Hawk Herald

From the Office

As we kick off the new school year, here are a few updates to help things run smoothly:

📝 Reporting Absences:

Please report your student’s absence through ParentVue. If you prefer, you can still leave a voicemail on our attendance line at (425) 408-4010.

🚗 Afterschool Plans? Let Us Know Early!

If your student’s afterschool plans are changing, please email ahattendance@nsd.org before 11:00 AM. This helps us make sure everyone gets where they need to go safely!

🔔 For emergencies after 12:00 PM, please call the office at (425) 408-4001.

Thanks for helping us keep things running smoothly—we’re looking forward to a great year ahead!

 We love our volunteers!

Please plan a few extra minutes the next time you are campus to volunteer or visit for us to print your visitor badge. You will be asked for your license. We can also access your information with your name and birthdate. For people who visit/volunteer frequently, we will save your badge to reuse. All visitors must check out of this system before leaving every time.

 All volunteers in the Northshore school district are required to complete an online volunteer application  before being able to volunteer in classrooms or on field trips. All Volunteers have to renew their application annually and will receive an email alert one month before their application expires. All field trip Chaperones must be Level 2 status to go on a field trip.

We appreciate your patience and partnership as we get our new system running smoothly and ensuring our campus is safe.

Curriculum Night is an educational open house where parents and guardians will receive critical information that benefits their child's learning throughout the year.

• Sept. 16 - Curriculum Night grades K - 2, 5:30-6:15pm
• Sept. 30 - Curriculum Night grades 3 - 5, 5:30-6:15pm

5:30-6:05pm Classroom Presentations (Children are not invited to classroom presentations but may join Principal Bailey and other staff on the playground until 6:05pm.

6:05-6:15pm Parents and children can meet on the playground and mingle.

6:15pm PTA General Membership Meeting, Library

PRACTICES:

Team members are expected and encouraged to attend ALL practice sessions to be trained properly. In order to have a successful year, safety, conditioning, and running techniques are of the utmost importance. 

Practices are on campus on Tuesdays and Fridays during lunch recesses. Meet in the gym.

Registration does not need to be completed in order to attend practices, but medical forms DO. FIRST PRACTICE IS SEPT 16th at lunch recess. WALK quietly to the Gym and line up at the door for instructions. *Students cannot compete without a medical form on file.*

MEETS:

Tuesday After School Meets begin at 5 pm. Runners need to arrive no later than 4:45 to walk through the course prior to the race. Usually boys race first, then girls. The order starts with 3rd graders, then 4th, then 5th. graders. All races should be done by 6:30.

*Meets are run in ALL weather, except lightning! 

We enjoy running together and the team coach emphasizes team spirit & good sportsmanship at all times.

PARENTS:

1) Complete Medical Form (link below) and return to Ms. Ginny or Mr. Barstow. The medical form MUST be returned before a student can compete! Paper copies will also be distributed.

Northshore Athletics Emergency Information Card

2) REGISTER ONLINE (Paper registration forms are also available in the office.) Registration must be completed before the first meet on September 30.

Northshore Elementary Sports

Use TouchBase to register.

PLEASE do not let the $45 registration fee keep your child from participating. We have some scholarships available please contact the office for more information. Free & Reduced lunch qualifiers need to reapply the Fee Waiver every year to get the $0 fee.

3) Arrange transportation for your child to and from meet BEFORE meet day!! Arrive early to avoid stress!

4) Please note that even when a meet is at Arrowhead we will not have access to medications kept in the health room. In the event your child needs an inhaler, EpiPen, etc. at a meet, please plan on attending meets and bringing the medication with you.

6) Thank you SO much for your support of the Arrowhead Hawks XC Team! Your child will really enjoy this program while he/she learns the importance of team participation, sportsmanship and school spirit, while improving their fitness level as the season goes on!

Meet Schedule:

All Meets begin at 5:00pm and usually finished around 6:00pm.

DATE HOST & VISITORS

9/30 Moorlands vs. Arrowhead, Westhill & Woodmoor

10/7 Arrowhead vs. Kenmore & Moorlands

10/14 Westhill vs. Arrowhead, Frank Love & Crystal Springs

10/21 Lockwood @ KMS vs Arrowhead, Shelton View, Moorlands & Kenmore

Questions:

Please contact Scott Barstow at sbarstow@nsd.org, 425-408-4058 or

Ginny Allemann at vallemann@nsd.org, 425-408-4012

Health Room News

Up to date Emergency Contacts & Parent Square

• Students who are ill or injured and need to go home, must be picked up within the hour you are called. It is very important for all students to have an alternative contact who can pick up during the school day if you are unable to.
• Please be sure to update your emergency contacts with the office and be sure you are signed up to receive Parent Square notifications.

