Cougar Parent Newsletter

Middlesex Elementary thanks you and your family for being our valued partners as we work together to educate the children in our district. Nash County Public Schools values input from our community – and we need to hear from your child or children! Students are important partners as we work to improve our communication, academic program and overall experience for everyone through our district strategic plan. 

In order to learn more about student experiences at school, we will be asking for your child’s feedback via an online survey they will be completing at school between December 2 - 13th.  The survey takes approximately 20 minutes to complete. 

We are asking that all of our students in grades 4 and up participate in the surveys, as their feedback will provide invaluable insights into their experiences and how we can improve and adapt to better meet their needs. If a student doesn’t feel like they have enough information to answer a question, they will be able to skip the item altogether. We are not using student names so surveys will be anonymous. We are partnering with a third-party vendor to support us in administering these surveys.

The survey content will ask students to self-reflect on School Climate, Teacher-Student Relationships, School Safety, and expectations.  Surveys are available for preview on the district’s website. (LINK TO QUESTIONS)

Please notify us if you would like your child to opt out of taking the surveys by contacting the school at (252)462-2815 no later than November 25.  Thank you for your support of  Middlesex Elementary. 

• Exclusion date: The date has been extended to December 1st. Please go ahead and make an appointment for required immunizations.

• Students with upcoming appointments

  • If a student has an appointment for a PHYSICAL, they can remain in school until the appointment date. The student will be excluded from school if documents are not turned in after the appointment.

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You can send $20.00 in cash or pay through My School Bucks, through your student's email.

After a statement is sent via email to any user account, the recipient of the email notification will be able to view a .pdf attachment of the invoice or statement from the email. The email will also include the date that the statement was generated and the user account it was created for, if applicable.

To pay the invoice or statement, the user clicks the Pay button in the email.The Log into Incident IQ option in the top right corner is only included in email notifications sent to users with an active iiQ account. It will not appear if the statement is sent to an unrecognized email address. The user must use the provided link from the email for the payment to be reflected within iiQ—the unique link provided through the email ties iiQ to MySchoolBucks. So if the user bypasses the link and logs straight into MySchoolBucks, the connection between the two systems will be broken. This will cause a remaining balance in iiQ but no outstanding balance in MySchoolBucks.

When selecting the Pay with MySchoolBucks option, the user will be redirected to the MySchoolBucks login page. MySchoolBucks hosts this webpage for check-out. Next, they will need to Checkout as a Guest. After selecting the option to checkout as a guest, the end-user will be brought to the check-out page.

Here they will be able to view the following information for each fee included in their statement:

● Name

● Unit Price (Fee amount)

● Quantity

● Amount (total for each line item)

● Description ○ This is pulled from the description added for this line item within the MySchoolBucks App > Item Types tab. Also, they will be prompted to enter their first and last name and email address if checking out as a guest. A receipt of this transaction will be sent to the email address entered once the payment has been processed.

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Good afternoon, NCPS Families:

Please make sure to update your NCPS App in the App Store. Apple Store Google Play Store.

If you don’t see your child's class in Rooms, it may be because the teacher hasn’t published it yet. As they are still setting up their Rooms profile. If your child isn’t appearing in Rooms at all, thank you for your patience as we are processing information from our new Student Information System, Infinite Campus, which affects multiple programs.

Remember, the NCPS App and Infinite Campus are separate systems. We are continuing to use Rooms for communication, so you'll need to access Rooms through the NCPS App or at edurooms.com.

Thank you for your patience as we navigate this new system. We are all in this together.

• Rooms: We’re still using Rooms for teacher communication.

• NCPS App: No change here—it’s staying the same.

• Class Info: You’ll be able to see your child’s classes starting at Open House.

What’s New with Infinite Campus?

• Assignments: Check by class or due date.

• Attendance: Review attendance details.

• Grades: See grades as they’re posted.

• Schedule: Access anytime, anywhere.

• Notifications: View received notifications like graded assignments.

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• Student drop-off may begin at 7:20 AM. Students arriving between 7:20 AM and 7:40 AM will report to the cafeteria to eat breakfast or wait for the 7:40 bell. At 7:40 AM, students will report to their homeroom class. Any student arriving after 7:40 AM will eat breakfast in the cafeteria (breakfast is optional) and report to their homeroom class afterward. Breakfast will end at 7:55 AM.

  
  

• Students do not have to wait for an adult to open the car door; older students may get out on his/her own if you feel comfortable allowing them to leave the car. That will help the line move faster in the morning, and it also helps to have students ready to unload quickly.

• Please remember at 7:55, the staff enters the building. If you bring your child to school and there is no staff member at the front of the school, you need to walk your child into the school. We want the students to be safe, and if there is no adult to supervise, the parent needs to walk into the office to check the child in.

Bus Rider Drop-Off

• Bus students arriving before 7:40 AM will report to the cafeteria to eat breakfast or wait for the 7:40 bell. When bus students arrive on campus after 7:40 AM, they will eat breakfast in the cafeteria (breakfast is optional) and report to their homeroom class.

• Students will wait in their classrooms until their name is called over the radio and displayed on the Pikmykid App.

• Parents will pick up students in the car line. (Do not park and pick up your child)

During the afternoon dismissal, do not merge into one line until you the last light pole. When you merge too far back, traffic on Hanes Ave becomes unsafe for our parents or buses.

**In order for students to be counted present, they may not check in after 10:20 a.m. or check out before 12:40 p.m.

**No student check-outs will be allowed after 2:30 PM

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