The Weekly Update #33 April 17, 2025 | | |
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| | Dear Parents and Guardians,
It has been a great week! Last night, we were able to celebrate the accomplishments of our students at the Greyhound's Choice Awards Ceremony. Today, we got to learn, view and experience many cultures from around the world at our Multicultural Day. This was a great time and all of the student participants were well prepared to share their culture with attendees.
As we go into this week of Spring Break, we hope you have a restful and enjoyable time. We look forward to seeing students back in the building on Monday April 28th.
Have a great weekend, Dr. McCann | | | April 18-25: Spring Recess-School Closed
April 28: School Reopens May 1: Career Fair (see info below) May 2: Final day to buy tickets to Junior/Senior prom May 3: PTSC Senior Citizen Prom 1-4pm (see sign up below) May 3: Marching Band Designer Bag Bingo 5pm doors open Bingo Flyer May 5-16: AP Testing May 20-23: NJSLA Testing | | | The high school counseling team has met with all rising 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th graders to finalize course requests for the 2025-2026. Please log into PowerSchool to review all course requests. All changes to course requests will be honored prior to May 1, 2025, at 2:30pm. If the change requires a course waiver, a signed COURSE WAIVER FORM must be submitted by May 1, 2025 at 2:30pm. All requests to make changes to course requests submitted after May 1, 2025, will not be reviewed until after the master schedule has been finalized. At that time all efforts will be made to accommodate the changes, but it is not guaranteed.
Please contact our CHILD'S SCHOOL COUNSELOR via email to make any changes.
| | | During the month of May, many students will participate in testing. May 5-16: Students who have registered for the AP Test will participate in these tests. Students should have received information about the specific exam they have registered for. The schedule for non-testing students remains the same. Please reach out to Dr. Puente-Ervin, lpuenteervin@nburlington.com with any questions.
From May 20-23, 9th and 11th grade students, and a select number of 10th and 12th grade students will participate in NJSLA Testing. 9th grade students will complete tests in both Language Arts and Math. 11th grade students will complete tests in science. 10th and 12th grade students will have morning programming until 9:30, when all students will then go to class. More details and a specific schedule and outline of programming will be shared in the upcoming weeks. Please reach out to Mrs. Droke, ddroke@nburlington.com with any questions. | | College and Career FairThe NB High School Counseling Department is proud to announce that the College and Career Fair is back and bigger than ever! The event will take place in the high school's main cafe from 6 to 8 PM on Thursday, May 1st.Students and community members are welcome! This year we are proud to be hosting over 50 colleges and organizations. Please email Marissa Pona in counseling (mpona1@nburlington.com) with any questions. For a full list of organizations that will be in attendance, please click here. | | |  | | | April is dandy because it is Month of the Military Child. The dandelion is a symbol used to represent the resilience and adaptability of military children who, like dandelion seeds, are often uprooted and replanted across the world, yet thrive wherever they land. Purple is the color for Month of the Military Child, because it is a combination of all of the colors that represent the U.S Military forces blended together. In honor of the Month of the Military Child at NB, each Tuesday in April our morning announcements will be led by our Military Students. WE will also play music from a branch of the military each of these days. Additionally, NB is excited to Purple Up every Thursday throughout the month, and we will also have a school wide Purple Up Duck Hunt on Thursdays for all NB students. Please also check out the beautiful dandelion with the names of our military children displayed on the media center window throughout the month. | | |
Northern Burlington will celebrate our DI, DII, and DIII college-bound student-athletes on Thursday, June 5th at 3:30 PM in the High School Stadium. Join us as we honor their incredible athletic and academic achievements! Parents/Guardians & Students: If you are attending college and participating in athletics at the next level, we want to celebrate you! All you have to do is contact your coach and tell them you are interested in participating! Schedule: - 3:00–3:25 PM: Parents decorate student tables (no early arrivals please!)
