Good Evening Newport Intermediate Families!
We are looking forward to having your children back at school for the first day, tomorrow August 13th . Doors open at 7:25am!
In other news, this year, we are going to send out a School-wide Family Newsletter twice a month so you know what is going on in our school! Take a minute to read the first one of the year in the link below!
https://app.smore.com/n/un8cm
We are looking forward to having your children back at school for the first day, tomorrow August 13th . Doors open at 7:25am!
In other news, this year, we are going to send out a School-wide Family Newsletter twice a month so you know what is going on in our school! Take a minute to read the first one of the year in the link below!
https://app.smore.com/n/un8cm
📣 Open House is TODAY! 🐾
Join us at Newport Intermediate School from 4:00–6:00 PM! Enter through the gym to meet teachers, visit classrooms, sign up for transportation, connect with community partners, enter for raffle prizes, and get ready for an amazing new school year!
We can’t wait to see our Wildcats and families tonight! ❤️
Join us at Newport Intermediate School from 4:00–6:00 PM! Enter through the gym to meet teachers, visit classrooms, sign up for transportation, connect with community partners, enter for raffle prizes, and get ready for an amazing new school year!
We can’t wait to see our Wildcats and families tonight! ❤️
Household Income Form
The beginning of the school year often brings a lot of paperwork for families, but few documents are more misunderstood than the Free and Reduced Lunch form, often known today as the Household Income Form. As a school and district, these forms are not just about lunch; they are a direct tool for advocating for the resources students need to thrive academically, socially, and emotionally. The accurate completion of this form by every family, regardless of their perceived income status, is essential to secure the following critical supports:
1. CPE / Free Meals for All Students
What it does: Allows entire schools to serve breakfast and lunch to every student at no cost. Newport Independent School District is part of this program.
How it helps: High form completion rates prove our school’s need so we can keep providing free meals for everyone year after year.
2. Title I Funding (Extra Academic Help)
What it does: Brings federal funding directly to our school.
How it helps: Pays for intervention staff, math and reading materials, learning tools, and teacher training that benefits all students.
3. FRYSC (Family Resource Youth Services Centers)
What it does: Funds our school’s resource center staff, programs, and supplies.
How it helps: Helps students overcome non-academic barriers by providing supplies, clothing, programming, etc.
4. 21st Century Grants (After-School & Summer Programs)
What it does: Wins competitive grants for free student activities outside regular school hours.
How it helps: Pays for after-school educational support/tutoring, STEM programs, after-school clubs, and summer programming at our schools.
Bonus Impact: Due to our overall free and reduced lunch percentage, our schools often qualify for specific local grants that fund in-school assemblies, field trips, and specialized services from community agencies.
The beginning of the school year often brings a lot of paperwork for families, but few documents are more misunderstood than the Free and Reduced Lunch form, often known today as the Household Income Form. As a school and district, these forms are not just about lunch; they are a direct tool for advocating for the resources students need to thrive academically, socially, and emotionally. The accurate completion of this form by every family, regardless of their perceived income status, is essential to secure the following critical supports:
1. CPE / Free Meals for All Students
What it does: Allows entire schools to serve breakfast and lunch to every student at no cost. Newport Independent School District is part of this program.
How it helps: High form completion rates prove our school’s need so we can keep providing free meals for everyone year after year.
2. Title I Funding (Extra Academic Help)
What it does: Brings federal funding directly to our school.
How it helps: Pays for intervention staff, math and reading materials, learning tools, and teacher training that benefits all students.
3. FRYSC (Family Resource Youth Services Centers)
What it does: Funds our school’s resource center staff, programs, and supplies.
How it helps: Helps students overcome non-academic barriers by providing supplies, clothing, programming, etc.
4. 21st Century Grants (After-School & Summer Programs)
What it does: Wins competitive grants for free student activities outside regular school hours.
How it helps: Pays for after-school educational support/tutoring, STEM programs, after-school clubs, and summer programming at our schools.
Bonus Impact: Due to our overall free and reduced lunch percentage, our schools often qualify for specific local grants that fund in-school assemblies, field trips, and specialized services from community agencies.
📣 Newport Intermediate School Open House Reminder! 🐾
We are so excited to welcome our Wildcats and their families back to Newport Intermediate School for our Open House on Thursday, August 6, from 4:00–6:00 PM!
Families will enter the building through the gym, visit classrooms, sign up for transportation, and get everything ready for a successful new school year. We will also have community partners present, raffle prizes, helpful information for families, and so much more!
Come meet our staff, connect with our school community, and get into gear for an amazing year at NIS. We can’t wait to see everyone there! ❤️🐾
🚗 Exciting Dismissal Update for Families!
We are introducing a new end-of-day dismissal process for this school year to help make carline safer and more efficient. Please watch the attached video to see how the new process will work.
https://youtu.be/YGmJDjvHCyM?si=cmeBcvHGZ03zkXHF
Be sure to join us at Open House on Thursday, August 6, from 4:00–6:00 p.m. to sign up for and receive your carline tag.
