Winter Break Update

Thank you for a great 2025. We are so grateful for the opportunity to work with you and your children. We look forward to seeing everyone back in 2026.

✅ WE DON'T HAVE SCHOOL:

👉 Wednesday, December 24th - Sunday January 4th

✅ WE HAVE SCHOOL:
👉 Monday, January 5, 2026

Marking Period 2 and all Semester 1 Classes End January 28th!

Northern Burlington High School is making it easier than ever for seniors and their families! This year, all major graduation and senior-year expenses, including cap, gown, tassel, senior breakfast, t-shirt, lawn sign, and more, will be ordered using one simple form and one convenient payment. No more multiple deadlines or scattered fees. Use this link to place your order: https://nburlington.revtrak.net/. If you have a cap and gown from the past two years, you may qualify for the discounted fee. Please contact Mrs. Shelley Guevara at rguevara@nburlington.com if you have any questions or would like the discount form.

Northern TV has prepared a great holiday special. Please check it out!

High School Open House is January 8th!

This evening will include

• presentations from departments
• clubs and activities highlights
• counselor presentations on Naviance
• presentations on Program of Studies and new course offerings in 26-27
• And so much more!

The school counseling time is excited to begin the course selection process in January for the 2026-2027 school year. Course selection will occur electronically. Please review the INSTRUCTIONS and contact your student’s counselor if you have any questions. The 2026-2027 High School Program of Studies, Department Sequence Charts, and the Four-Year Planning Tool are available on the High School Counseling Department Web Page to assist students and parents as they make course selections. The timeline below indicates the dates that the PowerSchool Parent Portal will be accessible for course selection and dates for student/counselor scheduling meetings.

High School Counselors will be conducting group scheduling presentations for current 9th-11th graders. During this time the counselors will briefly discuss career pathways, the course selection process and assist the students in beginning a preliminary schedule. The school counselors will conduct individual meetings with students in Grades 11, 10, and 9 to confirm their course selections starting in late January. The counselors will start with rising seniors and then meet with rising juniors and sophomores. High School counselors will meet with students in grade 8 in the middle school in March.

This is a reminder that applications for AP Art courses are now available. All applications must be submitted by January 9th at 2:30 p.m. Please check Google Classroom for the attached course descriptions and the links to complete your application. If you have any questions, your school counselor is available to help.

• In keeping with discussing the holidays, while they can and should be a joyful time, they can be challenging after the death of someone you were close to. I wanted to share two good resources to help manage grief, around the holidays and just in general. Good-grief.org and the Dougy Center-www.dougy.org. The Dougy Center has an article titled Tips For Getting Through The Holidays with seven short strategies:

  1. Plan ahead-having a plan can minimize concerns, especially for children/teens.

  2. Don’t let other people determine what you “should” or “shouldn’t” do.

  3. Accept limitations. Doing things differently, even if that means less is ok.

  4. Celebrate different feelings and preferences.

  5. Be informed before attending events. Knowing what to expect can be helpful.

  6. Ask for help, even when it’s hard to do. People are eager to help.

  7. Take care of your physical body. Try to schedule downtime and rest.

  While none of these are revolutionary, sometimes we just need reminders whether for ourselves or someone else.