5/20 - Jr High Spring Orchestra Concert 7pm Senior High Gymnasium
5/20 & 5/21 - Grades 6 & 8 Social Studies State Testing
5/21 - NCS Board Meeting 7pm Senior High Library
5/22 - 6th Grade Spring Band Concert 5pm Senior High Gymnasium
- 7th & 8th Grade Spring Band Concert 7pm Senior High Gymnasium
5/24 - Schools and Offices Closed
5/27 - Schools and Offices Closed
5/28 &29 - Grade 7 Social Studies State Testing
5/31 - Spirit Day
- 8th Grade Dinner Dance 6pm Senior High Cafetorium
We are pleased to announce that our school has enrolled with SAFEDE, by STOPit Solutions. SAFEDE is a technology platform to assist students, parents, and staff in asking for and privately accessing a wide variety of help and resources.
Our aim with SAFEDE is to provide:
Private access to basic needs resources,
Convenient linkage to school, community, local, state, and federal resources and helplines,
A culture that recognizes that all of us need help at different points in our life and asking for help is an important life skill.
SAFEDE is a tool that works by empowering students, parents, and staff to access help they need with dignity and privacy. All parties will have access to the SAFEDE mobile app, which has three main features:
ASK FOR HELP can be used to anonymously request help from local school contacts, including Messenger which allows anonymous two-way communication between school contacts and help requesters.
CRISISTEXTLINE can be access directly from the app to text with non-local trained crisis counselors
GET RESOURCES can be used to search community, local, state, and federal resources and helplines
No personal information is needed to use SAFEDE. The only way personally identifiable information will be accessible through SAFEDE is if a requester voluntarily includes it within the content of a request or message.
Both our school and SAFEDE are committed to protecting the privacy of student data. STOPit is a signatory to the Student Privacy Pledge, spearheaded by the Future of Privacy Forum and the Software & Information Industry Association. You may review STOPit’s Privacy Policy for details, including more information on how anonymous reporting works. Here is a video to learn more SAFEDE/HelpMe Parent Video.
Please note that students in grades 4-12 will be invited to download the SAFEDE app from the app store on his or her smartphone at no charge between now and spring break. Participation is voluntary. The application will become active beginning on Monday, April 8th.
We encourage you to download the SAFEDE app and search for your students' school using the directory. You can privately ask for help for your student, family, others you care about, or even acquaintances who appear to need help.
Together, we can make sure everyone in our community gets what they need to thrive. Thank you!
Junior High News
Junior High News
The entire JHS staff wishes to thank the NCS community for their incredible generosity. We thank you for all of the treats, cards, kind words and time donated to ensure that we feel appreciated for doing what we love to do each day. We are grateful to work in this fantastic environment with your students.
If your child is not returning to Newark Charter School for the 2024-2025 school year, please either send in a note or an email to NCSJHSOffice@ncs.k12.de.us. Thank you.
The Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) provides healthy meals and snacks to children when school is not in session. The SFSP is a federally funded program operated by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and is managed locally by the Delaware Department of Education (DDOE). The goal of the SFSP is to ensure that children receive the nutrition they need to continue to grow, learn and play throughout the summer months!
If you are interested in finding an open feeding site in your area:
· Call 211
· Text FOOD to 304-304 or Comida to 304-304
· Call 1-866-348-6479 or 1-877-842-6273 (for Spanish speakers)
· Log on to https://www.fns.usda.gov/meals4kids
This institution is an equal opportunity provider.
Students will keep their Chromebooks over the summer. Hopefully, students continue to take good care of the Chromebooks so that they are ready to be used in the fall.
If your student’s Chromebook is in need of repairs, the NCS Technology team will be available on the following dates:
Monday, June 24, 2024 (Meece and Senior High Campus Only)
Monday, July 22, 2024 (Meece, Junior and Senior High Campus)
We cannot guarantee that the Chromebook will be repaired that day. If the repair needs more time, we will collect the Chromebook and notify you when it is ready to be picked up. Please be patient as the Technology team will be working on summer projects and enjoying time off.
Do not bring a Chromebook in for repair on any other day, besides the two dates listed above.
You can find some basic troubleshooting tips at https://www.newarkcharterschool.org/chromebooks
Your student is welcome to continue using their Chromebook over the summer. If the Chromebook will not be used all summer or for an extended period of time, it is recommended that you follow Google's long-term storage procedure to maintain battery health. You can view those steps here: https://support.google.com/chrome/a/answer/9139543?hl=en
We are happy to announce a new Online Spirit Wear store through BSN! This store is open 24/7, 365 days a year and offers a wide range of items. This store will even allow you to customize some items by selecting the academic or athletic logo, selecting a sport, and/or adding a name or number. If you haven't visited the site yet, do so soon as the Grand Opening Promo Code will end shortly.
