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The Special Education Department is continuing to work toward a district goal of improving students’ vocabulary. The goal that the district has set is “By 2017, 70% of students in grades 2-10 will demonstrate improvement in vocabulary skills by one point as measured by the MAP assessment. This goal will be an ongoing goal until 2020.”
The following list contains the words that all elementary…
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Norfolk Public Schools sets passwords for our elementary students to use. Students are instructed to use only their own passwords when logging in to the computer or to their Google accounts and never to share their passwords with others. Outside of NPS, students may be creating passwords for other purposes, so we included…
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Meet and Mentor (M & M) groups meet twice a month for all Grant students and all Grant staff. Each staff member (classified and certified) leads a small group of 7-9 students for 15 minutes every other week; each group has students in grades kindergarten through fourth grade. The cross grade level groupings have helped us build community as our discussions…
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Norfolk Morning Kiwana's member Kim Long came to visit and brought dandy DICTIONARIES for every third grade student!! Thank you Morning Kiwanas!!!
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Third grade is such an amazing year in the life of a child. The learning curve is intense and the transitions are many! Here is a peek into a new third grade student’s school day…
Instead of learning to read, we are now reading to learn! We are learning to dig deeper into our reading. We constantly look back and reread to find text…
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OCTOBER DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP TOPIC
Do Not Share your Private Information Online
Suggestions for Parents & Guardians:
Advise children to avoid providing the following information in any form when playing online:
Full…
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Red Ribbon Week
Grant students will be celebrating Red Ribbon Week the week of October 2rd-6th. This week is a time for students to learn about the harmful effects of drugs and alcohol and to help them make wise decisions about their…
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Media students are focusing on digital citizenship skills. This month, we look at our digital footprint. Digital footprints are the result of online activity. Websites visited, social media accounts, pictures posted online are all part of a person’s digital footprint. As digital citizens who work and socialize online, we need to be aware that what we do online is visible to others,…
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For six Tuesdays this Fall, Grant students and families packed the gym for supper, followed by awesome story reading in the library! Prime Time encourages enjoyment and understanding of literature in a fun, bilingual setting and is sponsored by Humanities Nebraska.
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The mission of Norfolk Public Schools is to prepare all students to pursue their goals for the future.
The vision of Norfolk Public Schools is to be a top performing school that provides outstanding educational opportunities for every student and is a source of pride and an asset to our community.
