BEST = Building Excellence Successfully Together

April 26, 2019 Calendar Dates:

May 2 All Pro Dads Breakfast 7:00AM

May 8 Julia Bernath Community Meeting— River Eves ES – 9:30AM May 6-10 Georgia Milestones Testing – Grade 4 May 10 All Library Books are DUE

May 13 Field Day Grades 1, 3, 5 (8:00-10:30AM) K, 2, 4 (11:00AM-1:30PM) May 16 Red/Blue Team Meeting 8:00AM

May 17 Field Day Rain Date

End of Year Celebrations

May 20 End of Year Celebration - 1st 8:45-9:45AM

End of Year Celebration - 2nd 10:15-11:15AM

May 21 End of Year Celebration - K 8:30-9:30AM

End of Year Celebration - 5th 10:00-11:00AM

May 22 End of Year Celebration - 3rd 8:15-9:15AM

End of Year Celebration - 4th 9:45-10:45AM

May 23 LAST DAY OF SCHOOL

Information on GA Milestones Testing for students in grade 4

Test Dates are as follows:

May 6th--GMAS testing- ELA (Part 1-writing) Grade 4

May 7th--GMAS testing- ELA (Part 2) Grade 4

May 8th--GMAS testing- ELA (Part 3) Grade 4

May 9th--GMAS testing- Math (Part 1) Grade 4

May 10th--GMAS testing- Math (Part 2) Grade 4

*****Make ups for students who are absent will occur on a rolling basis.

*******Due to shorter testing times each day, we have decided that you are welcome to visit for lunch after 10:00AM—Please reach out to your child’s teacher to confirm if your child’s lunch has changed during testing.

The BEST of

Northwood

Elementary Check out our school website! www.northwoodelementary.com

Ritu Ahuja Kerri-Ann Williams Principal Asst. Principal

10200 Wooten Rd. Roswell, Georgia 30076 470-254-6390

2019 Northwood Field Day Volunteers Needed!

Northwood Elementary is having its annual Field Day on Monday, May 13, 2019. The morning

Field Day will feature grades 1, 3, 5 (8:00-10:30am). The afternoon Field Day will feature

grades K, 2, 4 (11:00-1:30pm). Field Day wouldn't be possible without the generosity of our

wonderful parents. We are seeking volunteers to help run the events as students rotate through

them. Volunteers have the option of helping with one or both Field Days. The rain date will be

Friday, May 17th.

Please click on the link below to volunteer. We greatly appreciate it!

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c084dabad28abfc1-2019

Library books are due!

Friday, May 3rd is the last day for student checkouts from the media center. All books need to

be returned by Friday, May 10th. If your child has a lost or damaged book, please take care of

the fee as soon as possible. Any student who has an overdue book will receive a notice on

Monday, May 13th.

Message from our Eco Team

The following Northwood students have proudly accepted the Waste Free Monday challenge by packing

their lunch in reusable containers. They are a great example of how we can “go green” during lunch.

Kindergarten –Burton Bagwell, Vivian Vandervort, Grant Kapella, Camila Balin, and Mrs. Slatton

First Grade – Eli Powell, Sahasra Annabathula, Shaarav Parikh, Kiera Conlan, Romeo Vieria, Gus Jenkins, Dani Jiminez, Huck Belknap, Liam Dusang, Preston Marks, Stella Giunta, Emily Stephenson, Sophie Haber, Shilo Shmerling, and Sawyer Cope

Second Grade - Aubrie Anderson, Hayes Kapella, Riley Maloney, Logan Riviera, Alexis Gray, Narissa Chrimes, Kaiden Williams, Avery Hubbard, and Jacob Adler

Third Grade - Kelsey Akin, Lexi Flint, Katherine Sotola, Bobby Bass, Walker Flint, Aidan Kennedy, Josie Watt

Fourth Grade – Olivia Haber, Meenakshi Manu, Trenton Dahl, Rylee Wynn, Mason Kapella, Ella Seymour, Mrs. Sheridan, Samuel Hubbert, Kate Seymour, Marley Rooz, Hall Stafford, Ms. Hammond, Cali Dugas, and Victoria DeOliveira

Fifth Grade – Mrs. Sotola, Gavin Kennedy, and Maya Burdett

April PBIS School Wide Nominees

An award which recognizes certain students who exemplify in a PBIS

Expectation Matrix - Be Responsible - Be Respectful - Be Engaged.

Kindergarten: Selah Dahl, Timmy Walker, Giavanna Puglisi, MacKenzie Buckles, Emma Acord and Ira

Sengupta

1st Grade: Sawyer Cope, London Paz, Ava Nicholson, Sohpia Cunningham, Liam Conlan, and Jovanny Perez

Cruz

2nd Grade: Cain Wachtel, Avery Hubbard, Allyson Guerrero, Sophia De Oliveira, Roman Benefield and Lyric

Abutol

3rd Grade: Anna Szymendera, Samantha Valdez, Jake Stovall, Megan Arana-Beas, Georgina Custodia

Hernandez and Kevin Hauser

4th Grade: Kate Seymour, Ricardo Chavez-Vela, Eva Smith and David Ruiz-Lorenzo

5th Grade: Halle Hulgan, Nathan Fitt, Frannie Asher and Jocelyn Staples

www.northwoodpta.com

Congratulations to the following students for earning a ribbon as part of the Reading Counts program. Anytime is a great time to read, read, read! This year’s program will conclude soon (April 30th). If your child has read a book, please encourage him/her to take the book quiz by April 30th!

