Dear NSS Community,

I hope you have had a nice summer and have found some time to relax, renew and connect with family and friends. I am excited for our return to school on Tuesday, September 6th, and I know our teachers, administrators, and support staff are all looking forward to reconnecting with our students and families.

In our opening meetings this year with faculty and staff, we focused a great deal on the concept of resilience. While this term is widely used, in a school setting it describes the habits of mind we help students develop to overcome obstacles or setbacks and to persist through challenges.

While these challenges or learning opportunities may take the form of completing rigorous assignments, navigating a social-emotional issue, or engaging in an extracurricular activity, they can also take the shape of persisting through an unexpected setback and/or developing the “grit” to achieve a difficult goal. The challenges of the pandemic have required a great deal of resiliency for our students, staff, and families and it is our intention to build on the lessons learned over the past few years to ensure all of our students develop the resiliency necessary for life-long learning and success.

While we are not required to have public health measures such as masking or physical spacing in place this year in our schools, there are still many Covid-19 cases in our community and I do ask that if a child is exhibiting symptoms of Covid 19, she or he does not come to school and that you use a home test kit to check for covid-19 infection. We will continue to follow the RIDOH “playbook” which outlines the procedures schools are required to follow. Highlights include:

Additionally, students who exhibit symptoms of Covid-19 will be assessed by their school nurse, and if necessary, will be sent home with an antigen test that may be administered by a parent or guardian. While we do continue to have the capacity to do regular screening testing of students at school, our current community statistics do not make this necessary at this time.

While I hope the crisis of the pandemic is behind us, I do anticipate that there will be occasional outbreaks or clusters of infection. Should that happen, we will keep school communities informed and take the appropriate public health measures.

I look forward to a more traditional opening of our schools this year, and am excited for our students to arrive on Tuesday. Should you have any questions, please reach out to me at pcummings@nssk12.org.

Last week, our entire district of teachers, administrators, and support staff gathered to prepare for the 2022-2023 school year.

Staff professional development days included our official 2022 Convocation and a two-day Professional Development series.

This also included welcoming new teachers to the district through a 'New Teacher Orientation' held on Friday, August 26 and Monday, August 29th! The new teachers beginning for the 22-23 school year are:

We look forward to putting the finishing touches on preparations and seeing everyone on September 6th!

Narragansett Elementary School | 9:00am-3:30pm

Narragansett Pier Middle School | 8:00am-2:30pm

Narragansett High School | 8:00am-2:30pm

Create your free MySchoolBucks account to conveniently view your student’s cafeteria purchases, check their balance, and securely pay for a la carte items or school meals from anywhere.

Chartwells Food Service at Narragansett Public Schools is currently hiring Part Time Food Service Workers at the Pier Middle and High School.

Please contact antonia.civitello@compass-usa.com for more information on how to apply.

Our next scheduled regular business meeting will take place in-person on Wednesday, September 21st, 2022 at 7:00pm.

Those who wish to attend can join the meeting in the Town Hall Chambers at 25 5th Avenue, Narragansett, R.I. on the 2nd floor.

As always, for meeting schedules, agendas, and School Committee related information, you can visit the dedicated webpage by clicking below.

September 6: First Day of School

September 8: 4th Grade Parent Night

September 13: NO SCHOOL | Primary Day

September 14: 3rd Grade Parent Night

September 15: Kindergarten Parent Night

September 21: Lifetouch School Picture Day

September 21: 2nd Grade Parent Night

September 22: 1st Grade Parent Night

September 29: Preschool Parent Night

"Welcome to the 22-23 school year. We begin this year with enthusiasm to partner with you in your child’s year of learning! As always, we will continue to strive to provide meaningful content and social emotional learning for all children. The staff will continue our learning to enhance our knowledge, strategies and tools to provide a current, engaging learning experience for our young learners.

Please consider us partners in teaching your child. Our teachers will be holding Back to School Nights for parents early in the school year where you will learn about your child’s classroom, curriculum and plans for their school year. Additionally, we will have a Parent Teacher Conference meeting after the first round of trimester report cards. Please review the district calendar in the attached parent handbook or on the website. At any time between these events, you can always contact your child’s teacher to discuss progress and ways you can support your child. Our teachers are available via email and will be in contact with you to see how you prefer to communicate: phone or email. We encourage and rely on your participation, and will send home ways to help your child practice skills they have learned in school. This may be in the form of nightly homework assignments, reading/ math practice and even games. It is important for your child to show you what they are learning and will motivate them to continuously- “show what they know!”

