As a way of encouraging reading at home, our Assistant Principal, Ms. DeFeyter (Angie) will be including a weekly installment on reading. As educators, we ask that you plan for reading to your child and for your child to read to you, on a daily basis. This replaces homework each night. Each day your child's teacher will be asking what books they read at home the night before. Help your child feel proud and successful by supporting him/her with time together reading.
Autism awareness
One night this weekend my children had a couple of friends over for a sleepover. Late at ...
Happy Earth
I hope you can all take some time this week to read about our beautiful planet and learn m ...
The Birds
Dear NCSA Families, Spring is in the air and curiosity abounds. As per a parent request, ...
Supporting success
Education begins at home and continues within families for a lifetime. Teachers and schoo ...
Building character
Last week I celebrated becoming the mother of a teenager, and with that comes new opportun ...
Raising strong
This week, Angie has devoted her nook to raising strong girls and unbiased boys - lots of ...
KINDNESS
Dear Families, “Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear, and the blind can see.” ...
How to
Dear Families, As we come to the close of February, Black History Month, it doesn’t mean w ...
Civil rights
Art Teacher, Samantha Jones, and I went to a Teaching While White conference in Berkeley, ...
Anxiety
Happy New Year! I hope you found plenty of cozy reading time with your child and for yours ...
Winter Reading
Winter Break is just around the corner so I’ve created a Winter Family Fun Challenge to en ...
Multicultural Winter
Dear NCSA Families, I hope that this finds you in warmth and good cheer as we begin to loo ...
Raising strong
In this week's Nook, Angie shares more reading resources for parents on raising strong gir ...
Same-sex marriage
Dear Families, I hope you have enjoyed reading a good book aloud together or reading in th ...
World Religions
Dear Families, We are in need of a volunteer to artistically hang Bartholomew the Bookwor ...
Inclusion and
Dear Families, This week I share with you books about inclusion and acceptance. I found a ...
Positive Discipline
Dear Families, What a great time to be a part of NCSA for so many reasons including Positi ...
Fun Multiplication
At the beginning of last week Mr. G asked me to find multiplication activities to support ...
Audio Books
Hello Families, Last week I failed to mention a favorite book on the subject of raising bo ...
Building Empathy
As the mother of two boys, I feel it is my duty to raise aware, conscientious, kind and se ...
Book Recommendations
My Storee is a beautifully refreshing expose of encouraging creativity for creativity’s sa ...
Bartholomew the
I hope some of you have had a chance to notice Bartholomew the Book Worm whose body is mul ...
Welcome back
Ms. DeFeyter’s Reading Nook Welcome back to school! I hope you enjoyed the long days of su ...