North Chatham Elementary School

Kindness is our costume every day. Let’s wear it with some spirit during the week of October 27th-31st. From jerseys to jaguar spots, hats to heroes from books— we will be showing kindness in all the looks!

❤️ Mon, 10/27 – Be You, Always → Celebrate the unique person you are -- wear your favorite outfit or color.
🏈 Tue, 10/28 – Team Up Against Bullying → We're stronger when we work together -- wear a favorite team shirt, jersey, or school colors.
🐆 Wed, 10/29 – Wild About Kindness → Kindness is spotted all around our building -- wear animal print or jaguar spirit wear.
🧢 Thu, 10/30 – Cap It with Kindness → No cap, we've got kindness -- wear your favorite hat or hair accessory.
📚 Fri, 10/31 – Book Characters Connect Us → Reading and imagination connect us all -- wear the outfit of your favorite book character.

📅 Mark your calendars to join us first thing in the morning on Friday, October 31st for the Book Character Parade. More info to come in the upcoming Paw Prints newsletter and on social media!

Let’s make this Spirit Week paws-itively kind and unforgettable! #onechatham

Honk, honk, hooray for Mrs. Murchison on October's 1st day -- Join us in starting our celebration of National Principals Month by decorating your car, holding a sign, sharing a card, clapping your hands, or shouting a cheer for Mrs. Murchison as you come through the carline on Wednesday, October 1st. 🚘 #onechatham

Check your student's spots of success—grades and state test reports are ready to review in Infinite Campus! ✅ #onechatham

Today we celebrate the purr-fect partners in learning—our North Chatham PTA. From classroom supplies to community events, their generosity and dedication make leaps for our Jaguars. Help us send a big ROAR of thanks to our PTA for supporting staff, students, and our community during National School Parent Group Day! 🫶🏼 #onechatham

Our Jaguars have been ROARing with paw-sitive choices that embrace our guidelines for success of Respect, Ownership, Acceptance, and Responsibility so we celebrated them with a shout-out during morning announcements and a certificate of appreciation this week. 🐾 #onechatham

Snap, crackle & pop to it -- without our staff, we couldn't do it! Many thanks to our PTA for providing our staff with homemade rice krispy treats as we celebrate Rice Krispy Treat Day! 🧇 #onechatham

Mr. Jeff Taylor is our ESC-ape from all of our tech troubles, and we enjoyed celebrating him during IT Professionals Day this week! 💻 Drop a comment below to give him your own shout-out. #onechatham

Take note! ✏️ Our Curriculum Night is TONIGHT. Families are invited to meet with their child's teacher to learn about curriculum expectations, classroom routines, assessments, school security, volunteer opportunities, and more. We will offer two sessions with the same information.

Session 1 - 6:00-6:45pm
Session 2 - 6:45-7:30pm

#onechatham

Remember to access this week's Paw Prints using the following link: https://secure.smore.com/n/50mqt

Tear some paper, add some glue - learning names is what Kindergarteners do! 🖍️ #OneChatham

We spotted lots of school spirit today! Even K-9 L.E.O. posed for a paw-fact first day photo, dressed to impress with his brand new Jaguar print bandana for days when he is serving North Chatham alongside SRO Abbott. Now we want to see your first day photos -- share them in the comments! 🐾 #onechatham

'Twas the night before our Jaguars ROAR -- read along for even more! 📖 #onechatham

We are getting wheel-y excited about the start of the new school year, and our buses have now arrived to campus! 🛞 If your child needs to be added to a bus route for this school year, please read through the information below:

-Transportation Requests can be submitted to the school using this form: https://forms.gle/io1gKvefeEFk9Mmv5. Requests for new bus riders will be submitted to the CCS transportation department for approval, and an email notification with a start date will be provided by Dr. Heffelfinger when students have been approved and added to a bus route.

-CCS' transportation practices state that it is the duty and responsibility of parents or their designees to provide supervision at the bus stop for students in grades K-3. Anyone who serves as a designee must be in the 4th grade or beyond. Submit a Bus Stop Permission Form for all persons who will be meeting your student at the bus stop and submit to Dr. Heffelfinger (mheffelfinger@chatham.k12.nc.us). https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DLCtF5FcSIEuorUA04At15AKU1trnFAnESG9-Tu528Q/edit?usp=sharing

-The Edulog app for tracking your child's bus can be found here: https://secure.smore.com/n/3ec4n

Going into our final Friday of summer with our hands in the air and a fridge filled with care! 🫶🏼 #onechatham

Take a look at this year's North Chatham Staff -- we are leaping into the year with a prowl of paw-sitive energy! 🐾 #onechatham