Northeast Elementary

Good afternoon NEE bus 621 parents, The bus will not be operating this afternoon. Please make arrangements to pick your child up from school. We dismiss at 2:45. If you would like to pick your child up earlier, early checkout stops at 2:30. Thank you

Good evening Northeast Guardians: Tomorrow, the staff will be honoring Mr Whitehead. If you are not aware, Mr. Whitehead has been diagnosed with esophageal cancer and will be retiring at the end of this month. The school sold t-shirts and the proceeds will be presented to Mr. Whitehead tomorrow. The staff and those who would like to participate will be taking a picture afterwards. If you would like to participate in our picture, please be here at 1:45 to line up. We will be wearing either the Mr. Whitehead t-shirts or purple. Thank you

Good evening Northeast Guardians: We hope everyone had a safe and Happy Thanksgiving. Here are next week's events and reminders: the PBIS focus will be the cafeteria. Please talk with your child about following the rules of the cafeteria. Don't forget to check the bus calendar daily to make sure that your child's bus is running. Thank you and have a great evening.

Good evening Northeast Guardians: Here are next week's updates and reminders. The PBIS focus will be the hallways. Ask your child what are the expectations for the hallway. Please remind your child if they would like to eat breakfast, they must do so before 7:25. The doors will close at 7:25 for car riders. If your child is a bus rider and they get to school after 7:25, they will be served breakfast. The students must always go straight to breakfast when they get off the bus or get out of the car. When they get into the cafeteria, we have staff available to assist the students and to let the students know where there are available seats in the designated area. Tuesday, November 26th will be the last day before the Thanksgiving break. The Northeast staff would like to say have a safe and Happy Thanksgiving break. Thank you and have a great evening

Good evening Northeast Guardians, Here are next week's events and reminders: This week the PBIS focus will be the classroom. Please make sure to remind your child that it is important to always try their best and follow all school and classroom expectations. Tuesday, November 19th, the fourth grade students will be going on their field trip to Tryon Palace. They will leave the school at 7:45 and return around 2:15. Wednesday, November 20th is an early release day. The students will be released from school at 12:45. Thank you and have a great evening.

Good evening Northeast Guardians, here are next week’s updates and reminders. The PBIS focus will be buses. The behaviors on the buses are decreasing and that is all because of you. Please continue to talk with your child about the bus rules. Tomorrow, November 11th is a holiday. The school will be closed. Tomorrow, we celebrate the men and women who have fought or are fighting for our country. The Northeast staff would like to thank you for your service. Wednesday, November 13th is World Kindness Day. Friday, November 15th, progress reports will go home. Please make sure to review the progress report and contact your child’s teacher if you have any questions or concerns. Saturday, November 16th, 2 pm-4 pm, the NEE PTO is sponsoring a gathering at Dee’s Memorial Park. 403 NW Railroad St Pikeville, NC. The children will be able to play and the adults will be able to socialize. Popsicles and hot chocolate will be served. As always, have a great evening.

Good evening Northeast Guardians: Here are the reminders and events for the upcoming week. The PBIS focus is the teacher's choice. Please speak with your child about the area of the school their teacher focuses on. The area is typically the area that the teacher sees a need for. Challenge them to give you the expectations for the area. Tomorrow, November 4th, will be the last day we will collect for Coins for a Cause. Next week, the students will take their NC Check-ins. Please make sure they are on time. Tuesday will be Science for the fifth-graders. Wednesday will be reading and Thursday will be Math. If you did the RSVP for our Veteran's Day activity, please don't forget that it will be Friday, November 8th, 8:30-9:30. Thank you and have a great evening

Good evening Northeast Guardians: Here are the reminders and events for the upcoming week. The PBIS focus is the Playground. Talk to your child about the behaviors that they should display on the playground. They can not play football, they can throw it only. They can not play tag. Let your child tell you other rules that we have here at Northeast. Wednesday, October 30 will be an early release day. The students will be dismissed at 12:45. On Friday, November 1st, First Grade will be displaying their book character pumpkin projects. The time will be 12:30-1:30. The Coin for a Cause fundraiser ends on November 4th. Thank you and have a great evening.

