Northridge Elementary Weekly Blast

Aug 27 & 28 - Vision and Hearing (All Students)

Aug 27 - SAC Meeting from 8:45AM to 10:15AM

Aug 27 - Watch Dog Dad Meeting 5-6pm

Sept 01 - No School/ Labor Day

Sept 02 - Cold Stone Night

Attention 6th Grade Families:

There was an error in the Important Dates document. 6th grade Outdoor Ed is scheduled for October 27-29th. Please mark your calendars.

Week of August 25-29

Route #58: Northridge/Mountain Ridge/Mountain Vista

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PTO General Assembly Meeting

ALL are invited to attend the first PTO meeting of the school year. Come see what PTO is all about! The meeting will take place in the NRE Library from 8:45-10:15. Little ones are welcome to tag along and you are free to come and go if you aren’t able to attend the whole meeting. Bring a friend and enjoy free snacks!

Free Rockies Tickets!

PTO has given away over 600 Rockies tickets to the NRE community this season! We will have more free tickets available for September - if you’d like a chance to score some of these free tickets, you must be opted in to PTO text messages. When tickets are available, you’ll get a text with instructions on how to claim. Tickets will be given out on a first come, first served basis.

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Plus, PTO texts keep you in the loop with important reminders and updates. Stay connected and don’t miss out!

PTO Corporate Sponsorship Program

PTO is in the process of securing Corporate Sponsors for this school year. If you own a business or are connected with a business that would have interest in knowing more about what this program entails, please email PTOvicepresidentNRE@gmail.com.

Upcoming Events

Coldstone: Teacher Scoops

Join us at Coldstone on September 2 from 4:00-6:00pm for a fun NRE community night. Several teachers will be scooping ice cream for us and Coldstone generously donates a portion of the proceeds back to NRE. Mark your calendar and stay turned for more details coming soon!

Fun Run

Mark your calendar for the largest fundraiser of the school year - Fun Run will happen on Wednesday, September 10! NRE students invite friends and family members to sponsor them for running as many laps as possible. The day is FUN - music, popsicles, running with friends and more. We will need several volunteers to help the day be a success - its a really fun day to be at NRE! More details coming soon!

Winter Coat & Halloween Costume Drive

Bring your unneeded winter gear (jackets, gloves, hats, boots, etc.) to NRE starting Friday, September 12. We will have bins in the front lobby to drop off things you no longer need. Also, take a look in the bins for anything you might need! Consider it a swap - give what you don’t need and take what you do need! You do not have to make a donation to take something you need. We want to make sure all NRE kiddos have warm gear this winter!

New this year - we will also collect unneeded Halloween costumes. If you see one in the bin that you can use, please take it!

The Coat & Costume Swap will end on Friday, September 26.

Multicultural Night

One of the most special nights of the year - NRE Multicultural Night - will be on Friday, October 3 from 5:00-7:00pm. NRE families host booths to help us celebrate the diverse cultures represented in our school. Would you like to host a booth and showcase your culture? Reach out to Tiffany Malone at tiffanykmalone@gmail.com to reserve your booth or ask questions!

Booth Ideas:

• Cultural Booths: Traditional clothing, art, or historical artifacts

• Interactive Activities: Host a craft project, game, or storytelling sessions

• Performances: Family / children perform music, dance, or poetry

• Global Cuisine: Small samples of cultural foods - candy, food item or drink

Restaurant Nights

Local restaurants host “spirit nights” where a designated portion of the proceeds from your order will be generously donated back to NRE PTO. All you have to do is mention NRE when ordering. It’s a win-win-win: you get a night off from making dinner (or treats), local restaurants get our business, and PTO receives a donation! Stay tuned for more dates - we are adding more to the calendar all the time!

8/28/25: On the Border - 11:00am-9:00pm

9/2/25: Qdoba - Dorchester location - 4:00pm-8:00pm

9/2/25: Coldstone Teacher Scoops Night! More info coming soon

Krispy Kreme Digital Dozens - Starting May 1st, we will be participating in a Krispy Kreme Digital Dozen fundraiser! The fundraising campaign will run throughout the summer ending on August 31st. We have a goal to hit 100 dozen sold during this timeframe! The price of a dozen is $15.00 with $7.50 (50%!) donated back to Northridge Elementary School PTO for each dozen sold! Please use this link to the ordering website between May 1st and August 31st to get your dozens and support NRE!

Volunteer Opportunities

Fall Event Committees - PTO is forming committees for our fall events. If you would like to help plan the Winter Coat/Halloween Costume Drive, Veteran’s Day Breakfast, Breakfast with Buddies or the Holiday Shop, please reach out so we can get you plugged in! PTOpresidentNRE@gmail.com

Dear Families:

This letter is being written to inform you that your student(s) will be using a variety of instructional websites and/or apps throughout the 2025-26 school year. These tools are not provided by the district, however, each resource has been vetted by our teachers, evaluated according to district guidelines, and approved by the school administration because of the learning opportunities they provide. Each of these resources offers students the opportunity to share their knowledge and understanding of a topic in a variety of ways including photos, drawing, text, and recorded voice. These tools allow us to teach and reinforce reading skills, math skills, communication, critical thinking, collaboration and creativity, and much more.

Your student is not required to use the tools, as an alternative assignment will be provided; therefore your student’s grade is NOT dependent on these tools. The alternative assignment will be determined according to project, grade, and teacher on an as-needed basis.

To opt your child OUT of any of these resources please print this letter, circle the title(s) to be opted out of, sign, and return to your student’s teacher. Please fill out one form for each student you wish to opt-out. By not returning this letter, you are agreeing to the use of these tools and/or account creation for your student(s).

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact your student’s teacher or our Instructional Technology Specialist, Roshma Moova.

Thank you!

“The future is built by the curious,” says Dan Rockwell in this Leadership Freak article. “The spirit behind curiosity shapes the response you receive.” He suggests ways to tweak questions that rub people the wrong way to get better results:

• Instead of, Don’t you think it would be better if…? ask, What are some other options?

• Instead of, Why did you do it that way?, ask What didn’t happen that caused this failure?

• Instead of, What were you thinking? ask What would you do differently next time?

• Instead of, Are you sure that’s a good idea? ask What makes you believe that will work?

• Instead of, Why didn’t you come to me sooner? ask What needs to be in place for you to be comfortable coming to me sooner next time?

Rockwell adds four ways to bring out the best in people:

• Touch imagination – What would it look like if you hit a home run this week?

• Use action words – What did you do that made this come together?

• Add time – When will you try that?

• Shift perspective – What might your colleagues suggest?

“How to Transform Stupid Questions” by Dan Rockwell in Leadership Freak, July 11, 2025;

Your friendly Nutrition Services would love some additional help next week. They are still working on hiring another person and could use our help in the meantime! They know these are busy weeks for everyone, but please consider signing up for a shift...or two! :)

Thank you so much!

Lunchroom Help

If your student completed either (or both) of the Summer Reading Programs this summer, please ask them to bring in their logs next week. Mrs. Peck will be giving out the NRE prizes for participating after announcements next week.

Sign up for the fall cheer leading camp at Vista High.

https://www.register.vistagoldeneagles.com/program/cheer-jr-eagle-fall-clinic/26117