PTA Announcements

Taste of Northfield - Community Culture Night is Wednesday, April 9th from 6:30 - 8:30 pm. We invite all families to come share about their culture AND learn about all of the amazing cultures in our community! There will be performers and other entertainers from from a variety of countries and cultures. Please consider signing up for a booth space to share your culture (ex. Bringing food/drink, playing a game with families, teaching others a few words from your native language, etc. Open to all ideas!)
If interested, fill out this google form: https://forms.gle/ZbrhdrHuvCwdvkmD6

Reminder to community that clubs/candids photos are 2/13 and staff pics/spring pics will be 3/25.

The HCPSS and BOE are working to develop an objective and data driven capital budget prioritization process. The process aims to OBJECTIVELY prioritize the HCPSS facilities and buildings based on identifiable capital needs. This process will hopefully FINALLY get Dunloggin Middle School and Centennial High School the attention and support they need to renovate, and/or potentially replace. This objective plan will also protect other schools from going through the same painful process DMS has gone through over the last 10 years of being ignored. Provide your thoughts on the capital budget prioritization process to staff via the survey (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScf_ZiumS9xT8EQ1HpihMgYm5Rkaig2fecr_6-tGNw2SphVwg/viewform) and check the website https://www.hcpssne.ws/cap-process which also includes more details about the process. Survey available in English, Spanish, Chinese and Korean.

We have compiled a list of teacher and staff favorites! Save and share this document for the holidays, Staff Appreciation Week, and the end of the school year.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1E_ZlW0eOA9qab_CtgRRFDDfKqQ-cBlfF89q-u2RSLP4/edit?fbclid=IwY2xjawHOcIJleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHSH2c_xYO61lRjDcQpEnDprKvyAIVJ08ZXmnol9xzA6urgDs69OVyGVMOg_aem_0LtDSZSl4pwCYPpmAw4itA&gid=596310427#gid=596310427

In order to accommodate our Taste of Northfield event, we will be moving our April Virtual PTA meeting to TUESDAY 4/8 at 7p. Google Meet code to come closer to meeting date.

All HCPSS parents/guardians are invited to take part in a series of free, virtual workshops, held in partnership with Backpack Healthcare. Offered the fourth Thursday of every month from 6-7 p.m., these workshops will delve into the challenges of parenthood and offer techniques to help parents navigate those challenges. Click on link to see list of topics and registration details.

Registration: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAtfuCppzsjG9y8rz6--gJORglVjFLJgmi_#/registration

Here is a list of all our auxiliary department appreciation days for the school year! If your family/student utilizes these department services, we highly encourage you to make sure you and your student say thank you on these nationally recognized days. Our NES staff make our school so wonderful and special. Thank you NES!

NES Magnets are now available for sale! Approximately 3.5" in diameter, they are perfect for your car bumper or fridge.  A PTA member will contact you for porch pickup.

Even though we are all on different walks of life, we are still in the same community. Every year, Howard County releases a guide of resources for parents. You can find it at this link: https://www.howardcountymd.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/OCF.ParentsGuide1-29-24.pdf

Howard County SECAC (Special Education Citizens Advisory Committee) is a parent-driven advisory council advocating for special education issues in the Howard County Public School System (HCPSS). The next monthly meeting will be held on Tuesday, April 1, 2025. 

Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Location: Patuxent Valley Middle School
9151 Vollmerhausen Road
Savage, MD 20763

Northfield's SECAC Representative is Erika Lee. Please contact her at secac@northfieldpta.org with any questions.