Medication updates:

• Any medicine your student may need during the school day, must be discussed with the nurse. Please do not put any kind of medicine, including Tylenol, inhalers, vitamins, cough drops, liquid medicines, in your child's lunch box, water bottle, backpack, or pockets. Unidentified medicine can never be given at school.
• Please refer to the following NSD link for health services if you are unsure when to send your student back to school after illness and any required health forms

https://www.nsd.org/schools/get-started/health-services

Health Screening Day is Thursday Oct 9, 9:00am

Our annual vision and hearing health screening for grades K, 1, 2, 3 & 5 will take place Thursday Oct 9th in the morning. We appreciate every effort for students to be in attendance when our screening team is here, they only come once!

You may “opt out” your student if you do not wish for them to be screened for either vision or hearing or both. Again, this is general screening only to see if a student may need a follow-up or a renewed exam with a provider. To opt out your student or for any other questions, please email the nurse at: ajanssen@nsd.org

https://www.nsd.org/resources/support/assistance

Contact: Cindy Mato Health and Nursing Supervisor 425-408-7728

cmato@nsd.org

Best,

Anne Janssen, RN

425.408.4006

ajanssen@nsd.org

Library News

Our library is open each morning at 8:35! Stop by and start the day with reading, making, and exploring the library! I’m Ginny Allemann, your teacher-librarian.  I’ll be working hard to support our students’ growth in reading and research, tech and citizenship skills. My favorite thing about being a librarian is connecting my students to resources (digital and print) and just right books for their needs and wants! Are you searching for a book? Try Destiny Discover, our library catalog!

Arrowhead Library will be closed Monday and Thursday afternoons when I’ll be teaching library lessons at Ruby Bridges Elementary and Frank Love Elementary.

Each child will have library once a week for 45 minutes. Children can check out books each week and before school. Create a space at home for library books– read, return, repeat! Check out our Library Website here! 

Coming Up - Mark your calendars! 

We’ll be having a Scholastic Book Fair December 8-12! Just in time for holiday shopping.

Hispanic American Heritage Month - September 15 - October 15. 

How can you support our readers? 

• Encourage your child(ren) to read each day! Read aloud with them. Share a family book. Repeat.
• Volunteer– If you are interested in helping, email me. Some jobs can be done at home, and I’ll need help with Book Fairs and other projects.

Hope to see you soon @ the library!

-Ms. Ginny Allemann

Technology Tidbits

Students in 3rd, 4th, and 5th Grades will be keeping their device at school. Each classroom has a computer cart where devices will be stored and charged. Please send your student to school WITH THEIR CHARGER.

Students in 2nd grade and the 1st/2nd combo class will be transporting their devices to and from school every day. Please send your child to school with their charged computer every day.

Students in Kindergarten and 1st Grade have iPads to use in their classroom. Each classroom has a cart to store and charge these devices.

Device Protection Program (DPP)

The DPP program protects the device (Chromebook, Macbook, or iPad) loaned to your student against accidental damage for the school year. This program does NOT cover damage resulting from misuse or loss of the device. We expect all students to properly use their device and to secure it when it is not being used. If the device is used improperly or is not secured while the student is not using it, families will be expected to pay the full cost of replacement or repair. In rare cases, a fine can be waived with approval from District Technology Staff. If you want to apply for a fine waiver, please complete this form.

The standard payment to enroll in the NSD Student Device Protection Plan is $25 per year; free for students who have qualified for free or reduced-price meals and who have provided consent to share their status for fee waivers. No refunds will be given once enrolled in this program. 

Enrollment in DPP must occur before damage occurs for DPP to apply. If there is no DPP on file for a student when damage occurs and the fine is assessed, the full repair cost will be charged. Fines for damaged devices will be applied promptly and can be paid in our online payment system. We cannot take replacement items such as power cables that were purchased on Amazon or at a retail store, as use of those items may cause safety issues or void warranties.

Ms. Ramya Gautam

School Technology Specialist

rgautam@nsd.org

Counselors Corner

PE News

Thank you, Volunteers!

Community Serve Day Volunteers

On August 24, almost 80 community members and Arrowhead families joined together to get Arrowhead ready to welcome students and staff back. Volunteers weeded, pruned, spread bark, painted, collated take home flyers, helped with Emergency Prep supplies, and made Arrowhead shine!

We could not have done it without your help.

PTA

WE are blessed to have PTA and this community for our partners! Recently, PTA provided pizza and water for hungry Community Serve Day volunteers, hosted Kindergarten playdates this summer, and welcomed new Kindergarten parents/guardians on their 1st day of school with coffee and pastries.

Library Volunteers

Our amazing Library volunteers keep our Library in top shape, checking books in and out, helping find that just right book, and assisting Ms. Ginny with special projects.

PTA Corner

Arrowhead Hawks SOAR by being Safe, Kind, and Responsible

At Arrowhead, we create resilient and empathetic learners who confidently navigate their world through being innovative, creative, critical thinkers.

Northshore School District is enriched by the many experiences and perspectives each individual member brings to our District and community. Therefore, our District prohibits discrimination based on age, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity, race, creed, religion, color, national origin, honorably discharged veteran or military status, or the presence of any sensory, cognitive, or physical disability or the use of a trained dog guide or service animal by a person with a disability.