“You have to go wholeheartedly into anything in order to have anything worth having”
– Frank Lloyd Wright
Our Mission is to engage students in critical thinking and teamwork that empowers them toward life-long learning and global citizenship.
Important Dates
- Saturday, January 5th – Knowledge Bowl Meet @ Lac qui Parie
- Monday, January 7th – Town Meeting @ 8:35am (right after first hour)
- Monday, January 7th — Spring Play Tryouts – 3:45pm – 5:00pm (Kraft room)
- Monday, January 7th – Knowledge Bowl Practice @ 2:30pm
- Monday, January 7th – Math Team Practice @ 2:15pm
- Tuesday, January 8th – GRAD Testing
- Tuesday, January 8th – Spring Play Tryouts – 3:45pm – 5:00pm (Kraft room)
- Tuesday, January 8th – Student Council Leadership Training @ Prairie Woods
- Tuesday, January 8th – Volleyball @ 3:30pm
- Wednesday, January 9th – GRAD Testing
- Wednesday, January 9th – OLPA Testing
- Wednesday, January 9th – Spring Play Tryouts – 3:45pm – 5:00pm (Kraft room)
- Wednesday, ,January 9th – Knowledge Bowl Regional’s @ Marshall (CONGRATS ON REGIONALS!!)
- Thursday, January 10th – School Newspaper @ 2:20pm (Ms. Haugen)
- Thursday, January 10th – Evening Trip to the U of M Physics Fair
- Friday, January 11th – Book Club @ 2:15pm (Ms. Wurm)
A Look Ahead
- Friday, January 18th – End of Block 3
- Monday, January 21st – No School
- January 24th – Winter Wonderland Bazaar, Parent Teacher Conferences, Music, etc, great night! (3:00pm – 8:00pm for conferences)
- For Senior Students and their Families: Mark your Calendars! Class of 2013 Commencement – Thursday, June 6th, 2013; Hutchinson Event Center; 7:00 pm
- ACT test dates have been posted and given to all senior and junior students – check in and follow registration procedures at ACT.org
Professional Learning
- Professional Learning Communities will be meeting on Mondays from 2:30 – 3:00 to continue developing learning targets, formative assessments, and to further implement project seminar curriculum.
Schedule for Remaining PLC Sessions – Building Shared Knowledge!
- Mrs. Hendricks – Wednesday, November 7th Late Start
- Mrs. Moore – Monday, November 12th
- Ms. Johnson – Monday, December 3rd
- Mrs. Wurm – Monday, December 17th
- Mrs. Haugen – Monday, January 7th
- Mr. Kraft – Monday, January 28th
- Mrs. Savoy – Monday, February 11th
- Mr. Berning – Monday, February 25th
- Ms. Riipi – Monday, March 18th
- Ms. Artibee – Monday, April 8th
- Mr. Becker – Monday, April 22nd
- (Mrs. Hendricks and Mr. Meece have presented in September / October)
Highlights
- NCA is off to a great start! Students are working hard, expectations are high, and we are all striving together towards excellence.
- NCA students really enjoyed Seth Franco from the Harlem Globetrotters, thank you for coming and sharing your story with us Seth!!!
- NCA students had a blast at the Renaissance Festival!
- NCA students had a very productive experience at the National College Fair!
- Spirit Week was fantastic! Thank you to the Student Council for putting Spirit Week together, you did great!
- Congratulations to all Block One Award Winners!!
- NCA 10th Graders had a fantastic experience at Ridgewater Career Day – Thank you to Ridgewater for hosting this event
- NCA Knowledge Bowl did a great job at their first official Meet @ New London Spicer High School. Great job Mr. Meece and NCA Knowledge Bowl team!
- Congratulations to all Trimester 1 Award Winners!! Keep up the great work!
- Congratulations to the NCA Middle School Knowledge Bowl team for making it to Regional’s! Good Luck students and Mr. Meece!
