Christmas Sweater Day
Tuesday, December 15th is Christmas Sweater Day for all 7th - 12th grade students.  It is a fun day for students to dress up in holiday attire before exams start Wednesday.  The dress code for exams Wednesday, December 16th - Friday, December 18th is normal Friday dress code.

School Shuttle
If you would like to add your child to the morning shuttle or have your child stop riding the morning shuttle please email Tessa.Madasz@nck12.com by Thursday, December 17th so we can plan accordingly.

Parking Lot Update
We are excited to announce that we will be using the new elementary entrance/drop off circle when everyone returns from Christmas Break. We will be stripping the asphalt with directional arrows and sending out instructions by the first of the year on the new drop off/pick up process. We have been waiting for a date from Duke Energy as to when they will be able to lay the conduit and run the parking lot lighting plan so we can begin paving parking areas.  We are hopeful this will be done by the end of January.  We will continue to keep you updated as we learn more. 

Hometown Heroes
Thank you to everyone who took the time to come to the Mahaffey Theater Monday, December 7th for our Salute to Hometown Heroes. Attendance exceeded our expectations. We were told by Mahaffey that there were more than 1800 people in attendance. Please hug your very talented children for us and let them know how much we appreciated their hard work to make the evening such a success.
Mustang Athletics 

Varsity Boys Soccer
The Boys Soccer team learned a lot from St. Pete Catholic as we lost 0-8. Our current record is 0-3-1. Check out their new hoodies though. Thank Loden for heading that up!
 
Girls Varsity Soccer
The NCS Girls Varsity Soccer season is in full swing!  We've had a couple of exciting well fought games in our first 6 matches.Every single game gives us an opportunity to continue to hone in our skills and explore new tactics.  Little by little, we have been learning to adapt to a whole new tactical approach with an incredibly fast attacking style of play.  We continue to be excited about the possibilities ahead.
 
This is how we currently stand:Overall 3-3
 
Our top goal scorers are:
 RoseEllen Hoke                6 goals
Katherine Alexander          4 goals
Adrianna Giachino             4 goals
Reagan Burtzlaff                3 goals
Anna Nizzardini                 1 goal
Nicole Borelli                     1 goal
Rhea Gilbert                       1 goal
 
Varsity Boys Basketball
The NCS Varsity Boys team tipped off their season over the Thanksgiving Break against two big public schools Gulf HS and Mitchell. The team split the tournament beating Gulf by a score of 76-71. The team was led by Tyler Madasz who scored 17 points. In the game against Mitchell the Mustangs lost a tough game to the host school, Demetrius Jackson led the team with 23 points.

Last night the boys played district opponent St. Pete Catholic. Derrick Wright hit a jump shot at the buzzer to send the game into overtime. The Mustangs eventually lost 85-81. The team was led in scoring by Derrick Wright with 22 points, Tre Gilliam added 21 points and Demetrius Jackson scored 19. Evan Brom had a big night leading the team in rebounds.  
 
JV Boys Basketball
The JV team opened their season against Indian Rocks this past Tuesday. The team was led in scoring by freshmen Chase Farrell. The team will be back in action tonight at 6pm in the NCS Gym followed by the varsity at 7:30pm. 
 
Varsity Girls Basketball  
The Lady Mustangs beat St. Pete Catholic at home 48 to 34. Jana Trueb led the way with 23 points and 15 rebounds. Senior Ryanne Jackson made three 3 pointers against SPC to became the 4th player in program history boy or girl to surpass 200 3-pointers for her career joining Jeffrey Golden 239, Morgan Jackson 234 and Danielle Jackson 202. Congrats to Ryanne. The Lady Mustangs traveled down to Naples for Thanksgiving Shoot-Out. Lost to St. John Neuman's 62 to 38. Again Jana led the scoring with 23 points. Ryanne chipped in with 11. Lost to Donahue Catholic Academy 34 to 21. Lady Mustangs were again on the road down to St. Stephens losing a hard fought battle 32 to 28. Allison Quintin had a huge game with 16 rebounds. Jana and Ryanne each had 12 points. Record stands at 4-6.  
 
Middle School Boys Basketball  
The MS Boys Basketball team started the season off with a disappointing loss to Indian Rocks Christian. We were not as tall and less experienced, but competed throughout the game. Blake Jagger started off the game with a quick jumper and ended with a game high of four points. Austin Litrell had 3 points. Sam Lameyer added 2 points and Skylar Scull and Eric Walsh each contributed 1 point.