HS Parent Message January 6, 2023

High School Parent Message

January 6, 2023

Important Dates

Jan 11: Relay for Life Taco Bell Fundraiser - more details below

Jan 11: Relay for Life Mtg. @ 5:30 in room 110

Jan 16 School Closed MLK Jr Day

Jan 23: ASVAB testing

Jan 25: PTSC Mtg. @ 6:30pm in the HS Media Center

Jan 25: End of Second Marking Period

Feb 4: Winter Ball

Feb 9: Relay for Life Kickoff @ 6 pm

Feb 17: No School for Students - Staff Development Day

Feb 23: HS Winter Jazz Concert @ 7 pm

Mar 3: Blue & Grey Night in MS Gym

High School Program of Studies and Course Selection for 2023-2024:

The 2023-2024 High School Program of Studies is available on the High School Counseling Department Web Page. Course selection will occur electronically via PowerSchool as it did last year. Please review these instructions and contact your student’s counselor if you have any questions. The PowerSchool Parent Portal will be accessible according to these timelines:

Current HS students (Grades 9-11): Monday, January 9 - Sunday, January 22
Students in Grade 8: Monday, January 30 – Sunday, February 12
Students in Grades 7 will select courses at a later date

High School Counselors will meet with students in Grades 11, 10, and 9 to confirm their course selections starting in February. The counselors will start with rising seniors and then meet with rising juniors and sophomores. High School counselors will meet with students in grade 8 in the middle school in March.

The video recording of the presentation from the High School Academic Planning Night which was hosted by the Offices of Curriculum & Instruction and Counseling on Thursday, January 5th will be available on Northern TV in the next two weeks. It will also be posted on the HS Counseling page of the website. The video series for each department has been updated for 2023-2024.

Winter Ball

We are hosting a semi-formal Winter Ball dance on Feb 4th, 2023, in the high school auditorium from 7 pm - 10 pm. Doors open at 6:30 pm. Tickets cost $20 (a percentage of the proceeds will be donated to Relay for Life), including a light dinner and dessert. No outside guests permitted.

Senior ONLY ticket sales will begin on January 10th! Cash sales will be available from 2:30 pm to 3:20 pm in the main foyer, and online ticket sales will start at 3:20 pm. Remaining tickets will be available to all students beginning January 11th, with cash sales between 2:30 and 3:20 pm and online sales between 3:20 until sold out! Tickets will be sold until they are all gone (which may be before January 12th).

Winter Ball Flyer

RELAY FOR LIFE FUNDRAISER

The Taco Bell in Wrightstown is helping Northern’s Relay for Life fundraising. They will provide us with 50% of their proceeds (mention NB Relay for Life) on January 11th from 4 - 8 pm. Join us and help to make the 2023 Relay for Life of Northern Burlington the best yet!

RELAY FOR LIFE INFORMATION

From May 20th at 6:00 p.m. to May 21st at 6:00 a.m. we will gather on the football field to raise money and awareness for the American Cancer Society! The night is spent celebrating survivors, supporting cancer patients, and remembering friends and family. There are also events and games all night long, and you can spend the night hanging out with your friends and family. All are welcome!!!!

We have had several meetings so far and have selected the theme of “Countries - United for a Cure”. Thank you for helping us reach our goal of $10,000 by December 31, 2022.

Our next organization/information meeting will be January 11th in room 110 of the High School at 5:30pm. Additional meetings are:

January 31, 2023 - 6:00 PM (Room 110)

February 9, 2023 (Kick-Off) - 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM

February 15, 2023 - 6:00 PM (Room 110)

March 21, 2023 - 6:00 PM (Room 110)

April 4, 2023 - 6:00 PM (Room 110)

April 26, 2023 - 6:00 PM (Room 110)

May 9, 2023 - 6:00 PM (Room 110)

May 20-21, 2023 - Relay for Life (6:00 PM to 6:00 AM)

If you have any questions or you would like to be a part of the Relay for Life of Northern Burlington Committee, please contact Lori Nadolny (lnadolny@nburlington.com ) or Dr. Sally Lopez (slopez@nburlington.com ). If you would like to participate in Relay for Life by creating a team or joining a team, please visit the website: https://relayforlife.org/NB

Sneaker Donations

Thank you to all who contributed to the sneaker drive sponsored by our NB Athletic Trainers! The collection ended this afternoon so totals are not available yet, but the generosity of all the donors is appreciated.