- 3:25–3:30 PM: Student-athletes arrive
- 3:30–3:50 PM: Player announcements & signing celebration
Let’s make this a memorable day for our future collegiate athletes! | | | | | Junior/ Senior Prom will take place the evening of June 6, 2025 at the Westin in Mount Laurel. Tickets will go on sale electronically from Monday April 7 through May 2. No tickets will be sold after this time. The cost of tickets is $100. More information was posted in Class of 2025 and 2026 Google Classrooms. | | | | Please remind students who park on campus that per the parking contract signed by student drivers and parents, they agree NOT to visit their vehicle during school hours. If a student has forgotten something and needs to go out to their vehicle during the school day, the student should come to the main office and get permission first. Security will be alerted to accompany students in exiting and re-entering the building. Leaving the building without permission from the main office could result in consequences including ISS and/or a loss of parking privileges. | | | Please log into www.schoolpaymentportal.com to check your student’s lunch account. Here you can create an account and use it to view transactions for your student and/or add money to their account. To create the account you will use your email address and your own password then search for their student using the school zip code 08022 and name or student ID #. | | | The Northern FFA Chapter will be holding its annual Spring Plant Sale days during the month of May 2025: May 3rd, 10th, 11th, 17th, & 24th Horticulture students have been working hard since January in the greenhouse seeding, planting & growing out bedding plants to prepare for our sale! This year we are happy to offer new varieties and colors of flowers as well as 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! Stay tuned for the Sale Flyer and Price List in the coming weeks! Click here for the Save the Date reminder. Northern FFA Spring Plant Sale Dates and Times: Saturday May 3rd, 2025 - 8am-1pm - Senior Appreciation Day (55+) Saturday May 10th, 2025 - 8am-1pm - Teacher Appreciation Day Sunday May 11th, 2025 - 8am-1pm - Mother's Day Sale Saturday May 17th, 2025 - 8am-1pm - Farmer Appreciation Day Saturday May 24th, 2025 - 8am-12pm - Military Appreciation Day Contact: Brian Hayes, Teacher of Agriculture Email: bhayes@nburlington.com | | | The New Jersey Department of Education (NJDOE) recently made the School Performance Reports for the 2023-2024 school year publicly available. This letter includes additional details as well as the link to access the reports. | | | The Band Boosters are hosting a Designer Bag Bingo Night on Saturday, May 3rd, to raise money for the Middle School and High School band programs! For tickets please contact nbcbandboosters@gmail.com Bingo Flyer | | | With Spring break upon us, I thought it might be helpful to discuss school refusal/avoidance because a break in the routine or extra days off can exacerbate this issue. According to the article School refusal: Children and Adolescents, school refusal is defined as when “children get extremely upset at the idea of going to school and often miss some or all of the school day.” Here are some signs of school refusal:
Crying, tantrums Refusing to move Beg or plead not to go Hide or lock themselves in their room Show high levels of anxiety Have trouble sleeping, or complain of stomach aches Threaten to hurt themselves
As the article states, there is not usually a single cause of school refusal “It might be linked to anxiety or worries about leaving home,a recent change, a phobia, learning difficulties, social problems or depression.” But whatever the cause, avoidance/refusal works for the student because they are able to avoid the stressor or if they are worried about something at home it keeps them close by.
The article suggests to first try to understand the issue from your teen’s point of view. Also, to have them rate each part of the school day to see where they are most uncomfortable. Helping your child see what they can problem solve about can also help them regain some control over the situation. No matter what the issue is, the article strongly supports that the child continue going to school as you are trying to resolve the issue. It builds their confidence and resilience and it will be easier for them to return if they haven’t been out too long.
Also, don’t be afraid to reach out to the school to let them know what is going on. Teachers and administrators can often brainstorm and help lighten the stress your child is feeling. Lastly, to get more support for your child and yourself, talking to a counselor can give you both strategies to work on managing all the feelings that your child is experiencing.
The article has more information than I can include here. To read it in its entirety, click here. | | | |
NORTHERN BURLINGTON RELAY FOR LIFE IS ALMOST HERE!!! We have raised over $25,000 so far, but our goal is $50,000! Please join us in the fight against cancer and register for Northern Burlington Relay for Life 2025 (link above) or make a donation! You can create a team, join a team, or make a donation to a team! To find out more, please contact Lori Nadolny (Lnadolny@nburlington.com) or Shelley Guevara (sguevara@nburlington.com). Please consider joining us at one of our final meetings at 6:00 pm in Room 110 in the high school on the following dates: Tuesday, April 29, 2025 Student Permission Slips & Chaperone Forms Due Tuesday, May 13, 2025 RELAY EVENT - Saturday, May 17, 2025, from 4:00 pm to 10:00 pm
| |  | | | | | | Parent Teacher Student Connection (PTSC): Please visit our website, www.nburlingtonptsc.org.
Senior Citizen Prom The annual Senior Citizen Prom will be held on Saturday, May 3rd from 1pm - 4pm. If you are interested in volunteering for this wonderful event, please sign up here: https://forms.gle/iqdiDeWm135bc1rK8 We are also asking for dessert donations for the Senior Citizen Prom (May 3). If you love to bake, we think it's a wonderful way to contribute to this special event. Dessert Donations
Spring Raffle The Parent Teacher Student Connection is holding a Spring Gift Card Raffle Fundraiser. First prize is $500 in gift cards to Acme, ShopRite, Wegmans, and Visa and Second Prize is a $200 Visa gift card. Tickets are $10 each, cash or venmo. Drawing is May 3rd (winner need not be present). Please see our website to request tickets. www.nburlingtonptsc.org/events.
End of Year Events If you would like to volunteer for some of our end-of-year events (8th grade class night, senior send-off, staff appreciation sundae bar), please sign up here:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70A0849A9AC2BA0FB6-56240219-2025
| | | | | Check out this flyer to learn more about an event Saluting YOU on May 2, 2025! | | If you have not ordered your cap and gown, please reach out to Ms. Guevara directly. Our contact information is: Email: rguevara@nburlington.com | | |  | Shelley Guevara Shelley is using Smore to create beautiful newsletters |
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