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September 14-18 - PTA Piggy Palooza, Enrichment Fund Week

September 18 - Fall Picture Day

September 18 - PTA Family Fun Night

September 21-25 - Fall Break, No School

October 2 - All Pro Dad

October 12 - Holiday, No School

October 14 - PTA Dining for Dollars, Marlow's

Happy Friday, Explorer Families! The week has been another great one! Today was the first All Pro Dad meeting of the school year, and we had a fantastic turnout, with more than 104 families in attendance! Thank you to Mr. Chaffer (5th Grade), Mr. Asher (TAG), Mr. Devlin (PTA Dad Representative), Mr. Bedford (2nd Grade), Mr. Pearch (Health/PE), and Mr. Konigsberg (Health/PE Paraprofessional) for their organization, preparation, and leadership in making this morning's event such a success.

Next week kicks off the Northwood PTA Piggy Palooza fundraiser! Be sure to see the graphic below for dress-up day themes and the many ways donations can be made to support our school. The PTA does so much for our students, staff, and families, and those efforts are made possible through your generous support. The week concludes with their first major event of the year, Family Fun Night, on Friday, September 18, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. in the Northwood bus loop!

Today, our flags were flown at half-staff in honor of the 25th anniversary of 9-11. We remember those whose lives were forever impacted by that day and reflect on the importance of coming together with kindness and unity.

With gratitude and reflection,

Heather Q. Rucker, Principal

Let's liven up Carpool on a Friday morning. Please review the available slots and sign up.

Just check in with the front desk when you arrive, turn up the music and enjoy welcoming the students as they arrive.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0D4AA4AB2AA2FA7-65661692-apddad#/

Kindergarteners had the opportunity to meet their 5th grade buddies last week! They spent time getting to know each other through a mini interview about some of their favorite things and even drew portraits of each another. This special buddy relationship is something both kindergarteners and 5th graders look forward to each year. It was wonderful to see their excitement as they met and chatted with their buddies. The kindergarten classrooms were filled with smiles, laughter, and happy conversations!

First grade kicked off our weather unit in a colorful and fun way! Students held pinwheels outside and observed which way the wind was blowing. They also took note of how fast the wind was blowing in each direction. We discussed other ways that the wind is observable. For example, trees blowing or water bottles blowing away.

Awards are one of the many wonderful ways we have to recognize and celebrate our Explorers at Northwood. Please see the attached document below for the August award recipients. Congratulations!

We’re excited to offer an optional way for you to support your child’s reading at home through Beanstack, our school’s reading log platform. You can help by logging your child’s reading minutes each time they read—it's quick and easy!

Each month, the homeroom from each grade level with the most logged minutes will receive special recognition and be eligible for quarterly prizes! Thank you for encouraging a love of reading at home!

Login Info:

• Download the Beanstack mobile app
• Search for Northwood Elementary
• Sign in With Classlink
• Search for Fulton County Schools to be directed to our Classlink site
• Username: Your child’s student ID
• Password: Your child’s date of birth (MMDDYYYY)

Click here for a video tutorial: ​​Logging on to the Beanstack App​

Northwood is proud to be an AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination) school. AVID Elementary equips students with the foundational skills and mindset needed for future success. Our staff is focused on enhancing instructional consistency, fostering a college and career readiness mindset, increasing student engagement and building organizational and study skills.

As part of this, each week Northwood will be focused on one goal as a school. Be sure to ask your child about it!

Next week's AVID goal is: to use my best cafeteria manners (chew with my mouth closed, not talk with food in my mouth, not play with my food, and remain seated).

Accidents happen - in the classroom, at recess, at lunch or the bathroom. When our Explorers get messy they often head to the Clinic to get cleaned up. We keep extra clothes on hand for those quick changes. Our clinic closet is in need of boys bottoms and boys underwear, but we appreciate all donations. If you have any clothing items you'd like to contribute you can send them in with your student or drop them off at the front desk. Thanks!

Northwood has partnered with PickUp Patrol to help us track dismissals. PickUp Patrol provides families with a convenient way to make changes to your child’s dismissal plans and helps ensure that students are accurately and safely dismissed each day.

