North Forest Pines - School News

The North Forest Pines community will focus on student learning by collaboratively meeting students' individual needs to ensure successful and responsible citizens.

Welcome to North Forest Pines Elementary, the school where learning takes flight and children soar to success.

NFP's Mural

On November 17 & 18, the NFP Family anxiously awaited completion of a new mural. Painted by Ms. Buchanan, the mural depicts what we want for all falcon students: graduation from high school. The mural will serve as a reminder to all of this important goal. Great Job Ms. Buchanan!

video: Making the Mural

Is Your Family Interested in Magnet Schools?
The WCPSS Magnet Programs Department has planned county-wide events for parents interested in magnet schools. On January 5, there will be an Informational Fair at Brassfield Elementary where participants may receive information about the elementary and middle magnet schools. Read the brochure for more information.

Wakefield Regional Principal Summit is a Huge Success!
As a result of the collaborative efforts between the 5 schools, the parents and community we are moving forward with a plan to create a Regional Saturday Academy that will provide free tutoring services to approximately 70 students from the 5 schools. The next planning meeting is scheduled for Monday, December 7th at 6:00 PM at Wakefield High School. We encourage you to attend if you are interested. Click here to see the preliminary details of the proposed Saturday Academy plan . Thanks to the community's support of these efforts and we look forward to working closely with the community planning committee as we work toward beginning the program on March 13, 2010.

NFP Staff Attend October 21 Marzano Training
North Forest Pines used Wednesday's Early Release Day to send a team of educators to Lake Myra Elementary School. Teachers from four elementary schools attended a whole day workshop on Robert Marzano's research on learning and instruction. To hear more about the training, click here for the podcast.

Dr. Burns' Journal

H1N1 Virus
Wake County Public School System works closely with Wake County Human Services on any cases of communicable diseases or viruses. WCPSS and Wake County Human Services are carefully monitoring the flu situation and will keep parents and the public updated.

H1N1 information is available to parents in the “Back to School” section of the WCPSS internet. Addtional information

Reminder About NFP's 2009 -2010 Day
In order to find time during the school day for teachers to engage in professional learning communities, the WCPSS Board of Education has made a few important changes to the schedule. The instructional day for the 2009-2010 school year will be 8:20-3:00 pm (including 10 additional minutes). We will begin AM carpool and bus drop off at 8:00 am.

We began our Wednesday early dismissals on July 8. Every Wednesday we will begin dismissal at 2:00 pm (1 hour early) to allow the staff time to engage in Professional Learning Community activities. On 8 Wednesdays we will dismiss at 12:30 pm to allow the staff time for professional development; the 4 remaining Wednesdays are December 2, February 17, March 10, and April 21.

At North Forest Pines, we are committed to doing everything we can to make sure we meet every child's unique needs. That is why Professional Learning Communities (PLC's) are the backbone of how we operate. We are looking forward to the time the WCPSS Board of Education has provided for us to engage in PLC's on Wednesday afternoons during the 2009-2010 school year. To learn more about PLC's please watch the video podcast, visit the WCPSS website, or visit Mr. McCabe's website.