Charger News

Mr. John Corn, Principal

Mr. Jeremy Sherman, Assistant Principal

(812) 663-9215

Greetings, Charger Families!

I hope this newsletter finds you all doing well. We are now in the final nine-weeks of the school year! The COUNTDOWN IS ON!! On the Important Dates section of the newsletter, I am including everything for the remainder of the school year! If you have any questions, please be sure to reach out.

One of the items in the Important Dates section will be ILEARN testing. This is, of course, one of the less exciting things that will be happening! I would like for families to please take note of when grade levels will be testing as to avoid any conflicts with appointments, etc. If your child would need to miss during their testing window, we will pull them at a different time to make up that assessment. We also encourage students to make sure they get plenty of rest the night before and eat a good breakfast! Other than that, we just ask for their best effort.

As we wrap up the school year, please feel free to reach out with any questions! It's been a great year and we hope to finish strong!

Mr. Corn

4/1--5th Grade ILEARN Checkpoint

4/2--5th and 6th Grade ILEARN Checkpoint

4/3--3rd Grade Field Trip

4/3--Out of District Transfer Request to Public Opens (through August 1st)

4/6--Autism Awareness Week

4/6--3rd Grade ILEARN Checkpoint

4-6--Teacher Request Window Open until April 17th

4/7--3rd Grade ILEARN Checkpoint

4/8--DCCS School Board Meeting--6:00pm (North Schools Spotlight)

4/9--Spring Pictures

4/9--Overnight for Mrs. Smith's Class

4/10--Touch-a-Truck

4/14--Math Bowl Competition (hosting at NDHS)

4/16--Grandparent Night (4:30-6:00)

4/17--Teacher Request Forms Due

4/18--Battle of the Books

4/21--DRC Field Trip

4/21--ILEARN TESTING: 3rd-6th grades

4/22--ILEARN TESTING: 4th and 6th grades only

4/23--ILEARN TESTING: 3rd, 4th, and 6th (NO 5TH GRADE)

4/23-4/24--5th Grade Overnight Field Trip

4/24--FINAL FRIDAY SPIRIT DAY

4/24--ILEARN TESTING: 4th Grade FINISHES

4/28--ILEARN TESTING: 3rd and 5th grades only (3rd grade FINISHES)

4/29--ILEARN TESTING: 5th and 6th grades only (6th grade FINISHES)

4/30--ILEARN TESTING: 5th grade FINISHES

4/30--PTO Meeting 4:00 (elementary library)

5/5--K-2 NWEA Testing

5/6--1st and 2nd Grade NWEA Testing

5/7--Kindergarten NWEA Testing

5/7--6th Grade Indians Game

5/8--6th Grade Send-Off Party

5/11--1st Grade Field Trip

5/13--Color the World with Kindness Event

5/14--Kindergarten Field Trip

5/15--Field Day

5/19--6th Grade Greensburg Park

5/19--4th Grade Field Trip

5/20--Honor Roll Reward Trip

5/21--Kindergarten Graduation--9:30

5/21--NDE Kindie 500

5/21--3rd-5th Honor Roll Awards

5/22--6th Grade Graduation--9:30

5/22--PK Graduation

5/26--Last Day of School

Our Scholastic Book Fair is this week! We will also be open from 5-7pm TONIGHT The first 100 students will receive a gift certificate to Dairy Queen! Tonight from 4-8pm is also North Decatur Night at Dairy Queen with 10% of the proceeds coming back to NDE!

A reminder if you are currently enrolled at NDE and live Out of District, you MUST complete the Out of District Google Form for each child. We ask that returning families have this done by Friday, April 3rd.

If you know of any families that would be interested in attending NDE next year and currently are out of district, please share this request form with them!

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe99xk2w79OVn9Uii1THoRBIOVU8yQuyHk4x_TYvSd18DyULg/viewform?usp=header

Spring Pictures will be Thursday, April 9th. Please follow the link below for ordering.

https://www.barksdalestorefront.com/store/gallery_login_customer_info_entry/07e5fb95-4478-4175-a66f-c085b9405943/

Teacher Requests for the 2026-2027 school year are now open. Parents must come into school to fill out a request. Please note that requests will be considered, but are not a guarantee of placement. The window is open through Friday, April 17th. If you have any questions, please reach out to Mr. Corn.

Next week, we will be celebrating Autism Awareness! Each day will have a dress up theme. In addition to this, we will be having a Penny War to collect funds towards Rainbow Camp, which is a camp for special needs students right here in our community! Pennies will count toward the POSITIVE while nickels, dimes, quarters, and bills will count toward the NEGATIVE. The winning grade level will earn an ICE CREAM PARTY!

Congratulations to our Super Sixth Graders: Maverick Dixon and Lilly Burkett!

We are happy to announce that we have formed a partnership with the YMCA to provide BEFORE and AFTER SCHOOL care next school year for students in PK-6th! This will be provided here at NDE!! Check out the attached flyer and reserve your spot!