We are excited for a smooth and successful start to the school year! 🐾
We are introducing a new end-of-day dismissal process for this school year to help make carline safer and more efficient. Please watch the attached video to see how the new process will work.
https://youtu.be/YGmJDjvHCyM?si=cmeBcvHGZ03zkXHF
Be sure to join us at Open House on Thursday, August 6, from 4:00–6:00 p.m. to sign up for and receive your carline tag.
We are excited for a smooth and successful start to the school year! 🐾
📅 Save the Date, Wildcat Families! 📅
We have several exciting events coming up before we start school. Make sure you save the dates and come celebrate the start of a new year with us!
🍦 Popsicles with the Principals
Thursday, July 30 | 3:00–4:00 PM
At the NIS playground
Student who attend will find out their homeroom teacher!
⭐ Newport Night Out
Tuesday, August 4 | 6:00–8:00 PM
Festival Park on Riverboat Row
🏫 Newport Intermediate Open House
Thursday, August 6 | 4:00–6:00 PM
At Newport Intermediate School
Mark your calendars—we look forward to seeing our students and families!
We have several exciting events coming up before we start school. Make sure you save the dates and come celebrate the start of a new year with us!
🍦 Popsicles with the Principals
Thursday, July 30 | 3:00–4:00 PM
At the NIS playground
Student who attend will find out their homeroom teacher!
⭐ Newport Night Out
Tuesday, August 4 | 6:00–8:00 PM
Festival Park on Riverboat Row
🏫 Newport Intermediate Open House
Thursday, August 6 | 4:00–6:00 PM
At Newport Intermediate School
Mark your calendars—we look forward to seeing our students and families!
Good Morning Newport Intermediate Families!
With school starting very soon, we want to take this opportunity to share our supply list for the school year.
Thanks to several generous donations, Newport Intermediate students will have the supplies they need to begin the 2026–2027 school year! Please review the graphics for required, optional, and always-needed items. We are grateful for your continued support of our Wildcats!
With school starting very soon, we want to take this opportunity to share our supply list for the school year.
Thanks to several generous donations, Newport Intermediate students will have the supplies they need to begin the 2026–2027 school year! Please review the graphics for required, optional, and always-needed items. We are grateful for your continued support of our Wildcats!
Good Afternoon Newport Intermediate Families,
As you all know, our summer program planted many herbs and vegetables in our gardens this year. These plants are GROWING and Newport Intermediate families are welcome to harvest crops from the school garden.
Please stop by the school any time the walking gates are open, on the 9th street side, and pick some herbs and vegetables for yourself!
Our students have planted: basil, cilantro, eggplant, hot peppers, sweet peppers, tomatoes, and cucumbers. Produce needs to be harvested all summer and what a great way for your students to showcase their hard work.
For recipes, check out these from the University of Kentucky: https://fcs.mgcafe.uky.edu/piukp-recipes
For questions about gardening or harvesting: contact one of our amazing community partners, Sarah, at Sarah.imbus@uky.edu
As you all know, our summer program planted many herbs and vegetables in our gardens this year. These plants are GROWING and Newport Intermediate families are welcome to harvest crops from the school garden.
Please stop by the school any time the walking gates are open, on the 9th street side, and pick some herbs and vegetables for yourself!
Our students have planted: basil, cilantro, eggplant, hot peppers, sweet peppers, tomatoes, and cucumbers. Produce needs to be harvested all summer and what a great way for your students to showcase their hard work.
For recipes, check out these from the University of Kentucky: https://fcs.mgcafe.uky.edu/piukp-recipes
For questions about gardening or harvesting: contact one of our amazing community partners, Sarah, at Sarah.imbus@uky.edu
Newport Families:
You may be eligible to win a free computer through Compudopt. Keep reading for more details.
Compudopt provides free computers, affordable internet, and tech
education to help people thrive in today’s digital world.
To qualify for the computer giveaway, you must not own a working
computer at home.
Computers include a 2-year warranty and free
tech support!
Selected individuals will be notified via text and email.
Visit https://forms.compudopt.org/newportky to register.
Under “Which organization are you with?” select “Newport Independent Schools ”
Location details will be shared upon registration eligibility + invitation to the laptop distribution.
You may be eligible to win a free computer through Compudopt. Keep reading for more details.
Compudopt provides free computers, affordable internet, and tech
education to help people thrive in today’s digital world.
To qualify for the computer giveaway, you must not own a working
computer at home.
Computers include a 2-year warranty and free
tech support!
Selected individuals will be notified via text and email.
Visit https://forms.compudopt.org/newportky to register.
Under “Which organization are you with?” select “Newport Independent Schools ”
Location details will be shared upon registration eligibility + invitation to the laptop distribution.
Newport Primary School is hosting a fun, free class called "The Power of Early Learning."
It is for parents, babysitters, and teachers of young children who are not in kindergarten yet.
We all want our kids to do great in school!
Come to Newport Primary School with your family on July 30 at 2:00 p.m.
You will meet other families from your neighborhood.
You will also get free tools and tips to help your child learn, grow, and stay happy.
