High School Parent Message
May 17, 2024
Important Dates
May 18-19: Relay for Life 6pm-6am
Only students who preregistered and turned in permission slips may attend.
May 22-24: AP Make-up Exams
May 22: HS Band Concert 7pm
May 24: “After the Fire” Assembly for Class of 2024
May 29: 2024-2025 Schedule Presentation - see below
May 29: HS Choral Concert @ 7 pm
May 30: Scholars’ Night
June 5-6: Art & Design Show
June 7: Junior/Senior Prom
June 11: Senior Awards Night
June 12: Early Dismissal Students
Senior Send Off @ 12 pm
June 13: Early Dismissal Students
June 14: Early Dismissal Students
Graduation
June 17: Early Dismissal Students
FINAL Opportunity For Option II, Early Release/Late Arrival, and Course Waivers Forms
Please read this update carefully and contact your school counselor prior to May 24, 2024, with any questions. Please note there will be NO additional deadline or extension and NO forms will be accepted after the due date.
Option II Applications, Early Release/Late Arrival forms, and Course Waiver Forms will be accepted until Friday, May 24, 2024, at 2:45pm
Obtain on HIGH SCHOOL COUNSELING SERVICES WEBSITE. If you need a hard copy of any of the forms, they can be picked up from the school counseling office at the Middle School and High School prior to May 24th.
Must be turned into Ms. Haley in the High School Counseling office or to Ms. Baker in the Middle School Counseling office by May 24, 2024, at 2:45pm (NO EXCEPTION).
Extended Learning Schedule Presentation
High School will be moving to a 4x4 extended learning schedule. This will have four classes on one day (A day- periods 1, 3, 5 and 7) and the remaining four classes on the following day (B day- periods 2, 4, 6 and 8). Each class will be approximately 80 minutes in length.
The HS will also be transitioning to one lunch period. During the lunch time, there will be two separate opportunity periods that students can sign up for the scheduled activities. Providing structured activities at the first half and second half of the lunch period will naturally create two separate lunch periods. Lunch will be served for this entire period.
There will be a presentation on these changes at 6:00 pm on May 29 in the High School Main Cafeteria. This will be right before the choral concert, you are welcome to stay for the show.
Gifted & Talented Testing
Interested in Northern's G&T program? Register for the upcoming testing session HERE to see if your child qualifies for gifted services. This session is only for current Northern students. Visit Northern's G&T website for more information about our G&T program or contact the director, Dr. Puente-Ervin at Lpuente-ervin@nburlington.com.
No Place for Hate
Our No Place for Hate club will be holding the pledge for the 23-24 school year as of next week- this is a yearly recertification of our school's pledge to create an inclusive environment. The pledge will be a voluntary public commitment to challenge bias and bullying. The pledge will be conducted on May 21st through 23rd, during lunch periods.
2024 Fall Cheerleading Try-Outs
Join us for the Fall 2024 HS Cheerleading try-outs being held June 3, 4 & 5, 2024 in the middle school gym. Try-outs on June 3rd & 4th will be from 3 - 4:30 pm. June 5th will be the actual tryouts - time slots will be assigned. All 3 days are mandatory.
Mark your calendars, if you are interested in cheering during the fall season! Join the Google Classroom - CODE: 3kexcgk - for more information. This is the ONLY try-out for current NB students for Fall cheerleading at the high school. Cheerleaders are responsible for their own transportation during try-outs.
If you have any questions, please email Coach Ballinger - kballinger@nburlington.com
Upcoming Assemblies:
May 24:
“After the Fire” Survivors of the Seton Hall fire will address the senior class periods 1-2 & 3-4.
Seniors should report directly to 404.
June 3:
Seniors during H/PE classes, LIFE, PEER
Arrive Alive Tour is a driving simulator company that will come to the school and offer seniors the opportunity to drive an actual vehicle that is outfitted to be a simulator and replicate driving drunk, high, or distracted driving. Students drive for 2 minutes and experience the chosen type of driving. Following their experience behind the wheel, seniors are issued a "citation" to see what that experience is like as well.
Driving School
Northern’s Driving School is open year-round for Northern students as well as other local high school students. We offer after-school, weekend, and summertime lessons for your student to obtain their Learner’s Permit, get some extra hours of driving practice, or take their Road Test. Please follow the link below for more Driving School information. Contact Mrs. Duff at driversed@nburlington.com with any questions. Northern Burlington Driving School
Northern FFA Spring Plant Sale
The Northern FFA Chapter will be holding its annual Spring Plant Sale days on May 4th, 11th, 12th & 18th.
Horticulture students have been working hard since January in the greenhouse seeding, planting and transplanting to prepare for our sale!
This year we are happy to offer an expanded selection of vegetables including various types of tomatoes, and sweet peppers & hot peppers.
Please see the sales dates and times below. We look forward to seeing you again during this year's plant sale days!
