Virtual Fall Art Night!

The Nikiski North Star P.T.A. is hosting a special family art night on October 22nd for all NNS in-person & remote students! The P.T.A. will provide materials including supplies, snacks & instructions! Materials will be sent home with students and remote students are welcome to pick them up at school.

Thank you for putting together such a special event for us, NNS P.T.A.!

NNS – Together Again & It Feels So Good!

NNS is just full of talented, creative kids! We had a contest during our remote time at the beginning of the year. The contest was for students to design a poster that represents how they feel about kids being able to return to school in person. Our winners are 3rd grader Emma Ward and 2nd grader Lilly McGahan! We absolutely love the message that our students created. We are together again and shining brightly?

Free Breakfast & Lunch for ALL NNS Students*!

NNS Families- This is great news. All NNS students will now be able to receive free breakfast and lunch. *This is in effect until December 31, 2020 or until the USDA funds are depleted. The free meals are retroactive so any money paid on students’ accounts this year will be refunded to the student’s account. Free meals are available to NNS students attending in person and remotely.

Things to Remember as We Welcome Back Students on September 8th!

Important Points as we welcome students in person to Nikiski North Star on September 8?

We are so excited to welcome you to school, but we need your help to keep everyone safe. If you are experiencing one or more of these symptoms* stay home, and do not go to school or report to work:
• Temperature of 100 or greater
• Cough or Sore Throat
• Shortness of Breath
• Chills, Muscle Pain
• Runny or Stuffy Nose
• Headache, Vomiting, or Diarrhea
• New Loss of Taste or Smell
• New undiagnosed or untreated rash or skin condition
• You are taking first 24 hours of antibiotic treatment

NNS is a symptom free school. Please evaluate your child each morning for any signs related to Covid or any other illness. If your child is showing any signs of illness, they cannot be physically present at school. They can, however, continue their learning through NNS remote learning. Please contact your child’s teacher if they need to attend NNS remote due to illness.

Arrival
• School starts at NNS at 9:25, students cannot be dropped off before 9:15 as the morning is teacher planning time.
• Parents should use the parent drop off lane to drop off students. Please have students kissed and ready to exit the car on the passenger side of the vehicle.
• Bus riders will go through the playground gate and enter through the primary door for grades K-2 and the gym door for grades 3-5
• Students will go directly to their classrooms when they enter the school. Students needing breakfast will check in with their teacher and then get breakfast from the cafeteria.

Lunch
• Nikiski North Star students will eat lunch in their classrooms.
• KPBSD has adapted a new charge policy for breakfast/lunch. If you want your student to be able to charge full pay breakfast/lunch or reduced price breakfast/lunch parents must give approval for that in the Powerschool Student Update Form.
• Due to Covid restrictions, microwaves will not be available for students. Please make sure that your child has a lunch which does not require use of a microwave.

Dismissal
• Parent pick up students will be dismissed starting at 3:20 pm. Please use the parent pickup lane and have your family name visible on the dashboard. Busses will be using the through lane so please make sure that your child can enter the vehicle on the passenger side.
• Students attending Boys and Girls Club must be pre-registered for Boys and Girls Club. There will be no drop in attendance at Boys and Girls Club this year. If you have questions related to B&G please call them directly at 776-2668.
• Students need to have a regular after school schedule and that schedule should be communicated with the classroom teacher. If there is going to be a change from the regular schedule the teacher will need a written note from the parent/guardian. Please limit calls to the office for a change in plans due to emergency circumstances.

Yearbooks Are Here!

Yearbooks are here!!
They will be available for pickup this Friday from 1-3 at Nikiski North Star!!
We will be outside for this.
If you did not pre-order we have 14 extra yearbooks available! These will be first come, first served.

Thank you to Billie and the PTA for a giant effort to make the yearbooks happen!!