Weekly Rocket 09/05/18

Dear Students and Parents,

Welcome Back!!! I hope each and everyone in our NAM community enjoyed and had a safe Labor Day Holiday. Please see the following announcements below.

Thanks,

Mr. Lewis

9/6/18 NAM Father’s Group Meeting, 7pm, Weideman Brewery

9/7/18 NAM Read-A-Thon Begins!!!!(More information will be backpacked home with students this week)

9/13/18 Picture Day

9/13/18 NAM Open House, 6pm-7pm, ( for more information please see the attached flier for additional details)

9/14/18 NAMFG Dad’s & Doughnuts Breakfast! 7:15am to 7:45am in the Gym

9/20/18 1st Quarter-Parent Teacher Conference Night from 4pm-7pm. (By appointment only, for more information please see the attached flier for additional details)

Sibling Sign Up begins on September 4, 2018-October 5, 2018. The office hours for the sign ups are 7:30 am-3:15 pm. Your sibling must reside in the home of the sibling attending NAM and you must be the legal guardian. If you have any questions please contact Anna Ball at 513-363-3902,

Parents per state attendance laws (See House Bill 410) students are required to be in school for a specific number of minutes per day. To adhere to state law after 1:45 pm students cannot be signed out of school early unless there is a true emergency. If you have any questions please feel free to contact the office at 513-363-3900.

Robo Calls will be sent out on Sunday’s at 4pm to our community. If you are not receiving the phone calls please contact the main office at 513-363-3900 to be added.

You can see all NAM events for August on Schoology!

If you would like this information sent to you via a paper copy please contact the office at 513-363-3900 to provide your students name and room number.

We currently have a parent position open on our ILT Team. If you are interested in running for this position please submit your name, to the main office.

This is a reminder notice to all CPS schools that registration for the Walnut Hills High School shadow program will open on our website on October 1st. Shadowing takes place Monday through Thursday on school days in November, January and February. There will be approximately 370 openings, but past experience has proven that they will fill before the end of the day October 1st. You may advise any interested student/parents that shadow registration is only taken electronically through our website at http://www.walnuthillseagles.com under the student section beginning October 1st. All the details are available on the shadow registration website. Once the spots are all taken, there will be a wait list upon request until we meet our limit. No exceptions. The shadow email and voice mail will be monitored a few weeks October through February at walnut@cps-k12.org and 363-8698.

This a reminder that all students that would like to participate in student council, please have your essays submitted to Ms. Shockley by the end of the school day on September 7th, 2018. There will be no late essays accepted. Thank you for your interest in student council.

2018 NAM Rocket Read‐a‐thon

NAMS Foundation is proud to launch the 2018 NAM Rocket Read‐a‐thon! This event is a new fundraiser for our school community this year. The Read‐a‐thon will fuel our students’ excitement for reading, while raising much‐needed funds for our school. A Rocket Read-a-Thon packet has been sent home with each student with detailed information.

Students may start collecting pledges on Wednesday, September 5th. Friends and family can sponsor a child’s reading as a “flat rate” pledge. Reading will officially begin on Friday, September 7th. Students will set a reading goal and have 11 days to read towards their goal. Reading logs and pledge money are due Tuesday, September 18^th. Prizes will be awarded for participation, fundraising efforts, and minutes read.

Please visit: namrockets.org/read for more information, printable forms, and to submit sponsorships online.

 

Fall Festival

PTSO is looking for 2-3 coordinators for Fall Festival on October 19. The majority of the work can be done outside of school hours and there is a binder full of information on everything that needs to be done. We can’t pull of these wonderful events without you! Have questions? Interested in helping make this event happen? Please email the PTSO Volunteer Coordinator, Linnae Kendall, at linnae.kendall@gmail.com Please note that we need coordinators in place by Friday, September 14th to have this event.

 

Civic Garden

Civic Garden Center has been secured to deliver three garden lessons for each classroom in the fall on each Wednesday beginning on August 29th and ending on November 14th, 2018. (Please see the attached flier for additional details)

Testing

Parents we have quite a few testing dates established through out the school year. Please review the attached flier for any upcoming dates so that your student/students are prepared.