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"Cougars Can" Food Drive
The "Cougars Can" Food Drive ends November 19.
All students can participate. Teachers will collect the non-perishable food items in individual classrooms, and Student Council representatives will collect the food. Parents may drop off non-perishable items in car pool or in any of the
school offices.
Thanks to everyone who is participating in our food drive. A rep from the food pantry encourages donation of following items.
- canned meat (tuna,
chicken, etc)
- canned fruit
- mac and cheese
- rice
- boxed cereal
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SAVE THE DATES!
SHARATHON
NCS Annual Giving Campaign
November 29 & 30
Barnes & Noble
Book Fair
December 10
Breakfast
with Santa
December 11
NCS Annual
Black & Gold Gala
MARCH 5, 2011
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1st - 3rd Grade Reading Fluency Results
1st grade--The average NCS first grader is reading at 62 words per minute. This is the national average for 2nd grade in the winter!
2nd grade--The average NCS 2nd grader is reading at 94 words per minute. The national average is 40-60 words per minute in the fall. 13 students are reading over 100 words per minute!
3rd grade--The average NCS 3rd grader is reading at 102 words per minute, which is way above the national average for the fall. 17 students are reading over 100 words per minute!
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Important Accelerated Reader News
 Renaissance Place is the company that hosts our Accelerated Reader (AR) software. Since we moved to the online program several years ago, students have been able to take AR quizzes/tests at home from any computer connected to the Internet. However, Renaissance Place has changed their site license, and now we are no longer permitted to take AR quizzes/tests from home.
In order to be compliant with this site license, there will no longer be an AR link provided on the Northland website. Students will take tests from school computers only. We understand that this will be a big change for some families. We would like to assure you that we will give students ample opportunities to take their AR quizzes/tests during the school day.
To aid in this transition, the AR site will remain open for home use through the Thanksgiving holidays. The link has already been removed from our website, but the address is https://hosted152.renlearn.com/230756/.
Please continue to use the Home Connect site to monitor your child's progress in the AR program. After logging in with your child's AR username and password, you can see how they have done on previous tests, check their progress towards their AR goal, and sign up for email alerts when your child has taken a test at school. This program is a wonderful way for you to stay connected to your child's reading. The link to Home Connect remains on the NCS website (Parent Corner - AR Tests - Monitor your child's progress on AR), or you can visit https://hosted152.renlearn.com/230756/HomeConnect/Login.aspx.
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Events for this week:
Wednesday, Nov. 17:
8:15 a.m. -- 3rd Grade to Health Museum
8:10 a.m. -- Chapel led by Elem Pre-K, Kindergarten & LEAP Classes
Thursday, Nov. 18:
8:10 a.m. -- Chapel led by Drama Club
Friday, Nov. 19:
Stone Soup Celebrations (Full Day for Preschool)
Last Day of Food Drive
Monday, Nov. 22 -- Friday, Nov. 26
Thanksgiving Holiday (Holiday Care Available Mon. 22 & Tues. 23 only)
If you have questions regarding this schedule please contact Debbie Wilkins at 281-440-1060 ext. 6477.
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Looking forward:
Tuesday, Nov. 30:
8:00 a.m. -- 4th Grade to Moody Gardens
Friday, Dec. 3:
2:45 a.m. -- 2nd Grade Spirit Game
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school 2 more times to help prepare our kids for the Fair.