September Menus are ready!
PICTURE DAY IS COMING !!!!
Wednesday, August 23rd
Your student may wear their school uniform or Sunday's best!
Please do not wear jeans, hats, or caps. Your student will come home today with the picture information. Pictures must be paid for at time of photo. These photos are individual fall pictures. The spring pictures will include the class picture.
SPECIAL NOTE FROM THE PHOTOGRAPHER: AFTER PHOTOGRAPHERS COLLECT ORDER ENVELOPES ON PICTURE DAY THERE IS A $10.00 LATE FEE PER ORDER. Late orders will have to be purchased online and will be mailed to the customers home address you provide.
Gooooo Jaguars!!!!
ATTENTION Jaguar families, here are your announcements for the week of August 21st;
*Our Character Trait for this week is HONOR
*If you are in need of groceries, please visit the campus Tuesday from 1:00 until 4:00 with your state issued ID to be able to shop. We are asking that all parents follow the rules and be respectful to one another during the grocery time. You must also enter AND exit through the front of the building. For safety and security reasons, please do not use the hallway doors to exit the building.
*Also on Tuesday the "Big Red Bus" will have bilingual social workers available to assist families with applications for TANF, SNAP, housing, Medicaid, and other services. No appointment is needed but bring your ID and proof of income, if available. I hope you will visit the campus to take advantage of this resource.
*Join us Wednesday for our "Jaguar Swap." If you have gently used uniform shirts, sweatshirts, spirit wear, or khaki bottoms that you would like to donate to the campus, join us Wednesday, August 23rd from 4:00 until 5:30 in the Jaguar Den and take home a gently used uniform or two!
*Attention After School Program parents, now that we have completed one full week of the program, the rules, policies, and procedures that you provided signature and agreed on will be effective beginning tomorrow. Please make sure you and your student(s) are aware of all the rules during after school program hours. The Student Code of Conduct must be followed at all times. Any student that receives two (2) disciplinary write ups or two (2) late arrivals will be dismissed from the program. We are also in need of two after school program teachers. If you love kids and have some experience with working with groups of children, come to the front office and complete a job application.
*Attention parents of Jaguars in grades PK thru 4, be on the look out for our Pep Squad try out information. Our elementary clubs will begin on September 8th. We currently have the Pep Squad, Music Club, Keyboarding Club, STEM, Gardening, Dance & Exercise Club, and Arabic Club
*If you are interested in volunteering on our campus, please contact Ms. Rosell for a volunteer form. We will soon be gearing up for our first PAWS Meeting. PAWS is our campus group of parents who help to assist and support our campus, teachers, and students! Additional information with be forthcoming! Please consider joining our PAWS Volunteer Group.
*We still have room in our PK, Kinder, 1st and 2nd grade classes! Reach out to your family, friends, and neighbors and encourage them to enroll on our campus! Let them know why we are MORE THAN A SCHOOL and why we LOVE FIRST, TEACH SECOND!
*Finally, we are going into our second week of school as we have had students who have already had absences. Remember, when students are not in school they are not learning. Not only that, daily school ATTENDANCE IS THE LAW! Attendance information with rules and laws will be provided in your mid-week announcements. Make sure your student is at school each day and on time!
These are your announcements for this week, so until your mid-week announcements, gooooooo Jaguars !!!
Reminder!! We will have bilingual social workers at the North Campus during Grocery Day on Tuesday from 1:00-4:00PM to assist families with applications for TANF, SNAP, housing, Medicaid and other services. No appointment is needed but bring ID and proof of income, if available.
2023-2024 Spirit Wear online ordering links are live!!! Orders can be placed on the same page as polo shirts... https://www.ntxca.org/o/ntca/page/uniform-shirt-ordering
Just a few reminders regarding our most talked-about topics from our first few days!
Good Sunday afternoon Jaguars, this is Ms. Jordan with your weekly announcements; *The Character Trait for this week is EXCELLENCE
*We had a very great start to our school year last Thursday and Friday. On Monday, we will be celebrating independence day for our PK and Kinder students. Our “Boo-Hoo, Yahoo Breakfast” for our PK and Kinder parents will begin at 8:00 until 8:20. Parents, dry your tears and allow the students to independently walk to class on their own! Trust the process parents!! If in doubt, ask Ms. Kim McCowen, whose PK baby is NOW in 3rd grade!!! For safety concerns, we will not allow parents past the cafeteria door. If you have an appointment, you will be escorted to your meeting.
*We still have room in our Pre-K, 1st Grade, and 2nd Grade classes! Refer your friends and family in either of these grades to consider enrolling in our public charter campus!
*Reminding our parents about our free counseling services that is available. Contact your student’s teacher regarding the counseling consent form.*Our parent and teacher communication tool will be LIVE on Monday. Be on the lookout for that app and download information in your student’s backpack or yellow folder.
*All parents and family members who were previously members of the NTxCA North Campus Facebook have been deleted. If you would like to rejoin the group, please respond to all questions and identify your currently enrolled student and you will be allowed back in the group.