Good evening Northeast Guardians: Please let me start by apologizing for sending a message this morning. That message was supposed to be scheduled for Wednesday night. Here are next week's reminders and events: Next week's PBIS focus will be bathrooms. Remind your child of a few of our rules: no playing, follow teachers' procedures, keep the restroom clean and respect everyone's privacy. NEE celebrates Red Ribbon Week. Monday: wear red or pink. Tuesday: wear your favorite team shirt or jersey. Wednesday: wear a pair of crazy socks. Thursday: wear neon colors or shades. Friday: wear NEE spirit wear or colors. Thursday, October 24th will be a student-led conference in your child's classroom from 4:30-6:30. There will be pizza served and Gaga in the gym. Friday, October 25th, the first-grade students will be going on their field trip to Dean's Farm. This is a reminder that if you would like to attend field trips or volunteer, you must complete the volunteer application. They will leave campus at 9:00 and return around 2:00. Please don't forget to view the bus calendar daily for cancellations. There are several already posted for the upcoming weeks. Thank you and have a great week

Good evening Northeast Guardians: Here are next week's reminders and events: the PBIS focus for next week will be the cafeteria. Review with your child what the expectations are for the cafeteria. The first ten minutes is no talking. They can only talk to students at their table and use voice level of 1, after the first ten minutes. They must get everything they need before they sit down in their seats. Tuesday, October 15th is the last day of the fundraiser. Please make sure to turn in all monies in by the end of the day. Thursday, October 17th is the last day of the first grading period and campus beautician day. Your child will participate in campus clean up during their specials time. Friday, October 18th. Next week we will have a fire drill, please remind your child that it is a drill and to take it seriously. Don't forget to review the bus calendar daily for updates on the buses. Please be reminded that all afternoon transportation changes must be done in writing and in before noon each day. No child can be signed out of school after 2:30. Make sure that you have your car tag hung up so that the staff can put your car tag number in the system. If you do not have your car tag, you will be asked to park and wait until the car rider line is finished and your child will be brought to the office. The office is closed from 2:30 until after the car rider line is complete so that the office staff can assist with dismissal. Have a great evening

Good evening Northeast Guardians, here are next week's reminders and upcoming events. The PBIS focus will be hallways. We are still asking for your help with the buses. Remind your child about the importance of following all bus rules. Friday, October 11th, our third-grade students will be going on a field trip to the Premiere Theatre. They will leave campus at 8:30 and return by noon. The Patetown Fire Department will visit the school. Our Pre-K, Kindergarten, first grade and EC students will be able to see Smokey the Bear in the gym at 1:00. Pre-K through Fifth-grade students will be able to see a presentation at the fire trucks starting at 1:30. Don't forget the Coins For a Cause. All proceeds will go to help families in need in Western North Carolina. The jugs are located in the office. Please send in any money that you would like to donate to this cause. We are also collecting items to go to help the victims. Please visit our Northeast Facebook page or the Wayne County Public Schools website for a list of the items that you can donate. We will be collecting items from October 7th - October 25th. Thank you and have a great evening.

Good afternoon bus 521 guardians, The driver for bus 521 is sick and will not be able to drive this afternoon. Please make sure to check the bus calendar on class dojo for updates.

