Dates to Remember
Tuesday 1/24 @ 8:15 Tiger Team Meeting (LMC)
Wed-Fri 1/25-27 @ 6:00 Pizza Bingo (APR)
Monday-Thurs 1/30-2/2 Jump Rope for Heart
Wednesday 3/7 @ 7:00 Fall 2012 Kindergarten Parent Orientation (APR)
Pizza Bingo Update:
Friday night is SOLD OUT!!! That’s right, SOLD OUT! And Wednesday and Thursday aren’t far behind! Come and find out what all the buzz is about. You don’t miss out on your chance to get in on the Pizza Bingo fun! Click on the link below or go onto the NSS PTA website, and send in your reservation NOW! To complete the registration process, don’t forget to send in your check by “backpack mail.” Confirmation e-mails are being sent out. For this event to be a success, we need your help. We are still looking for volunteers for all nights. Please consider helping out. The more the merrier! If you have any questions, please contact Buffy Barry at buffybarry@gmail.com or Chrissy Chaney at chrissychaney@yahoo.com
Kindergarten Registration
Kindergarten Registration for Fall 2012 is coming up soon. If you have an incoming kindergartner, please be sure to notify the office and/or update the information in the K12 Alerts (www.k12alerts.com/emergencycards/login/fairfield/) as soon as possible. While in the K12 Alert program, please be sure to select North Stratfield School and enter the grade as P1.
Notes from the Nurse
Please remember to call you student out absent on our school absentee line (203-255-8416) this will avoid any unnecessary calls home. If you email the teacher it might not get to the nurse or the main office.
Library News
Thank you to the Nuzzacci family, for donating gently-used books to the Library Media Center.
Rope turners for JRFH
We are still in need parent volunteers to turn the rope in the following classes. KB- 3 (on the Monday date)
KB-3 (on the Monday date)
KB – 3 (on the Friday date)
1B- 5
2K-5
5DK – 4
5O- 3
If you are interested in turning for your child’s class please email Stacy Giglietti (stacygigs@aol.com) with your name, phone number and class for which you would like to turn. The following classes are in need of turners:
Check the times listed below. KB is a blended class so different students are jumping on 1/30 and 2/3- please sign up for your students day. Thank you.
Collection Envelopes
For those students participating in the fundraising, please do not turn in your envelopes until the week of January 23, 2012. Any online participants should print up his/her online sheet and turn it in in the collection envelope the week of January 23, 2012.
January 30 – February 3 JUMP Rope for Heart
Jan. 30 KS 9:10-9:40 Snow date Feb. 3 1:00-1:30
Jan. 30 KC 9:45-10:15 Snow date Feb. 1 9:10-9:40
Jan. 30 4C/4K 10:30-11:15 Snow date Feb. 2 9:10-9:55
Jan. 30 5DK/5R 11:30-12:15 Snow date Feb. 1 11:30-12:15
Jan. 30 1H 1:00-1:30 Snow date Feb. 3 9:15-9:45
Jan. 30 KB 1:35-2:05 Snow date Feb. 3 1:35-2:05
Jan. 30 KM 2:10-2:40 Snow date Jan. 31 2:20-2:50
Jan. 31 3B/3F 9:10-9:55 Snow date Feb. 2 12:15-1:00
Jan 31 4N/4P 10:30-11:15 Snow date Feb. 2 10:30-11:15
Jan. 31 5DV/5O 11:30-12:15 Snow date Feb. 3 11:30-12:15
Jan. 31 3M/3O 1:00-1:45 Snow date Feb. 2 1:30-2:15
Feb. 1 1B* 9:10-940 Snow date Feb. 3 9:45-10:15
Feb. 1 2K 9:45-10:15 Snow date Feb. 3 9:45-10:15
Feb. 1 1D/2M 10:20-10:50 Snow date Feb. 3 10:20-10:50
Feb. 1 1K/2R 10:55-11:25 Snow date Feb. 3 10:55-11:25
Feb. 3 KB 1:35-2:05 Snow date Feb. 10 1:35-2:05
Tiger Team Members Only
In the past, members from the Student Council, now known as The Tiger Team, have volunteered to help out at Pizza Bingo.
Mrs. Grace, an NSS parent, has requested that we reach out to the Tiger Team and ask the students if they would like to volunteer their time and help at PIZZA BINGO. This would include helping with collecting/passing out desserts and cleaning up, among other things.
Volunteers are needed for:
Wednesday January 25
Thursday, January 26
The event starts at 5:45.
Parents/Guardians of interested Tiger Team members should contact Mrs. Grace at the following email address ljgrace@optonline.net . Be sure to include the date(s) your child is available, as well as any questions that you may have. The next Tiger Team Meeting is TUESDAY – Jan. 24, 2012 at 8:15 in the LMC.
