Red Ribbon Week

This coming week is Red Ribbon Week.  The focus is making healthy choices, eating right, bike safety, using sunscreen, only taking medicine with adult supervision, and saying no to alcohol, drugs and smoking.

Here are some fun ways to participate this week at school:

Monday – Wear red to school today.

Tuesday – Wear a hat to school today.

Wednesday – Bring an apple to eat at lunch today.

Thursday – Wear red for our all-school assembly at 1PM

New Framed Artists!

Take a look at our new "framed" artists, Cameron, Emma and Frederick! 

Upcoming Events at Northpoint

"Heads Up" for some upcoming events!

• October 17th through October 21 - Bus Safety Week
• October 18th - Skate Night at USA Skating Rink from 6-8 pm
• October 21st - Healthworks Assembly at 12:00 for grades K-2
• October 24th - Mrs. Hapke's Art Smart (1-2)
• October 24th through October 27th - RED RIBBON WEEK (More info to come!)
• October 25th and 26th - Parent Teacher Conferences
• October 26th - Picture Retake Day
• October 26th - Dance Celebration
• October 27th - Red Ribbon Assembly
• October 28th and October 31 - NO SCHOOL

Blue Ribbon Kindergarten Blog

Using the link on the right hand side of this blog, hop over to Northpoint's Kindergarten Blog for information regarding the "All About Me and My Family" project as well as SUPER HERO DAY (October 12).

Kindergarten "Grading"

To ensure the best quality of our kindergartener's work at school, I will be using the following to help our kids show their personal best work at all times.  Here are some things to be on the look out for:

• Special markings on papers - As the kids work through their various activites, I will make marks on their papers to show the degree of  'personal best' is being used. 
• A "star" on a paper means the work looks like your child's personal best with a bit of  'extra effort' was put into it.  We are striving for stars!
• A "plus sign" on a paper means the work is just right...not extraordinary, not sloppy...it's expected quality of work.
• A "minus sign" on a paper means the quality of work is not where it should be and we need to work on doing our personal best at all times.
• "All Star" Work - Some work may be used as an exemplar for particular activities.  If your child's is used as such, a special note will be attached to it so that YOU know that the work was "All Star" calliber. 
• Stars on  "Star Cards" and Caught Shinings can be given for extra effort shown on work.

The whole point is to show the kids that their effort is IMPORTANT and that we value the time and energy they put into their daily work.   Thanks in advance for any encouragement you give to the cause.

Framed Art Work

Joel, Elena and Dean are our featured artists in the art frames located in the kindergarten hallway. 

Congrats and Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday to Elena (August), Cameron (September), Joel (October), Delaney W. (October), Emma (October) and Mia (October).

Our first Northpoint "Student of the Month" is Hallie.  Congratulations!