Student Council will be holding its annual canned food drive November 6-17th. Thank you for helping us help our community!
Check out the October 2023 elementary newsletter. https://drive.google.com/file/d/141YRy6H8Q-qKAfR-1A9_h0JDWCGQbr1B/view?usp=sharing
Dignity for All Students Act - presentation (see flyer)
October 25th, 6:30 - 7:30 p.m. Hosted by Tompkins County Youth Service Department
Via zoom: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89587968573?pwd=flbpGpCHVWvbbhpsns2LafbeBiBonK.1
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), a Federal law, requires that Newfield Central School District, with certain exceptions, obtain your written consent prior to the disclosure of personally identifiable information from your child’s education records. However, Newfield Central School District may disclose appropriately designated “directory information” without written consent, unless you have advised the Newfield Central School District to the contrary in accordance with Newfield Central School District procedures. The primary purpose of directory information is to allow the Newfield Central School District to include information from your child’s education records in certain school publications.
Examples include:
• A playbill, showing your student’s role in a drama production;
• The annual yearbook;
• Honor roll or other recognition lists;
• Graduation programs; and
• Sports activity sheets, such as for wrestling, showing weight and height of team members.
Directory information, which is information that is generally not considered harmful or an invasion of privacy if released, can also be disclosed to outside organizations without a parent’s prior written consent. Outside organizations include, but are not limited to, companies that manufacture class rings or publish yearbooks. In addition, two federal laws require local educational agencies (LEAs) receiving assistance under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended (ESEA) to provide military recruiters, upon request, with the following information – names, addresses and telephone listings – unless parents have advised the LEA that they do not want their student’s information disclosed without their prior written consent. [Note: These laws are Section 9528 of the ESEA (20 U.S.C. § 7908) and 10 U.S.C. § 503(c).]
If you do not want Newfield Central School District to disclose any or all of the types of information designated below as directory information from your child’s education records without your prior written consent, please indicate this wish by checking "Do Not Include my Child's Directory Information" in the question below.
Students Name
Address
Telephone listing
Electronic mail address
Photograph
Date and place of birth
Major field of study
Dates of attendance
Grade level
Participation in officially recognized activities and sports
Weight and height of members of athletic teams
Degrees, honors, and awards received
Please Note: You must complete this form every year for each student that attends Newfield Central School District.
FERPA Agreement Form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSccviDeoezzhf0lSD9Uaq6r4N5jY7K68_Wt-T5MH_Oa9bGZBg/viewform
Good morning!
Newfield CSD is excited to welcome Supaman this Friday, September 15 to visit with Elementary and Secondary students as part of our First 20 Days initiative.
NCSD’s First 20 Days is designed to kickstart the academic year on a positive note. The primary focus is to establish a strong foundation for learning, build a positive classroom community, and set clear expectations for students. The first 20 days will work toward ensuring that students feel welcome, engaged, and motivated to learn.
Supaman comes to us from Billings Montana and is a champion Fancy Dancer and hip hop artist. Supaman (Chris Take the Gun Parrish) is a child of parents who struggled with alcoholism and lost his father to the disease. He spent part of his childhood in foster care and was later raised by his mother. He began DJing in the 90's and has danced since fourth grade.
Supaman brings a message of hope, kindness and Good Medicine! We are very excited to welcome him on Friday and hope you will ask your student(s) about their time with him.
Good morning
We are finalizing a months long phone installation project at the district and experiencing a few difficulties while rolling over to the new system. Please be patient when calling or visiting as disruptions are occurring.
Thank you for your understanding we hope to have systems up and running very soon.
The Newfield CSD learning community is invited to an Ice Cream Social on September 6 from 5:15-6:15 pm. Purity Ice Cream will be ready to welcome parents, students, faculty and staff to our district wide open house with a scoop of ice cream and the scoop on Second Step, our new SEL (social emotional learning) curriculum.
We hope to see you there!
Tomorrow we are one week from the opening of the 23-24 school year. We wanted to take a moment to remind everyone to locate and dust off their school Chromebooks, make sure they are charged, and attempt to login before the first day of school. Last year we had 100% of the devices that went home for the summer return to campus! That is a statistic we are very proud of and hope to see again this fall.
Devices that were left for the summer will be available for students on the first day.
Please be aware that parents/caregivers may be charged for damaged or lost devices.
The Summer Adventure Program learned about water the week of July 26th, and the children did tie-dye shirts for an activity! Here is a picture of them all in their shirts for their trip to the Newfield Library!
Please join us on Tuesday, August 8, 2023 from 4:30 pm to 5:30 pm for the "Z Backpack Drop". Up to 50 FREE backpacks will be distributed in the Newfield CSD parking lot.
In addition, NCSD will also be distributing free school supplies as well.
Elementary School Supply Lists
Elementary School Supply Lists 2023-2024
Enjoy your Summer break!
Good afternoon,
Our students had a wonderful last full day of school today, filled with games, a movie, and lunch outdoors. As a reminder, tomorrow begins our half days for the remainder of the school year.
There will also be No School on Monday, June 19th, in recognition of Juneteenth.
Take care,
Laine Gillette
Elementary Principal
The Newfield Public Library Beautification Committee is offering 100 free Garden Starter Kits again this year! Please see the flyer for details.
FORM LINK: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd3KLiu0TJdnNOJ1qJ1e4qtfmm_b2tmAxTEVBhGP4oZgRl3Ww/viewform
A reminder that NCSD has purchased Bark Jr. licenses for all students in the district with state grant funds. Caregivers will receive an email Wednesday morning with a link for you to utilize the app. Kaden Judd from Bark will host a one hour session Wednesday evening, May 17th, beginning at 7 to support parents that need assistance setting up the app and to answer any questions you might have
The link to join the online training session was sent via email earlier this week.
Bark Jr Q and A/Set up online meeting--Wednesday May 17, 2023 7:00 pm EST A link for the Zoom meeting were sent via email. A link for the app will be sent from Bark tomorrow morning (Wednesday May 17, 2023).
VARSITY BASEBALL CAN AND BOTTLE DRIVE
The Newfield varsity baseball team is hosting a can and bottle drive this Saturday, April 22nd from 10am until noon in front of the HS. Please support the team by donating NYS returnable cans and bottles. It is a great opportunity to clear out your garage or storage shed as part of Spring cleaning.
If needed, we can arrange for local pickup from homes or businesses this Saturday between 10am and noon. Please reach out to Coach Valentine @ ivalentine@newfieldschools.org to make these arrangements.
Thank you in advance for your support.
Go Trojans!"
Newfield Football Chicken BBQ Fundraiser - Sunday June 11th - 11:00 am until gone
Presale tickets available from Modified and Varsity Football players and coaches. Chicken will be available for pickup at the Fire Department at 11:00 a.m.
Spring has sprung at Newfield Elementary. Mrs. Wall's 2nd-grade class hatched spring chickens, and our therapy dog Rosie met a few of them yesterday.
Please take a moment to complete our March Possip survey and let us know how we are doing!
You can complete the survey using this link: https://www.weeklypossip.com/web_survey/start?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzY2hvb2xfaWQiOjI4NjMsImN1cnJlbnRfc2Vhc29uX2lkIjo1MDk1LCJsYW5ndWFnZSI6ImVuZ2xpc2gifQ.a-zqH3hXzwZth_YF_Chprht9MS4mHKua3UegZ6OhwfA
