Last week, our 5th grade classes enjoyed hands-on trip to Green Acres. They took a hike in the woods to learn how they tap the trees to get syrup. Students had a chance to taste the sap directly from the tree and empty the buckets of sap. When going to the sugar shack, the students saw how the process of making syrup took place. They were fascinated by how it starts off clear and then darkens overtime. Students had the opportunity to taste the syrup at two different stages, one that resembled "tea" and the other was fully cooked syrup.
They had activities inside that have more information on maple syrup making and the environment.
Any parent who would like to enroll their child in kindergarten for next school year, please use the website to begin the process. If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to our front office staff.
There is no school on Monday, February 17th in observance of Presidents Day!
The OVSD Safety Department consists of 5 sworn law enforcement officers, and includes a Safety Director and 4 School Resource Officers, who are House Bill 318 compliant with their 40 hour School Resource Officer certifications.
The Safety Department team has more than 120 years of cumulative law enforcement experience, with specialties that not only include road patrol and corrections, but as detectives, juvenile probation officers, children services investigators, SWAT operators, trauma informed care, counselors, court administration, OPOTA certified firearms instructors, and security.
Our Safety Department team members are from this community, and have attended the same schools they are now sworn to protect. Many have children and grandchildren now attending those same schools. Our officers are experienced in conflict resolution, problem solving and are emotionally mature, able to prioritize and flexibly respond to the ever changing safety and security needs of our buildings and district.
Having worked as a team for one full school year now, our officers have trained in firearms, tactics and communications both in house and with other law enforcement agencies, and are able to quickly respond to situations and threats from both inside and outside of our schools. Working side by side with building and district administrators, the Safety Department is there to provide a safe environment for the educational process to take place.
We would like to thank our own, SRO Anthony Blevins, for keeping our campus safe and for being a positive role model for our students!
These kids are on 🔥! Congratulations on scoring perfect scores on your weekly math computation papers!
READERS ARE LEADERS!
Each time a student gets 100% on an AR quiz in Mrs. Wilburn's class, they earn a star. Ellie has completely filled her chart. 20 books with a 100%!
For each 100%, the kids actually earn behavior bucks, a star for their chart, and a ticket for a chance to pick from the prize box (drawings are weekly). After completing the entire chart, they get to pick from the BIG treasure chest.
Here are the lunch menu changes for the remainder of the week.
On Monday, Mrs. Horsley's class made Kindness Pins. The words, "Show Kindness" were written on the pins and the kids decorated them. When they saw an adult in the building they gave it to them and reminded them to spread kindness!
Want to join our awesome team at North Adams Elementary? We have an opening for the 25-26 school year, due to an upcoming retirement! If you have questions about the job, you can contact the office!
REMINDER: The 5th Grade Field Trip is still scheduled for tomorrow, February 13th!
A few reminders regarding Valentine's Day deliveries!
Our 6th grade Kindness Club started Kindness Week with a refreshing drink for staff!
They made a poster for their drink cart that read: Winter weather is coming...Let's pretend we're at the BEACH!
It had famous Sonic nugget ice and topical flavored drink packets to mix with their water.
Today Mrs. Young's sixth grade students participated along with students across the country in a Kick-off for Kindness! This fun-filled, energetic video presentation encouraged students to lead with compassion, empathy, and kindness while being inspired by NFL players' kindness stories, positive peer messages and encouragement to never give up on their dreams.
Students wore their favorite team's jersey or gear to kick off this event in conjunction with Super Bowl weekend. Next Week NAES will host our annual Kindness Week. We have been issued the challenge to perform as many Random Acts of Kindness as possible to start a kindness chain that will last until the end of the school year.
#kickoffforkindness
Here are the menus for February.
Grace is celebrating the 100th day of school today by letting everyone know she is on🔥fire🔥in math! Congratulations on being 100% fluent with multiplication and division facts, 0-10's!
Keep up the great work 👊
📅Mark your calendar! Spring Pictures will take place on February 25th!
We are so excited for Tyler and Austin! They have graduated from speech. We are very proud of this accomplishment!
Did you know we have such amazing students at NAES? These students have been working hard and showing kindness. We are proud of your great choices!
We are so blessed with great staff. Congratulations to Lisa Taylor and Brittany Lewis for being our Staff of the Month for January!
Congratulations to these two preschool students and Jasmin for being January Students of the Month.