Northeast Guardians, After Hurricane Matthew and Florence WCPS received thousands of dollars in donations to support the hundreds of students to provide support to students and staff who had been displaced/impacted from historical flooding and storm damages. This included a sizable donation from students in one Western school district. As our Western NC school districts are now facing their historic devastation and recovery with Helene, WCPS now has the opportunity to collectively give back and show our Western neighbors some needed support. Here are two ways we are going to do that: WCPS "Coins for a Cause" coin/dollar drive All schools are going to be given plastic gallon jugs from Mt. Olive Pickle to participate in a Grade Level fundraiser/Coin Drive. The goal is for each school to promote the fundraiser and to have a fun internal competition within each school between the grades about how many coins/dollars can be raised (Note: Schools are not competing amongst each other). We will kick off this "Coins for a Cause" coin/dollar drive on October 7, which will give you time to begin the promotion. We are also going to work with the NC SECU to utilize coin counters throughout this campaign to quickly tally how much money schools are raising through coins. This coin/dollar drive will go through November 6. WCPS is working with the NC Superintendents Association to identify specific Western districts that we will partner with for these monetary donations. As occurred in 2016 and again in 2018 to support our schools, all proceeds will go to partnered districts in Western NC to purchase gift cards to support those students and families displaced/impacted by flooding and storm damage. Physical Donations The drop-off location for the donated items listed below will be the gym. This physical collection drive will officially begin Monday, October 7 and run through October 25. Once completed, WCPS will pick up items from each school and have them trucked to impacted communities: Toilet Paper Bottled Water Non-Perishable Food Contractor-Size Trash Bags First Aid Supplies Feminine Hygiene Diapers & Baby Clothes Gatorade Canned Goods Personal Hygiene Products Feminine Hygiene Products Baby Wipes Cleaning Supplies Pet Food (dog/cat) Hand Sanitizer Paper Towels Bleach (Bottles, Spray, Wipes) Shovels Brooms Gloves Flashlights Batteries On behalf of Wayne County Public Schools, Superintendent Dr. Marc Whichard, and the Wayne County Board of Education, thank you for your support of these critical drives for impacted NC communities, students, and families!

Good evening Northeast Guardians, here are next week's reminders and upcoming events. Next week we will have our monthly fire drill. Please talk with your child about the importance of taking all drills seriously. The PBIS focus will be classroom. Ask your child if they can recite our SOAR expectations to you. This past week's PBIS focus was buses. Let's continue to talk with your child about bus behavior. Monday, September 30th will be the last day a child can do the mClass assessment. The Wayne County Fair Spelling Contest will be on October 1st at 6:00. The Kindergarten Field Trip to the fair will be on Wednesday, October 2nd. Be reminded that you can be a chaperone if you have been approved. All volunteers and chaperones must complete an application on the Wayne County Public Schools website. The students will leave at 8:30 and should return to campus by 1:30. Don't forget to check the bus calendar on class dojo to ensure your child's bus is operating. Thank you and have a wonderful evening

Good evening Northeast parents, If your child attends the YMCA afterschool program, your child will be picked up by the YMCA van tomorrow, September 27th and taken to the YMCA. You will need to pick your child up from the facility in Goldsboro. Thank you and have a great evening

Good evening Northeast Guardians, here are next week's reminders and upcoming events. Next week’s PBIS focus will be buses. Please discuss with your child the importance of following all bus rules. Your child must sit down while the bus is in motion, with no loud talking and no fighting. Ask your child to tell you the other rules of the bus. It is also important for your child to be outside waiting on the bus. In the afternoon, someone needs to be outside waiting for the child or have the front door open so the driver knows that someone is home. On Tuesday, September 24, we will kick off our first fundraiser of the year. Wednesday, September 25th is an early release day. The students will release at 12:45. Some progress reports did not go home on Friday. They will go home by Friday, September 27th. Don't forget some grade levels have already sent out t-shirt orders. Don't miss the deadline. If you have any questions, reach out to the classroom teacher. There are two field trips already planned for next month. Kindergarten is going to the fair and first grade is going to Dean’s farm. If you want to be a chaperone, you must complete the volunteer application on the WCPS website and then class dojo Ms. Brooks once you have been approved. Thank you and enjoy your evening.

