Author Archives: Mary Saunders

The PTA sent home flyer’s with the students regarding the Art Gala this Tuesday, March 5th at 6:30. If you did not get your flyer, you might want to check their backpack. Ms. Cummings has selected art from several students … Continue reading →

If you are interested in sending in goodies for the students in our homeroom class, there are 25 students total.

Be sure to plan to come out to NPES for the Math and Reading Night! You are guaranteed to have a BLAST!! The fun starts at 6:30! I hope to see you there!!

Parent Teacher Conference Schedule 9:45 – 10:00 Brayden’s family 10:00 – 10:20 Quierra’s family 10:20 – 10:40 DaMarco’s family 10:40 – 11:00 Jerred’s family 11:00 – 11:20 Amarhi’s family 11:20 – 11:40 Aris’ family 11:40 – 12:00 Justlee’s family 12:00 … Continue reading →

As we begin the 3rd Nine Weeks (Gasp! The year is really flying by!), we are going to venture into the Civil War era in Virginia’s history. Though we will start learning about the Civil War, we will still be … Continue reading →

Friday, Jan. 18: Reading Benchmark Tuesday, Jan. 22: Math Benchmark Monday, Feb. 4: VS Benchmark (VS 4, 5, and 6) Wednesday, Feb. 6: Science Benchmark

Happy New year!   The NPES SCA will be raising money for Leukemia & Lymphoma children. We will be collecting pennies. Students may give more than just pennies. They can give dimes, nickels etc.. A note for parents will be … Continue reading →

I have decided to show the students the BFG movie on Thursday for our holiday fun “party”. We read the book earlier in the year, and the kids are super excited to see the movie. I told the students that … Continue reading →

Winter Program NPES PTA WINTER PROGRAM! TUESDAY DECEMBER 4th at NANSEMOND RIVER H.S. (3RD-5TH GRADE PERFORMANCES) Flyers were sent home regarding the Winter Program scheduled for Tuesday the 4th. In case you didn’t get yours, we are taking Chick Fil … Continue reading →

The Nansemond Parkway third, fourth, and fifth grade students will be performing in the annual Holiday Program. This year, the program will be at Nansemond River High School. The students are required to wear solid white tops and dark blue … Continue reading →

Our class had the highest percentage of students to meet their AR goals for the first nine weeks in the 4th Grade, so they have earned a popcorn party!  PARENTS: You may send in other snacks or drinks to go along … Continue reading →

The book fair sneak peek will begin tomorrow! If you bring money tomorrow, you will be able to shop the book fair and beat the rush! (The Book Fair begins Monday, November 26th!)

This will be a short week! We will be finishing up VS4 this week. We will have a quiz tomorrow on VS4. The students only have to work on their VS4 Menu for homework this week. The menu will be … Continue reading →

As we are approaching the end of learning about VS 4 (The Virginia Colony), we are getting ready to take a quiz on Tuesday, Nov. 20 on VS 4a-d. We will have the test on Tuesday, Nov. 27. We will … Continue reading →

The students will not have school on Friday due to Parent Teacher Conferences. If you have not signed up for a time (or heard from Ms. Boldizar or myself), you need to contact us as soon as possible so we … Continue reading →

**Don’t forget that school will be closed to students on Tuesday, Nov. 6. Parents, remember to VOTE!! **The Big Blast Party from the Fall fundraiser will take place on Tuesday, November 13th from 1:00-2:00 for grades PreK-2 and 2:00-3:00 for … Continue reading →

Fri., Nov. 2: Math 9 Weeks Test Mon., Nov. 5: Reading 9 Weeks Test Thurs., Nov. 8: VA Studies Benchmark Test Mon., Nov. 12: No School, Veteran’s Day Wed., Nov. 14: Science Benchmark Test Fri., Nov. 16: Parent Teacher Conferences … Continue reading →

What a crazy week this has been! I hope everyone faired well after Hurricane Sandy! Due to the closing of school on Monday and our 2 hour delay on Tuesday, we have been working hard to reschedule tests, quizzes, and … Continue reading →

Picture Day is this Wednesday! Mad Science assembly will be on Thursday morning and Chick-fil-a sneigh night (Haborview, starts at 5:30) will be on Thursday evening, and we will have a special visit from the Norfolk Botanical Gardens on Friday.

This week, we will be reviewing the information about Jamestown. We will focus on the government at Jamestown (which started our government we have today); we are also going to talk about the 3 branches of government (it is not … Continue reading →