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Welcome Back, Mr. Bishop
The district is happy to welcome Mr. William Bishop back to Northbridge High School as interim principal for the remainder of the 2020-2021 school year.
Mr. Bishop did a previous interim stint as principal of NHS from January, 2017 to June, 2018, and he is very familiar with our staff, students and the vision of the Northbridge Public Schools.
So, welcome back, Mr. Bishop, and we appreciate you assisting us to ensure that our high school staff and students receive the best support possible to finish out this very difficult school year.
NPS Ram-A-Gram
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Interested in Learning More
About Standing Up for Equality,
Diversity, and Inclusion?
JOIN OUR VIRTUAL BOOK CLUB!
We are looking for more participants: staff, parents, students or community members who are interested in learning about the power of a growth mindset to work on equity and inclusion at a time when it is much needed.
The Person YOU Mean to Be is an inspiring guide from Dolly Chugh, an award-winning social psychologist at the New York University Stern School of Business, on how to confront difficult issues including sexism, racism, inequality, and injustice so that you can make the world (and yourself) better. The group will develop a schedule for reading assignments and virtual discussion meetings once a week, after April vacation. If interested, please sign up at the following link:
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*** Book will be provided by the district ***
NHS PRINCIPAL SEARCH TIMELINE
Search Team Representatives will be finalized the week of April 12th.
One representative from School Committee will be appointed on April 13th at the SC meeting.
The week of April 26th, the Search Team will participate in Orientation and review resumes
May 3rd – 5th – Search Team will conduct initial interviews
May 7th – Search Committee will make final recommendations to Superintendent
Superintendent will interview final candidates week of May 10th
Superintendent will announce and introduce principal candidate at SC – May 25th
Congratulation to our
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Cemetery Parking and Viewing
The Town and the District have restricted parking in the cemetery or watching games from the cemetery property outside of the field. We appreciate your help in ensuring that these guidelines are followed for all sports games.
Can’t make it to a game . . . watch on the Northbridge Athletics YOU TUBE Channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2o65A6VD5CEVqCEPYw2FNA
All previous games are posted and available to watch as well!
Enjoying a beautiful afternoon football game at our new turf field!
See the dates for upcoming games in the Dates to Remember
Spring Sports Registration Now Open
Season will run from April 26th – June 30th
To be eligible to participate in
Northbridge sports, this form must be
completed EVERY SEASON and signed and
accompanied by a physical signed and
dated by a licensed physician (good for 13
months), unless a valid physical is already
on file in the athletics office.
Link to registration through Family ID:
https://www.familyid.com/programs/northbridge-
high-school-athletics-registration-spring-2021-2
IMPORTANT REMINDER About Travel and COVID
As you know, we have reduced social distancing in our schools from six feet between students to three feet between students to accommodate a full return to in-person instruction. This means that if a student tests positive for COVID or is a close contact to someone with COVID, now the number of individuals within their contact tracing circle at least doubles. As such, as April vacation approaches, we feel it is more important than ever to remind folks how vitally important it is to the health of our staff, students and schools to continue to vigilantly follow COVID safety protocols for travel. If your family travels out of state over the April break, please contact your child’s school nurse as soon as possible (preferably, prior to the trip) to let them know, so that they can provide you with the appropriate action steps to ensure your child’s safe and healthy return to their school building when vacation is over. We know everyone needs this break, and everyone deserves to enjoy this time with their families in any way they see fit. So, enjoy your vacation time, and please stay safe and healthy!
for NPS
Dates to Remember:
Thursday - April 8th Third Quarter Report Cards Go Home
April 8th – 6:30 p.m.
MS – Virtual Parent Meeting https://nps-org.zoom.us/j/97607126012
Saturday – April 10th – 11:30 a.m. Varsity RAMS vs. Auburn @ Auburn
Monday – April 12th – 3:30 p.m.
JV Rams v. Auburn (Home)
Tuesday- April 13th HS – SAT School Day Exam
Tuesday – April 13th - 7:00 p.m.
School Committee Meeting
Wednesday – April 14th – 7:00 p.m. NSEPAC Business Meeting
Wednesday – April 14th Pre-School Registration
Friday – April 16th – 6:00 p.m.
Varisty RAMS v. Uxbridge – HOME
Monday – April 19th – 3:30 JV Rams v. Uxbridge
April 19 – 23rd
April Vacation Week
April 25th – 6:00 p.m. Sports Information Night – Spring Season
April 27th – 7:00 p.m.
School Committee Meeting
Wednesday – April 28th – 5:00 p.m. Virtual Book Club Meeting – The Person YOU Mean to Be
May 5th – 4:30 – 7:30 p.m.
District Strategic Planning Team Meeting
Wednesday – May 19th Early Release Day – PD
Friday – May 28th
Northbridge High School Graduation
Monday – May 31st Memorial Day – NO SCHOOL
Please Return Devices
The district has had two Chromebook, iPad and Hot Spot Collection days on May 31st and April 7th. However, we still have over 400 devices that need to be returned to the district as soon as possible, to provide our students with devices in the buildings.
We are expecting that many devices will be returned by middle and high school students when they return to fully in-person on Monday, April 12th. As such, we will have members of our technology department stationed at the entrances to both buildings to collect Chromebooks from students as they come in in the morning.
If your child in grades K-12, who is now back to fully in-person instruction, has a district-borrowed device, please have them bring it to school with them as soon as possible for collection and processing, so that we can redistribute back to the students in the buildings.
The Chromebook should be returned in a plastic bag that is labeled with your child’s name and grade level, and the charging cord should be included in the bag.
If you have any questions about Chromebook or device return, please email our technology department at [email protected].
Remote Meal Pick-Up During April Break
Remote meals for the week of school vacation will be provided via pick-up on Wednesday, April 21st, between 9:00 and 11:00 a.m. at Balmer Elementary. If you are unable to pick-up during this time, please contact the Food Service Director at [email protected].
NES students enjoying being able to use the
playground equipment again. Hooray!
