The Weekly Update October 10, 2025 | | |
| | Oct. 13: No School for Students Oct. 20- Oct. 24: PTSC Book Fair Oct. 21: MS School Picture Day Oct. 24: Early Dismissal - Students Only Oct. 24: Homecoming Oct. 31: Federal Impact Aid Forms Due | | On October 15, 2025, Northern Burlington will electronically solicit the US Department of Education's Federal Impact Aid Student-Parent Survey Form for the 2025-2026 School Year. This form will be available through PowerSchool’s parent portal. This survey is important and determines the amount of Federal Impact Aid the district receives. Consequently, this form, one for each student, needs to be completed and submitted by you (student’s parent/guardian/sponsor) by Friday, October 31, 2025. Beginning on October 15, 2025 you will not be able to access your child(ren)’s grades until the survey form is completed so, please keep your eye out for this electronic survey form on October 15th. Thank you! | | NBC home football games ARE NOT a drop-off event. Anyone in the Middle School or Elementary Schools attending a Northern Burlington home football game must be accompanied by an adult at all times.
Online Ticketing for Football Game Tonight is a “Pink Out” for NBC fans Here is the link for online ticketing for tonight’s football game vs. Trenton Central HS HomeTown Ticketing | School Events | | Thanks to our students and teachers for their participation in the Week of Respect activities. Of course, respect is not a concept that is limited to this week alone. It is a topic we have touched on from the beginning of the year (it is one of our core values, Be Ready, Be Respectful, Be Responsible), and I am sure we will return to it throughout the year. However, it was nice to be able to focus on that concept this week and we look forward to those discussions promoting respectful behavior moving forward. | | The middle school pictures will be taken on October 21 during physical education class. All students are photographed. These pictures will be used in the yearbook and for student IDs. Parents have the option to order picture packages. The students received the flyers in their homeroom today. Here is a link to the flyer: Lifetouch Flyer | | Anchored4Life is a peer-led club that helps build coping skills and resilience, fostering strong connections among members and with the community. Anchored4Life is hosting a book drive to give back to the community. The collection will take place throughout the entire month of October. Please see the flyer below. | | Parent Teacher Student Connection (PTSC): Thank you to everyone who supported and/or came to our first annual Designer Bag Bingo and Raffles! It was a huge success and we are now planning how we can use the funds to further support our middle and high school communities. We would love to grow the organization and have more participation. If you would like to join, please register here: https://www.nburlingtonptsc.org/membership Our next general meeting is Wednesday, October 29 at 6:30pm in the HS media center. We look forward to seeing you there! For more information, please see our website at www.nburlingtonptsc.org
The Scholastic Book Fair is coming to the Middle School from October 20 - October 24. Purchasing books from the book fair not only supports strong readers, but it benefits the school as well! Last year, we earned over $2000 in Scholastic Dollars that we used to buy books for the Media center and classrooms. Students will come down to the fair during scheduled class time and can also shop during their lunch periods. We accept cash, credit card, Applepay, GooglePay. You can also create a Scholastic eWallet and put funds in there. For more information about the book fair, please check our book fair webpage: https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bf/northernburlingtonmidsch
If you would like to volunteer for the book fair, please sign up here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70A0849A9AC2BA0FB6-59153267-2025 | | The article, “10 Questions to Ask Your Kid Besides “How was School?” from Time Magazine on September 10, 2025 is really insightful to the reality of parenting. The author, Angela Haupt, paints the picture of the typical exchange after school of parents asking about their kid’s day and getting the famous “good”, “fine” or “ok" answer. Haupt suggests that when you first see your child, instead of asking them about their day, to just tell them you are happy to see them or ask about food, as they are most likely hungry. She mentions using these 10 thoughtful alternatives, (not every one every day), that have a much better chance of getting to know the inner workings of your child’s life and mind. She also suggests asking these later in the night as your child may be more talkative. Here is a sneak peek at some of the questions:
Tell me something that made you feel anxious or worried today. How did you handle it? What was something kind you did or saw? Is there anything you are nervous about for tomorrow? When did you feel the most bored? What made you smile today? Is there anything from your day you want some help with?
Each question explains how you can elaborate on it with more suggestions of what to say. For the complete article click on this link: https://time.com/7315031/what-to-ask-your-kid-school-day-parents/ | | If you have not already done so, please complete a new lunch application for the 2025-2026 school year. Your child's lunch status remains the same eligibility from last year for free or reduced- price meals but will expire on 10/20/2025 unless a new application has been submitted prior to this date. You can still reapply for benefits for this school year by completing the online application found at https://mealapp.lunchtimesoftware.net/Default.aspx or turning in a paper application directly to the school. If you are not eligible for benefits now, but have a decrease in household income, become unemployed, or have an increase in household size, you may fill out an application at that time, to reapply for benefits. If you have any questions, please contact Jill Markley 609-298-3900 X2003. | | Winter Athletic Registration is now being accepted for Winter 2025-26. Please be advised that this is a new online registration system that was put in place in August of 2025. If you did not use this system for your summer/fall registration, please create a new account moving forward. Here is the link to the new system (Arbiter): https://students.arbitersports.com/northern-burlington-regional-school-district Please contact Mrs. O’Neill at moneill@nburlington.com if you have any questions. | | Is your child in need of academic support? Members of the High School National Honors Society provide tutoring to all Northern Burlington students. Middle School students can attend tutoring after school on Mondays and Wednesdays beginning on September 24 in the Greyhound Learning Center. Interested students simply need to sign up during their lunch period. | | Buy your YEARBOOK at the LOWEST PRICE OFFERED. The Back-to-School sale discount on the 2026 Polaris Yearbook ENDS FRIDAY, October 24, 2025. Take advantage of our special pricing: $10 off (full price is $63) and FOUR FREE icons when you purchase personalization ($10). Additional options such as a Parent Ad, plastic cover, and other accessories are also available on the website (through January 12). From November to January, the yearbook will cost $58. In January, it will sell at the full price of $63. CLICK HERE FOR THE LINK TO ORDER: https://jostensyearbooks.com/?REF=A09873596&authuser=0 To those of you who have already ordered. Thank you! *NOTE THE LINK FOR A HIGH SCHOOL YEARBOOK IS DIFFERENT AND CAN BE FOUND ON THE SCHOOL WEBSITE. PHOTO DONATIONS: In the past few years, we have had so many people generously donate photos from their lives at home. We would love to have you share photos with us from life outside of the school building (July 2025-January 2026). We typically use photos of summer vacations, celebrations (birthdays, holidays), and free-time activities (hobbies, sports, relaxing, etc), but we would appreciate all photos. When uploading, please take the time to tag the students in the photo. Photo Share Link: https://photos.jostens.com/MQ8TN9 Last day to upload: January 30, 2026. | |  |  | Andrew Kearns Andrew is using Smore to create beautiful newsletters |
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