Mr. Dormer and I will be meeting monthly with several students from each grade. The first meeting will happen on September 16th. The purpose of this meeting is to discuss with students what is going well at our school, as well as areas of improvement.

The school counselors will be working with teachers to identify 4 students from each grade to participate in this program.

This will be a wonderful opportunity for us to learn about our school from a student perspective to identify areas we are excelling at as well as those areas we need to consider some changes or improvements.

I will share information from these sessions with all members of our school community in upcoming newsletters.

If you have any issues related to the bus not picking your student up, or you need to change your bus stop please be see the information on the table below.

In addition please visit the Transportation section of the NASD website for more information, and a copy of the chart below. You can find that link HERE.

If you want to track the location of your child's bus you can use the First View Buss App on your smartphone. The passcode for East Norriton is 7VZ9. The link to the free First View app is available in the Apple Store and Google Play Store. Download it, add your student and enter the school code.

This week we conducted our PBIS bus safety lessons. Each triad went outside to board a real school bus and review expected behaviors and bus safety rules and procedures. Here are a few highlights you can revisit at home with your child(ren):

• Students must ride the assigned bus. Communicate with the transportation department if you feel there is an error with the route or bus stop. All students are assigned a bus route based upon the address in our school registry. If you need a bus change we need parents to provide that information to our registration department. Riding an unassigned bus will result in consequences up to and including removal from district transportation.

• Each student should remain seated for the entire bus ride (ask your child why nothing should be in the center aisle of the bus!)

• No hands/feet/objects (including our voices!) should go out of the windows of the bus.

• The bus driver is in charge of the bus. Students must follow the directions of the driver. If students have an issue with the directives of the driver they must first comply with the drivers directions and speak to a school administrator if they have questions or concerns.

• No eating or drinking on the buses

Thanks, families, for your support with getting our students to enjoy safe rides to and from school!

Students that are attending high school sports events at the high school need to be accompanied by a parent. A parent is not considered an older sibling, it must be an adult figure. If students arrive at the high school for an event without a parent they will not be permitted to enter the gates of the stadium.

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We will be partnering again with Barksdale Group for this year's photography. We should have order cards coming home in the next week. Please be sure to look for them in your student's book bags.

I will share the order form via the newsletter once we receive all of their details.

Most families order and pay online using the code they provide to us. I do not have that information yet, but as soon as we do we will share it out.

We are also looking for PARENT VOLUNTEERS to help with school picture day. If you have your clearances and can volunteer for the day on September 17th please email me at jhutchinson@nasd.k12.pa.us.

Although we would love to take the time to stop and answer parent questions for parents who report to the school. Often, this is not something we can do. Dr. Harper and I have routine responsibilities that often take us out of the office and into classrooms. We also have teacher observations, district meetings etc. Therefore, we are asking parents not to report to the school when an issue arises. We suggest you email the school counselor or myself or Dr. Harper with an issue or concern. We always respond within 24 hours and often we may be able to check our schedules and arrange a meeting that day.

If we are unavailable and you report to the school we do have a form that you will complete that will notify us of your concern and a response will be given within 24 hours (and usually that day).

Please respect this policy even when you may highly upset or have a serious question. The best approach is to contact us via email or contact the main office and Ms. Clemons will gather your information and pass it along to the appropriate administrator or counselor.

We will begin our Fall STAR benchmark assessments this week. This test helps us determine the level each student is currently on, as we prepare for instruction this year. Here is a quick video explaining this assessment.

This assessment is very important because it helps us determine what areas students need assistance on that we can target in our WINN groups etc. We also use these scores for placement into some of our advanced math courses. Please encourage your student to give their best effort on these assessments.

As a parent you can also receive a copy of these scores when the student completes them. You need to have your student log into Renaissance in Classlink. Follow the directions below.

STEP 1 - Have your child log in to his STAR account on his Chromebook. It is on their Classlink and it is an app called Renaissance. (Your child will know how to do this as they use the Classlink site every day.)

STEP 2 - On this site Parents or guardians can sign up to receive email notifications by having their child log in to Renaissance and then selecting Get Email Updates on the Home page. Note that you must sign up for each of your children separately—ask each child to sign in and select the link to sign up for emails for that child.

Step 3 - Add your email details. You can have multiple adults sign up for the updates by having them repeat the process using their email address.

Step 4 - Scroll down and check the Preferences that you would like. At ENMS we only administer STAR Reading, STAR Math, and STAR Spanish (if appropriate).

Step 5 - Renaissance  will send you an email asking you to confirm your email. After that (once you confirm your email), Renaissance will send you a report for your child's assessments as soon as they have completed it. 

We will begin our 6th grade health screenings this week. Our nurse will reach out if there are any concerns from these screenings.

If you have any questions or concerns about your child’s health please call Lynne Zangara, School Nurse at 610-275-6520 ext 3 or email at Lzangara@nasd.k12.pa.us.