NHS Raider Update

NHS will again be honoring Veterans with a Veterans Honor Wall. The display highlights veterans that have connections to current, and former students and staff. The wall will be fully on display beginning Monday, November 11th and throughout the week. The Veterans Wall will be displayed between the upper and lower cafeteria. Parents are welcome to stop by and view the space.

While we don't want to think about it quite yet, winter will arrive in Minnesota in the near future. While last year's winter was mild and caused no school cancellations, Minnesota winter weather has been known to disrupt our schedule. Some key items:

• You can learn more about what goes into decisions to close school, start late, or dismiss early here.

• The first full-day closure due to weather is a true "snow day."

• The district uses e-Learning days for the second and subsequent full-day closures. You can read the e-Learning plan here.

• You can read more about the district's response to weather related disruptions here.

This year, we are implementing a practice e-Learning day on Wednesday, Nov. 27. The purpose of the practice e-Learning day is:

• To refamiliarize families, students, teachers, and staff with e-Learning day procedures without the pressure associated with early morning decisions.

• To ensure families, students, teachers, and staff understand the sites they will need to use and have appropriate passwords readily available.

• As with all e-Learning days, if you prefer your student not participate in the practice e-Learning Day, you may call them in as absent and it will count as excused.

We will follow our regular e-Learning procedures on Nov. 27.

Hello NHS Parents/Caregivers,

I plan to send a talking points link directly to parents to learn more about how you view the success of the cellphone/device plan implementation at the ten weeks mark. Please take a few moments to share your thoughts and our team will compile and review results to determine next steps on the implementation plan. We built this plan with parent, student input and we will see it through with stakeholder engagement. The results from the survey will be share and utilized to make adjustments and continue to implement a successful plan.

Deadline: Friday, November 15

How do I report a student absence?

If there is a need to be absent, please call 507-663-0616 or use the NHS Student Absence Form. The link for attendance reporting is also be linked on the NHS website. If your student is ill, please provide symptoms within your message. This is a 24-hour voicemail system. Thank you!

Dear NHS Students, Families and Staff:

Election 2024 reminds us of the power of our voice and the strength of democracy in action. Congratulations to the Northfield Public School stakeholders on the referendum results. As Dr. Hillmann, Superintendent of Schools, details in his family update, (linked here) we have an exciting challenge ahead of us. While we are planning for the future, the high school staff will remain focused on supporting our current students on their high school journey. We are excited about possibilities that will come with the reimagine plan and we are equally excited to shape a positive experience everyday for the students we currently serve.

The fall play begins tonight at 7:30 pm and continues through next weekend. See details later in the update. Girls swim and dive is the only fall sport still competing. They are competing in the second day of the section championships today!

Thank you for your continued support and confidence in the NHS team's capacity to serve in the honorable role as educators in your child's life.

It is a great day to be a Raider!

Sincerely,

Shane Baier

NHS Principal

Jostens has been supporting Northfield High School's graduation for 28 years. They will be working next week to help your seniors order graduation products, including caps and gowns. Please watch the short video below for important info and a schedule of events.

SENIOR INFORMATION DAY: Tuesday, November 12, 2024!

GRAD ORDER DUE DATE: November 28, 2024!!

Congratulations, Seniors... See you next week!

Grad Info and Schedule of Events ↓

Direct link to video: https://jostens.co/northfieldgradwelcome

Northfield High School Theater Presents: Something Rotten!

Fridays and Saturdays, November 8, 9, 15, 16 at 7:30 PM, Sunday, November 17 at 2:00 PM, in the NHS Auditorium

Tickets $9 for Adults, $7 for Students, Seniors, available at the door

Don't forget to order your yearbook. Prices go up October 26th.

Link to order: https://www.jostens.com/apps/jcom/router.mvc?affiliateId=1062320

It's Operation Joy season. For those of you new to Northfield, this is a holiday gift giving community tradition for over 50 years. Last year we supported over 1000 children from over 500 families in the Northfield community. The event this year will be Wednesday, December 11.

In the past few years many of you have also supported the program through

• staff adopting a family
• students raising funds
• collecting wrapping paper supplies - this is a HUGE help
• making fleece-tied blankets

All of it is very much appreciated. Reach out to confirm if you will be participating in any of these additional supports.

Registration has already begun.

Both registration and monetary donations are appreciated by Friday, November 15.

Fleece-tied blankets and wrapping paper supplies should be dropped off on Tuesday, December 10.

We will have posters ready next week if you are interested in hanging any up around your school.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Thanks for your support of this long shared community tradition.

Lisa Percy

Project Manager

Community Action Center

1651 Jefferson Parkway Suite HS200

Northfield, MN 55057

507-664-3506

Community Action Center 507-664-3550