Save the Dates! -
Northern FFA Spring Plant Sale Dates and Times:
Saturday May 11th, 2024 - 9am-2pm
Mother's Day: Sunday May 12th, 2024 - 9am-1pm
Saturday May 18th, 2024 - 9am-2pm
Plants available for sale:
Flowering Hanging Baskets - 10" & 12" baskets
Mixed Combo/Decorative Planters & Foliage Baskets
6 pack & 4.5" Annual Flowers 6" & Gallon Perennials
Herbs Strawberry Plants (available May 18th only)
NEW! THIS YEAR: Single Pack Heirloom & Premium Veggies
4 pack Vegetables including: Tomatoes,
sweet peppers, hot peppers, eggplant, cucumbers,
melons, beans, lettuce & salad mixes & more!
To see a PDF version of the 2024 NB FFA Spring Plant Sale Flyer, click HERE.
To see a PDF version of the Spring Plant Sale Price List, click HERE.
Address:
Northern Burlington County Regional High School
Greenhouse Complex
Address: 160 Mansfield Road East
Columbus, NJ 08022
Contact: Brian Hayes, Teacher of Agriculture
Email: bhayes@nburlington.com
Class of 2025
For your convenience in scheduling summer vacation and trips, we would like to inform you that senior portraits for the Class of 2025 will be taking place on July 8th,9th,11th,15th,18th, and 26th. We will let you know when appointment scheduling will begin.
Clinical Corner
May is Arthritis Awareness Month, Better Sleep Month, National Walking Month, Women’s Health Care Month, Military Appreciation Month(Shout out to Tracie Kritch and Shannon Pagano for helping to make our military students feel so supported!), Better Speech and Hearing Month (Special Thanks to our Speech Pathologist Tracy Nagy!), Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, and lastly, Mental Health Awareness Month! In honor of that I thought I would accentuate a few tools that we have right at our fingertips to monitor/improve our mental health:
The Health App on your iphone now has a mental health questionnaire that is quick yet thorough and gives you a snapshot of your mental health at the end with recommendations.
Insight Timer is a free app that has meditative music of all sorts as well as guided meditations that you can customize to your busy schedule with ones as short as 5 minutes.
The Calm App is $70 a year and many people say the cost is worth it
The Habit Rabbit App has a fun and interactive way to help you stick to good habits
988- You can text, call or chat with a helpful counselor on this crisis Lifeline
National Suicide Prevention Line-1-800-273-8255
PTSC Clothing Drive
A note of appreciation to all who donated to the PTSC clothing drive. This week, our facilities department estimated that close to 100 bags of clothing were picked up. On behalf of the PTSC, thank you for everyone's support with this important fundraiser for our district's home and school group. Enjoy that freed up space in your closets.
Expanded EBT Summer Benefits
(Students Receiving Free or Reduced Lunch)
The NJDA has made the Summer PEBT program permanent, which means that our students that are receiving free and reduced lunch will be eligible to receive money during the summer for lunch. Please see the flier HERE for more information (and in Spanish HERE).
Vaccination Flyer From Burlington County Health Dept.
School Calendar
The board of education approved a tentative calendar for the 2024-2025 school year. It can be found at this LINK.
Bus Drivers Needed
Please see this FLIER from our transportation office. The district is looking for full and part time bus drivers. The job includes free training to earn CDL, as well as flexible hours. Feel free to share this flier with others who may be interested.
NHS Tutoring
Is your child in need of academic support? Members of the National Honors Society provide tutoring to all Northern Burlington students. High School students can attend tutoring after school Wednesdays.
Northern TV
Be sure to check out our school district’s channel on YouTube:
Northern News episode 3 Northern News episode 4. 2023-2024 Northern News episode 5 2023-2024
Check out the latest on what's happening on and around our campus!
Click Subscribe to get notification of any new programs like sporting events, concerts, news, and awards.
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SENIOR PARENT SECTION
Graduation Newsletter
The 2024 Graduation Newsletter was emailed to all parents last Friday and placed in the Class of 2024 Google Classroom. It is important that all students and parents review the newsletter. There is a form that students must complete in the newsletter.
A Message From Counseling
This is a very exciting time of year for our senior, and we would like to celebrate and honor them. Please complete the Class of 2024 Graduation Program Consent and Final Transcript Release Form in the Power School Parent Portal. This form allows parents to consent to us recognizing your student by sharing their post graduate plans in our graduation program. This form will also serve as a final transcript release. Please complete the form before Friday, May 31, 2024.
Graduation
At this time, barring no more emergency closure days, graduation is still scheduled for Friday, June 14th, 6:30 pm on the football field. There is no rain date and if necessary, graduation will be in the MS Gym with limited seating. More information to follow.
Sally López, Ed.D.
Principal
Follow the Principal on twitter @nbc_hsprincipal
Follow the Superintendent on twitter: @AZUCK1
Webpage at www.nburlington.com