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November 5: Gifted Committee Meeting @ NPS Curriculum Center Seminar Rm.
November 5: Board of Education Meeting @ Norman City Council Chambers
November 8: NHS Speech-a-Thon
November 8: NHS Speech-a-Thon
November 9: Parent/Teacher Conferences/ No School
November 12: Gifted Council Meeting @ Republic Bank Seminar Room
November 13: State String Orchestra Contest
November 16: Football Playoffs
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Number of the Day!
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19, 075.75
The number of hours that NPS certified staff logged from July 1-September 25.
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Issue: No. 5
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November 2/2012 |
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Message from the Superintendent
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 It is hard to believe that, as of today, we complete the first nine weeks of school! Since the last issue of Nside, in addition to many other events, we have enjoyed the 26th annual 5th Grade All City Choir at Lloyd Noble, hosted a successful and first-ever NPS Community Open House to showcase all of the 2009 school bond projects ...
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State releases A-F school grades
 The State Department of Education has released A-F
grades for each public school in Oklahoma. The SDE calculated the grades based on a formula it developed.
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State Questions affect school funding
Two state question s on the ballot for Tuesday's General Election impact NPS' school funding. While NPS would not take a position on the questions or advocate for a vote outcome, it has been asked by parents and patrons to share the fiscal impact of these questions.
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Making a Difference
by Katherine Cortest, NHS school counselor
During a 2010 meeting of the College Board's National Office of School Counseling Advocacy (NOSCA), data from the Schott 50 State Report on Public Education and Black Males was shared. According to the report, the graduation rate for black males in Oklahoma is between 50-59 percent. As a school counselor, I took this information as a call to action.
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NNHS, NHS earn playoff bids
With regular season play ending tonight, Norman North finishes as District Champion in its league and Norman High is the District Runner Up. Both teams' stellar records mean they will begin the playoffs at home on Harve Collins Field next week. As of Nside's publication, their opponents had not yet been determined.
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26th annual All-City Choir heralded as best in series
The Robert Lee Kidd All-City 5th Grade Choir Concert this past Tuesday, Oct. 30, was, by many observers, the very best produced and performed by NPS faculty and students in the annual event's 26 years.
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NNHS DECA first high school org in state to hold 'Art for Walk for Wishes'
 Norman North's DECA club is the first high school in Oklahoma to be organizing an upcoming "Walk for Wishes," organizers say. While other Walks for Wishes have been sponsored throughout the nation by other organizations to benefit the Make A Wish Foundation and their state affiliates, NNHS' DECA club is the first organization to do so at the high school level in Oklahoma, said the club's Vice President for Publicity Maddy Stoner.
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NHS book fair to raise library funds
Students from Norman High School will host a special Book Fair from Scholastic next week to help raise funds for new  books at NHS. Parents, children, teachers, and the community are invited to attend and fair attendees can also help build classroom libraries by purchasing books for teachers.
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