We are looking to add to our substitute nurse pool! If interested, please go to this link to find job posting and the ability to apply.
Please reach out to our HR department and lead nurse for any questions you may have.
HR: Cindy Coyne
cindy.coyne@ncs.k12.de.us
Lead Nurse: Karen Pennington
karen.pennington@ncs.k12.de.us
Exciting Updates to the Newark Charter School Uniform for the 2024-2025 School Year
We are pleased to announce some new additions and changes to our school uniform options:
New Pullover Sweater Option: The "Augusta" wicking ¼ zip Pullover Sweater, available in Navy Blue & Red, is now an approved uniform item for all students in grades K-12. This sweater can be purchased exclusively at Rush Uniform.
Pricing:
Youth with logo: $42.95
Adult with logo: $45.95
Expanded Sweater Colors for High School: Students in grades 9-12 may now wear approved NCS sweaters in both red and blue, expanding from the previous blue-only option.
Jumper Extension for Intermediate School: Students in grades K-5 are now permitted to wear the jumper, extending the previous range from K-2.
New Banded Bottom Polo Shirts: For students in grades K-8, banded bottom polo shirts are now available. These shirts are designed to fold over and appear tucked in, eliminating the need for manual tucking. Banded bottom polo shirts can be purchased exclusively at Rush Uniform.
New Vendor Added: Atlantic Sun Screen Printing is now another local vendor for our school uniforms offering polo and sweater options to students in grades K-8. They are located at:
700 People’s Plaza, Newark, DE 19702
Contact: 302-731-5100 or 302-585-6500
Available by appointment only from 10:00 AM to 1:30 PM.
We hope you find these updates helpful as we continue to provide comfortable and practical uniform options for our students.
Rush Uniform is offering free shipping on orders from May 1-31. Order early for next school year!
Bonjour, parents and guardians of 8th graders!
We are starting the exciting work of planning for the 8th grade dinner dance scheduled for Friday, May 31, 2024, and we need your help to make it a success. While most of our students will be attending NCS high school next year, a few of them are going to other schools or states. With that in mind, this special occasion might be the last time the entire current class of 2028 is together, so we want to make it MEMORABLE and WONDERFUL for our memorable and wonderful children!
To keep the ticket cost low to families, we are depending on your additional contributions: snacks, desserts, and money toward paper products and other necessities. Please look at this sign-up link https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0C44AAAE28A2F5C70-49102850-8thgrade and choose one or more items to donate. Snacks and desserts will be due on 5/31, but we need to secure cash donations by 5/29 so that we have time to shop.
Merci in advance for your generous help!
8th Grade Dance Committee
Hello 8th grade students and families,
There have been some questions surrounding the attire and expectations for the upcoming 8th Grade Dinner Dance. Please click here for all of the information you will need to have a fantastic night!
We are still in need of a few additional volunteers for the field day activities! Please take a look at each of the grade level Sign Up Genius links and consider signing up. Thank you so much for helping to make this day great!
On Tuesday June 4, Wednesday June 5, and Thursday June 6, 2024, the Newark Charter Junior High school will be holding their field days for each respective grade. The 6th grade field day will take place on Thursday June 6; the 7th grade field day will take place on Tuesday June 4; and the 8th grade field day will take place on Wednesday June 5. Each field day will take place in the morning from 7-10:30AM. We need parent volunteers to make this day possible! We are asking for 2 parent volunteers to run each station (10 stations), 3 parent volunteers to help out at the Nurse's Tent, and after those 23 volunteer spots are filled, if any additional parent volunteers would like to participate, please contact us via email. We are asking all volunteers to arrive between 7-7:15am and stay for the entirety of the field day (10:30AM). More specific details on volunteering roles will come via email for those parents who sign up. If you have any questions, please email Mr. Reighart or Ms. Davis at timothy.reighart@ncs.k12.de.us or brianne.davis@ncs.k12.de.us.
Thank you so much in advance for helping us make this day possible for our students!
Here is the 6th Grade Signup Genius Link for 6th Grade field day on June 6:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0B4AADAC2AABFAC61-49192067-6thgrade
Here is the 7th Grade Signup Genius Link for 7th Grade field day on June 4:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0B4AADAC2AABFAC61-49192591-7thgrade
Here is the 8th Grade Signup Genius Link for 8th Grade field day on June 5:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0B4AADAC2AABFAC61-49192594-8thgrade
Front office staff are not permitted to interrupt classroom instruction to notify students that forgotten items were delivered to the office. As a reminder, our current procedures are as follows: lunches and water bottles are placed on the cafeteria stage for student retrieval during their lunch block; musical instruments and other items remain in our office. Music teachers have been instructed to send students who forgot their instruments to the main office for pickup.