This year we are welcoming some new staff to NES. They will be a wonderful addition to our amazing educators. Ashley Heeder will be joining us in third grade and Emily Gallo will be a new preschool teacher. Both teachers come to us with experience and enthusiasm to join our community. Leah Mitchell will be our new math interventionist!

We have an amazing PTO that is making plans to enhance our school family community as we have begun the ability to socialize and hold events- indoors and outdoors. They will also be looking for parent participation. I hope you are able to join them.

This handbook has been designed to provide you with district and school specific information, protocols and policies. Please familiarize yourself with this document. There is a sign off sheet acknowledging you have read it as well as an important sheet sign off necessary for your child to participate in several school activities and learning. Please return these to school as soon as possible.

Most of our school communication will come to you via email. Please be sure we have your most current email and phone information on file. As always, I am here to support the love of learning and available to you-a phone call or email away."

Most Sincerely,

NES will be providing all school materials to students aside from a few essentials. Please ensure your child(ren) has a backpack, water bottle and lunch box. This year, we are also asking that your student(s) have a set of headphones. On back to school night, our teachers will be able to show parents what they're looking for.

If you have questions, you can always call the main NES office at 401-792-9420 or email Principal Wilson at lwilson@nssk12.org.

September 6: First Day of School

September 12: NPS iReady Testing- Reading

September 13: NO SCHOOL | Primary Day

September 14: NPS iReady Testing- Math

September 15: NPS Open House

"On behalf of the faculty and staff, it is with great excitement that I welcome you to Narragansett Pier Middle School for the 2022-2023 school year. As we continue to move forward, I hope that this school year will be one of your best. The last few years have had their challenges, but all of us at The Pier School are ready to continue to support your academic, social, and emotional needs.

Important information regarding academics, behavior, health and so much more can be found in our handbook. Please be sure to read it through with your families. By being aware of our school policies and procedures, we can all help maintain a safe and supportive environment for all who attend The Pier School.

This year, we challenge you to be an active part of your school community. This means, join a club, start a new instrument in the band, or become involved in one of our athletic programs! This year we are fortunate to see the return of many extracurricular activities that had since been on hold due to the pandemic.

Best of luck this year and remember to always be kind, be courageous, and continue to be YOU!"

Sincerely,

September 6: First Day of School

September 13: NO SCHOOL | Primary Day

September 20: Senior Information Night | Virtual 7pm

September 22: Back to School Night

September 29: Freshman Information Night | Virtual 7pm

September 30: NHS Lifetouch Picture Day (makeup 11/10)

"On behalf of the faculty and staff it is with great pleasure that I welcome you back to Narragansett High School. This past year was unlike any other year, but our school survived, and our hope is that this year will be significantly different. Our schedule will return to an A/B Block schedule with 4 classes taught per day, every other day. We will continue to follow the recommended Rhode Island Department of Health and CDC (Center for Disease Control) protocols and guidelines. Whether you are returning for another year or joining our high school community for the first time, we hope you achieve the goals set forth by you and your parents. During this time of crisis, it is important that families discuss the goals and aspirations parents and guardians have for their children, and allow us to help facilitate that undertaking.

It is our hope that through this pandemic Narragansett High School will continue its fine reputation for academics. As far as our co-curricular offerings, such as our athletic program, and many of the other quality student clubs and activities, we will operate as we have in the past, Pre-Covid. Regarding safety protocols and guidelines, we will refer to the best information we have at the time.

Good luck to all of us -- may you face these challenges and accomplishments with the integrity and veracity worthy of a Narragansett Mariner. Enjoy your time at Narragansett High School!"

Sincerely,

New for this school year, two schedules will be followed; A Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday schedule as well as a separate Wednesday schedule.

Please see below to view each new schedule for 2022-2023. Please note that these can always be found on our NHS website by clicking HERE

If you have any questions, please connect with the main office for assistance.

We are sharing a reminder that in an effort to always maintain safety procedures, please make note that for the 2022-2023 school year, ALL STUDENTS must enter the school building through the rear entrance near the auditorium. The main front entrance will only be used for staff.

You have received full communication about this change via email and if you have any questions, please reach out to the main office.