54% of teens agree that social media distracts them from paying attention to the people they are with. Time to put the phones down, and bring the eyes up! Away for Day starts Jan. 22nd.
The Chopped Challenge class has just wrapped up the second quarter with their chopped challenge. The students had to use a cake mix but not make a cake and cream cheese but could not make cheesecake. Their dessert had to have a citrus element(orange, lemon, lime) and had to be layered. In groups of 2 they had to come up with a recipe and create a grocery list of items needed to complete their dessert.
Students had to present their dessert to a panel of 3 judges in front of an audience of students. They were judged on Taste, Presentation, Plating, and Originality
They made Tiramisu, Red velvet waffles with a cream cheese sauce, Orange cream cheese brownies, Strawberry whoopie pies and the winners were the strawberry and orange donuts with an orange cream cheese filling and a strawberry glaze.
NLCS Board Policy #514 - Bullying Prevention - states, “…to the extent [bullying] affects the educational environment of the school district and the rights and welfare of its students and is within the control of the school district in its normal operations, it is the school district’s intention to prevent bullying..." If cell phones are the number one tool for bullying among teenagers, why would we not take action to prevent cellphones from being used by keeping them out of the classrooms? Away for the Day starts January 22nd.
NLCS has academic goals related to Math, Reading, and Science proficiency: "The percentage of students who are proficient (meets and exceeds) on the MCA tests will be at least 55%."
Our scores from last spring were:
Reading = 20%*
Math = 34.8%*
Science = 46.2%*
If studies show that removing phones from the classroom environment has a positive effect on test scores, why wouldn't we do it?
Check out www.awayfortheday.org/research for more facts.
(*students with attendance rates between 51-89%)
Reminder: The "Away for the Day" cell phone policy goes into effect on January 22nd. Please make arrangements to securely store phones during the school day. There are 60 small lockers just perfect for cell phone storage. BYOL (bring your own lock).
Students and staff are all dressed up for presentation night!
Reminder: Tomorrow evening (Thurs.) is our mid-year conference night. 4:30 to 7:00 pm. Musical performances start at 5:30. Chili will be served.
Don't forget this week is Holiday Dress Up Week.
There are two opportunities this week to give parent/guardian input on our new cell phone policy. Please visit this page to learn more: https://www.nlcschool.org/page/new-cell-phone-policy
NLCS students attended the annual Hibbing Technical Career Day last Friday at Minnesota North College - Hibbing Campus. The students were given hands-on demonstrations in career fields like medical and culinary arts.
We have merch! How about a spiffy new NLCS hoodie for Christmas?
We will put in a bulk order next Friday (12/8) by noon. Payment must be made with the order.
Hoodie: 30.00 (+2.00 for XXL)
T-shirt: 12.00
Hat: 14.00
Visor: 12.00
Contact Donna if interested.
Enjoying an early pre-thanksgiving warm-up for Thursday meal with students and staff. Thanks to Ben for his cooking and staff for helping serve it up!.
Passing this information along. There will be an Engineering Mentoring Night tomorrow evening at 5 pm at Barr Engineering in Hibbing. Students in grades 9-12, and their parents, who would like to know more should stop on by.
Some photos from our Veterans Day service. Thank you to all the those who have sacrificed and served in the armed forces.
On Wednesday afternoon, we put our phones down and socialized by spending some time playing classic card and board games. The competition was fierce and the laughter was contagious. We should do this more often.
Some highlights from the Halloween costume parade/contest today. We had all kinds of creativity going on. Have a safe Halloween, everyone!
A few more from Long Lake...
Some pics from yesterday's all-school excursion to Long Lake Conservation Center in Palisade. We had a lot of fun and learned some stuff despite the 30 degree temp. Students learned about Anishinaabe legends and water macro-invertebrates. We also did a physical challenge course. Way too many pictures were taken to post here, but here's a few highlights.
We were visit by goats today. Student Beretta S brought fainting, pygmy, and Nubian goats as part of her current project researching the breeding and showing of different kinds of goats. That's some hands on learning right there.
I just had to show off the result of Donna's Recycled Art class. The critters in the display are all made from random, discarded materials like cardboard, nails, and soda bottles. One person's trash is another person's treasure!
