NCS Family Newsletter

12/05/23 Sugar River Pizza Fundraiser 4-6pm

12/07/23 Outdoor Learning to Donald County Park

12/12/23 NCS School Tour 9-10am

12/12/23 Governance Council Meeting 6pm-8pm

12/13/23 K/1 UW - Madison Woodwind Experience

12/14/23 Outdoor Learning to Picnic Point, Campus, and UW Hospital

12/15/23 Community Gathering 7:35am-8:00am

12/20/23 NCS & VAIS 5th grade to High School PAC

12/21/23 Outdoor Learning to Capitol and Picnic Point

12/22/23 Asynchronous Learning Day (kids learn from home)

12/23/23 - 1/1/2024 Winter Break

1/2/2024 Return to school

2/13/2024 Battle of the Books - District Level Competition

Computer Science Week is Dec 4-8th. Classrooms will engage in various opportunities to feel what it is like to be a computer programmer. Mrs. Konop will visit some classrooms and use Scratch Jr, Ozobots, and other fun on code.org (Hour of Code). On Friday, December 8th from 1:50 to 2:10pm, all students at VAIS and NCS will head to the hallways to code together! Stay tuned for some pictures of the event!

Bucky Books are on sale currently: $35/each

Please reach out to Jen to purchase your book today. we are happy to send home in a your child's backpack or Jen can drop it off within the Verona area.

Bucky Books can also be purchased online and shipped directly to the you here. (There is a slightly lower return rate to the school for online sales.)

Interested in getting to know our kiddos and helping to build community within our schools? Do you have a couple of hours to spare occasionally or is your time flexible enough that you can come once a week? We would love to have you assist in our lunchroom.

All volunteers will need to be background checked through the district here.

Please complete this short survey with your availability.

Our students experience having two different classroom teachers throughout the day. It can be confusing for families to know which teacher to communicate with at times. If you are reaching out to your child’s teacher, please include both teachers on any communication.

Here is the link to a Google Public Calendar with this year’s updated NCS events:

NCS Google Public Calendar

This calendar will be updated continually throughout the year with school events, such as swim and gym days, library days, Picture Day, Back to School Night, field trips, parent/teacher conferences, days off of school, Governance Council meetings, and so much more! We hope that this will make things easier for you!

Have you joined the New Century School Parent Community Facebook Groups?

Current and incoming families are welcome to join “New Century School Parent Community” on Facebook. This is a great place to post summer events and pop-up playdates. This is also a great resource for new parents/guardians to ask any questions they may have.

Additionally, please like and follow our New Century School Facebook page here.

The Sunshine Committee is made up of many amazing family members of students from our schools whose mission is to spread kindness and support for families and school staff. They do this by providing support in the form of cards, meals, gift cards, and other resources to families and staff in need of a little pick-me-up. They also have provided support to our school through stocking those awesome bathroom supply baskets in our staff bathrooms and by helping organize our winter clothes.

For more information and to assist in brining sunshine to our community please contact Shannon Ratchman.

The Bridging Brighter Smiles program is a safe, affordable, accessible way to meet a dental hygienist... right here in Verona Area School District!

Learn more at https://bridgingbrightersmiles.org/

If you need assistance with lunch costs please visit our Free and Reduced Lunch application for information on income levels and an application for assistance.

If your student is ill, has an early morning appointment, or will be late arriving to

school for another reason, in addition to notifying their classroom teacher please make sure that you one of the following PRIOR

TO THE START OF THE SCHOOL DAY:

1) EMAIL NCS Attendance: ncs-attendance@verona.k12.wi.us

2) CALL the office at (608) 845-4500

Please do not email the school secretaries directly if possible.

Our health room helpers have reminded us how an extra set of clothes are appreciated here at school. All students, not just our kinders, run into needing a change from time to time. Milk spills, wet slides at recess, unexpected puddles all lead to a need for new clothes.

If you can send a Ziploc bag with a pair of pants, socks and underwear it will come in handy over these next wet months.

And, always, we will happily take your donations of gently used sweatpants and bottoms that have stretchy waists. All colors, sizes, patterns are appreciated.