Newfields Elementary School - School Life

Newfields
Elementary
School

School Life — Enrichment

The NES Enrichment activities typically involve additional experiences for students in the arts, sciences, history and world culture. These opportunities will also likely include presentations on safety and health. With our school’s emphasis on “differentiation,” students of all experience and ability levels are challenged and supported to succeed through the course of our normal classroom instruction. However, students with particular interests and/or exceptional ability may be given additional opportunities for growth as they are conceived by our staff. Watch the newsletter for enrichment activities.

Click here (pdf) for a complete school-wide enrichment program calendar for 2007-2008. School-wide enrichment programs at NES are funded by our annual 'Escape to Italy' Enrichment Benefit Auction scheduled every March.

NES School Library

The Newfields Elementary School Library is an excellent resource. It contains a huge selection of books and magazines that will interest children in reading and learning about people, places and ideas. The library resources are also used by teachers to supplement classroom studies.

On designated library days students are assisted by parent or student volunteers in learning how to use the library, choosing books for pleasure and learning to look up information for special projects. Books and magazines can be borrowed for one week. (Very popular books are available one week only, on a first come, first served basis.)

Some library guidelines:

Books may by used in school or at home. Some students will find it easier to use books for reading at school only.
First and second graders may borrow one book per week. Third, fourth and fifth graders may borrow two books per week.
Borrowing more materials for special reports can be arranged with the librarian and the classroom teacher.
Students are responsible for keeping books in good condition and returning them to school on their designated library day.
It is strongly recommended that students not lend books to others. If a student signs out a book or magazine, s/he is responsible for its care, return and replacement cost if damaged or lost.
Books can be returned to the library any day at the teacher’s discretion or kept within the classroom to avoid it being lost or misplaced between classroom and library.
The school will call home if a book is kept out longer than two weeks.

Recess

The school children of Newfields are extremely fortunate to have fabulous play spaces for use during class or lunch recesses. There is a playground directly behind the school that is extremely safe, attractive and most of all, FUN! We use the playground with the permission of the Newfields Recreation Commission which oversaw the construction of the playground and maintains it to this day. There are also large playing fields behind the NES building on which children enjoy chase games as well as various ball games. The Newfields Youth Athletic Association oversees the maintenance of this play space. We assure that there is always an adequate number of trained staff on hand to supervise the play spaces during recesses. Students develop strong, healthy bodies through the exercise they receive during recess. Also, school playgrounds are the students’ social laboratories where important lessons are learned about caring for one another, sportsmanship, sharing, being a good friend and much more. We enjoy and value recess as an integral part of the student experience at NES.

Page Last Updated: 01/25/2008

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