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Neilburg Composite School

March Newsletter

IMPORTANT DATES FOR YOUR CALENDARS

Mar. 2                  Grad and Parent Meeting 5:30pm in the library

Mar.  6                 Celebration Assembly will be on March 6

Mar. 7                  M.A.D.D. Presentation 9 am gr. 7-12

Mar. 9                  Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup and a Bun Hot Lunch

Mar.12                 SPRING FORWARD reset your clocks

Mar. 17                gr.1-9 Term 2 Report Cards go home

Mar. 18               Purdy's Chocolate Order Deadline- Support our Grads

Mar. 23                Chicken Strip and Fries Hot Lunch

Mar. 23                Parent Teacher Conferences 4-6:30 pm

Mar. 27               PD day NO SCHOOL

Mar. 29                Purdy's Chocolate Fundraiser Delivery Day

Mar. 30                Parent Teacher Conferences 4-6:40 pm

April 7-16           Easter Break

April 21                gr. 10-12 Midterm Reports go home

A Message from Vice- Principal, Mr. Wade Worman

February was short and sweet, I hope everyone enjoyed their week off. As we move into March we are getting excited for some warmer weather and new opportunities at NCS.

 March will see our Sr. Boys wrap up their basketball season (good luck to them) and both Junior and Senior Badminton teams start up their seasons. Our 5/6s will also be beginning badminton during their lunch hour time in the gym. Student-led conferences will be this month, check the calendar for those dates. Links to sign up for interviews will be coming soon. Our choir meets regularly, and our drama club is starting up as well. It is very exciting to see so many great opportunities for our students to learn and grow. Also, our grade 10-12 students have the chance to go to Jasper this month, something that has been missing for the past few years.

With so much going on and only 6 weeks to Easter, this spring is going to fly by. Have a great March everyone!

Just a reminder that our office hours are from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm. All communication with staff should be done through the proper channels (Teams message, email or phone call during office hours). Please refrain from using social media platforms or staff's personal phone text messages. Thank you.  

 Wade Worman

Parent Teacher Conferences:

Thursday, March 23 from 3:30pm to 6:10pm and Thursday, March 30 from 3:30pm to 6:20pm. Watch for a link on the school Facebook page and through school messenger to book a time to discuss your students' progress.  We look forward to seeing you!

Celebration Assemblies- This year we have implemented a 9 am, Monday morning assembly each week.  It is time for our students and staff to gather, build community and share information about the upcoming week. The celebrations have been moved closer to the first Monday of the month to better suit our school year calendars. We will continue to recognize students that are showing Grit (perseverance) and/or Grace (tolerance and cooperation) as well as recognize our student athlete of the month and our fine arts student of the month now that we have a choir. Check out our photo wall by the gym. Our next assemblies are March 6^th, April 3rd, May 8^th and June 5th

Sr. Boys Basketball

Thank you to our dedicated coaches!  Emma Weinkauf and Cortney Ironbow are coaching our Sr. Boys Basketball Team!

 Roster:

3             Gio Arciaga

4             Caleb Allen

7             Drew Briggs

8             Sydnie Knoll

9             Skyler Brovchenko

10           Vinny Cunanan

11           Skyler Knoll

Remaining Schedule:

Mar 1                    Playoffs TBD

Mar 8                    Championship Game TBD

Mar 11                 Conferences TBD

Mar 17-18          Regionals TBD

Mar 23-25          Provincials TBD

Junior Badminton

 Our team has about 15 regular participants and is practicing every Monday and Wednesday from 3:15-5:15 pm.  We will be joining a league to further develop our skills.  The schedule is on Wednesdays and is as follows:

** At this time, I am unsure when conferences are, so the Apr. 26^th match may be cancelled. Districts are scheduled for April 29^th in Meadow Lake.

We have also entered Mega Birdie in Maidstone on March 17 and 18.

Ms. Reynoldson will determine which players will be competing in league and tournament play on the best available for that date and time. Each week 4 boys and 4 girls will be needed to make our team. The coach will also be looking for qualified drivers each week!

Sr Badminton - Coach Ms. Ross

Practices are on Tuesdays and Thursdays 3:15 - 5:15pm.  Games TBA

DRIVERS ED

Carla Schmidt has done a wonderful job with her drivers' education program at NCS. The students will continue to do their driving with her until the end of March. We wish all the parents involved the best as they practice driving with them trainees.

SRC at NCS!!

Our current SRC is made up of 21 grade 8-12 students and 3 staff members. The Student Representative Council or SRC is a student lead group that provides a break from student learning to socialize with fellow students and have a little fun. We do this through school wide games, activities, spirit weeks, fundraisers, as well as organizing and operating our lunchtime booth. This group gives our students an opportunity to take on leadership roles and teaches them how to work in groups by sharing interests, ideas and concerns. Find our upcoming events below:

Please check out the School Survey posters around the school.

WE ASKED…YOU SAID…WE PLEDGE!

Please be advised that all exterior doors will be locked between the hours of 8:55 am and 3:15 pm except for the main school doors. We are asking parents to drop off their children at the main doors if they arrive late. Thank you for your cooperation in keeping our school safe and secure. PARENTS!!! PLEASE STOP and SIGN in

**The booth is back! It will be running Wednesday-Friday at noon hour** Watch for update and specials!

Get your NEILBURG TROJAN SWAG HERE

Neilburg Composite School (entripyshops.com) or Find the link on our school website!!! This site does not like phone based browsers!

• Use this code for savings on t-shirts and sweatshirts BFSURPRISE15
• Use this code for savings sitewide INTRO10 (if you have never ordered before)

Caution! Caution!

Due to severe allergies amongst the students at NCS, the school requires that everyone avoid bringing any items with nut products, shellfish and eggs that have not been baked into an item or animals to the school. Our students' health depends on your co-operation. NCS is also a scent aware school. Thank you.

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 MILK PROGRAM

The Milk Program is back up and running. Every day at lunchtime, a cart comes to each classroom and gives either chocolate milk or white milk to those students who have paid for a Milk Card. Milk Cards can be purchased through School Cash Online and are $10 for 8 milks. The cards will stay at school and be on the cart when it comes around at lunch. Your child's card will be “punched" when your child takes milk.

** Reminder microwaves are unavailable for daily use due to fire code. Only booth items can be heated while supervision is present** Thank you for understanding this Northwest School Division rule.

Scholastic

*** Any scholastic book orders sent home will need to be ordered by you, unless your classroom teacher has offered to handle this for you. Our school can earn free books if you use our class code RC103091.*** HAPPY READING!

STUDENT ABSENCES                                                                                                                   

Parents, please notify the school if your child is going to be absent. Parents will receive a phone call for any unexcused absences. Please call or email the school for all absences. Email: ncs@nwsd.ca or call 306-823-4313.

SCHOOL CASH

School cash is the preferred way to pay student fees, hot lunches and more. If you haven't already signed up, please follow the below instructions

SCHOOL MESSENGER

 School messenger is our text messaging system that allows us to send you a text to notify you about different things going on at the school. If you would like to sign up scan the QR Code below.

 BUSINESS ADVERTISEMENTS – PAID ADVERTISEMENTS  If your business would be interested in putting a paid advertisement in the school newsletter, please contact Kara at the school (306-823-4313). The newsletters go out monthly (usually Wednesday). The school email is ncs@nwsd.ca or you can drop them off.  The cost is $10 per advertisement per week.  *As usual our community announcements will be published free of charge.