Weekly Blast November 18, 2022

It's time to register for Kindergarten!

Box Tops

Mrs. Robertson is in the lead for our November BOX TOPS competition! While you are shopping for Thanksgiving, please make sure you have downloaded the Box Tops app and SCAN THOSE RECEIPTS! :

Pick your favorite teacher to give the credits to

Thank you Mr. Kinney for being a Watch Dog Dad, doing relay races and for keeping kids on their feet ;)

Staff Highlights

PTA News

Parry's Restaurant Night!

Save yourself cooking and join us for a Restaurant night at Parry's on December 9th! 20% of your bill will go towards NRE if you mention Northridge Elementary. Dine in and Carry-Out options are included and the event is all day long! Check out the flyer for more details.

Holiday Shop - Rescheduled
Due to the DCSD Inclement weather delayed start, we had to re-schedule our Holiday Shop. The event will now be on December 9th during school hours, more details will be sent closer to the new date. We sincerely thank all of our volunteers and vendors for their patience and understanding!

Note from PTA President

With the upcoming Thanksgiving celebration, I would like to take a moment to express my gratitude for our school. I am thankful for our amazing teachers and staff – a group of people who are not only in charge of our children’s education, but who also play a big role in their personal growth and overall well-being. From the administration to the office staff, from classroom teachers, specials teachers, BASE staff, EA’s and counselors, to the building engineer and lunchroom staff, we are fortunate to have amazing individuals who truly care about the children at NRE. I am also grateful for our great community; we have had an incredible year so far, with many fun events and experiences for our students, and we couldn’t do it all without your participation and support. Thank you all and have a wonderful Thanksgiving break!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Please consider donating to the Northridge PTA using the below:

Amazon Smile
NRE PTA receives around $400 each year from Amazon Smile courtesy of our great NRE community. We want to double that number by the end of next year and need your support! When you shop at Smile.Amazon.com, Amazon Smile donates 0.5% of the purchase price back to Northridge PTA. All you have to do is click the link below and choose Northridge PTA as your charity of choice. Make sure the word SMILE is in front of Amazon to ensure your purchase is credited back to us. We appreciate the 5 minutes this will take you to set up! Click Here to link to Amazon Smile

SCRIPS Gift Cards
Purchase SCRIPS gift cards to pay your monthly expenses such groceries and gas. Depending on the retailer, NRE can receive anywhere from 1% to 5% of your purchase. A $500 grocery card could mean $5 to $25 for our school.

Retailers include: Safeway, Target, Walmart, Home Depot, and many more! Join Scrips with program code: 55D136EB54266.

Please click below to check out our new PTA website!

New PTA Website!

Principal Letter

Dear NRE Community -

This morning started with a 90 minute delay because of the Colorado weather, it certainly didn't start like the weather my hometown is getting; Buffalo is expecting 6 to 7 feet of snow! Yep, you read that correctly, FEET of snow - that's 72 inches of fun in my opinion! I know we could use the moisture, but I was happy my house only got about 7 inches of snow so I could get to work to help Dean finish clearing the path for our students and staff. Mr. Dean got here at 4am to do most of the work for us and Ms. Nickie and Ms. G helped out too! Luckily Dean did the majority of the work and we were just his sidekicks.

I hope you all take this week to think about the things that you have in your life that you are thankful for in your life. I often get so busy between running a school, being the mom of two teenagers, having aging parents and two siblings and their families, that I often forget to think about all of the things that I am truly thankful for and there are many. Stop, think, and listen. Even pour yourself a cup of tea or coffee and put down your phone for a moment and think of your top five things that you are most thankful for in life.

I was talking to my best friend since 3rd grade who is a special education teacher on the island I grew up on and we were talking about what percentage of our students in each of perspective schools celebrate Thanksgiving and what kinds of engaging questions she could ask her class. I asked her how her 6th grade students would answer a question like "What do you think children in other continents are thankful for?" She paused for a second and said, "I don't know but I'll ask them" and then guess what happened? She got a snow day today. Ha!

I hope you have some time off of work to enjoy your family and be festive; whatever that looks like for your family. I will be turning off my work brain to soak up the time with my family, friends, and the outside air.

~Katie Lynch

Be mindful what you put into your brain this week.

District and Other Information

Holidays tend to be hard for many people. If you are struggling, suicide is not the answer. Please seek help. Suicide prevention is important every day of the year.

The Suicide & Crisis Lifeline provides 24/7, free & confidential support and be reached simply by calling or texting 988 or chatting 988lifeline.org.

For more resources regarding suicide prevention, visit the Suicide Prevention Resource Center or the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.

Page updated

Report abuse