Bison Blurb
NBES Weekly Family Newsletter for October 3, 2025
Anti Bullying Month
October is Anti Bullying Month. To help students achieve their best and make schools safe and welcoming, we need more than just anti-bullying policies. CharacterStrong uses strategies that are proven to work and focus on key social and emotional skills. In the curriculum, students will experience a blend of anti-bullying methods with other important skills like empathy, communication, and resilience. This helps schools deal with bullying better while also teaching students to understand and care for each other. This approach makes it easier for schools to embrace bullying prevention strategies and build an environment of kindness and respect.
Red Ribbon Drug Prevention
October is a busy month! This month we are also learning about drug prevention and celebrating Red Ribbon Week during the last week of October. Red Ribbon Week is a nationwide campaign that encourages students to make safe and healthy choices while saying no to drugs. Through lessons and activities, students will learn the importance of respecting their bodies, making positive decisions, and staying true to their goals. Just as we build skills like empathy, communication, and resilience through CharacterStrong, Red Ribbon Week gives us another opportunity to help students understand how their choices today can shape their future. Together, we are working to create a culture of safety, health, and respect—where students are empowered to take care of themselves and one another.
Child Care Offering
Does your Bison Beginner need after school, half-day, or full-day care?
Bison Beginners program will be ready with plenty of play-based learning fun! Whether after school, half day, or full day, your child will enjoy hands-on activities, games, and creative exploration in a safe, engaging environment.
Lory's Place Grief Group
Our school is partnering with Lory’s Place, a Grief Healing and Education Center for Children and Families in St. Joseph, to offer a school-based grief support group for students. The group will meet one class period, one day a month throughout the school year and will be facilitated by trained bereavement staff from Lory’s Place.
This group provides education and peer support for children who are grieving. It does not provide assessments, diagnosis, evaluations, private therapy, or counseling, but instead creates a safe and supportive space where students can share and connect.
If you are interested in having your child participate, please email mteed@nbas.org. Parents will be asked to provide consent before participation.
For questions, you may contact the school counselor, Melissa Teed at mteed@nbas.org or Lory’s Place directly at 269-983-2707.
Lost & Found
The lost and found is starting to build a collection of items. Why not support the PTO and get your child's clothing items labeled so we can get them returned to them quickly. Check out the Mabels Labels information below.
Our school is partnering for an on-going fundraiser with Mabel’s Labels, with 20% of your purchase going back to the school. You can pick out whatever labels or product you want, and it will ship for free directly to your house. If you’re not familiar with Mabel’s Labels, they are personalized, durable, waterproof labels, great for everything from shoes, clothing tags, water bottles and backpacks. You can customize them with your name and a design, and they are dishwasher, laundry and microwave safe. Mabel’s Labels also offers clothing stamps, silicone bands for water bottles and medical alert labels. This is a great way to ensure your items don’t end up in the lost & found or mixed up.
To support our fundraiser, visit campaigns.mabelslabels.com and select NEW BUFFALO ELEMENTARY PTO. Thank you for supporting us!
Important Links
New Buffalo Elementary Website
New Buffalo Elementary Facebook
Child Nutrition and Education Benefits Application
Cafeteria on-line payments
Food Service Menu
Annual Bullying Notice here
Contact information for all departments found here