Northampton Area School District will be closed for spring break April 17-21. Have a great holiday!

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Orders for Northampton Area Middle School’s 2024-25 yearbooks are due by April 20. The price is $40.

Order yours at dansyearbook.shopyearbook.com/view_account.asp?yearbook_id=89594.

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NASD’s PSSA testing window for language arts for grades 3-8 will be April 22-25. Testing is very important. Daily attendance is encouraged, along with getting a good night’s rest and eating a healthy breakfast.

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Moore Elementary School will have a spirit day April 22. Wear your pajamas to school!

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The elementary instrument safari and parent meeting, to share valuable information about music programs, is set for 5:30-7:30 p.m. April 24 in the cafeteria at George Wolf Elementary School.

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Save the date: The Class of 2025 commencement ceremony will be 7:30 p.m. May 30, with rain dates of May 31 and June 1, at Al Erdosy Stadium. Every graduating senior will receive 10 tickets at graduation practice the week of commencement.

NASD is looking forward to celebrating the accomplishments of its Class of 2025.

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Visit sideline.bsnsports.com/schools/pennsylvania/northampton/northampton-high-school to check out NASD apparel and spirit wear.

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Give your child a great start to a bright future. Community Services for Children and Head Start of the Lehigh Valley, in partnership with NASD, is offering prekindergarten, which can give your child a strong start in school and in life. It is no cost to you.

The program is for 3- and 4-year-olds residing in NASD and for families whose yearly income meets guidelines. It will be held in the NASD elementary buildings.

Call Community Services for Children at 610-432-5700 for more information. To submit an online application, visit csninc.org.

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Online kindergarten registration is underway throughout NASD. Visit the district website, nadschools.org, to begin the process and follow the guidelines to register.

If you have questions, call your child’s future building’s main office.

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Visit the NASD website for many important websites and forms.

Don’t forget to also download the new NASD app, which allows parents/guardians to access documents, events, news updates, emergency notifications and more. Download the app on Android at bit.ly/2TZZEzm or iPhone at apple.co/3k9Y5tB.

There are many helpful forms and important links for both students and parents/guardians on all platforms.

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If you are an administrator, teacher, coach, club adviser, student, PTA member, etc., who would like to share school district news, please email me at JMBNews@hotmail.com with Northampton School District News in the subject.

Please allow two weeks prior to an event to be included in this column. You can also send me pictures and information on great things that are happening in your classrooms throughout NASD. Weekly columns are completed the weekend before going to press Wednesdays.

I hope to hear from you because I know there are great things happening in the schools!