://kordinator.mhealthcoach.net/vcl/WalthamHigh

Waltham families,

This year, your child's school partnered with Panorama Education to survey families about your experiences and perceptions at this school. Your responses will remain completely confidential, which means that no one at this school will ever see your individual responses. Panorama Education is managing this process to ensure security.

The results of this survey will help your child’s school administrators better understand the perceptions of families at your school. Survey data will be used by administrators to identify strengths and areas for growth.

To complete your survey, please click the following link:

https://surveys.panoramaed.com/waltham/fall22family.

If you have trouble accessing the online survey, please contact Panorama at support@panoramaed.com.

Thank you for your participation and for being a valued member of your school community.

***Students in Grades 3-5 will be participating in the Panorama Student Survey. Opt-out forms were sent home last week and should have already been returned to the school if you did not want your child to participate in the survey.

Please see the information about a Brandeis program:

We are a volunteer group affiliated with Brandeis University’s Waltham

Group who are passionate about making a difference in the lives of

children with developmental disabilities and their families.

Brandeis SPECTRUM - English

Brandeis SPECTRUM - Spanish

There are openings in the YMCA morning and afternoon programs. The YMCA program is held at Northeast. If you are interested, please reach out to the YMCA Site Coordinator, Shelby McHugh for more information about the program.

SMcHugh@ymcaboston.org

We would appreciate family support with this.

On page 17 of the WPS Elementary School Handbook, it states:

"Students are not permitted to bring radios, headsets, video games, or similar equipment to

school. If students bring cell phones to school for communication purposes, they are to be put away and not shared or used at school. The first such offense will lead to confiscation of the equipment for the day. Repeat offenses may lead to confiscation until the end of the school year."

To be clear, cell phones, smart watches, and electronic devices are not allowed at school. Same as a cell phone, if a student has a smart watch for communication purposes, it must be kept in the student's backpack until they are off of school property (or off the school bus).

We are looking forward to Northeast's Multicultural Night on Friday, November 18th. We hope to see you there!

Northeast Multicultural Night 2022

Evento Multicultural del Northeast 2022

Multicultural Night 2022 RSVP Form

Healthy Waltham's Walk-Up Food Pantry, held two Thursdays a month at 119 School Street at Lexington Street from 3:00-6:00pm.

Upcoming pantry dates:

Thursday, November 10

Thursday, November 17

Thursday, December 8

Thursday, December 22

2022 Northeast School Bus Letter

2022 Northeast School Bus Contract

Please review the Waltham Public Schools Elementary School Handbook to familiarize yourself with our policies.

WPS Elementary Handbook ENGLISH

WPS Elementary Handbook SPANISH

WPS Elementary Handbook PORTUGUESE

WPS Elementary Handbook HAITIAN-CREOLE

Please see the WPS 2022-2023 School Calendar.

Trunk or treat was such a success!! Thank you to everyone who sponsored a truck, donated items, volunteered their time and to everyone who made the event! This event would not of happened without you all!

Best trunk- Stranger Things- The Reynolds & Beaudry family

2nd place- The Greatest Carni-evil- The Arone Family

3rd place- Batman - Mrs. Madsen

4th place- Scary- The Fournier family

The 50/50 raffle- The Alfeo family

Thirtyone tote raffle - The Roche family

Bruins Tickets- The Brooks family

And a special thanks to Mayor McCarthy who stopped by to be our guest judge on Trunk winners!

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Pie-Raiser Fundraiser!

Pizzi Farm pies are back this year!! Fliers must be returned even if you place an order online to ensure we have an accurate account or all orders — orders and payment are due by Tuesday, November 1st. Pick-up is on Tuesday, November 22nd (10am-5pm) on Greer St.

Pie flavors offered: apple, apple crunch, blueberry, custard, pumpkin, boston cream, and lemon meringue -- each pie is $20.

Northeast PTO Pie-Raiser English

Northeast PTO Tarta-Raiser Spanish

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Star Market reusable bag sale! -- For the month of October, the reusable bags "Give Back Where It Counts" benefit Northeast PTO! $1 of each $3 bag is donated to our PTO! Please share this with your family and friends as well!

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PTO Meetings for 2022-23: Last meeting we took a vote, the November 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:

*Wed, Nov 9 **Zoom option ONLY!**

2023:

*Wed, Jan 25

*Wed, March 22

*Wed, April 12

*Wed, May 24

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Restaurant Nights: Save the date! Fliers and more detailed information will come home with your student(s) in their backpacks.

*Tuesday, November 1st - Chipotle

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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

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