Congratulations to the March Reading Counts ribbon earners! The students that earned ribbons are:

Blue Ribbon Second Grade: Dorothy Disney, Gurbani Nanda Fourth Grade: Trenton Dahl, Victoria De Oliveira, Micaela Gaitan, Jack Garner, Olivia Haber, Gavin Kong, Kate Seymour, Ariel Smith Fifth Grade: Taylor Basham, Eddie Bi, Ella DeCoudres Red Ribbon Second Grade: Avyay Sriramaneni Fourth Grade: Brock Norman, Owen Schmissrauter Silver Ribbon Fourth Grade: Joseph Hardison, Brooke Licsko, Ella Seymour Fifth Grade: Matthew Burdett, Abigail Kasik Gold Ribbon Second Grade: Edward Chung Fourth Grade: Sheppard Finley Fifth Grade: Dean Edwards, Gavin Kennedy, Ashoka Ramanathan

Fourth Grade: Mason Kapella, Duncan Siddall Fifth Grade: Kailash Rajendran

If you are interested in checking your child’s progress in the Reading Counts program, simply have them log into their launchpad account to access the Reading Counts program. Click the “check your progress” button and this will generate a report on the quizzes your child has taken (be sure to disable pop up blocker to allow report generation).

N O R T H W O O D E L E M E N T A R Y

ORDER BY JUNE 20, 2019 FOR BEST PRICING AND FREE SHIPPING.

Northwood Elementary offers the EduKit program as a convenient option for busy families to order school supplies for the 2019/2020 year. EduKits include the supplies approved by your school. Your student's grade kit will be shipped to your home before our Sneak Peak on August 9. Wish list and specials kits will be delivered directly to the school at the start of the year. Extended ordering is available from June 21 - July 21 for an additional fee and will be delivered in full to your home shortly before school begins. https://www.edukitinc.com/schools/12032/Northwood%20Elementary

For all NEWLY enrolled students and current Kindergarteners

Please Join us for Popsicles at the Park

When: Saturday, May 18th from 9-11 am

Where: Northwood Playground

Please RSVP https://www.facebook.com/events/353171102193871/ so we can purchase

enough popsicles. Questions: Please contact Sarah Levin social@northwoodpta.com

Family Engagement

The PTA is looking to add volunteers to our Family Engagement Committee. These

volunteers will be welcoming new parents to our community. If you would like to

help make phone calls and/or attend events to make new families feel welcome to our

school, please reach out. This committee would benefit greatly from current parents

who also have rising Kindergartners. If you would like to help, please contact Sarah Levin

at social@northwoodpta.com

*We are happy to provide information about the following programs, but please note that they are not

sponsored by Northwood Elementary School***

2019 Centennial Jr. Knights Football ELEMENTARY & MIDDLE SCHOOL

SPRING CONDITIONING BEGINS May 6 thru May 17 Rising 4th/5th grade: Mon. – Fri., 6:00p – 7:30p, Hillside ES Rising 6th grade: Mon. – Fri., 6:00p – 8:00p, Hillside ES Rising 7th grade: Mon. – Fri., 6:00p – 8:00p, Hillside ES Rising 8th grade: Mon. & Wed., 6:00p – 7:30p, Northwood ES REGISTER NOW!

www.centennialknightsfootball.com Jr. Knights Football Registration Fee $450.00 **Fees cover spring workouts, regular season practices and games, equipment (helmet, shoulder pads, game and practice jerseys). Equipment must be returned when the season concludes.

Payment Plans are available A $25 down payment is due at signup with 4 additional payments due.

**Regular season practice begins July 29**

Cafeteria News

School Meals - Important Notice

As of Monday, April 29th, students will not have the opportunity to “charge” their meals. Please ensure that your student

has sufficient funds on his/her lunch account or brings in cash or check to cover the cost of their meal.

If your student does not have money on their lunch account and does not bring in payment for a meal, he/she will receive

a courtesy meal consisting of a cheese sandwich and milk. Payment for meals can be made by cash or check to the

cafeteria manager or online at www.mypaymentsplus.com. Please feel free to call Lisa Sutton, Northwood Cafeteria

Manager, at 470-254-6396 if you have any questions or concerns. Thank you!

Lunch Menu – April 29- May 3 http://www.fultonschools.org/en/divisions/ops/Nutrition/Pages/MenuCalendars.aspx

4/29 – Salisbury Steak – Mozzarella Stuffed Breadstick – Hummus Plate

4/30 – General Tso’s Chicken – Turkey & Cheese Croissant – Yogurt and Cheese Pack

5/1 – Seafood Basket – Cheese Pizza – Jamwich Pack

5/2 – Chicken Drumstick – Cheeseburger – Cheese Pizza Pack

5/3 – Grande Nachos – Grande Chicken Fajita – Cheese Nachos – Mini Corndogs Equal Opportunity Agency Compliance Coordinator 404-763-4585 TTY: 1-800-255-0135