NICHOLS NEWS
Nichols Knights: Leading the Charge of Excellence
Our Mission Statement
It is the mission of Nichols Elementary School to educate the whole child and instill in students a desire to achieve their full potential as lifelong learners, thinkers, and productive contributors to their community.
Every Minute, Every Day, Every Knight
ATTENDANCE MATTERS
11/10/2023
Nichols Knights Families,
Happy Veterans Day! Please be sure to check out the Dojo School Story from earlier today that Mrs. Carnell (Bledsoe) posted about our school celebration this morning!
You will also want to be sure and check out the Dojo post about Roz this morning! In the story that all Nichols Knights are currently reading, “The Wild Robot Escapes” Roz has been purchased by a farmer to help him run the farm. One of her jobs is watching over the cows. You can imagine our surprise this morning when there were cows out in our back yard here at Nichols! We just had to take Roz outside and get a picture of her with the cows! What a fun way to begin a Friday!
Repeat:
I have received survey responses from many of our 4th and 5th grade student families about interest in a basketball team. However, Nichols will not be having a team this year. We don’t have enough players for a team, we don’t have a full gym with two goals to practice in, and we don’t have anyone to coach the team. I’m sorry it didn’t work out. I know there are a few other local teams that your child may be able to join, so I wanted to be sure you knew it’s not going to work out for us this year so your child can join another team.
The Student handbook was shared on Class Dojo, can be found on the Nichols website, and is linked here. Each week at the beginning of the year, I will share a couple of tidbits from the Student handbook to answer questions we have been getting phone calls about.
To ensure that we are prepared if we need to have any NTI days this year, this week’s tidbit is a repeat and is about chromebooks. We will begin sending home Chromebooks after Thanksgiving.
TECHNOLOGY EXPECTATIONS
BCPS devices are for school related purposes only.
BCPS technology/chromebook fee of $35 must be paid each year.
BCPS devices are NOT to be used for student or parent personal use.This includes but is not limited to:
sending and receiving emails to friends and family during school hours
sending and receiving emails to friends and family outside of school hours
attending Zoom meetings with friends and family outside of school hours
Students and parents must abide by the Acceptable Use Policy and Technology Responsible Use Expectations (TRUE) as outlined in the BCPS Code of Conduct.
Misuse of BCPS technology may result in disciplinary action and/or loss of technology privileges.
Upcoming dates:
11/13 - Picture re-takes
11/22 - 11/24 - Thanksgiving holidays
Have a wonderful weekend !
Anne Marie Landry
Principal
Nichols Elementary
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