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News from Mrs. Merriam 
Dear Nuckols Farm Families, Happy Spring! First, I have some safety reminders for our families who drive their children to school. If there is no staff member on the front porch, and the traffic sign has been turned to reflect that your student is tardy, PLEASE WALK INTO THE BUILDING WITH YOUR CHILD(REN). We have experienced several families who have dropped their children off on the porch and have driven away just this week. This is unsafe, and if your child is tardy, he or she must be accompanied into the building. We continue to celebrate Youth Art Month with the Henrico ARTS Festival featuring fine art, a guest speaker, music and more. This event will be held at Douglas S. Freeman High School, and we have many students of all grades whose artwork is on display. Even if your student does not have art on display, this two-day event would be a fun activity for your family. It will be held Saturday, March 24 and Sunday, March 25 from 10 am-4pm. There is more information regarding the schedule and featured artists on the HCPS website. Our Music In Our Schools Month activities included an absolutely adorable performance, Good As Gold, by our first graders on Tuesday evening and the ongoing DRUM and All County Chorus practices, which are really sounding good! Mrs. Crockett has planned some great Career Day opportunities for our K-2 and 3-5 students. These events are a great opportunity for expanding students’ knowledge of job opportunities and helping them to understand the community around us. Thank you to all of you who are generously participating in this event. As I shared with our PTA Board this week, our building will not house any programs this summer. Several rooms are being refloored, and work will be done within the school that prevents student activities from taking place at our location.
As we move towards spring break the first week of April, I hope each of you finds time to make some wonderful memories with your children. Hopefully our weather will reflect that spring is here, and you can enjoy some outside time! Thank you for your support, and as always, come to visit us on the Farm! Lisa Merriam |
 | |  | Nominate a Volunteer of the Year by March 24
Do you know a volunteer who has gone above and beyond this year? Nominate him or her for the 2017-18 NFE Volunteer of the Year. Send nominations with details as to why your nominee deserves the honor to Becca Kutz by March 24.
Each month, the PTA also recognizes a volunteer who does a PAWSitively amazing job on the Farm. Help us continue celebrating our volunteers by submitting a nomination for Volunteer of the Month today!
| | March Madness on the Farm!
This year's Papa John's Teacher Delivery Night broke our previous record, raising $4083.72 for the Farm!
Congratulations to these grade-level teacher winners - Mrs. Luxton, Miss Mohn, Mrs. Martin, Mrs. Kanasink, Mrs. Claytor and Miss Riley. The team of Mrs. Claytor and Mrs. Sweeney was the overall winner with the most orders while the team of Mrs. Luxton, Mrs. Hudson and Mr. Moodie won for most spirited. Mrs. Childress and Mrs. Crockett collected the most tips with $149! Thanks to everyone who supported our efforts!
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 | | STEAM Museum Visit a SuccessTHANK YOU to all of the amazing volunteers who came out to make the STEAM Museum a success. We couldn’t have done it without you! We appreciate your time and your investment in making these experiences special for our foxes! Check our Facebook page for photos from the March 8 and 9 event.
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Support Coin Drive for Johnson Elementary
Support the Community Service Club during our last club-sponsored event, a coin drive for our sister school, Johnson Elementary. All coins will be donated to the music and art departments at Johnson. Drop your spare change in the buckets in the main office between March 26 and April 12. Check your couch cushions, empty out your penny jars, and send in those coins! | | 
We're Lucky to have our StaffThanks to all the hospitality volunteers who helped show the NFE staff how LUCKY we are to have them. Teachers were treated to a baked potato bar at the March Hospitality luncheon. | | |
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 | | Make A Gift in Honor of Mrs. Merriam
Thanks to generous Fox Fund donations over the years, we've been able to partner with Mrs. Merriam to host a variety of authors and cultural arts programs, support the purchase of reading instructional activities and Promethean boards, provide classroom and grade-level funding for teachers, and more. It's not too late to make a tax-deductible donation to the Fox Fund and ensure Mrs. Merriam's legacy continues into the future.
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Sign up for April Farm Beautification Dates!
Sunday, April 15 from 1-4 pm is our school’s spring clean up day! We will be trimming bushes, cutting down trees, picking up trash, and making our school look beautiful! On Sunday, April 29 from 1-4 pm, we will be adding mulch to our beautiful garden beds!
We need volunteers! Please email Myra Robinson or Gracie Herbert if you can help! | | 
Have Fun with Recycling
The Recycling Committee is planning its Annual Weigh Day on April 17 where all recycling collected on this day will be weighed to determine an estimated total for the year. On May 15, third graders are invited to "try out" our recycling club as part of Third Grade Preview Day. We're always looking for parent volunteers to supervise our Fox recyclers especially on April 17 and May 15. Sign up through Membership Toolkit.
