Our NES students and staff wore yellow to support a student and their family in the fight against bone cancer. 💛 Thank you to everyone who contributed. Northeast School forever supporting our Vernon community 🦁💛 #NortheastPride

🍴 Taste Budz Food Focus Group! 🍴 Students joined Chef Tom for a Taste Budz food focus group and got to try something new DRAGON FRUIT! 🐉🍈 Students learned that the cafeteria is more than just a place to eat, it’s a space for learning, exploring, and trying new things, just like in the classroom!

🚒 An exciting afternoon for our K–2 students! 🚒 Our students had a special visit from our Town of Vernon Firefighters! They learned important fire safety tips, explored emergency equipment, and even got to hop in and out of the fire truck. Best of all, each student was gifted a red plastic firefighter hat! 🔥🧯👩‍🚒

📸 Picture Day feels like a holiday at school! 🎉 Everyone came dressed to impress with their biggest smiles ready for the camera! 😊 And, of course, there’s one very important question… Smile with teeth or without? 😁🙂

Our kindergarteners are learning all about community helpers! 👮‍♀️👩‍🚒👨‍⚕️ Today, they welcomed Town Mayor Dan Champagne, who read to the students and shared what a mayor does to help our community. We’re grateful for this special visit and the opportunity for our students to learn about local government and the people who serve our town!

🌿 Learning in the great outdoors! 🍃 Our 4th graders spent the day at Belding Wildlife Preserve, where learning came to life right here in Vernon! Students built model streams to see erosion in action, learned about forest succession, and explored the different animal habitats found in our own community. What a wonderful day connecting with nature! 🌳🦉

🎉 Crazy Hair Day was a HUGE success! 🎉 Our first Spirit Day brought out some seriously creative hairstyles! 🤪💇‍♀️💇‍♂️ We had wild and wacky, colorful highlights, cherries, eyeballs, super cool spikes and Mohawks, Legos & Ramen noodles, our NES kids showed off their creativity and school spirit today! What a fun way to kick off our Spirit Days! 💙💛✨

🎉 🦁 Our first Spirit & Pride Assembly of the year! 🦁 🎉 Today, we came together to learn this year’s expectations for “Navigating the Day the Northeast Way!” 🧭 We celebrated student shoutouts and successes, shared upcoming events, and kicked off the year with plenty of school spirit! What a great way to start the year together! 🦁 #NortheastPride

Teachers and staff have been sharing a very important message this week. At Northeast School you belong here, you are important, and you have something special to bring to our school community. We also introduced our school-wide common language for creating a safe, welcoming, and engaging learning environment for everyone: Be Safe. Be Respectful. Be Responsible. We will use these words throughout the year to help our students understand what it means to Navigate Your Day the Northeast Way. 🦁

🎉 Class placements are coming today! Families of students in Grades K–5 will receive teacher assignments by email, today, Tuesday, August 18! 🎉 This email will also include important information and resources to get everyone ready for a fantastic start to the new school year! Please take a few minutes to review everything, including arrival & dismissal procedures, bus transportation, the Parent/Student Handbook, free school meals & menus, attendance policies, the school calendar, and more. We’re getting closer! We can’t wait to welcome everyone back on Thursday, August 27! 🦁 🎒✨

Attention Parents: Breakfast & Lunch Are Covered at Northeast School this year! We’re excited to share that complimentary breakfast and lunch will be provided again this school year! We can’t wait to welcome our K–5 students back on Thursday, August 27! 🦁 📚 ✨

☀️ Northeast School Families!☀️ ☀️ Join us today! ☀️ Popsicles with the Principal 🗓️ Wednesday, July 22 🕒 3:00–4:00 PM It stopped raining! Come cool off with a popsicle on the Northeast School playground! Let’s catch up with friends and teachers! We want to hear about your summer adventures and what you have been reading! We can’t wait to see you!

Save the date: Wednesday, July 22nd

You are invited to Read, Roar & Refresh: A Summer Reading Check-In & Popsicles with the Principal, from 3-4pm on the Northeast School Playground. Don't miss this fun event!

Second graders recently invited their families to a special poetry celebration, where they proudly shared the projects they have been working on in class. Visitors enjoyed reading a variety of poems, including haikus and acrostics that showcased each student’s unique voice. A big congratulations to our young poets for their creativity and hard work! 🎉📝 #NortheastPride 🦁

🎒Today’s Spirit Day was Anything But a Backpack, and our students did not disappoint! The creativity was incredible. We saw school supplies carried in boxes, doll strollers, fishing nets, laundry baskets, and even a dresser drawer! The laughs, smiles, and imaginative ideas made for a memorable day. 🎒 #northeastpride 🦁

Field Day is one of those days students talk about all year long. It’s a huge highlight of the school year, thoughtfully planned by Mrs. Maxwell, our amazing PE teacher. From parachute games and relay races to jump ropes, giant blocks, and LEGO building stations, there was something for everyone to enjoy. It was wonderful to see kids unplug and simply play together. These are the moments they’ll remember. This is childhood.

Our third graders led an amazing drum circle performance for the students and staff at Northeast School today! 🥁✨ They demonstrated leadership and confidence as they guided an engaging, fun, and culturally diverse drumming experience for our school community.

🐣 Meet the Flock! 🐣 The fifth graders in Mrs. Pelletier’s class are proud to announce the hatching of the ducklings! The ducklings are all doing very well and growing quickly each day. They have all been named and are slowly beginning to show off their unique personalities. Students have been inviting classrooms to come visit and meet the newly hatched ducklings, sharing their excitement and learning with the entire school community. Some students have even been taking the ducklings home for special weekend “sleepovers.” This beloved springtime tradition continues to be a favorite at Northeast School, bringing joy and responsibility to students and staff alike.

Rainy days can still be full of discovery! Today it was second grade’s turn for a field trip as they headed to the Connecticut Science Center for immersive STEM experiences and hands-on learning. It was a great day of exploring science!

We are happy to share that the NES time capsule that was buried in 1976 was officially located and the Department of Public Works (DPW) has removed it from the ground. It is located by the garden bed near the East Street doors. The District is currently working with DPW on the next steps for opening the capsule. Once we have a clearer timeline, we hope to coordinate an in school event for staff and students and an afterschool event for families and the community to celebrate and showcase this piece of NES history. We will share additional details as plans develop.