Important News

Choose Civility Poster and Video Contest K-12 students are eligible to enter the 2019 Choose Civility Poster and Video Contest, sponsored in partnership with the Columbia Association Art Center and Howard County Library System. This year's theme is “We Are All Welcome Here". The deadline for entries is March 17, 2019. Winning students will receive Target gift cards. Details can…

SECAC Awards: The SECAC (Special Education Citizens Advisory Council) Educator Awards are on May 1, 2019 from 7:00-8:30pm at River Hill HS. Every year, SECAC allows parents and staff to nominate those staff members that have gone above and beyond in the supports they give for HCPSS students with disabilities. Parents/Guardians can nominate your school’s educators at SECAC Recognition Form…

Change Matters Campaign Kicks Off on Monday, March 11th On March 8 th , Kim Steffens, an authorized representative of the Grassroots Crisis Intervention Center, presented the Change Matters campaign to students in all grade levels. The presentations took place in the Multipurpose Room and lasted about 20 minutes each. Students learned about the impact of homelessness on students and…

Greetings Northfield Community, WE NEED YOUR HELP to win one of three prizes up to $10,000 through the WTOP Clicks for Kids contest! Recently, we submitted a proposal to be included in a contest with the chance to win one of three grand prizes ($5,000, $7,500, and $10,000) and we were accepted! Voting opened today and runs until March 13th…

GT Summer Institute Registration Registration for the G/T Summer Institutes is underway. G/T Summer Institutes provide interested students with advanced-level instruction and enrichment experiences not regularly available during the academic school year. The curriculum is focused on talent development and provides academically and artistically rigorous activities. Teaching strategies represent best practices in the fields of gifted and talented and arts…

March is National Nutrition Month To highlight and reinforce the importance of healthy eating, we will be celebrating Fruity Fridays again this year with our students. Beginning Friday, March 1st, students are invited to bring and to eat a rainbow of fruits and vegetables during their lunchtime. Each Friday, one color of the rainbow is highlighted and students are asked…

Attention Parents of 3rd, 4th, and 5th Graders: Please remember to sign up for our Kids Heart Challenge on February 14th from 12:10 pm - 3:00pm. If your child(ren) need another permission slip, please log in to Mrs. Yingling's Canvas page or you can email Mrs. Yingling (jessica_yingling@hcpss.org) for another form. We currently do not have a large number of…

With an emphasis on STEM and problem solving in the Howard County curriculum, students are being provided the opportunity to pursue questions that are relevant to them. To extend and enrich these experiences, we are encouraging students to complete a STEM project and share their discoveries at the Northfield STEM Fair. The fair will be held on Wednesday, March 20th…

Let Me Run- Running and Character Education Program for 4th and 5th Grade Boys Are you interested in coaching 4th and 5th grade boys through the Let Me Run after school program? Northfield has offered this program in the past, but due to lack of available coaches, the program stopped. We'd love to bring it back this spring, but need…

Family Fit Night--Register now through January 18th Our annual Family FIT Night will be hosted at Northfield on January 24, 2018 from 6:00 - 8:00 pm. Parents and students should come dressed to exercise together. There will be several stations including Yoga, Zumba, Martial Arts, and a kid-friendly exercise class, as well as wellness tables to peruse, a dance party…