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Check out these Open Positions on the Farm Next Year
We're looking for volunteers for two open positions on the 2018-19 NFE PTA board - Lay Advisory and Henrico County Council of PTAs representative. These are great jobs for working parents or volunteers with limited time as meetings are held in the evenings. Contact Emily McKinney for details.
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Congratulations to Stephanie Denholm and Brooke Bennett, our March Volunteers of the Month. Stephanie is the PTA Spirit Night Chair and coordinated our successful Papa John's Teacher Delivery Night on March 6. Brooke is our Cultural Arts Committee Chair and coordinated an amazing two-day STEAM Museum visit on March 8 and 9. Thanks to you both for doing PAWSitively incredible jobs! If you know a volunteer who deserves to be celebrated, nominate him or her for Volunteer of the Month.
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of these dates...Monday, April 16 - Student Half Day (dismissal at 11:05 am) Wednesday, April 18 - Spring Picture Day Thursday, April 19 - Kindergarten Registration Monday, April 23 - Volunteer Reception, 9 am (note new time)
Tuesday, May 1 - Faculty Kickball Game & Spring Picnic, 3-5 pm | | 
Luau Price Increases April 2
The annual Fifth Grade Luau will be held Friday, June 8 from 6-8 pm. Order your tickets now before prices go up on April 2. Your fifth grade Fox won't want to miss this fun evening with friends! |
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 | | New to AmazonSmile?Amazon is tripling the donation rate on your first AmazonSmile purchase through March 31! Use this link, and Amazon will triple its donation to our PTA. |
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 Order a Slice, Help Our School
Need an easy meal idea? Order online from J. Rocco’s Pizza (select Nuckols Farm in the fundraising tab) or Papa John’s (use code NFES). Both options benefit NFE and are valid all year! | | 
Register your Kroger Card Visit Kroger's Community Rewards web site to register your Kroger Plus card, and select NFE (code is 89074) as your Community Rewards Organization. If you registered last year, you don't need to re-register. You won't lose gas points if you register so sign up today!
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Keep Clipping those Box Tops!
Keep those Box Tops coming! Thanks to your clipping, we've earned more than $300 since December! Don't forget to return your March collection sheets and check the graph to see how your class measures up! Be sure to check expiration dates - expired Box Tops can't be submitted.
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We will celebrate all month with fun activities and a dress up day! Get wrapped up in great books! - Each class will be offered a 15 minute relax and read time in the library. During this time, students will be encouraged to bring a cozy blanket or towel, and we’ll “wrap ourselves up in good books†for 15 minutes. Your teacher will let you know what day to bring your cozy blanket or towel. Review favorite books! - Students can go to Ms. Young’s webpage and fill out a review on one of their favorite books. Students will be chosen at random to share their reviews on our morning announcements show sometime during the month. Younger students are welcome to fill out the form with the help of a parent or sibling!
Dress up as characters! - On April 13, choose one of three options for dressing up. All outfits must meet the Henrico County Schools Dress Code and may NOT include wigs, hats or weapons. - Option 1: Wear wacky, tacky, and/or mismatched clothes to create your own interesting, crazy, or fun fictional character!
- Option 2: Dress like one of your favorite book characters.
- Option 3: Dress like someone who has made a positive impact on society. Choose someone you have studied or someone whom you admire for the good things they’ve done for their community or environment. It could be a specific person or a general community helper who does great things for their community.
Author Visit - Author and illustrator Lee Harper will visit the Farm on April 24. Mr. Harper has written and illustrated his own books and has collaborated with a variety of other authors to illustrate their books. Get more information about Mr. Harper.
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 | | News from SCAThanks to everyone who supported the Full Circle supply drive earlier this month. We collected a variety of art, snack and office supplies (pictured here). Food Bank Friday is March 30, and SCA will be collecting breakfast and snack foods including cereal, granola bars and other pre-packaged snacks. From April 9-20, SCA will be collecting all types of denim clothing (jeans, shorts, jackets, etc.) for the HCPS Denim Drive at Regency Mall. Drop off food bank and denim items in the boxes outside the main office. |
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 | | Get Ready to Jump Rope for HeartWatch for information to come home soon about Jump Rope for Heart, which will be held on April 18 from 2:15-3:15 pm. Contact Mrs. Sweeney for details.
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 | | School Safety Forum - March 28HCPS will hold a school safety forum on Wednesday, March 28 from 6:30-8:00 pm at Hungary Creek Middle School, 4909 Francistown Road, to discuss safety at the County's 72 schools and program centers. The forum will start with a short safety video and remarks from representatives of Henrico Police, Henrico Fire and the school division. Attendees will then be divided into small groups, led by a moderator, to present their thoughts and ideas about school safety. The event is open to the public. |
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