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The Nathan Bishop PTO
Nathan Bishop Parent Teacher Organization
School Picture Retakes
Lifetouch will be at Nathan Bishop Friday, January 13, 2012.Picture package envelopes are available in the school office.If you wish to have your child’s picture retaken, please send in the Original package.(Leave Class picture at home) If you have a problem with your package or wish to request a refund please callthe Lifetouch office at 828-5520. Do not just send the package to the school
PTO Meeting January 17 6:30Find out what’s going on Nathan Bishop. Upcoming events, in school programs, what we’ve done this year.Have any ideas, suggestions? Let’s hear ‘em!Don’t forget to send in all those old electronic recyclables! Cell phones, ink Cartridges and other electronics PPSD News - High School Open HousesDid you know that you can choose from many of Providence’s eight high schools?Open High Schools Nights
January 24 and 26, 2012 6 To 8 Pm Providence offers an array of high school options. High School Open Schools Nights allow you to visit each high school and determine the best options available. You’ll also have a chance to tour the schools yourself; meet students, faculty and staff; and learn about academic programs and student activities. Take this opportunity to learn more and make the decision that’s right for you.For more information, call the Student Registration Center at (401) 456-9297. You can also visit theProvidence Public School District Web site: www.providenceschools.org/registration
Community News
Rhode Island Tutorial & Educational Services Free Parent Workshop
What Are Our Rights? Kids, Their Schools, and the Law
Thursday, January 26, 2012 6:30 – 8:00 p.m.
Rochambeau Library, Providence
A seminar and Q-and-A session designed to inform parents of children with learning difficulties about the relationship between their children and the public schools. Attorney Jason Knight will discuss what kind of education the schools are required to provide, the evaluation process for identifying appropriate accommodations for kids with learning difficulties, and the basics of the conflict resolution procedures. Jason will also show you some simple approaches and techniques designed to advocate effectively for your child's needs and avoid needless conflict and litigation.
For more info or questions info@ritutorial.org or www.ritutorial.org or call 723-4459
8th Grade Field Trip
NB's first 8th grade trip is planned and reserved! Students will be going to Lake Compounce on June 7th. Permission/payment slips were sent for home…It is important for the kids to return their permission slips with their deposit or their full payment ASAP in order to reserve a spot. There is a copy of the flyer available here.
In other news........
The Greene School is a new Charter High School in West Greenwich that provides students with new alternatives for high school. www.thegreeneschool.org.
The Greene School is a public charter high school.
The Greene School develops the culture of personal, community, and global stewardship using a curriculum centered on direct experiences with environmental science, and the technology that affects the natural world. At The Greene School, students develop and integrate their strengths as they explore their roles in local and global communities. The school will have an emphasis on promoting an ethic of excellence, tolerance and character development for moral and social responsibility. Students are prepared to be informed, skilled, active and innovative community leaders who will become the environmental stewards of the future. Students understand and apply the concept of stewardship as the careful and responsible management of human, physical, biological, and financial resources.
Transportation provided from Downtown Providence to school on school bus daily!
Great alternative learning experiences! No tuition!
Dee Duncan, Director dduncan@thegreeneschool.org
Phone Number of school: 397-8600
6th grade parents
All students entering 7th grade must have an updated Health form. The Rhode Island Department of Health General Laws Section 9.3 requires that children entering the 7th Grade are required to have a physical examination. These physical examinations, preferably, should be completed by your family physician or health center.
Effective 8/1/09, new regulations require children to have 2 doses of Varicella Vaccine, 1 dose of Tdap, 1 dose of Meningococcal Vaccine and 2 doses of MMR. Please check with your doctor and be sure your child has received all of these vaccines before entering the 7th grade. Proof of vaccination and physical exam must be given to the School Nurse-Teacher at the beginning of the school year. Have you made your child’s doctors appt for his 7th grade shots?
Any questions?? Contact Arlene McVeigh RN, School Nurse/Teacher456-9344 FAX 456-9110
Do you know a parent of a 4th grader from the Greater East Side (Pawtucket to North Main Street to the river to the South and East) who chose Nathan Bishop on their school choice form, but has NOT had confirmation from the Registration Office or Mr. Lazzareschi that their child is assigned to Bishop?
PLEASE ENCOURAGE ANY SUCH PARENT TO CONTACT MR. L. ASAP at 456-9344. Apparel!
Nathan Bishop Light Blue Sweatshirts
If you haven't already ordered your apparel, now is the time
T Shirts • Sweatshirts • Hats • Pencils
Order forms available at the PTO meeting, by email request or in the front office.
PASA and the AfterZone program
AfterZone programs have expanded at Nathan Bishop! These programs will give your child the opportunity to learn unique skills including using tools, building models, engineering solar panels, and creating computer games and music videos! Encourage your child to get involved!
To get more information or to enroll your child, contact our AfterZone Coordinator Juan Carlos Beteta at 641-4520, or jbeteta@mypasa.org. The overall PASA person responsible for the program at Nathan Bishop is:Jessie Kerr-Vanderslice North End/East Side & Olneyville AfterZone Manager 401.490.9599 x107 jkerr-vanderslice@mypasa.org
Short Notes:
Guitars? Our music teacher, Ms. Viau, is looking for donations of acoustic guitars—do you have an old one lying about in the basement or the corner of your room that you could give to our music program? Contact Ms. Viau at Debra.Viau@ppsd.org.
BOOKS are still being collected in the front lobby for the NB Book Drive. Please drop off any gently-used or new books that could work for a middle-schooler—reading grade-levels 3 to 12.
TECHNO-RECYCLING is in progress in Main Office. There is a box for your old cell phones, DVDs, inkjet and laser cartridges, cameras, laptops, video games, iPods, PDAs, and GPSs on the counter!
Recycling your stuff at NB raises cash for our school!
Student Sports
Our sports guy, Vin Kilbridge, has conducted a survey of student interest in sports! Vin is looking for volunteers to take the lead in organizing our efforts in volleyball, soccer, and swimming. Your job would be to try to put together an afterschool team or clinic for our kids, in collaboration with parents, teachers, PASA, and/or other community organizations. The kids are full of enthusiasm—can we step up to meet it?
Please contact Vin at Vincent.Kilbridge@citizensbank.com, kilbridgev@cox.net, or on his cellphone at 378 4717.
Register your Stop and Shop card online, and Nathan Bishop can start raising money! Get as many of your friends and relatives as possible to register. Register at www.stopandshop.com/aplus. Every time a registered Stop and Shop card is used between now and March, we will raise money to support our school. This program only runs until March, 2010...so STOP AT STOP AND SHOP AND START SHOPPING!!
Keep your EASTSIDE MARKETPLACE receipts, we are enrolled in their program as well. Have your middler bring them in to the office. We'll have a box for them.
Food Services
The PTO will meet the third Tuesday of each month.Subcommittee meeting night will be the first Thursday of each month. Several classrooms at Bishop will be available to us each first-Thursday from 6 to 7:30pm. Some subcommittees may choose to take advantage of this arrangement while others may choose to meet during the day, at people’s homes or the local library, or conduct most of their business via email. This is up to the chairs of each committee.
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