New Century Weekly Communication Update for Week of May 9, 2011

Our Mission is to engage students in critical thinking and teamwork that empowers them toward life-long learning and global citizenship.

Important Dates

• Wednesday, May 11^th – Registration Day
• Wednesday, May 11th – Twins Game!  Kids leave @ 9:45AM
• Thursday, May 12^th – Senior Presentation Night beginning at 6:00PM
• Thursday, May 12^th – Kick off for kids leaving for NYC!!
• Friday, May 13^th – Kids leave at 7:00AM for NYC!!
• Friday, May 13^th – Teacher professional development day – no students
• Sunday, May 15^th – Lacrosse game @ St. Michael at 1:30PM

Professional Learning

Professional Learning Communities will be meeting on Mondays from 2:15 – 3:15 to continue developing learning targets, common assessments, and to further implement project curriculum.

Highlights

• MCA Testing went great – the kids worked hard!
• New Century prom went perfect!
• Senior Presentations are under way and the kids are doing fantastic!
• New Century earned our first ever Lacrosse victory beating St. Louis Park 9-2!
• Students are raising funds for the NYC trip – thank you Applebee’s for your help!
• New Century school play, the Twelve Angry Jurors has been going great!!
• New Century Lacrosse is now up and running!
• New Century Students performed well at the Math Counts competition at Gustavus!
• New Century After School Reading and Math program started!
• New Century received great press from the Hutch Leader Tuesday and Thursday of last week for the Spanish trip and E-Term – great job to all involved!
• New Century Spanish classes had a great experience at the Concordia Language Village in Stillwater!
• New Century students performed in the upper percentile of Minnesota on the ACT’s!
• New Century planning trip to New York City, Philadelphia, and New Jersey!
• After School Reading and Math Program starts in February!
• New Century Girls Hockey First Game is Tuesday at Worthington High School!
• New Century Acoustic Guitar Class is up and running!
• New Century Student Council worked at Culvers to raise money for the school!
• New Century 9-12 graders attended the National College Fair at the Minneapolis Convention Center. Look for the story in Tuesday’s edition of the Hutchinson Leader!