Winter Sports and Spectators

The high school winter sports seasons are underway. While we appreciate the fact that there are students who want to show support for their classmates on the athletic teams, we are not equipped to provide supervision to students after school. For those students who would like to attend a sporting event as a spectator, they must first go home and then return and provide their own transportation home.

Spring Sports Registration Is Now Open

https://northernburlington-ar....

If you already have an account, there is no need to create a new one. Log in with your username and password to register your child for the 2023 Spring Sport Season.

Please be sure that all current physicals are uploaded into the registration portal (STEP 4).

If you have any questions, please contact Michele O’Neill, Athletic Department Secretary at moneill@nburlington.com or 609-298-3900, ext. 2093.

A Message From Your Northern Nurses

Following data from the Burlington County Health Department, trends show we may expect an increase in the number of Flu, COVID and all respiratory infections after the holiday season.

Please do your part by carefully monitoring your student and keeping him/her home for any sick symptoms.

Worrisome symptoms are cough, fever, breathing difficulty AND 2 or more symptoms combined such as congestion, headache, sore throat, muscle aches etc.

Please do not send students with sick symptoms to school and either:

Take to your doctor for clearance OR

Use a home COVID test (ideally 1 negative test and a second 48 hours later)

AND - Please communicate with your student's school nurse.

We must track the number of COVID and Flu cases in our community and we will work with you and Administration to ensure students home sick have excused absences.

Burlington County began offering both the single COVID-19 test as well as a combined COVID-19/Flu test at the testing site at Willingboro Towne Center, 4390 Rt 130 North, Willingboro, Test results are generally back within 48 hours. Insurance information is collected, but people without insurance are still eligible for testing.

Please see attached flyer

School Closure/Delayed Opening due to Inclement Weather

In the event that school must be closed or the opening delayed by 90 minutes due to inclement weather, announcements will be broadcast via twitter and posted on our website www.nburlington.com. Please follow me at @NBC_HSPrincipal and our Superintendent, Dr. Andrew Zuckerman, at @azuck1

Counseling

Please use the link below to find important updates pertaining to the school counseling department. The newsletter will be updated weekly with current announcements, important dates, and relevant articles. NB Counseling Weekly Newsletter

Senior Parents It’s not too late to order!!!

Please see the message below from Jostens and watch the video. After the video click on the box marked “click here”, that will take you to the website where you will scroll down to “shop now” - to order just the cap, gown and tassel, on the next page you will need to scroll down to the “Cap & Gown” section and select blue “Cap & Gown Unit” for $30. The next screen is where you will enter your students' information. Here is the link directly to that page : Cap & Gown Unit in case the video link isn’t working for you. *Take note that a basic tassel is included with the unit and you only need to purchase the “additional tassel” if that is your preference.

Class of '23,

Northern Burlington Seniors...IT'S YOUR YEAR!!!

Time to order your cap and gown unit.

Please click on the video link below and enter your height and weight. Don't forget to click on your cart and check out.

You can either buy your cap and gown unit as part of a package, or individually. If buying just the cap and gown unit individually, scroll to the bottom of the packages page and click on the SHOP NOW button.

Also, it's not too late to order your custom Northern Burlington Class Ring. Click on this link to order: Northern Burlington Class Rings

Congratulations Northern Burlington Class of '23!!!

Go Greyhounds!!!

The Casey Team

Jostens