BOOK of the MONTH

Hooray for Diffendoofer Day! is June's Book of the Month. Share this story with your students and friends. It is a great way to celebrate the end of the school year.

Daily Announcements

Join the New York State summer reading program! Visit your public library and start reading!!!

Northern Notes: Dr. Jackson's Podcast

Enrichment Clusters

Enrichment Clusters are held once a week for 10 consecutive weeks. It is a time when teachers and students come together to do something that they enjoy together. All Enrichment Cluster activities are directed toward a culminating end product. Some of Northern Parkway's Enrichment Clusters include scrap booking, pilates, puppet making, latin dance, sign language, and MORE!

Get ready for Northern Parkway's first Multicultural Day...coming June 20th!!

BIOGRAPHIES OF OUR ADMINISTRATORS

Dr. Brenda Williams-Jackson
Dr. Jackson is a twenty-seven year educational leader in the fields of general education, special education and school administration. Her guiding philosophy and doctoral studies centered on the belief that “students + families + school + community = student success”.

Dr. Sheilah Jefferson
This is Dr. Jefferson's seventeenth year as a professional educator. Her guiding philosophy is to empower students to become independent, creative thinkers. Her doctoral work focused on increasing the mathematical potential of those traditionally underrepresented in mathematically related fields.

Mr. Bilal Polson

Mr. Polson's teaching experience began when he started teaching dance at age fifteen. His pedagogical passion is a holistic approach to education with a full integration of the curriculum through interdiciplinary learning to educate all children.

Daily Announcements

Due to extensive repair work of the swimming pool, all summer swimming programs are cancelled.

Facts about Northern Parkway

The Great Northern Parkway is located in Uniondale, NY. It is a K-5 school, where 715 students report to school at 8:20am and are dismissed at 3:00pm.

New initiatives at NPS include Morning Meeting and Enrichment Clusters. Enrichment Clusters are a perfect opportunity for students and teachers to learn about their passions.

We love to encourage independent reading and plan school-wide reading activities!

A brief history of Northern Parkway School

Northern Parkway was built in 1923 for $150,000

Northern Parkway was the second school built in Uniondale

It was built of brick and was two stories high

There were only nine classrooms!

Northern Parkway is now the oldest school in Uniondale

Idiom of the Week

What is an idiom? An idiom is an expression or saying. Idioms can be confusing because the meaning cannot be understood from the definitions of each word in the idiom. It is figurative, not literal. Still confused? Check out a Dictionary of Idioms from our library!

Idiom: like two peas in a pod

Meaning: identical; alike in looks and behavior

Sentence: Kyle and his brother are like two peas in a pod.

From the Dictionary of Idioms by Marvin Terban

Word of the Day

From the Heart of the Principal

Welcome to the "Great" Northern Parkway Elementary School site. Your participation helps make Northern Parkway School great.

Dr. B. Williams-Jackson,

Proud Principal The "Great" Northern Parkway School

Brenda Williams-Jackson

Upcoming Events

Thursday, July 24, 2008
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Weather

Today, 7/24/2008

High: 77 | Low: 70

Thunderstorms
99% chance of precipitation.

Tomorrow, 7/25/2008

High: 87 | Low: 66

Partly cloudy