North Nimishillen Elementary 7337 Easton Street Louisville, OH 44641 330-875-2661 Principal Melanie Davis ROAR NEWSLETTER September 2, 2021 Upcoming Events Upstander Day September We will have our Upstander Kick-off on Friday, September 10th. 3 No School Please send your child to school with their Upstander shirt or 6 Labor Day - No School a blue t-shirt. We will have a variety of different activities for 7 PTO Meeting @ NN 6:30 students to enjoy throughout the day. Please make sure to ask 7-24 PTO Kick-Off your student what he or she learned that day! 9 Fall Pictures Preschool Welcome Party SCFCU Paper Contest – 1 Million Sheets of Paper 10 Upstander Kick Off Stark Federal Credit Union is sponsoring a contest! They are 13 Upstander Classroom Meetings giving local schools 1,500,000 sheets of paper to start the school 15 Kindergarten Welcome Party @ year. The grand prize winner will receive 1,000,000 sheets of Metzger Park paper. With two runners-up winning 250,000 sheets of paper each. We would love for your support in helping North Nimishillen Labor Day Elementary win this year. Voting starts September 11, 2021 online Remember that there is no school on Friday, at onemillionsheets.com! September 3.and on Monday, September 6 (Labor Day). Chromebook Information • Please fill out forms available found on Final Forms pertaining PTO Fundraiser to the use and care of your student’s chromebook. Information for the fundraiser will be sent • Insurance information is available via Final Forms. Insurance home with your child on Tuesday, September is $20 for the entire year and will cover the cost to repair any 7th. The sale will end on Friday, September accidental damage. Please make checks payable to Louisville 24th. Please make sure all order forms and City Schools or purchase it through your PaySchools account. are turned in by September 24th. Please visit “Digital Parent Chromebook Meeting 2021-22” The PTO truly appreciates your support! to view protocols, safety tips and detailed information about the chromebook your student will be working with this school year. Raptor (Visitor Check In System) Please present a valid government-issued PTO (Parent-Teacher Organization) driver’s license with you every time you Our school is very lucky to have an active PTO that supports come to NN. Office staff will scan it and many things that happen at our school. All meetings are open check a public records database. If cleared, to any parent that wants to know what is going on in the school. you will receive a badge to wear in the The first meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, September 7, 2021, building. An ID is required each time you at 6:30 PM in the North Nimishillen School cafeteria. Currently, visit a LCS building during school hours. the PTO is looking for more volunteers to join their team. If we all help a little, we can do amazing things for our kids. Be sure Leopard Spirit Days! to look through your PTO letter from Meet the Teacher Night for Fridays are our Leopard Spirit Days! Wear more information about the PTO. your Blue and White to show your Leopard Pride! Drop off and Pick up Policy Please review our drop off and pick up policy here. Household Information Survey Please fill out and send it to your student’s teacher. We need all students to fill this out. Thank you!

Our vision: E3 - Empowering Students + Engaged Community = Endless Possibilities ROAR NEWSLETTER September 2, 2021 Forms & Handbook Student Attendance The online forms that were sent via email in early It is critical for all children to be in attendance at school August must be filled out online as soon as possible. daily. We do realize that from time to time children do This includes the following online forms: Parent/ get ill, and they should be home. Excusable reasons to School Commitment Compact Form, Emergency keep your child home would be: running a temperature, Medical Form, Acceptable Use of Technology Form, vomiting, infection that has not been treated with Inflatable Permission Form, and the acknowledgment antibiotics for at least 24 hours, funerals, or doctor of the Student/Parent Handbook. The Household appointments that cannot be made outside of school Information Survey that was sent home needs to be time. filled out and returned to school. Please return as soon as possible. Be sure to look through the handbook to You must phone the 24 hour Hotline at (330)875-7609 have a clear understanding of policies and procedures or call the school at (330)875-2661 before 9:30 am to of the Louisville City School district. Thank you for your report your child off of school. When reporting your child prompt attention to this matter. off of school, you may also request for homework to be sent home with another student or you can pick it up Conference Scheduling – Begins September 27 in between 3:00-3:45. Upon return to school, The elementary schools will continue to use the online the student must bring a written excuse or doctor’s slip conference scheduling. You can do so by choosing for an absence to be considered excused. your teacher at myconferencetime.com/les (link will be active on Monday, September 27) or call the office at Behavior Chart (330) 875- 2661 if you do not have a computer. Be sure to be checking your child’s chart each evening! It is a great way to communicate what is going on in On the school website (louisvillecityschools.org) an school. If they are having a great day, praise them for it. instructional video will be posted to show you how to If they received marks, talk about what they can do to schedule if you are having any difficulties. Conferences be more successful tomorrow. If you have a question, are scheduled for Thursday, October 14, and Tuesday, do not hesitate to contact your child’s teacher through October 21. email or by phone.

Birthday Snacks Water Bottles Due to our current situation, students are permitted to Please make sure to send a water bottle with your bring in snacks for other students. All snacks must be student each day. All water fountains have been turned individually wrapped. off. Students will be able to fill up their water bottle throughout the day. No pop, juice, tea, etc. is permitted. Lunch Guests Due to our situation we are limiting the number of adults in our building. Unfortunately, parents will not be able to come in for lunch. We are hoping to open lunch back up to parents in the future.

Care Team Corner Your child should have received a sign-up sheet for the weekend backpack program. This is a confidential program that provides 2 breakfasts, 2 lunches, and snacks over the weekend. If you feel your child would benefit from this program, please send in the sign up form. Backpacks will be sent home every Friday starting 9/10/2021.

The Community Care Boutique will be open on September 5 from 9:00-2:00. The Community Cupboard is open the first and third Thursday of every month from 3:00-5:00 at Kountze Church, 930 South Nickelplate.

Our vision: E3 - Empowering Students + Engaged Community = Endless Possibilities