NBEL PRETZEL PRESS

December

3rd-Cookies & Milk with Santa

5th-16th-F&P Testing

6th-PTO Meeting

7th-2:21 Early Dismissal

8th-1st Grade Music Concert

12th-16th-MAP Assessment & Panorama Survey

16th-4th Grade Gingerbread Houses 1:30-3:00

19th-Pre-K Xmas party

21st-2:21 Dismissal for the Break

21st-PBIS Celebration-Movies and Snacks

January

4th-Teacher In-service

5th-STUDENTS RETURN

12th-Sangamon County Advocacy Center Lesson

13th-Sangamon County Advocacy Center Lesson

16th-NO SCHOOL

18th-2:21pm Dismissal

19th-2nd Grade Music Concert

27th-11:45 Dismissal

All kindergarten-5th grade students will be completing the winter MAP testing for reading and math the week of December 12-16th. Please ensure your child gets plenty of rest and encourage them to take their time and do their best. This test helps us in identifying your child's academic levels, growth from September to December and helps us meet their academic needs. This test is completed on the computer or tablet and is scored by an outside agency.

Students will also complete the F&P reading assessment from December 5th-16th. This is an assessment that will require your child to read a book with the teacher and then answer some questions about the story. Please encourage your child to do their best on this as well.

The winter Panorama Survey for all 3-5th graders will be given from December 12th-16th. This survey helps us in identifying how we can help give our students tools to help them regulate emotions and understand their feelings. Parents may opt out of this survey by printing this opt out form and sending it into the Mrs. Maxedon or Mrs. Haas.

All of the assessments we take help us in meeting your child's needs and identifying their strengths and weaknesses. If you have questions about the assessments that your child performs please contact the teacher.

To celebrate the month of December we will be doing dress up days. These days are always fun for students and staff so please encourage your child to participate. We will have some helpers looking for the students and staff that stand out on each spirit day. Those with super holiday spirit will get a special treat.

Dress Up Days Calendar

A friendly reminder that our school day hours are 8:15-3:21. Classes start with morning meetings at 8:15 so please have your child to school on time. Our morning drop off time is 7:35am, please do not drop your child off before 7:35am. With it getting cold students will be standing out in the elements until supervision staff is ready at 7:35am.

Our dismissal process will start about 3:15 with busses loading about 3:21pm. We ask that all parents use the pick up lane rather than walking up to get your child. Please stay in the car and allow the staff to help your child get to the car. This allows traffic to keep moving and dismissal to be quick and safe. If you are parking to pick up a pre-k student or need to come in to the school from 3:00-3:30 we ask that you use the south parking lot. Pre-K car riders are picked up at the bus/gym entrance at 3:15PM.

Please ensure that you are available or have a plan for bus drop off at the end of the day. Our drivers have full buses and are not able to wait or it will cause all stops to be late. If the bus is not able to drop off a student, transportation will contact you to let you know that your child will have to be picked up at the school.

Thank you for your help in keeping our students and staff safe.

Dear NBE Families,

This year the 3 rd graders will be doing their annual community service

project to benefit the New Berlin Angel Tree. Students and parents can

purchase Candy Cane-O-Grams to be sent as a sweet surprise to an

NBE student or staff member. Candy Cane-O-Grams can be

purchased for $1 each. If you wish to participate please fill out as many of

the cards as you would like (more are available in the school

office) and include $1 per card. Please return the cards and money in an

envelope to your child’s teacher. The 3rd graders will attach the cards to

candy canes and make your special delivery.

● Cards and money due by, December 9 th

● Candy Cane-O-Gram deliveries will be made the week of December 19 th

Please contact a third grade teacher with any

questions.

Ms. Iacono

Mrs. Cox

Mrs. Sworobowicz

Milk and Cookies with Santa will be on December 3rd from 8:00-11:00am. Please come enjoy milk & cookies, crafts, and shopping for family. Our PTO does so much for our school and this event is fun way to celebrate the season.

The PTO student/parent directory is complete for the 2022-2023 school year. Your information was only included if you added it to the Google form that they sent out.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZNUWTNPThvFUfSCL07xJuuSvtpEcrrCX/edit?usp=share_link&ouid=100821648157635254080&rtpof=true&sd=true

The cold temperatures are returning so please ensure your child is dressed to go out for recess. We will be outside at recess as much as we can. We will have outdoor recess unless it is lower than 20 degrees. Our recesses Grade level recess is about about 15-20 minutes so students will need to be dressed in pants, coats, hats and gloves to stay warm.

The Sangamon County Advocacy Center will be here on January 12th and 13th for the final lesson of being safe and kind. The majority of this lesson will focus on bullying and review the information they talked about in October.

If you opted your child out last time they will be considered an opt out this time as well. You can opt out of the new lessons by contacting your child's teacher or the office.

You can learn more about the Program at www.mbfpreventioneducation.org.

The NBE PTO is a big part of our school community. They are continuously supporting staff through grants that then impact each of our students. The PTO also organizes Book Fairs, Milk and Cookies with Santa, and Bounce Tag. There is no obligation to volunteer when attending meetings, come and meet some other parents to hear about what they have going on. Consider getting involved by attending the monthly meetings at 4 Amigos. Meetings start at 6:00pm.

December 6th

January 10th

February 7th

March 7th

April 4th

May 2nd