OHT September Newsletter

Help us celebrate Freedom Week by dressing up each day!

Just a reminder about our Morning Arrival procedures!!

• Our doors open to students at 7:00a.m.
• Breakfast is served from 7:00-7:40a.m. in the cafeteria. 
  • Students may go through the line. Parents can eat with their child in the courtyard.
• Students wait in B Hall from 7:00-7:15a.m. 
• At 7:15a.m., students walk to their grade level area to wait with a teacher. Parents may walk their child to their hallway during this time WITH A FAST PASS or Daily Raptor Pass.
• 1st Bell Rings at 7:40A.M. Students begin going into their classrooms to prepare for instruction. 
  • Parent exit the school building. Front Lobby doors close at this time and students walk to class independently.
  • Students eating breakfast head to class
• 7:45a.m. Tardy Bell rings and classroom instruction begins
• 8:00a.m. Tardy students MUST be checked into the office by a parent or guardian if dropped off after 8:00a.m.

Northside ISD students will receive meals at no cost under the current USDA Waiver for the 2024-25 school year. In addition, your child's school participates in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 which allows for free meals for all students enrolled at the campus.

Families at CEP schools are not required to complete a Free & Reduced-Price Meal application but must complete the following online documentation:  https://ecep.nisd.net

By completing this CEP form, additional funding for state and federal programs and services may be provided at your school. If you have any questions, please contact your child's campus directly.

You will find the CEP online documentation at:  https://ecep.nisd.net 

NISD invites you to the Title I Family Engagement Conference on Friday, September 27th at the Northside Activity Center. It is FREE and childcare is provided. See the flyer below for more information!

September is Attendance Awareness Month and every day of school helps your child to succeed! Missing just 2 days of school a month can cause your child to miss 20 DAYS of instruction! 

Please be sure to communicate with your child's teacher and send a note in if they will be absent. Once a student has accrued 3 unexcused absences in the system, NISD will generate an Attendance Warning Notice that will be emailed to the parent/guardian. This Attendance Warning Notice is added to your child's school record. An example of what you will receive is shown here.