Reminders:
Parent Teacher Conference
Thursday, September 16, 2021- 3:15 to 7:00 pm
& Friday September 17, 2021 9:00 a.m to 12:00p.m.
Title I and Reap Meeting Friday morning 8:45 a.m. in the Library.
Dear Parents,
Your child will be bringing home a Wish List filled with their favorite book choices from the Book Fair being held at school from September 10th – 15th from 8am until 3:30pm and September 16th from 8am until 6pm.
Scholastic has made it so easy to help your child purchase their books by using EWallet. It is so easy, just 5 steps to set up… 1. Click the link below 2. Set up account. 3. Add funds to the account 4. Share with Family and friends that would like to help add to your child’s book collection. 5. Your child can shop carefree at the Bookfair. Cash and credit cards will still accepted.
https://www.scholastic.com/bf/norwoodelementaryschool17
Parent Literacy Night will be held on Thursday, September 16th. We will be open 8am until 6pm. You can also purchase online until September 18th using the link above.
8th Grade Softball players with Addison Reese memorial bench!
Parents,
Please be sure your child has a set of headphones or ear buds for school.
They do not need to be fancy or expensive.
Also if your child does bring their Chrome Book home for the evening they must have it for school the next day. Please help them to remember to bring back their Chrome Book and bag with charger and login sheets they were each given.
NO SCHOOL
NO SCHOOL ON FRIDAY, SEPTMEBER 3RD FOR TEACHERS MEETING
NO SCHOOL ON MONDAY, SEPT. 6TH FOR LABOR DAY
BOOKFAIR
NORWOOD WILL BE HAVING A BOOKFAIR SEPT. 10TH –SEPT.16TH
OPEN FROM 8:00 AM TILL 3:00 PM
SEPT 16TH WILL BE PARENTS LITERACY NIGHT 3:30-6PM
PARENT/TEACHER CONFERENCE
THURSDAY EVENING SEPTEMBER 16TH, 3:15-7:00 P.M.
FRIDAY MORNING SEPTEMBER 17TH, 9:00-NOON
NO SCHOOL ON FRIDAY, SEPT. 17TH
SICKNESS
STUDENTS WITH A FEVER OR VOMITING MUST BE FREE OF BOTH FOR 24 HOURS BEFORE RETURNING TO SCHOOL
School Day Pictures
Will be taken at
Norwood School on Monday, August 30, 2021
As in the past, arrangements have been made to have your child's picture taken. The plan will be handled on a proof-basis. Every child will be photographed. You will receive an envelope with a proof of your child within 7-10 working days.
Wear bright and colorful clothes and a smile! Satisfaction is guaranteed.
Ruth Kelly Studio
Norwood School would like to say a HUGE "THANK YOU!" to the following organizations. County commissioner Chris Jenkins for purchasing and installing the new flashing school signs at the intersection of our school. Keith's Hardware for donating 15 gallons of paint for the walls of our newly remodeled cafeteria. Tahlequah First Baptist Church for donating masks and water for our students. Muskogee Boat Club, Norwood Fire Dept., Deanna Anno, and the many parents / community members that provided school supplies for our students.
Norwood Family, We hope everyone is doing well and enjoyed your summer break! We are excited to begin the 2021-2022 school year. School will begin Wednesday, August 11th. Our school day will start at 7:55 a.m. and conclude at 3:05 p.m. Breakfast will be served from 7:25- 7:55 daily. We will offer our Before School Program beginning August 11th, but due to enrollment procedures with the Boys & Girls Club our After School Program is scheduled to begin August 16th. As I'm sure most of your are aware, the Covid Delta variant virus has emerged again with a vengeance in our part of the state. With that being said, we will follow many of the safety protocols that were in place last year. However, it is our intent at this time, to resume the many extra curricular activities that our students have missed so much. We will continue to follow Norwood Public School's Safe Return Plan and follow guidance from the Center for Disease Control, the Oklahoma State Health Department and the Oklahoma State Department of Education. At this time we will not be mandating masks for our students and staff while on school grounds, but we are highly recommending them for everyone. masks will be mandated, per federal law, on school buses. Many changes have been made on our campus this summer in preparation for the 2021-2022 school year. Many thanks to the Norwood Board of Education for their insight and willingness to provide a great facility for our students and our community. We will be having Open House on August 9th from 5:00-7:00 p.m. We encourage everyone to come, meet your child's teacher and tour our facility but please remember to practice social distancing at all times. We realize there will be many specific questions and concerns. Please feel free to contact us at 918-478-3092. Once again we are excited to begin our school year. Our students safety and educational needs has always and will always remain our top priority. Working together, putting our kids as our top priority, will always lead to success. Enjoy the remainder of your break and we will look forward to seeing everyone August 11th.