*The After-School Program will begin tomorrow! All parents have been notified of their acceptance into the after-school program. No student, who is NOT ENROLLED in the program will be allowed to remain in aftercare. Please make sure you pick up your student on time each day. The After-School Program ends at 6:00 pm. Enrichment clubs and activities will be announced soon!
*If your student has a change in transportation prior to the end of the school day, we are asking that you call the office BEFORE 2:30 to let us know and we’ll get that information to your student’s teacher.
*Until your mid-week announcements, gooooo Jaguars!
ATTENTION ALL PRE-K AND KINDER STUDENTS !!!
We had a very great start to our school year last Thursday and Friday. On Monday, we will be celebrating independence day for our PK and Kinder students.
Our “Boo-Hoo, Yahoo Breakfast” for our PK and Kinder parents will begin at 8:00 until 8:20. Parents, dry your tears and allow the students to independently walk to class on their own!
Trust the process parents!! If in doubt, ask Ms. Kim McCowen, whose PK baby is NOW in 3rd grade!!!
For safety concerns, we will not allow parents past the cafeteria door. If you have an appointment, you will be escorted to your meeting.
Here is the Durham Transportation Service bus route information for both MORNING and AFTERNOON !
Goooooooo Jaguars !!!!!!!!
Important Back-to-School Reminders!!
DURHAM TRANSPORTATION SERVICES:
Attention Bus Students: Below are the times and stops that have been approved for MORNING PICK UP. As soon as I receive the AFTERNOON DROP OFF times, I will notify via email, Facebook, Live Feed, and Text Message.
How do I enter and exit the campus each day? Head over to watch the video that has been posted to Facebook to learn more!!! IMPORTANT SAFETY REMINDER: Because of safety concerns, please do not park, wait, or line up on the feeder road. You will be asked to move your car to the end of the line if you are waiting on the feeder/access road. All traffic should line up on Barcelona and Schulyer. LET'S KEEP EVERYONE SAFE during after school dismissal!
Goooooooooo Jaguars !!!!
Breakfast and Lunch Menus!
JAGUAR ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR THE WEEK OF AUGUST 7, 2023
*Monday, August 7th is the Mandatory Parent Meeting to review transportation. Join us at 6:00 pm in Jaguar Café. During this meeting we will meet Durham Transportation Supervisors, review rules, policies, procedures, and bus routes.
*Tuesday is Grocery Day ! Please be prepared to show your ID for groceries from 1:00 until 4:00 If you are in need of groceries, we'll see you Tuesday!
*Tuesday is also our Meet the Teacher Night!!! Teachers will be ready to meet the students and families at this come and go event at 6:00 until 7:30 pm. We will see you then!
*THURSDAY, AUGUST 10TH IS THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL!!!!! Please make sure you have returned all of the required enrollment paperwork especially PK and 7th grade immunizations! Students who have not returned the proper paperwork may not sit in a seat in class. If you have any questions, please contact Ms. Rosell at the campus
The cafeteria doors will open on the first day of school by 7:15. Breakfast will begin at 7:30. For safety and security reasons, we are asking that all parents leave the building on or before 7:55 as we want to begin our instruction at 8:00.
*Remember, ALL Facebook members will be deleted on Friday! If you would like to rejoin our group, you MUST include the currently enrolled student(s) name in order to have access to the campus Facebook group
Goooooooooo Jaguars !!!!!!
Bilingual social workers will be at the North Campus from 1:00-4:00 on Tuesday, August 22nd (on our pantry shopping day) to assist NTxCA families with applications for SNAP/TANF, Medicaid, Texas Housing Assistance and other state and federal resources. Please bring proof of income and residency, if available. This is a FREE community service effort provided by NTxCA.
IMPORTANT PANTRY UPDATE! Starting NEXT WEEK, our NTxCA Food Pantry will be open the 2nd and 4th TUESDAY of each month for the new school year.
Parents will sign a new form for the 2023-2024 school year during Meet-the-Teacher night. All enrolled families qualify as long as you complete your form!
ATTENTION JAGUAR FAMILIES: Our offices will be closed Wednesday and Thursday this week.
The office will reopen on Friday, August 4th. If you have student enrollment paperwork that needs to be turned in, please get that paperwork returned to Ms. Rosell as soon as possible.
GENTLE REMINDER: Reminding parents about immunizations for our 7th grade students. ALL 7th grade students MUST have current immunizations or the immunization waiver on or before August 10th. No student can attend school on 1st day of school without current shots or the waiver.
Parents, here are a few NTxCA policy reminders as we approach the start of the new school year!
Are you ready for the new school year?
* All enrollment documentation complete
* Transportation application complete (one per student)
* After-school program application complete (one per student)
* Current immunizations or approved exemption
* NTxCA App downloaded with notifications on
* Join NTxCA Campus Facebook groups for parents
* School uniforms picked up from campuses
* "Meet-the-Teacher" marked on your calendar (August 8th @ 6:00)
All school supplies and meals are provided. Families provide headphones for all grades and a nap mat for Pre-K. School starts Thursday, August 10th!
