Newbern Elementary School

Choctaw Child Care is accepting applications for after school care for Dyer County students in Kindergarten thru 5th grade. Applications are located in the front office at each elementary school. If you are interested in attending this program please contact your child’s school. Choctaw Child Care will begin Monday Oct.12th, as long as we remain in Phase 3 or 4 for elementary schools.

Parents and Guardians, Our teachers will begin calling students from their homeroom lists as early as tomorrow. This process will take several days for our teachers to complete, please be patient as they work through the list. All grade level supply lists are located on the NES Facebook page and have been submitted to Wal-Mart. Thank you!

Dyer County School System First Week Schedule August 3rd – 7th, 2020 Elementary School August 3rd Students will be given an opportunity to meet their classroom teacher and pick up information during the hours of 8:00am -11:00am. Due to COVID-19 and to ensure the safety of all, please adhere to the following procedures for this first day of school: • If you are able to transport your child to and from school, we strongly encourage you to do so. This will help limit exposure for your child while also helping reserve bus space for those who have no other means of transportation. o Students will be allowed 1 parent/adult when entering the building to meet with classroom teacher. o 8:00am-9:00am students with the last name beginning with A through H o 9:00am -10:00am students with the last name beginning with I through P o 10:00am-11:00am students with the last name beginning with Q through Z • Kindergarten registration is limited to 1 parent/adult when meeting with the classroom teacher to sign up for testing, and we are requesting students do not attend. Please check location of registration, as it varies in each elementary building. • Pre-K parent orientation will be scheduled by teachers. Parent/guardians will be limited to 1 adult per student, and we are requesting students do not attend. • Buses will run for the morning session. No breakfast or lunch will be served. August 4th – 7th Students in 1st through 5th grades will attend using a staggered schedule. The purpose of the staggered schedule is to acclimate students to new school and safety procedures. Your child’s classroom teacher will notify you concerning which days your child will attend school during the week of August 4th - 7th. Parents are highly encouraged to transport their child. Buses will run. Breakfast and lunch will be served. All students will report to school daily starting August 10th unless there is a change in Phases. Middle School August 3rd Students in grade 6 will attend from 8:00am-11:00am. Students will have the opportunity to pick up their schedules, meet the classroom teachers and tour the building. Students in 7th and 8th grades will come between 12:00pm and 3:00pm to pick up schedules. Schedules for 7th and 8th grade students will be distributed under the student drop-off awning. Please drive through and remain in your vehicle. A teacher will bring the schedule to your vehicle. Due to COVID-19 and to ensure the safety of all, please adhere to the following procedures for this first day of school: • If you are able to transport your child to and from school, we strongly encourage you to do so. This will help limit exposure for your child while also helping reserve bus space for those who have no other means of transportation. • Please drive through the designated area and remain in your vehicle when picking up schedules for students in 7th and 8th grades. • Buses will run for the morning session. No breakfast or lunch will be served. August 4th – 7th Students in 6th through 8th grades will attend using a staggered schedule. The purpose of the staggered schedule is to acclimate students to new school and safety procedures. Your child’s classroom teacher will be notifying you to let you know which days your child will attend school during the week of August 4th - 7th. This information will also be noted on your child’s schedule. Parents are highly encouraged to transport their child. Buses will run. Breakfast and lunch will be served. All students will report to school daily starting August 10th unless there is a change in Phases. High School August 3rd Students in 9th grade will attend from 8:00am - 11:00am. During this time they will receive their schedule, run through their classes, meet their classroom teachers and tour the building. Upperclassmen will have the opportunity to pick up their schedules at the following times: • 12th grade students: 12:00pm - 1:00pm • 11th grade students: 1:00pm - 2:00pm • 10th grade students: 2:00pm - 3:00pm Due to COVID-19 and to ensure the safety of all, please adhere to the following procedures for this first day of school: • If you are able to transport your child to and from school, we strongly encourage you to do so. This will help limit exposure for your child while also helping reserve bus space for those who have no other means of transportation. • Buses will run for the morning session. No breakfast or lunch will be served. August 4th – 7th Students in 9th - 12th grades will attend school on a staggered schedule during the week of August 4th - August 7th . On their assigned days, students will attend school from 8:00am - 3:00pm. The purpose of the staggered schedule is to acclimate students to new school and safety procedures. Parents are highly encouraged to transport their child. Buses will run. Breakfast and lunch will be served. The staggered schedule will be as follows: • Last names A-L: Tuesday, August 4th & Thursday, August 6th • Last names M-Z: Wednesday, August 5th & Friday, August 7th All students will report to school daily starting August 10th unless there is a change in Phases.

