Noe News is Good News, March 3 edition
Deb Amchin
Dear Noe Parents,
This week, our 7th and 8th grade choir members will proudly represent us at the American Choral Director’s Regional Convention. Hundreds of choir directors from our 13-state region will hear our students perform on Friday afternoon – we are the only middle school from Kentucky performing. All our choir students 6th – 8th grade will also be performing with the University of Louisville Choir at the Kentucky Center on Friday night. This is quite an honor, and as an ex-choir director, I also know it’s a HUGE amount of work for our students and their director, Ms. Paxton. Congratulations on this feather in Noe’s cap!
I’d also like to congratulate those students who’ve been performing at various JCPS elementary schools with the “Noe Road Show.” These members of the dance and theater programs performed at my elementary school last week, and the students LOVED them! Noe is doing a real service to younger students by sharing their skills at the same time they teach Arts and Humanities core content in a fun and entertaining way. Great job, Ms. Bannister and performers!
Thursday, March 6 is Spring Picture Day! Don’t forget to check your child’s backpack for TWO order forms… one for an individual photo, another for a group shot with up to four friends from their team. If you have a little time to spare on Thursday, Anna Kidwell may still be looking for volunteers – please contact her directly to help at alki...@insightbb.com.
Report cards also go home on Thursday, so you’ll be able to celebrate your child’s successes over the long weekend (or use the extra time to catch up on class work). Remember, there is no school on Friday, March 7 as teachers spend the day in Professional Development – nearly all of them will be working OUTSIDE of Noe on Friday, so find out what to study beforehand!
Noe is celebrating March Madness with an attendance competition. Each day a team has over 96% attendance they’ll score 2 points, and 100% attendance scores 3 points. On March 31, the winning team will have a “shoot around” afternoon in the gym. Don’t send your child to school sick, but do what you can to support this attendance effort!
Need something to do during the three-day weekend? Here are some contests to enter:
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Contest |
Sponsor |
Who? |
Format? |
Prizes |
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Governor’s Diversity Day Student Essay Contest
Theme: Why Is It Important for my School to Teach Students about Diversity? |
Office of Human Resource Planning & Diversity Initiatives
Deadline: March 7, 2008 |
Middle School students |
Essay must be no more than 500 words and must be neatly handwritten or typed |
Trophies will be awarded to the first place winner; Certificate to the 2nd place winner |
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TARC’s 10th Annual Kids Design-a-Bus Competition
Theme: Going Green: Reducing Pollution and Litter in Our Community |
TARC
Deadline: March 14, 2008 |
Elementary & middle school students in Jefferson, Oldham, & Bullitt Counties in Ky. And Floyd and Clark Counties in IN. |
11” x 17” white paper; markers, crayon, paint |
Twelve winners will have posters displayed on TARC buses. |
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Kentucky Association of School Administrators writing contest
Theme: The Extra Degree (about a school staff member who has gone the extra degree to influence the student’s academic success)
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KASA
Deadline: to Dr. Sayre – Wed. April 2, 2008 (we can only submit one entry/school) |
Students gr. K-12 (gr. 6-8 category) |
Typed entries, 2 page single spaced, 12 point font limit |
1st place: honored at conference with the person written about and a $100 gift card. 2nd & 3rd place – certificate of excellence and gift card. |
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And here are the week’s activities… if yours isn’t listed, please contact the school office to add it!
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Monday, 3/3/08 |
Tuesday, 3/4/08 |
Wednesday, 3/5/08 |
Thursday, 3/6/08 |
Friday, 3/7/08 |
Saturday, 3/8/08 |
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Softball Red Team 2:30-4:15 Noe’s gym
Softball Black Team 4:15-6:00 Noe’s gym
Quick Recall practice 2:30-4:00 Library
Cheerleading practice 3:00-5:00 at Gym Tyme
Academic Success 2:25-4:00
ESS 2:30-3:30
STLP 2:20-4:00 Downstairs Lab
Dance Team 2:30-5:00 Bannister’s room |
Future Problem Solving 2:30-4:30 Orchestra Room
Track practice 2:30-4:00 Manual track
Yearbook 2:25-4:00 place TBA
7th/8th grade Baseball 2:30-4:30 Noe’s gym
Girls basketball 4:30-6:00 Noe’s gym
Band Sectionals: low brass, low woodwinds 2:20-4:00 Band Room
Chorus to Kentucky Center 2:35; Concert 7:00 at Whitney Hall
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Dance Team 2:30-5:00 Bannister’s room
Quick Recall practice 2:30-4:00 Library
ESS 2:30-3:30
7th/8th grade Baseball 3:00-5:00 George Rogers Clark Park
Cheerleading practice 3:00-5:00 at Gym Tyme
Builders Club 2:30-3:30 C. Smith’s room
Softball Red Team 2:30-4:15 Noe’s gym
Softball Black Team 4:15-6:00 Noe’s gym
Band Sectionals: French Horns 2:20-4:00 Band Room
ASCD Honor Choir to Kentucky Center 3:00 |
Journalism 2:25-3:30 in Barfield’s room
Academic Success 2:25-4:00
MathCounts 2:25-3:30 in Reilly’s room
First in Math 2:25-3:30 in Reilly’s room
Fencing 2:30-3:30 in Bannister’s room
Track practice 2:30-4:00 Manual’s track
Chess practice 2:30-4:00 Bulaclac’s room
Jazz Band practice 2:30-4:00 Band Room
7th/8th Grade Baseball 3:00-5:00 George Rogers Clark Park
Dance Team 2:30-5:00 Place TBA
Girls Basketball 4:30-6:00 Noe’s gym
Softball Red Team and Black Team 3:15-5:15 Highview Park
ASCD Honor Choir at Kentucky Center all day |
Chorus to Kentucky Center 2:10 |
ASCD Honor Choir to Kentucky Center |
Have a great week!
~ Deb Amchin