Important News

The front office secretaries need your help during our incoming kindergarten registration week, February 27th-March 3rd. Help is needed from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m each day and you can sign-up to volunteer for an hour or more. Volunteers will greet registering families, answer questions about Northfield, and give out registration forms. Click here to sign-up to volunteer.

Registration for 2017-2018 school year incoming kindergarten and first grade students will be the week of February 27th- March 3rd from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m each day. Evening registration will be on Thursday, March 2nd from 3:30 p.m.- 6:00 p.m. Only those first grade students who will be new to Northfield will need to register. Students who are already…

The Lost and Found (located to the right of the stage in the NES cafeteria) is OVERFLOWING with jackets, hats, shirts---you name it---it is probably in the Lost and Found! Please come and take a look to see if you recognize something. Many parents come and recognize items they didn't even realize were missing. Northfield will be donating the items…

The Waverly Regional Early Childhood Center (RECC) preschool program will be accepting applications for classes for the 2017-2018 school year. These classes include children with and without disabilities. The program’s focus is helping all children develop communication, literacy, math, problem solving, motor, and social skills. Parents of children who will be 3 by September 1 or 4 years of age…

Northfield Elementary will be participating in the Change Matters campaign again this year to support Howard County's Grassroots Shelter and Crisis Intervention Center. We will be collecting small change from February 7th-15th. There will be a collection jug in each team area. Letters will be sent home to families on February 3rd with more information about the program. Click here…

Do you have a child who will be 5 years old by September 1, 2017? Please join us for an information session about Kindergarten in the Howard County Public School System. Sessions are available January 25th, 26th, and 30th. Live stream at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, January 30th. Click here for information about the Road to Kindergarten Workshops. Click here…

Valentine parties will be on the afternoon of February 14th. The activities will include games or crafts and fruit kabob “cooking” creations. Your child’s classroom room parent will send an email or letter to request specific donations of fruit and other items for the party. If your child has a fruit or other allergy, please ensure that this information has…

The PTA Community Outreach committee will be collecting food items for the Blessings in a Backpack program in Howard County. Blessings in a Backpack is a program that helps provide food for children in food insecure households. We will be collecting canned chicken (12.5 oz.), and packaged side items like rices, mashed potatoes, and canned vegetables (15 oz.) to be…

Please join us in the planning and production of the 2017 Northfield E.S. Carnival. This year's Carnival will be Saturday, June 3rd from 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. Our first meeting will be Wednesday, February 1st from 6 - 7:30 p.m. in the Northfield E.S. Media Center. If you cannot make this meeting, we will be sending out notes after…

Due to a number of recent close calls involving motorists and HCPSS school buses, the Office of Pupil Transportation is asking all schools to help remind students and parents to be alert, especially during hours when school buses are on the road. Please click here to view a set of visual reminders that we can all use. If you have…