TIGER TEAM sponsors Hats off to Readers are Leaders
Tiger team is collecting “old” baseball type caps. We are sponsoring Hats off to Readers are Leaders on the Friday, Feb. 17, 2012. All students will be involved in a project involving the cap and the Readers are Leaders program. We need 500 caps- one for each student. We will wash all caps and they will not be returned to you. If you have any old caps hanging around that you would like to donate we would love to have them. It doesn’t matter what the logo on the cap is (as long as it is appropriate). We plan to cover it. There will be a box in the hallway outside the main office or bring to Ms. Josovitz. If you have any questions please contact Ms. Josovitz or Mrs. Kassay.
NSS Readers are Leaders
Out of this World! Take-off for RAL 2012 is Monday, January 23, 2012; the count-down is on. Readers are Leaders is a 6-week reading incentive program. The program is designed to promote the importance of reading as a means for developing lifelong learning and to see that individual efforts contribute toward a school goal of number of days read. Children in Grades K-2 read (or are read to) for 10 min/day above and beyond their school day. Children in Grades 3-5 read 20 min/day. Incentives are given throughout the 6 weeks as individual goals are met and the program’s success is celebrated school-wide. See this flyer for more information and a reading log template. Questions, contact the NSS Readers are Leaders team at NSSreadersareleaders@gmail.com Susanna Clavelli – Jackie Gallagher – Reini Knorr
NSS Auction 2012
Auction 2012 is quickly approaching. We’ll be having a blast at the ECC on March 24th before you know it. There’s still plenty of time to donate an auction item or purchase a sponsorship. All information can be found at www.nsspta.org/auction. Since we’re looking for 100% participation, expect a personal call in the next week or two to solidify how you can help. If you have any questions contact Pamela Fink pamelafink@yahoo.com or Mark Sudikoff mark.sudikoff@yahoo.com.
Fuel For Learning Partnership January Healthy Lunch Advisory
PARENTS BE AWARE OF CHANGES TO THE ALTERNATE LUNCHES
Please be advised that the January lunch menu features pizza, chicken nuggets, and popcorn chicken as alternate lunches for four of the five weeks of the month. These foods can be higher in fat and sodium, and less nutritious than other lunch options being served, and are widely considered “sometimes” foods rather than “every day” foods. If the possibility of your child eating these foods every day for four weeks is a concern, please be advised that this will be an option and consider discussing with your child the other available choices.
How To Parent A Child With Nonverbal Learning Disabilities
On Tuesday, January 24th, from 7 – 9 p.m. psychologist Dr. Marcia Eckerd will provide strategies on how to parent a child with NLD (nonverbal learning disabilities), who may learn to read and memorize with ease, yet face challenges in social, organization, motor skills and skills such as writing and math. She will discuss how to handle these children’s lack of flexibility and cope with social challenges, including their tendency to miss social signals and their vulnerability to being misunderstood, taken advantage of or bullied. At the Fairfield Public Library, 1080 Old Post Road. To register for this free program email programs@smartkidswith LD.org or call 203-226-6703. (see this flyer for more info)
Septa Ice Skating Party – Sunday, February 12th
Join us on Sunday , February 12th from 2:00-3:30pm for a fun family day of skating , hot chocolate and play. Fairfield Ice Academly [ Sportsplex of Fairfield ] 85 Mill Plain Road. FREE TO ALL SEPTA MEMBERS !!! See this flyer for more info.
RSVP :
Patty Donohue BrendanandPatty@gmail.com
Denise Leverty DeniseFLeverty@yahoo.com
Amber Alert Register event
(Fairfield, CT) — The Fairfield Rotary Club, in cooperation with the Fairfield Police Department, will be registering children in the AMBER Alert emergency response system on Saturday, January 28th from 11 AM to 3 PM at the Fairfield Museum & History Center located at 370 Beach Road in Fairfield. See this flier for more info.
Friday Flash Info
If you have a message that you want to go into the Friday Flash, you may send it to NSSFridayflash@Fairfieldschools.org no later than 11:00 AM on Thursdays. When we have a short week, the Flash will go out on the last school day of that week. The deadline for submissions will then be 11:00 AM on the day before that. Also, when sending an email for the Flash, please type with no extra decorations i.e., bold, caps, shaded, etc. that will help us with typing. For any flyers to be attached to the Flash, please email your approved flyer to Tiger.Talk.NSS@gmail.com. If you’d like any hard copies to be available in the office, please bring them in to the main office. Thanks, in advance for your help
I always have a hard time finding the lunch menu for the month. How can I view and print from this site? Thanks
The lunch menu is in the right column of the homepage in the School Lunch box. -Rafael
Thanks