Category Archives: News & Events

Northridge had its annual Student vs. Teachers and Parents basketball game on Friday, February 10.   The final score was Teachers and Parents 43 to 34!!!  Thanks to Mrs. Boehm for organizing our game and to Mrs. Bantle who did a great job coaching this year’s winning team!

The Students	The Teachers and Parents
The Cheerleaders	The Game
The Game
Dad and daughter on opposing teams!	Dad helps his team win the game!
Alumni watch the game

Fireman Kevin Magin from the St. Paul Fire Department spent the entire week instructing each class at NCS.  Among many things, Fireman Magin discussed the importance and steps of good fire safety.

St. Paul Fire Department Safety Training

Fireman Kevin Magin instructs NCS Students

NCS Students Proudly Wear Fire Fighter Hats

January was Nursery Rhyme month in preschool and culminated with a parade of characters and recitation.  Check out Old Mother Hubbard, the Mouse in Hickory, Dickory, Dock; Jack of Jack and Jill, and Jack of Jack Be Nimble, The Cat and the Fiddle!

Old Mother Hubbard

Hickory Dickory Dock

Jack of Jack and Jill

Jack Be Nimble

The Cat and the Fiddle

After retiring as the math department chairman at the Wayne Central School district, Mr. Stuart came to work as the principal of Northridge until June, 2010.  Mr. Stuart continues to serve at Northridge in many ways including weekly math instruction. The group pictured below meets weekly for lessons and practice in 9^th grade algebra.

Students enjoy reading as Buddy, a trained therapy dog, listens.

Every Monday at 10:00 AM, a very special visitor arrives to work with students  in the library.  That unusual visitor is Buddy, a specially trained therapy dog!!  Buddy patiently sits in the library and listens as students from various classes come to practice their reading.  For several years, therapy dogs have been used to help reluctant readers practice their developing skills in a non- threatening environment.  As you can imagine, the students love this brief visit and are very motivated to read!  Mrs. Becky Rene’ (pictured below),  volunteers her time each week to provide this exciting and valuable service to the students at Northridge!

Mrs. Becky Rene’ brings Buddy to school to help students.

4th Graders with collected food items

The 4th grade ended their food drive today with a total of 228 cans!!  The food will be delivered this week to the Irondequoit Community Cupboard, an organization designed to help families in need.  Way to go, Grade 4!!

Xerox engineer, Mike Weigand, visits our 4^th grade class once a month to instruct and experiment with our students as part of the Xerox Science Consultant Program.  Today’s lesson and experiments demonstrated the transitions of matter.  Here Mr. Weigand can be seen experimenting with liquid nitrogen and water!   

Tuesday, November 22: Today Miss Erin Caldwell from the American Red Cross presented the students of Northridge with a certificate of thanks for their personal work in raising monies for the agency.  After three weeks of coin collection and a sixth grade bake sale, the students were able to donate $350.97 to help local disaster relief.  This helping project is just one of the many practical ways we hope will help develop a caring, sharing student body.

On November 17, the first graders completed and shared their first research project called the Symbols of America. The students gathered information from books and webquests about the American Flag, the Statue of Liberty, and the Bald Eagle. Each student wrote a speech and presented it in front of family and friends. The celebration was complete with many red, white and blue snacks!!!

Friday, October 14th marked our school’s Annual Pig Race. The Race is a fun way to conclude our drive and is always looked forward to by the students. Each class that participates in the school’s magazine fundraiser receives a pig to name and dress for the race. Click here to view a  short video that presents one of the preliminary rounds with the Pre-k through 2nd grade pigs. Pigrim, the fifth grade pig, took home the grand prize this year.