“Education is the most powerful weapon in which you can use to change the world”
– Nelson Mandela
Our Mission is to engage students in critical thinking and teamwork that empowers them toward life-long learning and global citizenship.
Important Dates
- Tuesday, May 14th – NCA Cribbage Club (Savoy)
- Tuesday, May 14th – NCA Boys Lacrosse @ Trinity
- Tuesday, May 14th – School-wide Picture
- Tuesday, May 14th – Town Meeting
- Tuesday, May 14th – Sail to NCA
- Wednesday, May 15th – MCA Science Test
- Wednesday, May 15th – 7th Graders to the Movie “42”
- Thursday, May 16th – NCA students depart for New York City!
- Thursday, May 16th – NCA Boys Lacrosse @ Becker
- Thursday, May 16th – 2013-2014 Registration during Advisory
- Friday, May 17th – School make-up day
- Friday, May 17th – Ride your Bike to School Day
- Friday, May 17th – 2013-2014 Registration during Advisory
- Friday, May 17th – Last Day of Trimester 3
- Friday May 17th – NCA Boys Lacrosse vs. Anoka, and vs. Chisago Lakes
- Friday, May 17th – NCA Girls Lacrosse vs. Benilde St. Margaret
- Tuesday, May 21st – NCA Boys Lacrosse @ Mankato
- Monday, May 20th – June 3rd – Spring Explore Term, All students interested in Grad Choir please report to the Music Room from 7:30am – 8:00am throughout E-Term.
- Monday, May 20th – NCA Girls Lacrosse vs. Delano
- Wednesday, May 22nd – NCA Girls Lacrosse vs. Edina
- Monday, May 27th – No School
- Tuesday, June 4th – Advisory Field Trip Day
- Wednesday, June 5th – Advisory Clean Up, Talent Show, Awards Ceremony, Grill Out, NCA Olympics
- Wednesday, June 5th – Last Day of School
- Thursday, June 6th – Teacher Work Day
- Thursday, June 6th – BBQ with the Seniors
- Thursday, June 6th – Graduation at 7:00pm at the Hutchinson Event Center
- Friday, June 7th – Teacher Work Day and Check-out
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!
- Congratulations to NCA for earning the highest Focus Rating, 99.88%, among all Minnesota High Schools for closing the achievement gap and student academic growth (MDE)!
- 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!
- NCA wins another MDE Finance Award for FY 2013!
- NCA Student Council had a very successful and purposeful day of Leadership Training out at Prairie Woods – thank you Prairie Woods staff!
- NCA WinterFest was a wild success, thank you to the Student Council for putting this event on, and thank you to everyone who attended!
- Congratulations to all Block 3 Award Winners – well deserved!
- NCA hosted a great Knowledge Bowl Meet on Saturday – thank you to all teams that came to compete!
- We are excited to launch our new NCA Girls Lacrosse program!
- NCA was chosen as a semi-finalist for the Toyota Drive for Education grant; Thank You Toyota!!!
- Congratulations to all Block 4 and Block 5 Award winners!!
- Students did remarkable job with the spring play, “Anne of Green Gables!!”
- NCA students served breakfast at Applebee’s, had a great time and raised some funds for their trip! Thank you to everyone that came out to support NCA students!
- NCA Student Council put on a Great Prom!!!
- Senior Project Presentations have been outstanding!
- NCA had a great Annual Meeting of reflection, congratulations new Board Members!
- NCA students, teachers, and parents have departed for New York City, have fun everyone!
- NCA Girls won their first ever Lacrosse game, congratulations girls, keep it going!