EXTRA CURRICULARS
EXTRA CURRICULARS
Boys' LAX - Boys' LAX went UNDEFEATED (11-0) this season with a final victory over Caravel Academy by a score of 11-2. Congratulations to our thirteen 8th Graders who provided tremendous leadership on and off the field.
Baseball - The team went 5-6 on the season, with wins over St. Edmonds, Red Lion, Gunning Bedford, Tome, and MOT. Thank you coaches and fans for a wonderful season on the diamond!
Girls' LAX - The Girls' Team went 5-7 on the season with wins over Brandywine Springs, Conrad, Smyrna, St. Anne's, and Dover. The team ended their season with a great contest against Ursuline, coming up just short by a score of 7-10. Thank you coaches and fans for a terrific season!
Girls' Soccer - The Soccer Team went 7-2-2 on the season with wins over St. Annes, Caravel, Red Lion, PS DuPont, Avon Grove, Holy Cross and Odyssey. Thank you caoches and fans for a brilliant season on the pitch!
Softball - Softball finished the season 2-7, with wins over Tome and Odyssey. This team showed up for each and every game and definitely improved their skills, setting the table for next season! Thank you coaches and fans for a great season on the diamond!
RESOURCES
RESOURCES
Arriving at school on time is important. We are happy to welcome students into the building beginning at 7:05 am. However, as the Code of Conduct states, “In grades 6-12, class will begin at 7:30, and any student who arrives after 7:30 will be marked tardy.” In addition, “When a student accumulates any combination of 5 unexcused late arrivals a student detention will be issued.”
An email will be sent to the parent/guardian of students who accumulate 5 unexcused tardies within the same trimester. Detentions take place on Wednesdays from 2:20 pm - 3:20 pm in the main office. Students must be picked up from school at 3:20. There is no bus transportation available.
Having trouble understanding Schoology symbols? Use the graphic below to help you understand the symbols in your child’s Schoology gradebook.
Getting ready for the end of the year!!!
Now is the time to start reaching out to your healthcare provider to update your action plans!! These are your asthma action plans, diabetic action plans and orders, seizure action plans and orders, life threatening food allergy action plans, and any other medical action plan you may need for next year. Please remember these plans need to be updated yearly!
Please don't forget to pick up your medications from the health office at the end of year! Here is the permission form to have medication sent home with your student.
All controlled substance medications are to be picked up by a parent or guardian.
Any medications or emergency medications not picked up by end of year will be discarded.
Field Trips
If your student requires medication on a field trip, please be sure to fill out the medication permission form. We do not take over the counter (OTC) medications on field trips. If your student requires an OTC medication, please review the policy noted on the permission forms below:
”I understand that all medication, including over-the-counter medication requiring assistance on a field trip or approved school activity must have a healthcare provider’s order either on the medication label or a written prescription.”
”I also understand the only medication a student may self-carry is a rescue inhaler or EpiPen, if age appropriate and a self-carry form is completed. All other medication must be in the possession of a staff member at all times."
Spirit Day Criteria for Success
Spirit Day Criteria for Success
Erin's Law
Erin's Law
Erin's law requires all Delaware public school students in pre-kindergarten through grade 6, their educators and families be provided information about personal body safety and child sexual abuse awareness and prevention. Named in honor of Erin Merryn, a victim of child sexual abuse who worked to enact legislation on this subject throughout the country, Erin’s Law is intended to help young victims speak up about child abuse and concerned adults recognize the signs of abuse so that children can get the assistance they need.
Newark Charter uses a state-approved educational program called Second Step to teach personal body safety and abuse awareness. Guidance counselors deliver this research-based, age-appropriate instruction in group guidance classes in grades K-6. Parents may review the program, lesson topics, and family resources at any time at https://www.secondstep.org/child-protection
Links
Links
Get in touch
Get in touch
Newark Charter Primary School
2001 Patriot Way, Newark, DE 19711
(302)-369-2001 x400
NCSPSOffice@ncs.k12.de.us
Newark Charter Intermediate School
2001 Patriot Way, Newark, DE 19711
(302)-369-2001 x500
NCSISOffice@ncs.k12.de.us
Newark Charter Junior High School
1089 Elkton Road, Newark, DE 19711
(302)-369-2001 x700
NCSJHSOffice@ncs.k12.de.us
Newark Charter Senior High School
200 McIntire Drive, Newark, DE 19711
(302)-369-2001 x600
NCSHSOffice@ncs.k12.de.us
