Northern Hills Elementary School
Northern Hills Elementary receives federal funds for Title I, Part A programs. Throughout the school year, we will be providing you with important information about this law and your child’s education. The link below is to a letter that lets you know about your right to request information about the qualifications of the classroom staff working with your child.

 

Northern Hills Title I Family School Compact 2022-23

_Parent and Family Engagement Schedule 22-23 NH

 

Northern Hills Family-School Compact
2022-2023

The mission of Northern Hills is to educate the “Whole Child” as we instill a passion for learning.

What is a Family-School Compact?

A family-school compact for achievement is an agreement that parents, students, and teachers develop together.  It explains how parents and teachers will work together to make sure all students get the support they need to reach and exceed grade-level standards.

The parents and staff of Northern Hills Elementary developed this family-school compact for achievement. Parents and students assisted with offering suggestions for home activities to support learning. Schoolwide meetings are held each year to review the compact. Parents are welcome to contribute comments or activity suggestions at any time.

Communication about Student Learning

Northern Hills is committed to communicating regularly about children’s learning. Some methods in which you can expect us to communicate are:

  • Weekly take-home folders
  • Smore newsletters by email
  • School website
  • Report cards/progress reports
  • Phone calls/emails

Northern Hills Elementary’s Goals

  • During this school year, we will refocus our efforts to provide a safe, clean, child-centered environment built on respectful relationships. 
  • During this school year, Northern Hills will implement (previous was OAS in ELA/Math 100% of the time)
  • During this school year, Northern Hills staff and students will continually look for ways to be flexible as we adapt quickly to unprecedented changes
  • During this school year, students will be given every opportunity to increase their overall knowledge, and we will measure this through the AimsWeb screenings at the beginning, middle, and end of the year.
  • Pathways to Excellence
    • Student Focus
    • Learning for All
    • Teamwork
    • Commitment to Quality
    • Uncompromising Integrity

In Our Early Childhood Classrooms

Pre-K through 2nd Grade

  • Early Childhood classroom teachers will work with students and their families to support students’ success in the Oklahoma Academic Standards for Reading and Math

Some of our key connections in supporting home learning are:

  • Sending home leveled books for at-home reading practice
  • Providing sight word lists to practice the words we are learning in class
  • Weekly newsletters about classroom topics and events
  • Providing access codes for students to use Canvas and Clever
  • Providing an overview of learning goals for each nine week period

  • Things you can do at home:
    • Reading
      • Read with your child 20 minutes every night
      • Practice sight word lists and letter recognition
      • Practice blending sounds into words
      • Memorize and read nursery rhymes
    • Math
      • Math Fact flash cards
      • Play games like Uno, Candy Land, Hi Ho Cherry-O to reinforce number recognition, counting and patterning

In Our Upper Elementary Classrooms

3rd Grade through 5th Grade

  • Upper Elementary classroom teachers will work with students and their families to develop students’ success in the Oklahoma Academic State Standards for Reading and Math
  • Some of our key connections with families will be:
    • Provide parents with weekly communication indicating weekly spelling words and matching skills, reading skills, and math concepts as well as other key learning objectives
    • Share classroom strategies with families to help improve reading fluency and comprehension
    • Provide parents with testing strategies to implement throughout the year
    • Develop short and long term learning goals with students in reading and math
    • Family letters, as needed for each math unit will be sent home to explain math skills and strategies being learned in the classroom
  • Things you can do at home:

  • Reading

  • Read with your child 20 minutes every night
  • Practice spelling word lists 
  • Prompt your child with questions about their reading to encourage higher level thinking
  • Math
    • Math Fact flash cards: addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division
    • Play games like Uno to encourage counting and pattern recognition

Northern Hills Elementary School

901 E. Wayne

Edmond, OK 73034