Nov 7 & 8: NJEA Convention - School Closed

Nov 11: Staff Development Day-No School for Students

Nov 12: Marking Period 1 Ends

Nov 13: Marking Period 2 Begins

Nov 14: Parent Conferences, 6:30pm-8:30pm

Nov 18: PTSC Clothing Fundraiser ends

Nov 19: 9-11 Make Up Picture Day & PTSC Pie Orders Due

Nov. 22-24: The Hobbit (Fall Play)

Nov 27: Early Dismissal for Staff & Students

Nov 28 & 29: Thanksgiving - School Closed

Dec 1: Winter Craft Fair

Thank you to all who were able to join us for conferences this week. There is one more session, as noted below and there may be some openings remaining.

Wednesday, November 14th - 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM (IN PERSON)

To sign up for conferences, follow this LINK to a Google Sheet where you can view each teacher's individual sign-up links. Please note that you will need to schedule appointments with each individual teacher that you would like to meet with. Next to each teacher's name, you will see three links to sign-up, one for each of the three conference windows. When you click the link, you may need to navigate to the correct date. You can do this easily by clicking the "Jump to the next available date" option, as pictured below.

If a date is showing no availability, that teacher's schedule may be full. Conferences are offered on a first come, first serve basis. If that is the case, you are welcome to reach out individually with any questions or concerns you may have.

Once you schedule your appointment(s), you will receive email confirmations with room locations for in-person appointments and Google Meet links for virtual appointments. These email confirmations will also have instructions should you need to cancel your appointment.

NB's High School Anchored for Life club teamed up with the middle school to celebrate our Veterans. In addition to placing flags outside on the front lawn, high school students were asked to submit a name of a friend or family member who is a veteran and to write their name on a red, white or blue star. These stars were then used to create the beautiful American Flag display as seen below.

Northern Burlington values all of our employees and is starting a new tradition of recognizing a support professional of the year.

Please take the time to nominate someone by completing this form. Administrators, staff members, students, parents and community members are encouraged to participate.

Each candidate will be scored based on the criteria below:

• Serves as an exceptionally skilled and dedicated professional;

• Inspires and supports students of all backgrounds and abilities to achieve their goals;

• Supports colleagues, students and families by promoting a strong culture of respect;

• Demonstrates leadership and innovation in and outside their assigned responsibilities;

• Has the respect and admiration of students, parents, administrators and colleagues; and

• Plays an active role in the school/district community.

Categories

In order to qualify for Support Professional of the Year nominees must be classified as one of the following: If there is another support professional you would like to nominate that is not on the list, please contact Dr. Amy Stella for permission.

• Bus Aide

• Bus Driver

• Custodian

• Data Specialist

• Job Coach

• Maintenance

• Permanent Substitute

• Secretary

• Technology

• Transition Coordinator

• Transportation

Northern Burlington Support Professional of the Year Nomination Form

Due by: Tuesday, November 12, 2024

Recently, the CDC conducted a study on Adverse Childhood Experiences, known as the ACE study and they found that there are direct correlations between unresolved childhood emotional trauma and several physical conditions like heart disease, cancer, diabetes, stroke, high blood pressure, bone fractures, depression and drug use. Compared to a person with an ACE score of 0, a person with high numbers of ACES is nearly three times more likely to smoke and 30 times more likely to attempt suicide. Many of the participants were older than 60, showing that these childhood events were still affecting the physical body decades later. But here is where it gets interesting…

-Childhood physical abuse–increased risk of lung cancer

-Childhood sexual abuse–increased risk of cardiac disease

-Childhood neglect–risk of diabetes and autoimmune disorders

More than ⅔ of the population report at least one ACE and nearly a quarter have experienced three or more. The maximum is 10. Each type of trauma counts as one, regardless of how many times it happened. For the complete list of ACES and to take the quiz click this link.

