This morning, NAC students in grades Pre-K through 6th were treated to a production of Seagle Festival's "Dragon’s Breath," an opera for children and adults. "Dragon's Breath," written by Evan Mack & Joshua McGuire featured PianistTony Kostecki and Performers Hannah Reich, Collin LaHood, Emily O’Connor, and Nicholas Fahrenkrug and introduced students to storytelling through opera. The audience journeyed with the characters as they explored embracing their emotions and calming extreme emotions when overwhelmed. Ask your students about the dragon and the butterfly and how they use calm breathing.
Seagle Festival is the premier opera and musical theater producing organization in the Adirondack region, as well as the oldest summer vocal training program in the United States. https://seaglefestival.org/
A big THANK YOU to the NAC Elementary PTO for the donation of these beautiful benches outside the front door of the school. We appreciate the support that PTO provides! If you would like to join the PTO and make great things happen for our students, call the main office for more information or email nacsdpto@gmail.com.
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NAC Elementary Picture Day is tomorrow, Thursday, September 19. Wear your best smile!
NAC Elementary Fall Festival was a great success! Families, school staff, and community organizations all connected on a beautiful autumn day to dance, eat, talk, and share information at a wide range of school and community booths. Many thanks to the school and community members who volunteered their time and talents and to our local businesses who supported Fall Festival with donations. We're better together!
Join us for Key Club's 4th annual Trunk or Treat and Bottle Drive on Saturday, October 26th from 10 am - 12 pm
NAC Elementary Leader In Me Kick-Off
NAC Elementary is looking to partner with local and regional businesses for Fall Festival!
NAC welcomed back its students today for another great year of fun and learning!
Outside the skies are cloudy, but inside the library is always perfect weather! Drop by the NAC Elementary library today (7/31) for the last day of open summer library, from 8am - 12 noon. Mrs. Smallman has new books to read in the beanbag chairs and board games for all ages!
New books! Board games! Beanbag chairs! Come visit the NAC Elementary Library today, Wednesday, July 17 8am-12noon.
Read, play games, or check out books - the choice is yours!
Visit the NAC Elementary Library on Wednesdays in July! The library will be open to NAC families from 8:00am - 12:00noon every Wednesday in July (July 3-31) for book checkout, read-alouds, board games, and more! Drop in and say hello to Mrs. Smallman and lounge in the bean bag chairs and be the first to read the new books.
Children must be accompanied by an adult.
Mr. Baker's Elementary chorus took a trip to Albany on June 5 to participate in the American Young Voices concert at the MVP Arena. They had some free time before rehearsal, so they explored the area around the Empire State Plaza. It was such a beautiful day!
Ms. Lattrell's Elementary Art students have created some amazing works of art this year! Browse the virtual art gallery at: https://www.artsonia.com/artshow/71444/50679
This quarter, Mr. Baker's 3rd grade music classes created their own music videos using Imagine Dragons' "Thunder" and sported their very own "Thunder" t-shirts on Spirit Day.
Mrs. Edmonston's Class video: https://youtu.be/8WqNH8zXV-k?si=POPT0SJGyHbfRHty
Ms. Peck's Class video: https://youtu.be/RjAXgz-dEtQ?si=pRdanu2VlUve5zPN
We are winding down the school year with the end-of-the-year activities. Elementary dismissal times and lunches will vary in the last week and a half. Please check out the memo below so you are able to plan ahead!!
If you haven’t joined Rooms, our family-teacher communication tool, sign up before the school year ends! Once you are enrolled, you won’t have to sign up again when the new school year begins! If you haven’t signed up yet, you should be receiving an invite via text today. You can select to sign up by email or phone. After you sign up, don't forget to download the school app and click Rooms in the bottom right-hand corner to communicate with your child's teacher!
Head to the Elementary News and Notes page (https://www.nacs1.org/o/naes/page/newsletter) of our website to check out the June Parent News and Notes!
Students at NAC Elementary have completed their three week swim unit as part of their Physical Education classes. We are so fortunate to have a pool available to our district students to learn crucial water safety skills and a fun type of fitness! Thank you to our lifeguards and Elementary P.E. teachers, Mr. Bilow and Mr. Patterson, for making our swim unit possible.
Congratulations to our Elementary Principal Lisa Silver, who received the 2024 Beatrice E. Griggs Elementary Administrator Award at the annual New York State Library Association Section of School Librarians (NYLA/SSL) awards banquet on Friday, May 17! Ms. Silver was honored with this award due to her unwavering support of the NAC Elementary School Library, which has allowed it to become a strong resource for our students and staff. Under her leadership, the library has fulfilled roles teaching information literacy and digital fluency and expanded access to digital products such as databases and educational software. Because library staffing levels have been maintained through the strong advocacy of Ms. Silver and others, the shared resources of the library are well-managed, modern, and accessible. The presenters indicated that there was strong competition this year among the nominees, but Ms. Silver was the clear winner. The award banquet was attended by hundreds of Librarians from throughout New York State, and NAC was showcased as the positive example of library support that we know it to be.