If you need to change how your child should be dismissed, you should submit that information via PickUp Patrol before 1:30 pm on the day of the change, and our staff will be notified. We no longer accept dismissal requests via email or paper notes. Please do not email teachers directly.

All dismissal information and changes must be entered into PickUp Patrol.

If you have any questions, please first check the PickUp Patrol Parent Guide. If you need additional assistance, please reach out to Mrs. Robertson at Northwood’s front desk, robertsonl1@fultonschools.org.

Fulton County Schools uses SchoolCash Online as their preferred method of payment for school fees — from field trips and yearbooks to athletic fees and more. It's free, secure, and takes less than two minutes to set up.

Get started here: https://fultonschools.schoolcashonline.com

Looking to volunteer? All volunteers will need to complete the Fulton County Schools online registration process. For more information and to begin the process, please click the link below.

https://www.fultonschools.org/community/become-a-volunteer

Per District policy, ALL second-grade families are required to provide the school with two proofs of residency before entering second grade. Copies can be dropped off at the front desk or emailed to our Data Clerk, Amy Dulion, at dulionaw@fultonschools.org.

To continue receiving Free or Reduced-Price Meal benefits, each household must submit a new application every year. Meal benefits for the 2025-2026 school year will end on September 14, 2026, if the household has not reapplied by that date. If there is an interruption in benefits or no reapplication is received, the household will be responsible for meal payments until the new application is approved.

To ensure uninterrupted benefits, households must complete an online application by September 14, 2026, at www.myschoolapps.com, or submit a paper application to the school cafeteria manager before September 14, 2026.

Did you know? Our school community has a Cafeteria Principal Account Fund. This account will be used to fulfill any meal costs for students that reach an account balance of zero. We often have families and extended family members that ask if or how they can pay off lunch balances or support our students in this way, now the process of doing so is easy!

Should you be interested in adding to the Cafeteria Principal Account Fund, just send a check or cash to school in an envelope to Mrs. Rosa Gutierrez, our cafeteria manager, and notate that the funds go to the Principal Fund. Please reach out to Mrs. Gutierrez, gutierrezabr@fultonschools.org, if you have any questions.

Parents may eat lunch with students after the first two weeks of school - starting August 17th. Teachers eat with the students during the first week, and the students are learning the routine the second week. We also encourage nutritious lunches; therefore sodas, canned drinks, fast food, candy, energy drinks, etc. are discouraged. We kindly ask that you refrain from bringing these items to school or sending them in lunchboxes.

The Fulton County School Nutrition Program is dedicated to serving all students nutritious, safe and customer acceptable meals in support of academic achievement. Click the link below to see what thery are serving up today.

Nutrition.fultonschools.org/MenuCalendar

Parents, please encourage your students to check regularly for lost items in the Lost and Found. Please mark all student belongings clearly with the child's name so that it can be identified. Unclaimed items are donated to local charities after the last school day of every month. September's date is Wednesday, September 30th.

The Infinite Campus Parent Portal provides quick and easy access to information for all enrolled students in their household. Find grades, attendance, assignments, schedules, ID numbers, school announcements and more. If you haven't already joined, please do so today as Fulton County Schools is transitioning to managing everything via the portal.

For more information, access the Parent Portal Booklet for Infinite Campus here.

The Dining for Dollars crew is back with another opportunity to send a percentage of every purchase back to Northwood! Kick back and let Marlow's do the work! As always, we thank you for being a part of the Northwood community.

Where: Marlow’s Johns Creek, 3719 Old Alabama Road, Johns Creek, GA 30022

Please be sure to mention Northwood when checking out!

Michelle Levine, Assistant Principal

Together We SHINE!

Email: NorthwoodAttendance@fultonschools.org
Website: https://northwood.fultonschools.org/
Location: 10200 Wooten Road, Roswell, GA, USA
Phone: 470-254-6390
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NorthwoodElementaryPTA/
Twitter: @FCS_NWES or @NWES_Principal