Kim Ducherer's bus is not running this morning. All other bus routes are running as usual. See you at school!

Grade 10, 11 and 12 math students: Please check your school email for homework information. http://mail.ncstrojans.ca

Here we go again folks! Due to extreme wind chill conditions, bus routes to Neilburg and Marsden have been cancelled for Tuesday. The school will remain open and staff will be present. Students on bus routes will automatically be excused. If you choose not to send your son or daughter that does not ride a bus, please call to excuse them. We want to ensure that everyone is safe on these extremely cold days. 306-823-4313.

Due to extreme wind chill conditions, bus routes to Neilburg and Marsden have been cancelled for Friday. The school will remain open and staff will be present. Students on bus routes will automatically be excused. If you choose not to send your son or daughter that does not ride a bus, please call to excuse them. We want to ensure that everyone is safe on these extremely cold days. 306-823-4313.

Due to extreme wind chill conditions, bus routes to Neilburg and Marsden have been cancelled for Thursday. The school will remain open and staff will be present. Students on bus routes will automatically be excused. If you choose not to send your son or daughter that does not ride a bus, please call to excuse them. We want to ensure that everyone is safe on these extremely cold days. 306-823-4313.

The Subway lunch that was planned for Friday has been postponed to Tuesday, February 12.

It was a good day for our NCS Robotics teams at The Prairie Cup tournament. 306A and 306X were crowned the tournament champions! A big thank you goes to Mr. Walso, Mrs. KG, Mr. Worman, Mrs. Ducherer and everyone that helped to make the event happen. The group will be off to the Alberta Provincials in two weeks. Photo credits to Ms. Chammartin and Karrie Blackbeard.

DATE & TIME CHANGE! Due to the poor weather affecting travel, our Prairie Cup VEX Robotics tournament with the Lakeland Robotics Club has been moved to Sunday in the NCS gym. Matches start at 1:00 with the playoffs running at around 3:30. We hope to see you there!

Jr. Boy’s Basketball team played great at their tournament in Marshall today.

NCS hosts our annual VEX Robotics event on Saturday, February 2! It will be a small tournament this year, but we invite the community to come check out our robotics program as our students and the Lakeland Robotics Club out of Vermilion prepare for provincials in a few weeks. Qualifications rounds start at 10:30. We will break for lunch at noon. Playoffs will happen around 2:00!

Please remember: this year's semester turnaround day is on Tuesday!

Ms. Chammartin's Grade 6 PAA Class (sewing) collaborated with Jo McGonigle to create this beautiful quilt that she made for her Sailfest - Zihuatanejo auction this year. Great job Grade 6s!

NCS sent two teams to the Calgary City VEX Robotics tournament this weekend. Our two teams placed 7th and 14th in the 32 team tournament before losing out on the quarter finals.

NCS Basketball Teams are looking for referees for home games (Wed./Thurs) If you are willing and able, please let Mr. Worman or Ms. Chammartin know. Thank You

Remember: Monday is a PD day!

Semi-final match - Edmonton City Regional (hat tip to Tracy Kurtz)

Finals Match - Edmonton City Regional (hat tip to Tracy Kurtz)

Robotics Update: The Robotics & Automation 10/20/30 students competed at the Edmonton City VEX Regional Tournament this weekend. 25 teams attended the tournament. It was a good opening tournament for the teams with one of our robots fighting for first place throughout the day and remaining undefeated until the grand final. 306A with Ethel, Hunter and Shylynn is our #GirlPowered team. They finished the qualifications in the number one spot with 8 wins, 0 losses and 1 tie. Unfortunately they lost in the tournament’s grand final in a nail-biting 22-16 match. 306X with Carter, Kolby and Leon finished in 8th with a 5-4-0 record. They made to the semi-final match before being taken out by their classmates in 306A. 306K with Jake and Carl finished in 13th with a 4-4-1 record. They lost out in the round of 16. 306Z with Dustin and Henry finished in 20th with a 3-6-0 record and fought through to the quarter finals before losing out. 306B with Shay, Riley and Isaiah finished in 22nd with a 3-6-0 record. They lost out in the round of 16. Next up for the NCS Trojan Robotics group is a Calgary visit in December, a Sherwood Park trip in January and our home tournament in February.

The Robotics 10/20/30 class is in Edmonton this weekend for the Edmonton City VEX Regional. Feel free to drop by Fresh Express on the NAIT campus to see our students in action. We will post the results on Facebook at the end of the day.

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