Nixon School - Family Check In
September 23, 2026
Upcoming Dates:
September 24 - Fall Picture Day (See below for information)
September 25 - NES PTA Welcome Back Bash (Details Below)
October 5 - 9: Week of Respect Spirit Days (See Below)
October 9 - NES PTA Green Fair (Information to be forthcoming / including volunteer sign ups)
October 12 - School Closed for Students / PD Day for Staff
October 15 - NES PTA Meeting (7 PM)
Subscribe to the Nixon Elementary School Family Calendar!
Roxbury Virtual Backpack - Updated Regularly!
Fall Picture Day is Coming Soon!
NES Back to School Event
SAVE THE DATE & SIGN UP TO VOLUNTEER NOW FOR the
NES PTA Welcome Back to the 90s Dance
on SEPTEMBER 25, 2026 630-8PM
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0A4EAFA82EABFF2-65542125-welcome#/0
Guidance on When to Keep Your Child Home...
Thank You for Attending Back To School Night!
The staff and I would like to express our appreciation to everyone who came out for this year's Back to School Night. We hope you found the evening informative. Here's to many more opportunities this year to foster the home / school partnership.
New Literacy Program In Action...
As shared at Back to School Night, this year our school district is implementing a new literacy program entitled, HMH - Into Reading (V.3). Following is a brief overview of HMH Into Reading for Families:
HMH Into Reading is a core K–6 reading and writing program designed to build strong, confident, and knowledgeable readers using an evidence-based, structured literacy approach.
Free or Reduced Meal Application
Reminder... Submission of the Free or Reduced Breakfast/Lunch must be done ANNUALLY!!!!! If your family qualified last year, you MUST still resubmit your application.
At this time, the School Meals and Summer EBT is now live on the web site...
https://www.roxbury.org/district-offices/business-office/freereduced-lunch.
Please know that if you submitted a hard copy of the application over the past couple of weeks, you do NOT need to resubmit the oneline application. Likewise, if you prefer to submit the hard copy moving forward, you are welcome to so following the same directions recently provided:
You may access the instructions and form on our website at this link: https://www.roxbury.org/district-offices/business-office/freereduced-lunch. Once completed, please submit your finished application via email to: lunchapplication@roxbury.org
Monthly Update from the NES PTA...
Genesis Parent Portal How-To Guides for Important Daily Forms
Know Someone Who Has Filled A Bucket?
Fill Out our Bucket Filler Nomination Form and we will recognize that individual (student or staff member) during Morning Announcements. Click the button below for the nomination form.
Nixon Elementary School
Email: dlynch@roxbury.org
Website: www.roxbury.org
Location: 275 Mt Arlington Blvd, Landing, NJ, USA
Phone: (973) 398-2564