High School Parent Message
Sept 8, 2023
Important Dates
Sept 14: HS Back to School Night - in person, 6:30-9:00 pm
Sept 15: HS Student Picture Day
Sept 15: Activity Fair during lunch periods
Sept 18-22: Senior Portraits by appointment only - see below
Sept 25: Senior Portraits Retakes by appointment only.
HS Back to School Night
6:30 pm Welcome Session in Auditorium (404)
7:00 pm Classroom visitations
Please ask your children to share their class schedules with you. We will be following the following schedule for classroom visits.
Period | Time |
1-2 | 7:00-7:07 |
3-4 | 7:15-7:22 |
5-6 | 7:30-7:37 |
7-8 | 7:45-7:52 |
9-10 or 10-11 | 8:00-8:07 |
11-12 or 12-13 | 8:15-8:22 |
14-15 | 8:30-8:37 |
16-17 | 8:45-8:52 |
PTSC
Parent Teacher Student Connection (PTSC): Welcome back! The PTSC is the parent, teacher, and student organization for the Northern Burlington middle school and high school. Check out our website at www.nburlington.com/page/ptsc for more information and to become a member!
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SENIOR PARENT SECTION
Senior Parking:
Seniors are eligible to apply for parking on campus. Please find the link below for the 2023–2024 Senior Parking Application that can be accessed in Google Classroom.
All documents for parking should be emailed to wgupta@nburlington.com
If you have already applied and have been approved, you should have received a parking decal pickup information email from Ms. Gupta.
Senior Portraits
If your senior missed the summer portrait session, view this Senior Portrait Flyer for the week of September 18th - September 22rd. Students who have not previously had their portraits taken have been issued appointment times. These times will be sent to you from LifeTouch, if your student can not make the appointment they are assigned please call 1-800-687-9327 to schedule another time slot.
Students who need to “retake” can do so on September 25, by emailing Shane Donahue, shane.donahue@lifetouch.com , or Maryann Roland mroland@lifetouch.com , directly to book an appointment. Retake Flyer
Senior Trip
Senior Trip information was sent via email at the end of June to members of the Class of 2024 and their parents/guardians. The Senior Trip is from April 24-27. In order to secure a spot on the trip – we must receive a payment of $550 no later than SEPTEMBER 15th.
Insurance needs to be purchased prior to the student paying the school in full.
Cash, Checks or Credit Cards* Accepted*3.5% convenience fee will apply for all credit card sales
Only the advisors may accept payments.
Checks must be made out to: NBC - Class of 2024
Senior Trip Credit Card Order Form Senior Trip Class of 2024 Parent Letter
Insurance Information NORTHERN BURLINGTON 2024 ITINERARY
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Clinical Corner
Welcome back to school! What a mixed bag of feelings related to that sentence! Excitement, fear, stress, happiness…how amazing that in 10 weeks time we can get so used to not being in a school routine and then have to adjust all over again. Reacquainting ourselves with our peers, starting over with teachers and colleagues, even figuring out what to do for lunch could make anyone feel anxious. One way anxiety can be defined is worry over a threat that is still in your future. Emily Delzell, author of the article “How to Stop Feeling Anxious Right Now”, shares strategies to minimize that threat. One is to accept it and the other is to remember that you can have anxiety AND still perform well. Your body’s response to anxiety is its way of coming to your rescue and giving you energy(albeit uncomfortable), that would allow you to fight off the threat. When you avoid your anxiety by instantly distracting yourself, you never learn to deal with it, thus never giving yourself the chance to realize that you can tolerate it. The article also mentions doing a reality check and asking yourself, “On a scale of 1-100 how likely is it that the thing I am anxious about will happen?” Yet another option is to put your anxiety on a schedule: pick a 15 minute window during the day to think about your anxiety. When the anxious thoughts come outside of that time tell them to come back tomorrow at the scheduled time! There are too many great strategies in this article to list, so please read it in full here and pick a few to try! Hopefully this will help you face the first day of school head on, talking back to the bully that is anxiety and have a great year!
Message from the School Nurses
Happy 2023-2024 School Year!
Our school guidelines, with regard to infection control and preventing illness in school, have not changed. Please continue to keep students home for any sick symptoms. Please continue to report any positive COVID infections and Flu infections to your school nurse. Nursing will work with you and Administration to ensure that students home sick have excused absences. While COVID infection incidence is low, boosters are still reformulated for variants and recommended.
The Northern Burlington School District follows the most current New Jersey Department of Health guidance recognizing COVID as a community infectious disease- focused on prevention, identification and management.
