Spring has officially arrived at Nishuane! This week we embodied our word of the week determination as we continued to learn and work together as one big Nishuane community! To start our spring off on a positive note, our Kindergarten and second graders met as a grade level for a Nish Family Meeting. During our meetings, we reflected upon our growth and set new goals to pursue during the final trimester of the school year! We also played a fun game as one big grade level and celebrated our bucket filler leaders who have earned a special “Caught Being Good Coin!” Our Pre-Kindergarten and first grade Nish Family meetings will be facilitated this upcoming week.
This week we also continued our celebration of Women’s History Month. We continued to spotlight women who have put their indelible “stamp” on history from A-Z. We learned about Naomi Osaka, Queen Latifah, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and “Selena” Perez. Ask your child to share interesting facts that they learned about these incredible women! We also learned about race car driver Julia Landauer. Julia Landauer recorded a special video for our school to “virtually meet” her. She even answered some questions from Nishuane students in a video that she prepared just for us!
Additionally, we collected many wonderful completed Women’s History Month enrichment projects. Through this project, students shared a woman or female identifying role model that they feel is making or has made her “stamp” on history. These wonderful projects are currently displayed on our Women’s “HERstory” Month bulletin board for all to see! As a reminder, you are also invited to visit our extensive list of books located within our Women’s History Month Digital Library 2024. Make sure to write any of the titles you read or listen to on your Pennies for Pages reading log.
We are very happy to announce that our school will donate 500 items to Montclair Mutual Aid as part of our “Be a Changemaker” Collection! Your generous donations helped us to be changemakers as we support our neighbors to have equal access to personal care items.
As a reminder, the district will be closed Friday, March 29th in observance of Good Friday.
Important Nishuane School Arrival & Dismissal Safety Reminders!
Please see below for important arrival and dismissal safety reminders. It is imperative that our community works together to adhere to these safety measures to ensure the safety of everyone. Thank you in advance for your careful attention to these important safety measures.
● Please remain mindful to maintain the flow of traffic, particularly when traveling down Cedar Avenue and/or when making a left onto High Street after dropping off your child(ren) on the car line.
● Please remain mindful of pedestrians and the crosswalk at all times.
● It is strongly recommended not to park on both sides of Cedar Avenue. You are strongly encouraged not to park across from the car line on Cedar Avenue. Parking on the opposite side poses a safety hazard and disrupts the flow of the car line.
● Families are encouraged to use the carline during drop off as a safe option.
● Always stop when you see a bus stop sign.
● If crossing Cedar Avenue, please always use the crosswalk. As a reminder, the crosswalk must be used to ensure that you are legally crossing the street. Not using the crosswalk poses a major safety hazard.
● K turns cannot be made on Cedar Avenue when the car line is underway.
● Only allow your chil(dren) to exit your vehicle on the right passenger side of your vehicle directly onto the sidewalk in front of Nishuane.
● Do not block driveways.
● Carefully monitor your vehicle speed at all times.
● Cones are set up each morning along the curb of Cedar Avenue across from Nishuane. These cones help to prevent parking/stopping in critical areas and maintain the flow of traffic.
*The Montclair Police Department enforces all traffic laws pertaining to buses and traffic. The Montclair Police Department will support with monitoring the car line, as well as to ensure that everyone is legally parking and crossing Cedar Avenue.
Pennies for Pages
“Pennies for Pages,” Nishuane School’s literacy outreach project in which students will read and raise funds for the Montclair Public Library, is underway! Pennies for Pages began on Monday, March 4th and will end on Friday, May 17th. Please click here for the family letter that was sent to families. Nishuane will host a Family Literacy Night on Wednesday, April 3rd at 6 pm. This year’s theme is “Cook Up Some Fun.” Please click here for additional information and to sign-up for this fun filled evening!
April Author Visits
On April 1st Nishuane will have a virtual visit with Kirkus-Prize winning author Valerie Bolling, author of Together We Swim, I See Color, Let’s Dance, Bing Bop Bam, Time to Jam, the Rainbow Days early reader series, and more! Signed books will be available for order. A big thank you to Alliah Agostini Livingstone and Laura Schrager for organizing this wonderful literacy experience for our students!
Nishuane Visitor Form & Protocols
● Please click here to review Nishuane’s visitor protocols. Visitors must complete the visitor form prior to a visit.
○ Please remember that visitors must report only to the location of the building that was indicated on the visitor form. Visitors may not visit other locations in the building. Thank you for your support with this important safety measure!
○ Please do not prop doors open under any circumstance.
○ Please do not hold open the door for anyone behind you when entering or exiting the building.
Nishuane Instagram
Nishuane is on Instagram! Follow us @nishschool for a peek into the learning and fun we have in our community. Our account is private for everyone's safety. When requesting to follow us, please send a message with your child's name and we will accept you.
Spirit Wear Fridays
Every Friday at Nishuane is School Spirit Day! On Fridays students may participate by wearing blue and white, as well as Nishuane spirit wear. Spirit wear is available for purchase through our PTA.
Nurse’s Notes
Please see the below reminders from Nurse Anne Ndungu
(Phone: 973-509-4236 or E-mail: [email protected]):
Friendly Reminders from the Health Office:
*****Please click here for a spring update from Nurse Anne Ndungu!*****