Game Day Wednesday, May 7, 2025
Good morning
Today is May 6, 2025
Today is a Purple Day
Educators at the Norwich City School District are excited to publish the stories of our courses through our curricular storyboards. Each storyboard is a 30,000-foot view of our courses, told in story or narrative format.
These storyboards, meant for caregivers and our community, stem from each team’s work carefully examining and unpacking their standards and understanding student learning outcomes. They result in a story sequence of what students will learn throughout their experience in each course.
Check them out by visiting our site here: https://www.norwichcsd.org/page/storyboarding-ncsd
Senior Spotlight! Isabelle Voss!! #NCSDClassof2025 #gopurple
Norwich YMCA Competitive Swim Camps
📚 New at Gibson Library!
Looking for the perfect family read-aloud? Check out My Itty Bitty Bio, a vibrant new diverse eBook series just added to our collection! These engaging, easy-to-read biographies are designed especially for kindergarten to 2nd grade students and feature real-life heroes from all backgrounds—scientists, artists, athletes, activists, and more!
With bold illustrations and simple, powerful text, My Itty Bitty Bio makes big ideas accessible to young readers while sparking meaningful conversations at home. Whether you're cuddling up for bedtime or exploring history together, this series is sure to inspire curiosity and pride.
✨ Available now in our library catalog accessible through NCSD MyApps. Your next great read-aloud is just a few clicks away!
Pre-K is reading stories by Mo Willems. We are all hard at work studying different authors during our author study unit!
Rube Goldberg Machine Workshop @ Perry Browne Library Club
Do you love creativity, engineering, and a bit of chaos? Come build a wacky, wonderful Rube Goldberg Machine—where the most complicated solutions create the simplest results!
🗓 Date: 4 possible sessions to choose from
Wednesdays 5/7, 5/14, 5/21
Thursdays 5/8, 5/15, 5/22
Mondays: 6/2, 6/9, 6/16
Tuesdays 6/3, 6/10, 6/23
🕒 Time: 3:10-4:10
📍 Location: Perry Browne Intermediate Library
Bring your imagination and teamwork skills as we design machines that pop balloons, ring bells, or turn pages—using dominoes, string, marbles, and more. No experience necessary—just a curious mind and a sense of fun!
Perfect for curious thinkers in Grades 3–5. All materials provided.
🎯 Space is limited—sign up today by completing the attached form and bring it to the library.
Let’s make a machine that does something silly in the most ridiculous way possible!
Game Day, Tuesday, May 6, 2025
Attention families and community members! Please see this upcoming opportunity at the YMCA:
Speaker Series: Why Mental Health Matters
Tuesday, May 20, 6:00 pm
Community Room
Presenter Jamie Hagenbuch of the Madison County Rural Health Council
• reducing stigma
• raising awareness of the need for resources
• programming for our community
Attention Caregivers: Please see the important dates in May below:
Friday, May 16th: ½ Day for Staff Development (dismissal times below)
Friday, May 23rd: Emergency Give Back Day - No School
Monday, May 26th: Memorial Day - No school, Offices Closed
½ Day Dismissal Times for Students
Stanford Gibson 10:25 a.m.
Perry Browne 10:35 a.m.
Norwich Middle and High School 11:30 a.m.
Good morning
Today is May 5, 2025
Today is a White Day
Weekly Game Schedule
Today our youngest engineers brought the classic tale, "The Three Billy Goats Gruff" to life with a fun challenge! Ms. Wenzel and Miss Mercer's Stay and Play groups teamed up to design and build a bridge for a troll to live under. Using only cardboard and tape, they explored engineering concepts like balance, weight distribution, and creativity. The best part? Seeing their eyes light up when their bridge held strong—and when our friendly troll made his way under! Storytime meets science for an unforgettable hands-on adventure!
4-H Camp Owahta in Cortland County is offering residential and day camp week-long stays from July through August and is for ages 6-16. Please contact them for additional information.
Game Day, Monday, May 5, 2025
The Norwich Summer Spirit Wear Sale is live! Choose from hundreds of designs and garments that are delivered to your home in days!
You'll save 20% off the entire site, including new product lines from Under Armor!
Use code: SUMMER
Shop the Norwich Store at https://1stplace.sale/109018
Shop the Perry Browne Store at https://1stplace.sale/66913
Shop the Stanford Gibson Store at https://1stplace.sale/66914
All proceeds go to support the PTSA Backpack Program!
Attention Family and Caregivers! Please click on the link below to learn more about a series of workshop opportunities to help support children's literacy development outside of school. These workshops will provide essential guidance and suggestions of ways to work with children outside of the school day to help them become powerful and life-long readers and writers. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eJZqdije2A3C0Z65eYuTY_l25Gvy52WH/view?usp=sharing
Our classes took advantage of the beautiful weather by heading outdoors for some fun with bubbles and sidewalk chalk.
Game Day Saturday, May 3, 2025
