Northwood Hills News
February 20, 2025
During times of excessive cold weather, the following precautions will be taken for all outdoor physical activity, including, but not limited to: recess, physical education classes, and/or outdoor field trips.
• If a student does not have adequate warm clothing to participate in the outdoor activity, such as recess, the student will be excused from the activity.
• Students should not have recess or Physical Education classes outside when temperature or wind chill factor drops below 36 degrees.
• On days when the temperature is unseasonably cold, outside recess will be restricted to no more than 15 minutes.
• Please be mindful when dropping off your students in the mornings that the doors do not open before 7:20am.
Teacher Extended Lunch
We are excited to show our appreciation for our incredible teachers by providing an extended lunch on February 28th! To make this happen, we need volunteers to help supervise students and facilitate provided activities.
We truly appreciate any time you can give, and we’d love your help in spreading the word.
Please review the available slots below and click on the button to sign up.
Thank you!
***Richardson ISD requires every volunteer re-register with VOLY annually to be eligible for volunteer opportunities during each school year.***
**ID required to sign in at school
Get excited, Northwood Hills Elementary School!
Kids Heart Challenge program is HERE! We can't wait for you and your student to learn some of these amazing heart healthy habits and lifesaving skills!
Our goal is to raise $3,000 for the American Heart Association.
Here's how you can get started:
1. Sign up on our school's Kids Heart Challenge Page
2. Download the app iOS/Android
3. Get started on Finn's Lifesaving Mission!
We’re excited to share that our school has some fun ways to celebrate our impact!
Any student who raises $50 will earn a buy one get one discounted tickets to one of FIVE Dallas Mavericks games!! Go Mavs and let’s Save Lives!
Did you know that RISD offers both One-Way and Two-Way Dual Language Programs, where students—both Spanish-speaking and English-speaking—learn in both English and Spanish?
These programs help students develop bilingualism, biliteracy, higher academic achievement, and cross-cultural understanding.
In the February 24 Parent University session, join Dr. Cloris Rangel, Executive Director of Multilingual Education, to learn more about RISD's exciting dual language opportunities. She will review the benefits of dual language education, explain the enrollment process, and answer parent questions—just in time to help families make the best choice for their child’s future.
Parent University - RISD Dual Language Programs
Online Session
Monday, Feb. 24 - 6:00-7:00pm
Register here for this free online parent education session.
Beginning next week, visitors are welcome to join their students for lunch. Here are a few reminders when planning to visit for lunch.
- Due to space in our cafeteria we are asking that parents who wish to have lunch with their child do so only once per week.
- Arrive before your child's scheduled lunchtime.
- Bring your ID to be screened at check-in. You will be given a visitor badge to wear at all times while on campus.
- Visitors should sit at the designated visitor table with their child and are not permitted to sit at the class cafeteria tables.
- Lunch visitors may eat lunch with only their child. Friends will not be permitted to join another parent for lunch.
- We request that visitors follow a no-cell phone policy to ensure student privacy and quality time with their child. Taking pictures or videos in the cafeteria that include any other students or staff is not permitted.
- When your child’s lunch period is over, visitors should exit the building from the front or office doors. Lunch visitors should NOT walk their child back to class.
- If a visitor who is not a parent or guardian comes to eat lunch with a student, we must have permission ahead of time from the parent or guardian or they will not be permitted to eat with the student.
These guidelines may need to be adjusted from time to time. Updates will be communicated as needed.
Safety and security is a top priority for us. You must complete a background check yearly if you will be volunteering for ANY school activities. Please go to RISD Voly to fill out an application. Please make sure you select Northwood Hills Elementary as your school. Again, this process needs to be completed every year!
All visitors must show a government-issued ID every time you are either visiting school or volunteering and will need to have a Verkada Badge. The great thing about our new system is that you can use the QR Code from home in the morning, and your badge will be waiting for you when you arrive. Please wait to access the code until 7 am the day that it is needed so that the badge doesn't time out. This is a requirement for any activity we will have during the school day.
Before entering the building, you will need to push the doorbell. Our office staff will ask how they can help you before letting you in. This is a requirement for everyone even if our office staff knows who you are. We appreciate your support and patience with this process.
Parents and Families On Campus
With the increased need for security on all campuses, NHE will continue to use Verkada to sign in all visitors on campus. If you plan on visiting campus, please make sure to bring your driver's license to the front office to be scanned by our RAPTOR system.
During occasions when we have a big event, we will send out a QR code ahead of time for you to complete to help speed up the check-in process.
If you plan to volunteer on campus, please complete the additional background check with VOLY. It is best to complete the VOLY application as soon as possible. VOLY requests can take up to 72 hours to complete. Please call the Northwood Hills office for any help needed with completing VOLY. Sign up to volunteer at risd.voly.org
