PTA Announcements

The PTA is excited to kick off our annual Membership Drive! This year to help reach our membership goal of 320 families, we are holding a weekly raffle that you will automatically be entered after joining the 2024- 25 PTA! Prizes include a school supply haul or a piece of NES Spirit Wear! Join within the first four weeks of the school year to be entered in the raffle, and the earlier you join the higher your chances of winning a prize!

When you join the PTA, you join a community that encourages student achievement and enriches the learning environment. TOGETHER, we can help our children to be successful. You are important! Please JOIN today!

The PTA is excited to kick off our annual Direct Donation Campaign! Our goal is to raise $7,000 in Direct Donations by Thanksgiving. Your donation helps to directly fund community-building events, educational supports in the classroom, student enrichment opportunities, and staff assistance and hospitality. Also, the students receive rewards as we meet each milestone. The first reward will be schoolwide EXTRA RECESS when we reach the $2,000 mark! Any amount is appreciated, so please DONATE today!

Northfield Elementary PTA has several sponsorship levels that allow businesses to invest in our school’s educational programs and activities that enrich the lives & education of our students. Our PTA directly supports community-building events, educational support in the classroom, student enrichment opportunities, staff support, hospitality, and extracurricular events. 

Welcome to the new school year! As you prepare to get back into the groove of school, please take a moment to join the PTA!

In light of the national attention and the HCPSS tech survey that launched recently, PTA invites our community to gather to discuss challenges and opportunities we face as parents navigating the digital lives of our families. We plan to facilitate roundtables of parents to discuss topics such as devices, screen time, social media, video games, educational technology and overarching digital safety. Regardless of expertise or personal experience with these topics, we welcome all to listen and contribute. Our goal for this time together is gather feedback from our community to help inform future PTA programming and resources.

Join us for a spooky good time at the NES PTA’s 3rd Annual Trunk-or-Treat for NES Students/Teachers/Staff and their families on Saturday, October 26th, 4pm - 6pm at NES on the Dunloggin Blacktop!

Free for NES students/teachers/staff and their families, but all must register by Saturday, 10/19!

Needed - 7pm at the September 26 Board of Education Public Hearing

Our Superintendent, Mr. William (Bill) Barnes will be presenting his recommendations for the Capital Budget (School Renovations) to the Board of Education. We need current, former and FUTURE students, teachers, and parents to write to the Superintendent and BoE with personal stories of how the state of the Dunloggin building has affected them…mice in the building, lack of bathroom availability, classrooms too small, overcrowding, maintenance issues you’ve encountered, traffic bottle necks with Northfield, etc. Anything that a new or renovated building would help with, they need to hear! Written testimony should be emailed to boe@hcpss.org and please cc superintendent@hcpss.org.

If you can attend the Public Hearing in-person or online to testify, pre-registration opens on September 5 at 8am and closes on September 25 at 4pm. Pre-registration can be done either by telephone (410-313-7194 or 410-313-1584) or online: boardoffice@hcpss.org. Testimony is limited to 3 minutes and must only be about the Capital Budget; you may testify solo or as a group. If you do not feel comfortable testifying, please attend in your DMS gear / colors (burgundy and gold) to show that our community cares about our children, teachers, and staff members and we are not going to go away until shovels are in the ground. We have been bumped from our rightful place in line on the Capital Budget too many times as our building continues to deteriorate!

Board of Education Building: 10910 Clarksville Pike (Rt 108) Ellicott City, MD 21042

Visit DMS’s Advocacy Page to learn more about how to participate in the process.

We've got spirit yes we do, we've got spirit how 'bout YOU! The FIRST ONE is next Friday 9/13. Roadrunners should wear BLUE, YELLOW and/or any NES SPIRIT WEAR! Remember, the spirit wear shop is closing soon - don't forget to scoop something up! 

Hey K families! Now that school is in full swing, join us on the blacktop for an informal meet up with other Kindergarten families. The kids can play and parents can swap notes about the beginning of the school year. PTA will be available to answer any question you may have about PTA and/or Northfield happenings. Class of 2037 shirts will be available for sale (cash/check). We hope this provides a fun environment to plug into the NES community. We would love to see you!

5th Grade Parents and Families, help us welcome our amazing NES teachers and staff back to school with a "Taste the Rainbow" themed luncheon and with sprinkling the staff lounge with colorful supplies on Thursday, September 26th! There are many ways to contribute - making a donation, purchasing items, or giving your time! Please check out the Sign Up Genius and Amazon Wishlist for more details and we can't wait to show our bright, fun and happy staff that we're "over the rainbow thankful for you"!

Please reach out to Christina Rock or Kristy Insignares with any questions!