From the Principal Dear North Woods Families:
As you know, Superintendent Chace Anderson shared a message yesterday about additional guidance received from Governor Walz focused on bringing back our PreK-5 learners, who would benefit the most from in-person instruction. As a reminder:
Thank you for your continued patience. We are working hard to get everything in place to be able to share more information with you on Monday. We have missed our students so much and are looking forward to seeing all their smiling faces!
Warm regards,
Jenny Berg
Did You Know? Helpful iPad Information We have been getting quite an abundance of questions about battery life on iPad's. Our technology para thought it would be most helpful to share across the board exactly how to troubleshoot this. Hope you find this helpful!
There are a few different things you can try that can help with battery issues:
Please also keep in mind that Zoom uses a lot of battery power. If the Zoom app is open most of the day it is normal to need to plug in by around lunchtime.
Technology Assistance To ensure the safety for all, we are requesting the following process be followed for all technology assistance:
Reminders Materials Pick Up – Friday, December 18 A quick reminder that our next family supply pick up is tomorrow Friday, December 17 from 8:00-12:00 in the upper parking lot. Please remember to bring along a sign with your child's name, grade, and teacher, and the plastic bag given to you for the last pick up. In addition, please bring back library books you are ready to return. Friday is also a great day to drop off items for the North Woods Giving Tree. We are collecting items (mittens and pajamas) for Interfaith Outreach. We appreciate your ongoing thoughtfulness.
Student Council has begun! The fourth and fifth graders are kicking off our inaugural year with virtual activities for our North Woods Community. The Student Council's mission is to create and execute activities that benefit the surrounding community and North Woods Elementary. Stay tuned for various virtual activities for different grade levels.
North Woods Giving Tree North Woods will be having a Giving Tree this winter. We are looking for donations of pajamas and socks. We will be collecting items now until December 23. You may drop off on the Fridays during material pick up, or any other day. There will be a boxes in the entryway of door 1. This will be a contactless drop off. Thank you in advance for your support.
Reporting Absences Please report absences in Skyward Family Access when your child is absent or tardy. Children are considered unexcused without a call to the attendance line from a parent or guardian for morning and afternoon Zoom sessions. You can still call the school attendance line at 763-745-4055 to report an absence.
PTO News PTO Calendar Please check out the latest in December calendar updates including a lot of sponsors; please click around to support the businesses who have supported your school. Print your monthly calendar to make life easy. Just click to print! Coming January, Fun2Raise offers including limited offers that we will be adding for the remainder of the school year.
AmazonSmile Did you know that Amazon will make a donation to the North Woods PTO when you shop via our AmazonSmile link? Simply shop at AmazonSmile and AmazonSmile will donate to North Woods' PTO, at no cost to you.
Box Tops for Education How to earn? No more clipping. No more sending box tops to school, all you need is your phone! Download the new Box Tops app, shop as you normally would and then simply scan your store receipts to find participating products. The app will automatically credit your schools Box Tops earnings online. The spring deadline is March 26. Thanks in advance for your support! Jane Brilley Gossard, North Woods Box Tops Coordinator
Volunteer Needs We need your help! The PTO is looking to create some fun community virtual fundraising events for the second half of the year. We'd like to vet the details for the following possibilities: virtual bingo night, read-a-thon and an online class gift basket auction. We also need someone to be the point for next year's school supply kits. If you have interest in leading the process for any of these, please let Laura Benson know at labenson99@gmail.com.
Around the District Semester 2 Calendar Approved COVID-19 Resources for Support We Want to Hear from You About Wayzata Learns Elementary Virtual Calming Room December Wayzata Legislative Action Committee Update
Community Ed Destination Imagination More Youth Classes Space available in Wayzata Kids Full-Day Preschool Fall ECFE classes are available at the Wayzata Early Learning School Financial assistance is available or call 763-745-5200 for more information.
Calendar School Events District Events Tuesday, January 19, 2021 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM Wednesday, January 20, 2021 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM School Board Meetings |