North Side Family Flyer

North Side Families,

Can you believe it is March?! This year is flying by! For those parents of students in grades 3-5, we are entering state testing season.......and the state says YES, we will test!

IREAD-3 testing will take place the week of March 8th-12th. All students in grades 3rd-5th will start taking practice tests for ILEARN during the month of March. When we return from spring break in April, the ILEARN testing window will be open. We will start testing approximately 4-5 days after we are back in session. If you recall, due to the Covid shutdown last year, state testing is NEW to both 3rd and 4th graders this year.

Please encourage your child(ren) to do their best, take their time and if they don't know....make an educated guess. Of course, you can ensure they eat a balanced breakfast, please remember, we provide free breakfast at school each morning! Make sure the kids get a good night sleep and tell them how proud you are of them no matter what!

NOW - for all of our families K-5.......we are already looking at next school year. If you have an incoming kindergarten student or know somebody who has an incoming kindergartner, please complete or share this link, https://tinyurl.com/ENSCKindergarten2021. Currently, we are collecting names of incoming students.

We will hold a kindergarten Round-Up on on Wednesday, April 21st. More Information will be sent out soon to those families who sign up on the link above.

The district is also taking names for the 2021-2022 pre-school. Please visit our district Facebook page for both a video tour of the phenomenal pre-school experience you can't get anywhere near here and the link to sign up.

Please reach out if you have any questions regarding state testing or kindergarten sign-up for next year. Our office number is (260) 347-1354 and my e-mail is sleasure@eastnoble.net.

Spring break is just around the corner!

Stephanie Leasure

Principal

Office Reminders:

1. Spring Pictures are Tuesday, March 9th.

2. Please remember that our school is still not fully open to visitors, please call if you need to come to the building and schedule an appointment to do so.

3. If your child is ill, please call our office and let us know by 9 a.m. if at all possible. Our office number is (260) 347-1354. If you believe the illness is Covid related, please ask to speak with Nurse Whitney. Other ways to contact us, e-mail Nurse Whitney at waumsbaugh@eastnoble.net or Stephanie Leasure, Principal at sleasure@eastnoble.net

4. Please contact the office by 1:30 p.m. if you need to make changes to your child's transportation home for the day. We cannot guarantee the changes when you call after 1:30 p.m. THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR THIS! Please note that the office phone may be on night ring during dismissal, please leave a message and we will call you right back as soon as dismissal is complete.

5. If your child is a car rider, please make sure to use your car tags each day.

6. If you need to change your child's bus or start bus transportation, please follow these steps:

Bus Change or Start Up Requests

If you need to change your bus location, please go to the North Side website, https://www.eastnoble.net/o/north-side-elementary, and follow these directions:

Click on the "Menu" at the top of the home page. Click the “For Families” tab and then the "Transportation" tab. When the drop down menu appears, you will see a link called “Transportation Change Request.” When you click that link, you will be taken to a form that you can fill out and submit electronically. It will notify transportation via email that a request has been submitted and they will begin working on fulfilling the request. Once arrangements have been made and confirmed with drivers, transportation will communicate the arrangements to parents.

Monday

Doors Open/Breakfast – 8:15

(Grab-n-Go Breakfast if arrive after 8:35)

School Starts - 8:45

School Ends - 2:40 (bell rings)

Tuesday - Friday

Doors Open/Breakfast – 7:30

(Grab-n-Go Breakfast if arrive after 7:50)

School Starts – 8:00

School Ends – 2:40 (bell rings)

Breakfast and lunch at East Noble are FREE for ALL STUDENTS until the end of the school year! THIS IS GREAT NEWS!!!!! Please continue to take advantage of this wonderful opportunity!!!

For our lunch menu, download the East Noble app below. Click on the school in the top right corner and tap on North Side. Once on North Side's page, tap the 3 lines at the top left corner and touch "dining" and you will find our lunch menu for each day of that week.

Attendance

Student attendance is very important! With Covid and the CDC guidelines for quarantine, this year has been a tough year with attending in person. However, our district is very lucky that we are advanced in technology and are able to provide our students with instruction and assignments while at home. Please make sure students are completing this work if they are at home due to Covid or quarantine. Students may also access the work if they are home for other illness as well.

Please understand that if students miss school due to vacation or any other reason besides illness, this is counted as part of our EN attendance policy as stated in the handbook.

Safety

Safety is a priority at North Side as well as every school in the East Noble School Corporation. We want each student, staff member, and visitor to feel safe when coming into our school. Please remember that all doors are locked during the school day. If you would need to come to the school, you may call and let the office know your reason for being at the school and someone will meet and help you at your vehicle.

We also continue to practice drills every month to ensure that students and staff know what to do in case of an emergency. The month of February was full of drills, including a fire drill, bus evacuations, and a lockdown. Students did a great job!

Please contact me if you ever have any questions on the drills we practice or how we are keeping your child safe in our school environment during Covid-19 protocols.

We are having some issues with devices coming to school and not being charged. Please make sure that your child(ren) are charging their device every night before they go to bed. It is their responsibility to come ot school with a fully charged device so that it is ready to be used in the school setting. Also, devices must come to school daily with the students, they use them every day in the classroom! These are an East Noble issued device and should be used for school purposes, not for personal use! Parents sign an agreement at the beginning of the school year agreeing to this. Please feel free to revisit the student handbook section on technology to refresh yourself on the expectations.

We also continue to have cracked screens. Please continue to talk with your child(ren) about their school device and the importance of taking care of it. Keep it in a safe place and encourage your child(ren) not to swing it around or hit it on things. If they have an IPAD, they need to leave the case on it and not attempt to take the case off. We suggest choosing a location at home to place the device so that you know where it is at all times when at home. Recently, we have had devices come up missing and cost of missing devices can be high.

We appreciate your help with this!

Parents - please continue to stay cautious of Covid symptoms and call me if you are unsure!

You may reach me by e-mail at waumsbaugh@eastnoble.net or call the school at (260) 347-1354. If I am not available, please feel free to speak with Mrs. Leasure.

We appreciate the open communication regarding Covid. We are in this together! Thank you for helping us to keep the students and staff healthy and safe!!!

MANY STUDENTS HAVE BEEN COMING TO SCHOOL WITHOUT MASKS LATELY. PLEASE HELP YOUR CHILDREN TO REMEMBER TO GRAB THEIR MASKS BEFORE WALKING OUT THE DOOR, MAKE IT A PART OF THEIR NORMAL MORNING ROUTINE. THE SCHOOL DOES NOT HAVE ENOUGH MASKS TO HAND OUT 50+ EACH DAY. WE APPRECIATE YOUR HELP WITH THIS!!!!

Every Monday in March - Choir Practice, 3-3:30 p.m.

Every Wednesday in March - Math Bowl Practice, 3-3:45 p.m.

Every Thursday in March - Art Club, 3:30-4:15 p.m.

March 1st - 5th - Dr. Seuss Week

Wednesday, March 3rd - Board Meeting @ CO, 6 p.m.

March 8th - 10th - IREAD-3 Testing

Tuesday, March 9th - Star Club, 3-3:30 p.m.

Tuesday, March 9th - SPRING PICTURES

Monday, March 29th - Friday, April 9th - SPRING BREAK

Email: sleasure@eastnoble.net
Website: http://ns.eastnoble.net/
Location: 302 E. Harding St.
Phone: (260) 347-1354
Facebook: facebook.com/NSElementary/
Twitter: @NorthSideElem