Dyer County Schools will be registering children for their Pre-K programs on Tuesday, June 16th from 4:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m., and Wednesday, June 17th from 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. at the Milton Magee Auditorium, 159 Everett Avenue, Dyersburg. Applications will be available the day of registration, or you may print a copy from the Dyer County Schools website. Your child must be four years old by August 15, 2020, to be eligible for the program. If you are interested, please bring the following information with you the day of registration: • Proof of income • Proof of residency • Child’s Certified Birth Certificate

Attention Parents!! LAST CHANCE PICK-UP! Our yearbooks are in. We will have a pick-up day Tuesday, June 2 from 12:00 to 6:00. Drive through the bus lane (by the cafeteria patio) and we will deliver the yearbook to you. If you owe on the yearbook we will take the remainder of the amount. If you are not able to pick up the yearbook on this day we will keep them for you until school starts. If you did not get a chance to pick up your student's belongings and report cards this will be the last chance to do so. If the items are not picked up on Tuesday they will be destroyed.

Attention Parents! PK-2 Parents-Monday, May 18th between 10:30 and 12:30 will be drive through pick up for your student's personal things left in the classroom and their report card. 3-5 Parents-Thursday, May 21st between 10:30 and 12:30 will be drive through pick up for your student's personal things left in the classroom and their report card. If you have children in both grade levels you may choose which day you pick up. It is not necessary to come both days. Yearbooks have not arrived so we will have a later pick up day for them. Please drive through the bus lane next to the cafeteria and remain in your vehicle. A staff member will ask for your child's name and grade level. Your child's bag will be retrieved from the cafeteria and delivered to your vehicle. Library, classroom books, playbooks from 5th graders, yearbook money and lunch money can still be dropped off in this same location. This week will be the last week for lunch and academic packet pick up.

Starting this week the lunch/packet pick-up line (Monday and Thursday, 10:30-12:30) will also be a drop off for library books, text or classroom books, owed lunch money and yearbook money. Please remain in your vehicle. Teachers will have a container to collect any of these items. Money should be in an envelope with the child's name, grade, teacher's name on the outside. Please indicate if the money is for yearbook or lunch money. Yearbooks are not in yet. At a later date we will have a pick up day for yearbooks and other items your student may have left in their classroom. Remember if you have a child turning 5 before August 15, 2020 we would like to register them for Kindergarten. You can do this online at the dyercs.net site. Thank you for your patience during these unusual times. Continue checking our website and Facebook page for more things to come. Be safe!

Due to concerns around COVID-19 and upon Governor Bill Lee’s recommendation, Dyersburg City Schools and Dyer County Schools will remain closed through Tuesday, March 31. All extracurricular activities have been suspended until further notice. More information will be released pertaining to school meals, educational planning, and extracurricular activities as soon as possible.

Next Week (March 2-5) is Dr. Seuss Week

Picture Day tomorrow, Feb. 19th

NES Book Fair Feb. 3 - 7. Come visit at Parent-Teacher Conference on Tuesday from 3:30 - 6:30.

Tyson Halliburton, Konnor Launer, Zachary Junior, Jayla Kimble, and Lexie Simpson we're caught being KIND! #NES #BeKind

Congratulations to Weston Davis and Whitlee Ramey in Mrs. Kristin Hales class. They've mastered OVER 100 Accelerated Math Objectives!

Look out, someone was caught being KIND!! Congratulations to these kiddos! They are the first students to receive the KIND AWARD. #NES #BeKind

A big Thank You to all of our sponsors.

This is what's for lunch in November!

All veterans please join our school on Friday, November 8th in the gym at 9:30 when our 3-4-5 graders will present a program of patriotic music in your honor. We ask that veterans sign in and sit in the front seats.

Miss Emily's class enjoyed experimenting with different types of forces today.

Dress up days for next week: October 25 – Merica’ Monday October 26 – Tie-Dye Tuesday October 27 – Western Wednesday October 28 – Tacky Thursday October 29 – Choctaw PRIDE!

First grade learning from the Tennessee Traveling Trunk from the Tennessee Museum.