Good Afternoon Northley Families,

 

I hope you have all weathered this week's rain, wind, and cold. This past week has been quite full of activities as well as this week. We have come to the end of the 2nd marking period and Monday begins marking period 3. Final marking period 2 grades will be posted on the Home Access Center by the end of the week. I would encourage you to check your child's grades regularly and set up the alert function to warn you if your child's grade has fallen below a certain mark. If you have any questions on accessing or setting up this function, please contact the office.    

 

Career Cafe: Our school counselors have been coordinating a Career Cafe each month. This past week, we welcomed Charlie Slonaker from the Philadelphia Union who spoke on Sports Marketing. These Cafes are a great way to expose our students to a wide variety of professions and what is required to enter the specific career. These events can be good conversation starters around the dinner table and a time for students to start thinking about the future. If you or someone you know would like to be a presenter for an upcoming Career Cafe, please reach out to one of our school counselors: ksiegel@pdsd.org, nsayre@pdsd.org, or gcrowley@pdsd.org.     

 

Northley at the Half: This year's parent education night has been cancelled due to lack of enrollment. We will be sending out a survey to gather feedback on topic offerings, date, and timing. I want to thank those families who signed up and the school counselors for coordinating the speakers.  

 

School Counselor Returns: We want to welcome back Mrs. Crowley. She has been out this year on maternity leave, but has returned and is ready to go. I also want to thank Ms. Weaver and Ms. Pelegrini for helping us while Mrs. Crowley was out.

8th Grade Scheduling: The 8th grade students will be visiting Sun Valley this Wednesday to learn more about the classes available to them next year. In addition, Sun Valley will be hosting a parent information night on Thursday, Feb 7th. The Sun Valley administration and school counselors encourage families to attend the meeting so they are more knowledgeable of the course offerings and are able to have greater dialogue with their children as they select their electives. Finally, the students will be working with a school counselor or administrator on Feb 11th or 12th on officially selecting their courses.  

 

DCIU Parent Education Event: The Delaware County Intermediate Unit will be hosting a parent night on Managing Challenging Behaviors. In this session, participants will examine various techniques to set clear/realistic expectations in the home and build positive, respectful relationships. Please click on the following link for more information.   

Managing Challenging Behaviors in the Home 

 

Don't forget to scroll down below for more information on next week's schedule (games, practices, clubs, and musical), upcoming events/contests, and information from different departments.   

 

I hope  you all have a wonderful winter weekend. 

 

Lanny Blair, II, Principal

Northley Middle School

2801 Concord Road

Aston, PA 19014

610-497-6300 X 3400

Twitter: @NorthleyMS   

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