Dear Friends,
It's early August, and we’re taking a moment to celebrate the learning, growth, and community highlights that make Northville so special, both inside and beyond the classroom. Our students have been engaged in math practice, building vocabulary, and strengthening their writing through fun, skill-based activities. At the same time, our teachers have continued their learning journeys, exploring real-world science applications and instructional strategies to bring back to their classrooms. In my September Newsletter, you'll meet our new science and math teachers.
Our facilities and grounds team has been busy getting everything in great shape for the new school year! They’ve been stripping and polishing floors, painting classrooms, refreshing bulletin boards with new cork, and making sure our fields are ready to go for fall sports.
We’re excited to share an inspiring story from our local community: the installation of an accessible kayak launch, made possible by the Northville Rotary Foundation, which reflects the kind of inclusive, innovative spirit we value in our district.
Looking ahead, we’re introducing new telehealth services for students, staff, and families in partnership with Albany Medical Center, and we’re launching an alumni database to celebrate and reconnect with our past Falcons. We will run a Social Media Workshop for Families & Community in October 2025, and more info will be shared when we have the date. Whether you're preparing for a new school year, paddling on the lake, or sharing your story, we’re glad you’re part of the Northville community.
Jerry Wildermuth, one of our bus drivers, captured this beautiful pic of a sunrise out of our school's chimney!
Alumni Sign-Up Form
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| Alumni Form |
Northville CSD is building an alumni database to celebrate your accomplishments, strengthen connections, and open new opportunities for engagement with our students and community. We'd love to hear from you, whether you're just starting or well into your career! Please take a few minutes to complete this form and share your journey with us. Your story matters—and it might inspire the next generation of Falcons! Please complete this form to become part of our database. Your information will not be shared; it will only be used to support our alumni efforts as described above! LINK TO FORM or scan the QR Code with your phone.
Social Media Workshop for Families & Community- October 21, 2025 ~ 6 pm
On October 21, 2025, at 6 pm, we will present our first Social Media Workshop for our families and community, which focuses on middle and high school students. It will be helpful to all who are interested! Learn more below.
NPR Story ~ New Kayak Launch ~ Northville Rotary
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| Ladies of the Lake paddling group |
Enjoy this NPR story - How a new kayak launch in Northville is making paddling possible for more people.
"A regional first in accessibility - The Northville Rotary Foundation spearheaded the project, which raised roughly $60,000 to donate the launch to the village."
"The new dock includes a sloped metal walkway and a glide chute, where paddlers can slide their boats down to a floating platform submerged a few inches below the water’s surface. To enter their boats, some paddlers use nylon straps suspended from an overhead support bar, which helps them lower themselves into their seats with greater stability." STORY LINK
Summer Enrichment
Ms. Bauer’s students participated in an interactive vocabulary game designed to boost their word knowledge in a fun and memorable way. Students shared the "opposite words," which supports reading comprehension and encourages more precise and expressive writing. Activities like this make learning enjoyable and impactful, helping students become confident communicators. Watch a brief video below.
Ms. Curley's and Ms. Sweet's students have been busy practicing and improving their reading, writing, and math skills this summer. They play fun academic games and participate in evidence-based programs to strengthen phonological awareness, phonics, and vocabulary skills. Given a specific prompt or sentence starter, friends brainstorm ideas and create detailed sentences using conjunctions such as 'because' and 'so'. Lastly, the students cooperatively participate in tasks to build their number sense and fact fluency in addition and subtraction. Of course, movement and brain breaks always keep them motivated and focused! They have all been working extremely hard!!
Ms. Williams’ class focused on strengthening their writing skills using strategies from The Writing Revolution, a research-based teaching approach emphasizing clarity, structure, and purpose. Students practiced expanding simple sentences into more complex ones by adding details about who, what, where, when, why, and how—building stronger connections between their ideas.
These exercises improve grammar and sentence structure and deepen students' understanding of the content they were writing about. The goal is to boost students' confidence and capability as writers, ready to express their thoughts clearly and effectively across subjects.
Flip through the examples below and try them at home!
Lessons in Chemistry ~ Penn State University Research Experience ~ Ms. Lazinski
Our educators are always learning and bringing fresh ideas back to their classrooms!This summer, our chemistry teacher, Ms. Lazinski, is participating in a two-week Research Experience for Teachers (RET) program at Penn State University. The program's focus is *Sustainability in Science*, and teachers are exploring how real-world research can be connected to high school classrooms. Working alongside a partner teacher and a graduate student in Dr. Paul Cremer’s lab, our teacher recently participated in a hands-on chemistry experiment explicitly designed for high school students.
The experiment involved a common polymer found in products like Miralax (PEG) and a salt (sodium sulfate). When heated, the two substances separate into layers — a great visual example of how solubility, temperature, and density interact. In one part of the experiment, a blue layer containing the polymer floats to the top in one test tube but sinks to the bottom in another. This striking effect is due to changes in the density of the salt solution, which increase as more salt is added.
We also toured the Centre County, PA's recycling center and the wastewater treatment plant facility. You will also see pictures of Sarah and me separating trash collected from Dr. Cremer's lab to look for ways the lab can recycle or look for alternatives for some of the lab equipment they use. Most of the trash used nitrile gloves and Kimwipes (paper towels for chemical lab equipment). We did find an orange and an orange peel that should have been composted.
Telehealth Services ~ Ms. Renner
NCS will offer telehealth services to students and staff through Albany Medical Center for the 2025-26 school year. We are excited and hopeful that this partnership will help alleviate some of the stress that often arises when a child needs medical care.
Not only will our students have this service available during the school day, but it can also be utilized at home by anyone, adults included! Please see the
informational flyer and
pre-registration form. A QR code is also included on the flyer and below if you wish to complete online registration. We strongly urge pre-registration so that care can be expedited, but please be assured that your child will never be seen by a telehealth provider without obtaining your consent first (every time). The Albany Med team will be at Open House on 09/16 at 6:30pm to offer insight and assist with registration. We hope many of our students take advantage of this excellent service!
Ms. Fitzgerald posts to Northville CSD Parent Square daily to inform us about the numerous events that make our school and extended community such vibrant, welcoming spaces. Her efforts are essential to maintaining our strong sense of community. Also, be sure to check out our Facebook and Instagram pages.
We're always eager to support organizations contributing to our community's well-being. If you're involved with a community event you'd like us to promote, please don't hesitate to reach out. We're happy to help spread the word.
If you would like to meet with me in person or virtually, just email or call to schedule a time during the school day or after your workday.
Dr. Sarah A. Chauncey, DPS-IM
Superintendent of Schools
schauncey@northvillecsd.org
Work: 518-863-7000 x4120
Cell: 845-304-8791
