I&E Meeting January New Covenant School Inc.

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1 I&E Meeting January 2017 New Covenant School Inc.

2 When Classes Begin for the Spring Semester January 2017 Tuesday, January 3 Senior Start Day for 2nd semester; assumes no 2nd semester holidays Tuesday, January 10 NCS Office reopens to public Thursday, January 12 Thursday Classes resume; some students moving into higher groups Friday, January 13 Math Clinic (1-3 pm) and Biology (3:30-5:30) resume. Monday, January 16 Spring Drama (6:30-8:30) {Script memorized by Jan 23!}

3 Saturday January 14 Mandatory Activity for grades a.m. to 12:00 Geocaching: Teams compete to find all the caches. Winners get prizes. Come dressed to be in the outdoors Closed toe shoes; Long pants; Jacket Pen & small pad of paper About 4-6 very small (1-1.5 ) trinkets (per team member & driver) Bottle of water Bug spray/sunscreen Camera 1 Charged Phone with GPS (one per team) No children under 6th grade, and must be siblings. I need 3-4 drivers (adults/non-students only). Call the office if you are willing to be a driver and can carry at least 3 students in your car. For Grades 9-12: Mandatory Event

4 Tuesday, January 17 King Center: Chinese Acrobats, 10:30; don t forget to use your tickets Tuesday, January 31 King Center: Beakman Live! What s Going on Here, Beakman? 10:30; don t forget to use your tickets King Center Events for January

5 Friday, January 29 Art Contests Deadline Art Contest Themes 1. Scherenschnitte 1: 2-dimensional scene: Includes something that flies in the scene. 2. Scherenschnitte 2: 3-dimensional scene: Includes one tree in the scene. 3. Pen and Ink (black ink only): Ocean Creature (actual, not made up) 4. Painting and Drawing: Ocean Turtles 5. Photography: Old Person s or Persons Hands 6. Sculpture: Ocean Creature (actual, not made up) 7. Moving Sculpture: It walks/moves without electrical or solar power and may use wind power 8. The Masters: Select a painting from the Art Appreciation Contest , and use it to make a copy of that piece in paint or colored pencils or crayon. 9. Steampunk : Train Engine See school website at >Activities>Contests>Art Contests for examples sizes allowed, and all rules. For Kindergarten through Adults

6 1. Scherenschnitte 1: 2-dimensional scene: Includes something that flies in the scene. Usually black cutouts against white backgrounds. Google Scherenschnitte Template Easy, where you enter butterfly or birds or balloons or flying or whatever.

7 2. Scherenschnitte 2: 3-dimensional scene: Includes one tree in the scene. Google Scherenschnitte Template 3D tree.

8 3. Pen and Ink (black ink only): Ocean Creature (actual, not made up)

9 4. Painting and Drawing: Ocean Turtles

10 5. Photography: Old Person s or Persons Hands

11 6. Sculpture: Ocean Creature (actual, not made up)

12 7. Moving Sculpture: It moves without electrical or solar power and may use wind power Try

13 8. The Masters: Select a painting from the Art Appreciation Contest , and use it to make a copy of that piece in paint or colored pencils or crayon. Originals

14 9. Steampunk : Train Engine {Steampunk = Victorian literature and fashion meets 19th century technology meets 21st century imagination}

15 February 2017 Thursday, February 2 Groundhog s Day We are asking that the students wear some sort of crazy hat they have created at home to represent Groundhog s Day. It could be: For Thursday Classes Students

16 Tuesday, February 7 Literature Fair Mandatory Participation for grades K-8; grades K-8th; optional for grades 9-12 Project Drop-offs and Judging: noon to 3 pm Tuesday, February 7 Literature Fair Awards Announced; Mandatory attendance by student & at least one parent,; 6:30 pm 7:30 pm Missing mandatory attendance meetings results in a $50 fine per family. Project Non-participation fees for School Fairs are a $40 fine per student. For full information, see school website, >Media>PowerPoints>Literature Fair Between January 15th and February 1st: Students school office to let us know the title & author of the book they will use. Students cannot change books after they have ed their book(s) title(s) to us. Use THIS address: nucovenant@aol.com and THIS subject line: Lit Fair topic All books must be title-named books from the NCS Reading Contest Lists. That is, the actual title must be on the Reading Contest Book List for your student s grade level or above his/her grade level.

17 Questions?

18 Send questions to * sandyhome@aol.com or, * for faster answers, private message me on my Facebook page, Sandy Hancock (Sandra Kay Williams), or, * if you don t mind a public answer, post on the school s Facebook page at