Navigator News Episode 4 - Ms. Gay's in the Teacher Spotlight!

Welcome to Navigator News Episode 4 - December 15, 2017.  Highlights of this episode include the Book Fair and spotlighting Ms. Gay as our Teacher of the week.  Please enjoy!

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Navigator News Episode 3 with information on Book Fair and Spotlight Teacher, Ms. Fearrington

Here's a link to our newest Navigator News episode with 5th grade anchors, Kendall Headen Ross, Eliot Ludwig Mauldin and Mira Kumar. This week our crew interviews this week's Spotlight Teacher, Ms. Fearrington, one of our amazing Kindergarten teachers and Ms. Cole, our phenomenal Librarian about our upcoming Book Fair.  We hope you enjoy it!

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Navigator News Network Episode 2 - Spotlight Teacher - Ms. Jones

This week's Navigator News Network (NNN), episode includes a review of Beautiful and Brave, 2 new books in our library by Stacy McAnulty. Also included is an interview with Ms. Kirtisha Jones, 4th grade teacher being honored by our News Crew as our first Staff Spotlight recipient. Let us know your opinions, suggestions, and praise. We are working hard here at Northside Elementary to share student voices and give them choices in their learning.

2017-2018 Boys 2 Men Community

At Northside Elementary School our students have been learning about the importance of a “community.” To bring light to “community” and improving “unity” amongst our future male student leaders and male staff the group “Boys 2 Men”was created. Not only was this group created to teach “community” and “unity” but also how to dress for success.

An important part of Boys 2 Men requires the young men to partake in “Dress Up Wednesday’s,” where they come to school dressed in a white button up shirt, bow tie and khaki/navy pants. This attire requirement will supports the vision to create “community” and “unity” within the group and hopefully spread amongst the Northside community. Under the leadership of Mr. Pedro Wilks & Mr. Barry Garrett two resource teachers here at Northside.

Boys 2 Men has “5 Star Key Points” of success that we are teaching our young men:

●      Responsibility

●      Respect

●      Leadership

●      Unity

●      The Importance of Education

Northside Navigator Network Debuts!

With the inspiration of Barry Garrett, EC Teachers' Assistant, the premiere episode of Navigator News has launched!  Each week our three 5th grade Anchors, Kendall Headen Ross, Eliot Ludwig Mauldin and Mira Kumar will present topics to share our students' voice. 

Segments like Playground Sports, and Current Events will be covered along with  Staff Spotlight, New in the Library and others to be offered by our "In The Field" reporters - other 5th graders interested in sharing their voices on the exciting new medium.

Each week, the news crew prepares and records segments which are then spliced together using iMovie for Friday release. Classrooms have access to a file location that gives them flexibility in when to show the program.

Click on the video above to take a look at our very first show!

3rd Annual Literary Pumpkin Path is a Bumper Crop This Year!

From our amazing librarian, Mrs. Cole, "Our 3rd annual literary pumpkin patch is up and on display along the tops the shelves in our library.  We had 39 this year - wow!" 

Take a look! Just click on the video link below for a short holiday themed view of our entries.

Pumpkins in our patch represent a favorite book character appropriate for elementary students.  Along with the pumpkin, a list of the title and author of the book and the book itself or a picture of the book cover to display with pumpkin/gourds can be found this week throughout our library.

Voting takes place across the school after students have the opportunity to view the pumpkins and stroll through the patch. Pumpkins are judged according to the following categories:

• Pre-K thru 2nd Grade “Family” Pumpkins
• 3rd Grade thru 5th Grade Student Pumpkins
• Faculty & Staff Pumpkins

Message from our Northside School Improvement Team (SIT)

Hello Navigator Families,

The Northside School Improvement Team (SIT) will be hosting a focus meeting on Friday, October 27th during the school dance (6:00-7:30). This is an opportunity for parents and community members to share feedback to be used in the development of the district’s new strategic plan.

Please RSVP your participation in the Northside meeting by emailing co-chair Tequila Powell (tpowell@chccs.k12.nc.us)  or Allison Crawford (acrawford5000@gmail.com) so that we’re able to select a location that will accommodate the group. Feel free to ask questions.

The district will also be hosting a series of community focus groups for those who live in our area but are not associated with a school, or for any parents who could not make it to their school's focus group. Those dates will be on the district calendar.