Layered COVID Protection Strategies:
Vaccination
Testing when COVID Compatible sick symptoms occur
Masking when exposed and/or recovering.
*IF COVID Positive:
Individuals who test COVID Positive should: Stay home & isolate for at least 5 full days from onset of symptoms or 5 days from date of positive test if asymptomatic.
May return Day 6 if fever free for 24 hours and have no symptoms/improving symptoms but should wear a mask when around others for an additional 5 days or until they test negative using two antigen tests collected at least 48 hours apart starting on day 6.
*IF EXPOSED to someone with COVID: (Close Contact=6 feet 15 min or >during 24H period):
Quarantine is no longer recommended for people who are exposed to COVID-19 as long as they remain asymptomatic.
Exposed individuals should wear a mask for 10 days after exposure and get tested when sick or on day 6 after the last time of exposure.
Exception-a positive test within the last 30 days & asymptomatic- individual does not need to test.
Students/staff with sick symptoms should stay home.
If symptoms are COVID Compatible, student/staff should have at least one negative COVID test result (recommended 2 negative COVID tests 48 hours apart) and improvement/resolution of sick symptoms before returning to school.
Reminder of what is still considered "COVID Compatible" sick symptoms for which individual should have a COVID Test:
• At least two of the following symptoms: fever, chills, shivers, muscle aches, headache, sore throat, nausea or vomiting, diarrhea, fatigue, congestion or runny nose; OR
• At least one of the following symptoms: new or worsening cough, shortness of breath, difficulty breathing, new loss of taste or sense of smell.
REMINDERS:
Student drop-off/pick up:
Drop Off:
Students are expected to be in their HR no later than 7:20 am. Students may be dropped off by the west gym beginning at 6:45 am.
From 7:20 am on, students must be dropped off at the front entrance near the main office.
Pick Up:
Students needing to be picked up before the end of the day, must be signed out in the Main Office.
After dismissal, students must be picked up at the west gym entrance.
For students 18 years old or older; The parent(s) or legal guardian(s) of the adult pupil shall submit a written request for approval of an early dismissal to the Principal. The request must include the reason for the pupil's early dismissal to excuse them before the end of the school day.
Dress Code
Please be reminded that there is a dress code. Please review the following with your children and reference page 26 of the student handbook for the following information:
NO sheer clothing
Undergarments may NOT be exposed
Bottoms MUST touch tops
Bottoms MUST cover personal areas
Students in violation of the dress code will be asked to change their clothing. If they have nothing in their locker, they will call a parent/guardian to bring them appropriate clothing. If the student refuses to change their clothing - they will be placed in In School Suspension.
Assessment Schedule
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.
SAT Prep Program Registration
NB’s 6 week SAT Prep program continues in-person on Saturdays from September 16, 2023- October 28, 2023 (No Class October 14). In preparation for the November 4th or December 2nd SAT.
Please note 11/4/23 & 12/2/23 are the final Paper SAT dates. SAT will go all digital after January 1, 2024.
The program is contingent on sufficient enrollment of at least 17 students. An afternoon session will be added if needed to meet all registration requests. The registration deadline is Wednesday Sept 13, 2023 2023 FALL SAT Prep Program Registration.
Northern FFA Fall Plant Sales
The Northern FFA Chapter will be holding 3 Fall Plant Sales during the month of September & October. Please see the sale dates & times below. Horticulture students have been working hard over the summer propagating, planting, and growing fall crops - including mums & pansies! This year we are happy to offer a unique selection of plants to our customers. We look forward to seeing you during the plant sale days! In addition to the sale dates below, the greenhouse will be open for plant sales during Back-to-School Night on Thursday, September 14th from 6:30pm-8:30pm and at the HS Open House on Thursday, October 12th from 6:30pm-8:30pm.
Save the Dates!
Northern FFA Fall Plant Sale Dates & Times:
Saturday September 16th - 9am-1pm
Saturday September 23rd - 9am-1pm
Saturday October 14th - 9am-1pm
A variety of plants to include:
Fall Annuals, Mums, & Pansies
Foliage Hanging Baskets - 10" & 12" baskets
Fall Veggies & Potted Herbs
Houseplants, Succulents & Indoor Plants
Various Mixed Combo/Decorative Fall Planters
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
Sally López, Ed.D.
Principal
Follow the Principal on twitter @nbc_hsprincipal
Follow the Superintendent on twitter: @AZUCK1
Webpage at www.nburlington.com