It is for parents, babysitters, and teachers of young children who are not in kindergarten yet.
We all want our kids to do great in school!
Come to Newport Primary School with your family on July 30 at 2:00 p.m.
You will meet other families from your neighborhood.
You will also get free tools and tips to help your child learn, grow, and stay happy.
📚 Newport Intermediate is seeking reading mentors! 📚
Our district goal is at least 50 volunteers for the upcoming school year to help grow our readers. Sign up below to support our students, invest in our community, and make a real difference!
Newport Intermediate Signup Link - https://forms.gle/84JF147FiWE151RX7
📢 Reminder from the School Nurse
Attention Incoming 6th Graders:
As students prepare to enter 6th grade, Kentucky state policy requires:
• A school physical
• Two vaccines required for 6th-grade entry
These can be completed as soon as your child turns 11.
Please return the completed physical and vaccination forms to the nurse’s office as soon as possible.
⚠️ These requirements must be completed before the first day of 6th grade.
If you have any questions, please contact the school nurse at 859-291-6910.
Start of School Assistance (SOSA) is an EducateNKY volunteer initiative that helps students in Covington and Newport start the school year feeling welcomed, supported, and ready to learn. Volunteers will serve during the first three days of school, supporting arrival, classrooms, lunch, recess, or departure based on each school’s needs.
Scan the QR code or click HERE to sign up!
🎓 6th Grade Graduation Celebration 🎓
Please join us as we celebrate our 6th graders and their academic success!
Graduation will be held on WEDNESDAY, May 20th, in the Newport Intermediate School gym.
6th grade students need to arrive at 4:30 p.m. so they can get placed, dressed in their gowns, and ready for the ceremony.
The ceremony will begin promptly at 5:00 p.m. Doors will close and be locked at that time, so please plan to arrive early.
There is no limit to the number of guests each student may bring.
We are excited to celebrate this special moment with our students, families, and community!
Newport Intermediate Families,
We are sorry to announce that our last Muffins in the Morning scheduled for Friday, May 8th will be cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances.
We apologize for the inconvenience but look forward to bringing this event back in the fall when we start the 2026-27 school year. Thank you for your support and attendance this spring and we hope to see you at our next event!
We are sorry to announce that our last Muffins in the Morning scheduled for Friday, May 8th will be cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances.
We apologize for the inconvenience but look forward to bringing this event back in the fall when we start the 2026-27 school year. Thank you for your support and attendance this spring and we hope to see you at our next event!
Join us tomorrow, April 24th at 7:00am in the NIS GYM for a Muffins in the Morning breakfast with families! We would love to see you there to enjoy a morning with your family a NIS staff members!
Newport MIddle School Football will be holding Workout and Skill Training for rising 6th, 7th, and 8th graders:
Dates: Tuesday, April 21, Wednesday, April 22, and Thursday, April 23
Time: 5:00 - 6:00 PM
Location: Newport High School
For more information, contact Coach Marcus Graham.
marcus.graham@newport.kyschools.us
Hello Newport families! Just a reminder that our Scholastic book fair started yesterday and will continue through Friday the 17th during school hours. On April 16th, we will have our Spring Family Night 5:30-7:00. This gives families the opportunity to shop with their student at the book fair!
If you would like to donate so all students can buy a book, please use the following link: https://shop.scholastic.com/ewallet/fund?lang=en_US&walletId=898c410c-0811-428b-9d07-cb217586cd5c
If you would like to donate so all students can buy a book, please use the following link: https://shop.scholastic.com/ewallet/fund?lang=en_US&walletId=898c410c-0811-428b-9d07-cb217586cd5c
🌼 Join us for a fun, family-friendly evening at Newport Intermediate! 🌼
We’re excited to invite you to Spring Into Action: Healthy Minds, Healthy Homes on Thursday, April 16 from 5:30–7:00 PM.
This event is packed with interactive activities for students and families, including:
• Vocabulary Relay Races
• Garden Talk with Dr. Watkins
• Human Slot Machine
• Book Fair
• KSA Hype Zone
• Sensory Station
There’s something for everyone, and it’s a great chance to connect, learn, and have fun together.
Scan the QR code on the flyer or click here to sign up—we hope to see you there!
Families, we are excited to invite you to our WATCH D.O.G.S. Launch Party on Friday, March 27th at 12:00 p.m. in the library.
Come learn more about how dads, grandpas, uncles, stepdads, brothers, mentors, coaches, and family friends can get involved at school and make a positive impact on our students. WATCH D.O.G.S. is all about supporting students through positive male role models.
Adults who are interested in participating are welcome to come to school, sign in through the front office, and get information about what it takes to be part of the program.
We hope to see you there.
Come learn more about how dads, grandpas, uncles, stepdads, brothers, mentors, coaches, and family friends can get involved at school and make a positive impact on our students. WATCH D.O.G.S. is all about supporting students through positive male role models.
Adults who are interested in participating are welcome to come to school, sign in through the front office, and get information about what it takes to be part of the program.
We hope to see you there.
