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February 13, 2017
In memory of Rick DuFour
Announcements!
PD: Get your leader hats on Mateys! This week is TLIM Book Talk on Wed and Habit 5 on Thurs PD. Arrrrghn't you glad you get extended time with ye fellow Pirates this week?
5th/6th Shadow Day: This is a special day for incoming 6th graders to visit our community. Let's be amazing and welcome our newbies! Shadow day is 2/15. 6th grade teachers, please look at the shared doc for specifics.
8th/9th Shadow Days: This is a special day for our 8th graders to to visit the high school community! Let's be amazing and encourage all the things NP3 High has to offer! Shadow days are in groups on 2/14 & 2/15. 8th grade teachers, please look at the shared doc for specifics.
Civic Learning Award Presentations: We continue to celebrate our Civic Learning Award from last year with two special days of presentations with educators, business people, featuring U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy. Justine (current 9th grader) will be speaking on behalf of her experience at NP3 Middle on 2/13 and 2/14!
Learning Logs: Yasssss! There are learning logs rolling in on a regular basis. NICE job on continuing your commitment to student learning and sharing it with me. Keep it up!
Advisory Garbage Clean-Up: Tuesday 2/14 is Sakanari & Shifrine; Wednesday 2/15 is Qasmi & Pagan; Friday 2/17 is Noll & Ounkeo.
6th Celebrations: The next one is Friday February 24th!
Free 8th Grade Tutoring: A group of NP3 HS students will be completing a service learning project through tutoring, Tuesdays after school from 3 - 4 p.m. in the library. Dean Do and his three group members have stressed their passion about helping 8th graders achieve academic goals in Math, History, English and Science. Tutoring is open to 16 8th grade students and will begin this upcoming Tuesday, February 7th. Please let me know if you have any students who may benefit from an extra hour of tutoring every week. You may also contact Dean Do (the tutor) at dodean26@gmail.com . Tutoring will be supervised by Mr. Lowery.
Advisories, Students & Families:
- Leadership Roles: NP3 is excited about leadership roles! One of the best ways to help students realize their leadership potential is to provide them with a role that allows them to lead. Remember that leadership doesn’t mean they have to be at the top of an organization. It means they are responsible for some contribution that benefits others. February 13th-17th at lunch we will be holding our 1st Leadership Rush. Students will be encouraged to apply for a school-wide leadership role (s). Leadership roles have been established, however, there are opportunities for students to create their own leadership role if it is an area desired that is not listed. The link to apply is here: https://goo.gl/forms/AoAe8B7WyXw20uCs1 and student role descriptions are attached.
- Final DC/NYC 2017 Trip Meeting: Please join our final meeting on 2/16 6:30pm located in the NP3 Gym.
- Pennies for Patients: 2/1-2/28 NP3 MS students will be collecting pennies for patients to help support the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of Sacramento. The advisory that collects the most money will win a prize. Here is a link to the online giving page for NP3's Pennies for Patients campaign: http://events.lls.org/pages/sac/NatomasPacificPathwaysPrep(MS)-2017.
- Science Camp Fundraiser: 6th graders will be fundraising with Catalog books 2/3-2/17.
- 2018 DC Trip Fundraiser: 7th graders participating in the 2018 DC trip will have the opportunity to sell See's Candy 2/13-3/1. A fundraising meeting will be held in the NP3 Library on 2/13 at 5:15pm.
- No School: February 20th for President's Day.
NP3 High School Fun Fact: Did you know all of our 8th grade students will be shadowing NP3 HS on Feb 14th or 15th? This gives them the chance to see what NP3 HS is really like. NP3 HS is also going to hold a parent night on March 2 for incoming 9th grade students and anyone who wants info about NP3 HS.
Booster Meeting: The next booster meeting will be on February 13th at 6:30. Snacks are provided!
Yearbook Sales: 2017 Yearbook Sales are going on! Please purchase your yearbook before we run out! Yearbooks are $25. Prices go up in April!
Valentine Grams: Student Government is selling grams Feb 13th-15th &17th at lunch.
Final DC/NYC 2017 Trip Meeting: On 2/16 we will have our final meeting prior to this year's trip. The meeting starts at 6:30 pm and is located in the NP3 Gym.
Annual Poetry Slam: Is on 2/23 in Ms. Snelling's room from 1-1:40pm. All students and staff are welcome to share their poetry in an open mic format.
No School: February 20th for President's Day.