Northeast News

We are looking forward to welcoming families to our Back to School Night on Thursday, September 21st between 6:00 and 7:30pm. Doors will open at 5:50pm. Back to School Night is an Open House format. Please feel free to drop in when it is convenient for you. See more details below.

School Bus letters and contracts went 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. ALL STUDENTS need to return the bus contracts, even those who walk or get a ride to school. Eventually all students will ride a school bus for a field trip. We appreciate your cooperation with this to help us ensure the safety of all students while riding the bus.

Today marks the beginning of National Hispanic Heritage Month and it is Independence Day in Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica. We are proud to celebrate the many different cultures represented at Northeast!

This week...

• Saturday, September 16 - Agencia ALPHA Community Resource Clinic - 10:00am-12:00pm @ 735 Main Street. See the fliers below for details.
• Wednesday, September 20 - School Committee Meeting @ 7:00pm
• Thursday, September 21 - Back to School Night 2023 @ 6:00-7:30pm. Click on the link for details. We look forward to seeing you there!

Have a great weekend!

Mrs. Tenaglia and Miss McAvoy

September

• Monday, September 25 - No School - Yom Kippur
• Tuesday, September 26 - We will follow a Monday Schedule (students will have their Monday specials)
• 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
• Wednesday, September 27 - First PTO Meeting of the school year! 6:30pm @ Northeast
• Saturday, September 30 - Early Childhood Community Resource Fair @ Waltham Public Library - 10:00am-12:00pm

October

• Wednesday, October 4 - School Committee Meeting @ 7:00pm
• Saturday, October 7 - Free Pumpkin Decorating Event @ Northeast (outside) 1:00-3:00pm
• Monday, October 9 - No School
• Tuesday, October 10 - We will follow a Monday Schedule (Students will have their Monday specials)
• 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

Back to School Night 2023 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 Waltham Public Library. 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 a Bilingual Family Liaison to support staff, students and families at Northeast. This is a full-time position. Please see the job description below and reach out to Mrs. Tenaglia if you are interested in this position. MaryEllenTenaglia@walthampublicschools.org.

Title I Family Engagement Liaison

We are looking for a part-time Security Monitor at Northeast. This is a paid position. The hours are Monday 8:15am-3:15pm, Tuesday 8:15am-3:15pm, and Wednesday 11:45am-3:15pm. Responsibilities include greeting visitors as they enter the school after having been identified and buzzed in by the office, ensuring the visitors sign in, take a visitor sticker and report to the main office. Please reach out to Mrs. Tenaglia if you are interested in this position.

MaryEllenTenaglia@walthampublicschools.org

We are excited to share that we have received an anonymous donation of $10,000 for the Northeast Library for the second year in order to provide a book to every Northeast student on their birthday! This is such an amazing gift and we are so incredibly grateful to our generous donors! Dr. Ostayan is in the process of purchasing books and will make sure that every student receives a birthday book this year!

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

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 have a red tag on their backpacks. 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.

Arrival Traffic Pattern

Dismissal Traffic Pattern

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 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!

Thank you to all who participated in the Chateau Restaurant PTO Fundraiser on Tuesday 💙💛

Upcoming Restaurant Fundraisers:

Thursday, October 12th - Jake & Joes

Tuesday, December 5th - Panera

First PTO Meeting of the school year - Wednesday, September 27th @ 6:30pm in the Northeast Cafeteria. Come and meet the new PTO Board and learn about how you can be involved with the PTO!

Save the date for Free Pumpkin Decorating at Northeast! Fun for the whole family! Saturday, October 7th from 1:00-3:00pm outside Northeast 🎃

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

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