Good evening Northeast Guardians, Here are next week's reminders and events... Wednesday, September 18 is picture day. Please make sure that your child is ready to show their beautiful smile for the camera. Scouting Roundup meeting will be held on Thursday, September 19th at 6:00 pm in the cafeteria. There will also be a School Advisory Council meeting at 6:00 in the media center. Friday, September 20th, progress reports will go home. Make sure to review the report and reach out to the classroom teacher if you have any questions. Don't forget to review the bus calendar daily. If the driver calls out last minute, Ms. Brooks will put the message on Classdojo and the bus calendar. Every afternoon, the office will close at 2:30 and will not reopen until after the car rider line is complete. That is normally about 3:15. Staff will not be available to answer the phone until then. Don't forget to have all transportation request sent to the teacher on Classdojo before noon. Bus rider parents, please make sure to be at the bus stop or standing outside visible for the driver. Ms Brooks rode with a driver on Friday and the driver had to hold up traffic to ensure that students went into the house. The majority of our drivers have to drive for the middle school and if they have to wait for students to go in the house, this will make them late for the middle school students. Thank you and have a great evening.

Good evening Northeast Guardians; Here are next week's reminders and events: tomorrow, September 9th volunteer orientation has been canceled. You are now able to go in and complete all the necessary steps to become a volunteer from home. The process includes the volunteer orientation that we normally do at NEE. Once you have received confirmation that your background check and application have been approved and you would like to volunteer, reach out to Ms. Brooks via class-dojo and she will go in and verify that everything is complete. Once everything has been verified, she will add you to the list of volunteers. You must complete the volunteer application to attend field trips and volunteer in the school. Please know that you must resubmit a new application each school year. All afternoon transportation requests must be sent to the teacher before noon daily. The last reminder we have today is classroom concerns. If you have a classroom concern, please have a conversation with the teacher to see if the concerns can be addressed. If the concerns are not resolved, please contact Ms. Carter. Thank you and have a nice evening.

Good evening Northeast Guardians, Seeing all those smiling faces in the school this past week was a joy. Here are next week's reminders and events: tomorrow, September 2nd is a holiday. The school will be closed for Labor Day. Please make sure to review school SOAR and bus expectations with your child. Transportation is working hard to fill all of your requests for a bus. It can take up to ten days to get a bus. If your child does not have a bus, your child should be a car rider. Students can enter the building at 7:10 and are considered late at 7:30. Students who are late must be walked in by an adult. We will dismiss at 2:35 again this week. Your car rider tag should be hung on your rearview mirror so the staff can see your number. If you do not have a car tag, you must park and wait until the car rider line is complete to be assisted in the office. The office closes during dismissal to assist with dismissal. We will be having our first volunteer orientation, on Monday, September 9th at 3:15 in the cafeteria. To be able to volunteer at the school and attend field trips, you must be a volunteer. Please go to the Wayne County Public Schools website and complete the application to become a volunteer. Thank you and enjoy your evening

We are excited to welcome students and families to the 2024-25 school year. Please make sure that your child is outside and ready for the bus at least 15 minutes before the scheduled time. The driver may be off of the given schedule until they become familiar with the route. Talk with your child about making sure that their siblings are on the bus before the bus leaves the campus. Every year we have a bus calendar that parents should view daily to make sure that their child's bus is running. The last reminder for buses is the bus brochure. The bus brochure explains the expectations for the bus and consequences if expectations are broken, please review the expectations with your child. Identification will be required when students are being checked out. The Northeast office hours are 6:45-3:45 with the exception to dismissal. Dismissal will start at 2:35 for the first two weeks of school. Please be patient in the car rider line. Do not get out of your car. The office will close daily during dismissal to assist with dismissal. All walk-up parents will have to wait until all of the cars are out of the car line before they will be assisted by the office staff. The car rider tag should be visible so the staff can see the number. We will not accept someone telling the car rider number or the number written down. If your child was a car rider last year, they will use the same assigned number. The first set of car rider tags are free. If you misplaced your car tag from previous years, there will be a charge of $5 for 3. We would also like for you to speak to your child about what to do when they enter the building each morning. We would like to make sure that all students go straight to their homeroom or straight to breakfast. Students are not allowed to go visit their previous teachers or go down halls that their class is not on. There will be staff throughout the building to assist all new students. Thank you and we are looking forward to having an amazing school year.