Keith Fisher
Great opportunity for all of our Cherokee students to get some help with school clothing.
The Cherokee Nation’s Respond, Recover and Rebuild $150 school clothing assistance application is now live on the Gadugi Portal here: https://gadugiportal.cherokee.org.
To qualify, students must be enrolled Cherokee Nation citizens as of July 16, 2021. Students must be 5-18 years old during the application period, or must be enrolled in kindergarten through 12th grade or an equivalent school program. The program is open to every Cherokee student who meet this criteria, regardless of residency or income. Read more at https://anadisgoi.com/index.php/government-stories/631-cherokee-nation-offering-150-in-clothing-assistance-for-all-qualifying-cherokee-students-regardless-of-residency-or-income
Call the office for more details!
Norwood Athletics is excited to announce that we will be hosting a fundamentals camp open to all schools incoming grades 3rd- 8th. The days will be June 8 - June 10 and the times are 9 am - 11 am. The forms can be found on our website and Facebook pages also they can be picked up from the office. A copy of the form has been sent home with each in person student currently at Norwood.
Division 3 State Championships Overall 3rd Place Team
Brelynn Macomb with another State Championship in the Division 3 200M Dash Tieing the State Record with 25:34
Cooper Woodworth 5th place Division 3 Shot Put State Championships
Brelynn Macomb Division 3 100M Dash State Championship with a new State record of 12:33!!!!!
Division 3 State Championships Boys
State Champion 4X100 Relay Team
Brelynn Macomb with 3rd place in the long jump at the Division 3 State Championships!
The Cherokee Nation Summer Nutrition Program is now accepting applications for the Summer EBT for Children program. The goal is to have cards out to family’s in early May, depending on the timeline of when the households apply online with data.
Parents to apply, you will click on or copy and paste the following link in any browser.
https://health.cherokee.org/public-health/women-infants-children/sebtc/
This federally funded program is available to anyone; you do not have to be American Indian to qualify. Qualifying families will receive approximately $30 of free food per child per month for May, June and July. Benefits are on an EBT card (works like a debit card) that allows you to purchase healthy food for the summer.
Participation in this program will have no impact on other government assistance that you and your child receive.
Information provided by you on the data spreadsheet or any records obtained for this program will be kept confidential as required by law and will be used only for this project.
Once approved, Summer EBT cards will be mailed to the address provided along with a list of participating stores and a food card (shopping list) that will help you identify approved food items.
Families with questions can call Cherokee Nation SEBTC at (539) 243-3265 or (800) 256-0671 ext. 5589 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday with questions.
Thank you for working with Cherokee Nation WIC and partnering with us to reach out to our area families to supplement nutritious foods for the summer months.
Wanted to inform school districts we were approved to extend the online application form through April 30th.
All households that applied early and verified will receive EBT card packets in the mail first 2 weeks of May.
Households applying April 15th through April 30th, will receive packets towards the end of May.
Melissa Stayathome
Special Assistant, Cherokee Nation WIC
Summer Nutrition Electronic Benefits Project
Norwood is excited to announce that we applied for a 21st Century grant for our school. If we are funded, it will create many exciting opportunities for our students & our community.
Norwood School would like to say "Thank You" to County Commissioner Chris Jenkins & County Foreman Alan Vann for always being willing to help our school whenever needed.