Dear Northley Families,
Welcome back to Northley Middle School. The staff is ready to greet you and begin this exciting new year.
School doors open at 8:00 am. We will continue to use the morning routines from last year. Rider drop off is in the main parking lot. Roberts Drive riders enter and exit at Pancoast Ave. Concord Rd riders enter and exit at the Administration Building entrance. Please follow the traffic flow direction and do not cut through the parking lot, we want to ensure safety for all. The small parking area closest to the football field is for bus and van traffic only. All walkers and riders from 7th and 8th grade enter the rear of the building in our G wing. 6th grade walkers and riders enter the front of the building. Teachers will be outside to direct students to their entrances. Parents should remain in their cars.
The main entrance from Concord Road is for bus traffic only. The busses will drop 6th grade students off at the main entrance. All 7th and 8th grade bus riders will be dropped off on the Natatorium side of the building at the 8th grade hallway entrance.
All students will report directly to their homerooms on Tuesday morning. There will be teachers at each entrance to direct students who do not have their schedules.
Students will meet all of their teachers on Tuesday. The schedule will be modified to allow for information, expectations, procedure lessons and providing opportunities to get to know the building.
Northley uses a staggered dismissal procedure at the end of the day. All walkers and riders dismiss out the rear G wing doors. We ask that all parents wait at their cars for their students. Teachers are on duty to ensure safe crossing patterns. 6th grade walkers and riders are dismissed first.
All bus riders are dismissed out the 8th grade hallway exit. We call 3 busses at a time and do a second call to ensure students make their bus. We ask students to write their bus number in their assignment books. The main entrance is for bus traffic only.
We will distribute schedules during homeroom. Students will also write their schedule in their assignment book. We have included the bell schedule in today’s newsletter.
Wednesday evening the PTL will have a virtual Zoom meeting beginning at 6:30 pm. Look for the zoom link on their Facebook page. September 21 is our Back-to-School virtual event. Be sure to zoom in and meet your student’s teachers.
We will also kick off our 1 Book 1 School activities next week. This year in honor of the 20th anniversary of the events of 9-11, we will be reading and completing activities around the book Eleven by Tom Rogers. We are excited to announce that author Tom Rogers will be meeting each of our grades through a zoom meeting. This event will take place after the students have completed the book and activities.
Students have much to look forward to this year at the Best Middle School in all of Delco. See you Tuesday!
WE ARE NORTHLEY!
