Halloween Activities

On Friday, October 28th, we will be having our traditional Halloween Activities.  Beginning at 1:30 PM, students will begin dressing in costume.  As per our tradition, we ask that no bloody or inappropriate costumes be worn and contain no weapons.  Our parade will begin at approximately 2:00 PM and will leave from the gym doors that are in between the two gyms.  Students will then file out and along the outside south gym wall towards the shelter on the east side of our property.  We will parade on the sidewalk along College Ave until we reach the sidewalk on the far side of the bus lane.  From there will head back into the building for classroom parties.  K, 1,2, 3, 4 students will parade.  The 5th grade has chosen not to parade but to watch the students in K-4.  It looks like a chilly but sunny day!  If parents come, please make room for the kids to parade through.  Thanks!

Mr. W

Northpoint Technology News

Very soon we will have a new technology program at Northpoint.  Northpoint will be a pilot site for Unit 5 that will focus on getting more technology in the hands of students.  Each grade level will now have a full cart of one of three technologies.  The K, 1 and 2 students will have a cart of Droid Asus EEE tablets( these are not yet in).  3rd grade students will have Asus EEE netbooks( just arrived this week).  Our 4th and 5th grade students will have a cart of laptops per commons area( all ready here).  We plan to review and try out curriculum alternatives that are web based and aligned with the common core standards.  This will be at least a year long pilot and we hope students will be excited about the possibilities they provide. Future blogs will contain some enews as it relates to this sort of techology in classrooms. 

Picture Retakes

Picture retakes will be on November 3rd.  Please pass this date on !

Parent Teacher Conferences

This coming Friday we will have no school due to Parent Teacher conferences.  Please review your times as our time together is always brief.  It is very helpful when all show up on time and respect the 15 mintute time frame.  We hope you get great information on this day!  Please plan to take some extra time on this day and go to Room 60 - our annex- to complete a parent survey.  This survey should take no more than 15 minutes to complete. 

Student / Staff Surveys!

We will continue to move forward on initiatives... See some initial work with surveys is listed below.  I am trying to match similar questions with similar themes between both staff and students.  Check it out below!


Northpoint Student Surveys

October Activities

Please make note that Northpoint will have many activities between now and the end of October.  We will have a late start on October 12th.  This will mean students will begin school at 9:30 instead of 8:30.  Students should not arrive any earlier than 9:10 AM. 
Review your Parent -Teacher conference time and plan to join us on the 21st for these important meetings. 
Our annual Halloween activities will take place on October 28th this year.  Our costume parade will take place around 2:00 PM with classroom parties to follow. 
We will be sharing a very important technology initiative in the coming days.