While this can seem daunting and out of our control, there is hope, even with these kinds of challenges. There are ways to heal some of these ACES through POSITIVE Childhood Experiences with connection and empathy and there is more about this included in the link above as well as in the flyer below:

Flyer for PCANJ CM Trainings.pdf

https://secure.acsevents.org/site/STR?pg=entry&fr_id=109671

Please join us in the fight against cancer and register for Northern Burlington Relay for Life 2025 (link above)! You can create a team or join a team! To find out more, please contact Lori Nadolny (Lnadolny@nburlington.com) or Shelley Guevara (sguevara@nburlington.com). Please also consider joining us at one of our meetings at 6:00 pm in Room 110 in the high school on the following dates:

Wednesday, November 13, 2024

Tuesday, December 10, 2024

Tuesday, January 14, 2025

Tuesday, January 28, 2025

Tuesday, February 4, 2025

Tuesday, March 11, 2025

Tuesday, April 8, 2025

The High School Store is selling pink t-shirts, hoodies, and PJs. All proceeds will be donated to the American Cancer Society. They can be purchased in the store or online at: https://nbhsstore.square.site/

Team On Fire for Brian is selling beef sticks. If you are interested, please contact Mrs. O'Neill at moneill@nburlington.com or stop by and purchase them from the High School Store. All proceeds will be donated to the American Cancer Society.

We are excited to announce that the 2025 high school yearbook is now on sale! Our students and staff are working hard to capture the events, activities and memories of this school year. Place your order for the yearbook at https://shorturl.at/REICG. This is one you won’t want to miss!

Dear NB Parents: The Middle School's Buddy Club needs your support. We are collecting gently worn, used, and new shoes (sneakers, sandals, boots, dress shoes, cleats, etc.) for our Shoe Drive Fundraiser! We will be collecting shoes from Oct 7 - to Nov 15, 2024. Now's the perfect time to clean out your closet of old shoes! Fall sports ending soon....we will take any used cleats from athletes!

Students can put the shoes in the collection box located at the main entrance. We appreciate your support of the Middle School's Buddy Club. Any questions please contact Heather at hevert@nburlington.com or Tracy at tnagy@nburlington.com.

Our district food service provider is looking to fill open positions. Anyone interested should check out this Flyer or go directly to the NutriServe Website here.

The Parent Teacher Student Connection (PTSC) is Northern Burlington's version of a Home and School/PTA group. All parents are invited to join and meetings are held throughout the year. Membership Form

Yeti Fall Raffle: Last day to buy tickets is Homecoming Saturday. Winning tickets will be drawn after the game.

Holiday Dessert Fundraiser: Our A&M Dessert fundraiser is over 40 pies, cakes, cheesecakes, and more. Order now through Nov. 19. Pickup will be Nov. 26 at the Middle School.

Fall Clothing Drive: Our annual fall clothing drive is from Nov. 1 - Nov. 18.

See our website at https://sites.google.com/view/nbptsc for more information about all of these events.

During the course of the school year, students will participate in various standardized assessments. Assessment Information and NB’s Assessment Schedule is available on the Office of Curriculum and Instruction (Academics) website in the Student Assessment

section.

Registration for May 2025 exams opens September 3, 2024. The deadline to pay & register for exams without penalty is November 8, 2024. Late registration fees will apply after the deadline. Visit our website, www.totalregistration.net, or contact Dr. Puente-Ervin at Lpuente-ervin@nburlington.com for more information.

Athletic Winter registration IS NOW OPEN for both the High School and Middle School.

If you already have an account, please sign in with your current username and password. DO NOT CREATE A NEW ACCOUNT!

If you need assistance, please contact the Athletic Office at 609-298-3900, ext. 2093 or email moneill@nburlington.com

Just a reminder that the second Senior Trip installment payment of $600 is due by Friday November 15th. Payments can be made online or cash/check brought to Mrs. Duff in room 406 or Mrs. Farley in room 124

Please check the email you received this message on, for an email from Jostens to order your cap & gown unit. Cap and gown orders are due by November 15th.